1980-1989
1980 - Yanks out longest nose hair ever (two and a half inches). Specimen has completely intact nose-hair root attached to the nose end. Proudly places it in scrapbook next to big scab shaped like Peru pulled off neck two years earlier.
August, 1981 - Album "A Place for My Stuff" recorded in Las Vegas (live) and New York (studio) (Atlantic 19326). Released November, 1981. Nominated for Grammy award. Only GC album with specially written studio material. Includes, "Have A Nice Day," "Asshole, Jackoff, Scumbag," "Interview With Jesus," and an early, incomplete version of "A Place for My Stuff."
October 12, 1982 - Third HBO stand-up concert special, "Carlin At Carnegie," taped at Carnegie Hall, New York City. Includes updated list of "seven dirty words" (then over 400, now over 2,000).
1982 - Second heart attack (Dodger Stadium during Mets game). This time God doesn't fuck around. Pulse drops to 20 beats per minute. Streptokinase breaks up the clot. Angioplasty later performed at Emory Univ. Hospital, Atlanta. (Mets win. Fuck the Dodgers.)
1983 - "Sometimes A Little Brain Damage Can Help" is published by Running Press. Thirty-two page, magazine format. Great art work, good comedy material.
1984 - Second "Saturday Night Live." Had much more fun this time; did sketches, felt good about them.
April 18-19, 1984 - Fourth HBO stand-up concert special, "Carlin On Campus," taped at Wadsworth Theater, Los Angeles. Includes "The Prayers," "Consumer Hints," Cars & Driving I," and three animated routines. Released as album (same name) two months later (Eardrum Records 1001).
June 1984 - Mother dies. Eighty-nine years--a good trip!
November 26, 1984 - "The George Carlin Collection" released. (Little David 90241-1) Selected routines from earlier Little David albums. Includes "News Hostility Scoreboard" and "Headlines."
1985 - Tapes "Apt. 2C," sitcom pilot for HBO. It really sucks.
March 29, 1986 - Performs at first ever "Comic Relief." Did the "Stuff" routine.
May 2-3, 1986 - Fifth HBO stand-up concert special, "Playin' with Your Head," taped at Beverly Theater, Beverly Hills, California. Includes "Hello-Goodbye," "It's Not a Sport," "Losing Things," and a short film-noir spoof, "The Envelope," featuring George as private eye Mike Holder (acting not too bad). Released as album (same name) July 30, 1986 (Eardrum Records 90523). Nominated for Grammy award.
January, 1987 - Receives Hollywood Walk of Fame star at corner of Vine and Selma Sts., between Sunset and Hollywood Blvds. Milton Berle presides. Nice star, I hope no one throws up on it.
1987 - Appears with Bette Midler and Shelley Long in "Outrageous Fortune." Plays Frank Madras, a drunken, ex-hippie tracker. Acting getting better.
1988 - Stars with Molly Hagan in NBC TV movie "Justin Case." Directed by Blake Edwards, it is intended as a two-hour pilot. Plays title character, a private detective. Acting ok.
March 25-26, 1988 - Sixth HBO stand-up concert special, "What Am I Doin' in New Jersey," taped and aired as live broadcast from Park Theater, Union City, New Jersey. Includes, "Cars & Driving II," "Reagan's Gang," and "People I Can Do Without," and "Keeping People Alert." Also released as album (same name) August 15, 1988. Nominated for Grammy award. (Eardrum Records 90972).
February, 1989 - Appears with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winters in "Bill & TedÍs Excellent Adventure." Plays Rufus, a futuristic mentor to Bill & Ted. Acting acceptable, not there yet. (Shot in March 1987)