Product Details

• Actors: George Carlin, Shayna Alexander, Brenda Carlin
• Directors: Marty Callner, Steven J. Santos
• Writers: George Carlin
• Producers: George Carlin, Brenda Carlin, Arthur Warner, Bob Kurtz, Jerry Hamza
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 5
• Studio: Mpi Home Video
• VHS Release Date: August 28, 2001
• Run Time: 345 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005B6NH
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,425 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely essential set for Carlin fans, November 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The George Carlin Collection (DVD)

My family first got cable, and HBO, in 1982 when I was still in school. New Years Eve of '82/'83, I watched George Carlin as part of an HBO stand-up comedy marathon. It was the funniest show I had ever seen in my life. I actually had my little audio tape recorder next to the TV, taping the audio!
When HBO did a George Carlin tribute week a couple of years back, I was overjoyed that I would finally get to videotape the show I had seen in '82. Sure enough, it was NOT part of the week-long marathon. And it seems to be the only one of his shows they never re-ran again.
Now, finally, disc 2 of this box set contains "George Carlin Again!". It is still just as funny to me as it was nearly 20 years ago.And this is not to slight the other shows on this box, they are all essential viewing to George's faithful.
I just read an interview with George where he said he owns all the rights to these shows. So, to George, THANK YOU for finally releasing "Again" on dvd .

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Classic Carlin - but overdoses of repetition, November 1, 2002

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green thumbs - See all my reviews

This review is from: The George Carlin Collection (DVD)

I was excited by the promise of this set - hell who would not at the prospect of 4 -5 hours of Carlin?

Carlin has wonderful timing and a wicked and wacky grin that precedes anyone of his reflections on the absurdity of the human condition that he delivers with a complete mastery of American idiom.

This is a collection that is hard to ignore for a die-hard fan like me - but suffers from repetition of many of his classic pieces - like "Words they won"t let you say on TV" to "Stuff" especially since his delivery of his masterworks does not vary greatly from one performance to the other. The editors must have been sleeping.

But if you have the cash, splurge.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best..., February 6, 2002

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Sean Logsdon (Lansing, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The George Carlin Collection (DVD)

Comedy will never see another George Carlin. Today's comics seem to be focused on tired old Jerry Seinfeld themes(what's up with vcr's?, what's up with count chocula?). George can take everything from political issues to bodily functions and make it all hillarious. This boxed set has a whole bunch of stand ups, and none are the same. You can laugh at things he said in the 70's and then laugh again at things he said in the 90's. This DVD is 5 star because nothing is similar. All the stand ups are different and they are all great. Buy this if you want a great comedian with a style that will never become tired or boring. He's great.