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Place for My Stuff

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George Carlin's stand-up style has certainly evolved over the past 30 years. The 1970s albums have some long personal anecdotes (like "I used to be Irish Catholic"), and each of his 90s albums usually have a significantly long cynical social commentary. I admittedly like all of his work, but I know that some older fans are partial to his more straight-forward comedy style than his current bitter rants. "A Place For My Stuff" seems to epitomize this middle era, with lots of his very imaginative "D'yever notice...?" observations (a style which Seinfeld and Gallagher seemed to later popularize) and just plain whacky comedy. Though as always, Carlin's exaggerations and executions are perfect.

This album has both studio and live material, which makes for a fun listen. Some great live stand-up routines are here ("A place for my stuff", "Ice box man / Fussy Eater", "Rice Krispies", "Have a nice day"...all of which appeared on the HBO special "Carlin At Carnegie"). But his news announcements, the Interview With Jesus, and game show satire are hilarious with the added music and guest speakers. That's probably why the album hasn't gotten stale on me, despite the fact that I now "know the jokes". And "The Book Club" still cracks me up.

I would recommend this to those who especially liked the older HBO specials he did, just want to buy and hear something funny that isn't a simple recording of a stand-up routine, or George Carlin fans who may be partial to his 80's "pre-cynical" material (though as I said, I like that stuff too). Also, maybe those who like the Cheech & Chong albums would also like this particular Carlin album for its studio material.

George made a masterpiece when he made this album. First off it's the only GC album made where it breaks away from the stand-up to do little non-live bits, but while I often am not too thrilled with albums that do that, this one is definately an exception.
George makes some of the greatest bits ever known to man on this album (Interview with Jesus, Book Club, the advertising, etc.), and if anything, this is one album no Carlin fan should be without.

Great CD not his best but it is still very funny. Especially the track "A Place for my stuff". If you are a fan of george carlin and don't own this buy it today.

This album is unique to Carlin in that rather than nonstop stand-up recorded live, it is interspersed with commercials, interviews and game shows written and run by George, as if you're flipping through an all-Carlin TV set. It's somewhat reminiscent of his old radio/character comedy. The language is filthy, as usual, but the concepts are more lighthearted and inoffensive than his material on "You Are All Diseased" and "Complaints and Greivances". There's more observation and wordplay than satire on this one, and by this point in his career the wordplay is unrivaled.

Not quite as good as some of the other albums with straight, recorded-live-all-at-once formats, but I'm glad George is willing to experiment with all angles of humor.

This is Carlin before he became complicated. This is just his goofy material. Stuff about stuff, rice krispies, and having a nice day make me teary-eyed with laughter. Great comedy!

If you can find it. This album consists mostly of so-so studio material. the Game show bit is probably his worst, along with Fourth Announcements (Fog Retrival League?). However, The book club and the 1st through 4th announce ments are very funny! G\reat comedy.. If you can find it!

This album holds memories for me, I saw George's tour for this one. Lots of belly laughs, from back when his comedy was based purely absurd life observations.

its in great condition . the cd is perfect with good sound. the case had no cracks and was just what my husband wanted.

I was seeking to replace those portions of my complete George Carlin library and once again Amazon came through for me with flying colors! Packed well and shipped quickly, I had my purchases with 7 business days and have been enjoying them greatly since their arrival!

In the tradition of "Wonderful Wino Radio" and "Al Sleet," George Carlin's "A Place for my Stuff" contains some of his absolute best sketch comedy bits of all time. And although, segments of his monologues have a noticeable laugh track, this album definitely doesn't need one. Of all of George's albums, this is my true favorite--it's still funny after 30 years.

I bought the cassette, rather than CD; but just as the item is described, it is perfectly "new."

This was the first Carlin album I heard (I knew of him from TV appearences like the Baseball vs. Football routine). At the time, I was bowled over. I was glad I still liked it now. This album could have used less commercial parodies and more stand up but overall a great listen. The title track is a classic, also love fussy eater and have a nice day. He's gone beyond the hippie persona of the 70s but hasn't become the curmudgeon of his last few years.