On the seventh anniversary of his death we celebrate the political and cultural satire of the great comedian George Carlin. We focus on the last two decades of Carlin's long career--by which time his political views had moved well left of center.
Carlin is one of the most astute critics of capitalism, imperialism, and American arrogance--and certainly the funniest. He died on June 22, 2008.
This week's sketches: 1. Religion = B.S. 2. Airlines English 3. The War on Homelessness 4. Euphemisms
Thanks to Scooter, of "The innerSide" radio program (KPFT-FM, Houston), for some of the recorded material. The Carlin routines in this installment were previously broadcast in New World Notes #179 (June 2011).
New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for "Executive Dining Room") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
Suitably censored for radio broadcast. [Grumble.]
More details, photos, nice links, & other good stuff on the show's Web site: http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com
You can download this installment also from The Internet Archive (www.archive.org). The Program Information page at archive.org is here: https://archive.org/details/NewWorldNotes381-GeorgeCarlinMemorial-Part1 . From there you can download the program in MP3 and other formats. The page also has a player for online listening.
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