Thanks to Eugene for the heads up….
HBO, George Carlin’s cable TV home for decades will remember the man this week with two marathon runnings of many of his HBO specials on HBO2 as well as an airing of his most recent special, “George Carlin: It’s Bad for Ya,” which premiered on the network in March, on HBO channel on Friday, June 27 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT).
The HBO2 schedule for 11 Carlin HBO specials is (all times ET/PT):
Wednesday, June 25
8:00 p.m. George Carlin at USC (1977)
9:30 p.m. George Carlin Again! (1978)
11:00 p.m. Carlin at Carnegie (1983)
midnight Carlin on Campus (1984)
1:00 a.m. Playin’ with Your Head (1986)
Thursday, June 26
8:00 p.m. What Am I Doing in New Jersey? (1988)
9:00 p.m. Doin’ It Again (1990)
10:00 p.m. Jammin’ in New York (1992)
11:00 p.m. Back in Town (1996)
12:05 a.m. You Are All Diseased (1999)
1:00 a.m. It’s Bad for Ya (2008)
Like any artist, Carlin wasn’t 100% successful 100% of the time, but he was smarter, funnier, more insightful and irreverent than anyone out there for almost 50 years.
And here….his rather brilliant take on organized religion: