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Outside looking in : the seriously funny life and work of George Carlin Cover Image Book Book

Outside looking in : the seriously funny life and work of George Carlin

Corcelli, John (author.).

Summary: "About the influential and philosophical comedy of George Carlin, Outside Looking In traces his evolving ideas from street humor to larger questions about the meaning of life"--

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781493062201
  • ISBN: 1493062204
  • ISBN: 9781493062218
  • Physical Description: print
    xiii, 243 pages : illustrations (black & white); 24 cm
  • Publisher: Essex, Connecticut : Applause, An imprint of Globe Pequot, the trade division of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2023]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: A comedian is born -- Carlin in New York -- Twice the laughs : Burns and Carlin -- The nonconformists : Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, and Richard Pryor -- Carlin's characters -- George Lester meets Cardinal Ignatius Glick -- Carlin's act of creation -- Welcome to his job -- Carlin on vinyl -- The Carlin warning : seven dirty words and the FCC -- The HBO lifeline -- Funny on paper : Carlin in print -- Shiny Stations, Moylan's Tavern, and the Beacon Theatre -- The hall of famer.

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