His maternal grandfather, Dennis Bearey, was an Irish immigrant who worked as a New York City policeman.
Mary subsequently raised George and his older brother, Patrick Carlin, Jr. His parents separated when he was 2 months old due to his father's alcoholism. While he came from a Catholic family, Carlin rejected religion. 1905), who was an American of Irish ancestry. He was the younger son of The Sun advertising manager Patrick Carlin (1888–1945), an immigrant from County Donegal, Ireland, and secretary Mary Beary-Carlin (born c. In 2008, he was posthumously awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.Ĭarlin was born in Manhattan, New York. His final HBO special, It's Bad for Ya, was filmed less than four months before his death. He was a frequent performer and guest host on The Tonight Show during the three-decade Johnny Carson era, and hosted the first episode of Saturday Night Live. He often commented on contemporary political issues in the United States and satirized the excesses of American culture. From the late 1980s, Carlin's routines focused on sociocultural criticism of modern American society. The first of his 14 stand-up comedy specials for HBO was filmed in 1977.
He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians: One newspaper called Carlin "the dean of counterculture comedians." In 2004, Carlin was placed second on the Comedy Central list of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians, ahead of Lenny Bruce and behind Richard Pryor. Pacifica Foundation, in which a 5–4 decision affirmed the government's power to regulate indecent material on the public airwaves. Carlin and his " Seven dirty words" comedy routine were central to the 1978 U.S. Carlin was noted for his black comedy and his thoughts on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and various taboo subjects. George Denis Patrick Carlin ( – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, and author who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums. Stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, authorĬharacter comedy, observational comedy, word play, satire, political satire, black comedy, surreal humor, sarcasm, blue comedyĪmerican culture, American English, everyday life, antitheism, recreational drug use, death, philosophy, sports, human behavior, American politics, patriotism, family, parenting, children, religion, profanity, psychology, anarchism, race relations, old age, pop culture, nationalism, self-deprecation, Masculinity
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