George Carlin: On Location with George Carlin - On Location With George Carlin (1977)
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Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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George Carlin |
Himself
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Shayna Alexander |
Herself
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Movie Details |
Genre |
Classics; Comedy |
Director |
Unknown; Marty Callner |
Producer |
Brenda Carlin; George Carlin; Michael Brandman |
Writer |
George Carlin |
Studio |
MPI |
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Language |
English |
Audience Rating |
NR |
Running Time |
1 hr 30 mins |
Country |
USA |
Color |
Color |
IMDb Rating |
5.0 |
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Plot |
George Carlin's first HBO special, taped in 1977, now looks like a fascinating piece of television history. Preceded by a cautionary statement about Carlin's penchant for using strong language (and a reminder that Chaucer and Shakespeare wrote bawdy material, too), On Location with George Carlin clearly draws a line between the then-fledgling cable channel and commercial networks. With that much drama in the background, one might expect Carlin's appearance before a young University of Southern California audience to sizzle with controversy, but that's hardly the case. A little tentative before the cameras (and hampered by a failing microphone that takes a while to replace), the comic leans on safe but genuinely funny conceptual material: "Did you ever clear your throat for another person?" "What if everybody came to your house?" There's a cute bit about playing Monopoly with no strategy for winning, and even a slice or two of good old head humor. (Try fasting for two days, Carlin advises, then smoke seven joints and take $500 to the grocery store.) An entertaining though modestly ambitious program, all around. --Tom Keogh |
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Product Details |
Format |
DVD |
Region |
Region 1 |
Screen Ratio |
Standard 1.33:1 Color |
Layers |
Single side, Single layer |
UPC |
030306350820 |
Chapters |
14 |
Release Date |
2002 |
Packaging |
Keep Case |
Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo |
Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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