Product Details

• Actors: George Carlin, Brenda Carlin, Shayna Alexander
• 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
• Rating: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 5
• Studio: Mpi Home Video
• VHS Release Date: August 28, 2001
• Run Time: 345 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005B6NH
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,999 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Once upon a time, George Carlin was a closely cropped, dues-paying, Ed Sullivan-approved comedian popular for his fast-paced satire on any number of (mostly safe) topics. That was during the 1960s; by the start of the '70s, a restless Carlin had removed his tie, broadened the range of his trippy observations, and kicked up a freedom-of-speech challenge to laws governing obscene language. He drew a dedicated, young audience and later the attention of Home Box Office, a fledgling cable channel seeking ways to distinguish its programming from that of more restrictive, commercial networks. A relationship was born that lasted more than two decades and resulted in a dozen uncensored George Carlin comedy specials on HBO. The George Carlin Collection, a five-volume set, skims some of the best material from that hefty television legacy and puts us in touch again with Carlin's classic repertoire.

On Location with George Carlin revives his slightly tentative 1977 debut on cable, taped at the University of Southern California and featuring superb bits about playing Monopoly and shopping while stoned. George Carlin Again! offers an in-the-round performance from 1978 and inspired pop philosophy on the nature of time. Carlin on Campus and Carlin at Carnegie are fine touchstones from the '80s, while Personal Favorites constitutes a worthy greatest-hits package culled from a number of Carlin/HBO specials. Carlin freaks will gobble it all up, while more casual observers will cherish such hall-of-fame material as "Baseball vs. Football" and "A Place for My Stuff." --Tom Keogh

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	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.

11 of 11 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 .

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	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.