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GEORGE CARLIN: ALL MY STUFF
To mark the occasion of Carlin’s 50th Anniversary in Show Business, MPI Home Video is releasing the ultimate DVD Box Set, GEORGE CARLIN: ALL MY STUFF, on September 25th. Suggested Retail price is $189.98. This 14-DVD career-retrospective Box Set includes all twelve of Carlin’s one-hour HBO concert specials –an unprecedented number– spanning nearly three decades from 1977 to 2005. In addition, there are two bonus discs: a lengthy interview titled George on George from 2003, and Unmasked with George Carlin, an intimate one hour conversation with the comedy icon; exclusive to this box set, that was taped in April of 2007 as the premiere episode of XM Satellite Radio’s Unmasked series. Here you will see Carlin perform such signature routines as Baseball and Football, A Place for My Stuff, Losing Things, We Like War, Al Sleet the Hippie-Dippie Weatherman, It’s Not A Sport and Why We Don't Need Ten Commandments. And of course, a George Carlin box set would not be complete without the landmark Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television. Carlin’s brand of provocative socio-political commentary has brought him four Grammy awards, most recently in 2002, and two Emmy nominations. He has also authored three New York Times’ best-selling books: Brain Droppings, Napalm & Silly Putty and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? Carlin is noted for his irreverent observations on such taboo subjects as religion, patriotism and big business, as well as pungent examinations of modern language and the “decrepit state of the American culture”. In fact, Carlin and his "Seven Dirty Words" comedy routine were the subject of the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation, in which a narrow 5-4 decision by the justices affirmed the government's right to regulate spoken-word performances on the public airwaves. Carlin is proudest of the fact that every two years he goes out on tour with all new material –material which will evolve into his next HBO concert show. "I can't do old material; I would feel like a failure. Essentially, this job is that of a writer, and in my case, the writer gets to perform his own material on stage. But a writer who doesn’t produce new work all the time is not a writer –he’s a typist.” Carlin continued, “Doing new stuff is a point of pride with me. People may not consider it so, but stand-up comedy is one of the performing arts, and artists are supposed to grow and evolve over time. Through the years, my technique has sharpened, my writing has improved and even my observations have grown richer. For a person like me, age is an asset.” He gives the example of Pablo Casals, the virtuoso cellist of the last century, who continued to perform even into old age. “When they asked Casals, then in his 90’s, why he continued to practice three hours a day, he replied, ‘I’m beginning to notice some improvement.’” That’s good enough for me. Carlin promises he will keep writing and performing as long as he can, with no thought of retirement. Currently, he is at work on his next HBO special –scheduled to air in March 2008. The 12 HBO specials are:
The bonus interview disc, George on George, is an introspective and informative DVD which covers Carlin’s life growing up in New York City, from his childhood desire to be a comedian to his entry into the Air Force at the age of seventeen. It covers his early partnership in the comedy team of Burns and Carlin, his early record career and how his nearly three decades of concerts on HBO changed his life as a comedian. GEORGE CARLIN: ALL MY STUFF is an unparalleled collection from one the most prolific comedy minds of the 20th Century. For interview with George Carlin, contact: Jeff Abraham at Jonas Public Relations @ 310-656-3355 or by email at jeff@jonaspr.com.
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