When someone has made you laugh for years, you take his brilliance in the comedic world into consideration in every one of life’s situations. His many views made you think and see the big picture, and his view on life and America gave you the perception that everything is not what it seems.
However, with great arguments comes even greater thought.
That is what is made George Carlin a supreme legend and comic Genius.
Making his final stand-up appearance on stage and on television with “It’s Bad For Ya!” Carlin paints a picture for the audience of what is wrong with America not only today, but from the very beginning.
Carlin delves into how Americans have no rights, and how the big businesses run this country, as well as how people get brainwashed. Carlin then goes on to take several jabs at the big guy himself, that’s right God, and goes into his thoughts on religion. Carlin even talks about how he goes through his phone book and crosses out the dead people, how he could tolerate people in short spurts, and even about him getting old, in which it is more convenient for him because he takes advantage of the special treatment given to him by the youngsters, and his advice to the older people in the crowd is to take advantage.
What Carlin does best is go into his euphemism mode and pick out the silly things that people do or say when it comes to religion, death, or in life. The way Carlin goes about dissecting the way people act is utterly hilarious, especially when they talk on the phone, or even talk about their kids.
What makes “Its Bad For Ya” such an epic stand up special is that it was Carlin’s final show. Usually when people are on their last wheels creatively, they don’t go out with a bang. Carlin, on the other hand, went out with more than that; he kicked America in the groin and spoke his mind, by telling what he really thinks about this country, and how people should open their eyes and think logically with out feeding off of what the government, the big business owners or as George Carlin would refer to as “The Club,” tell you what to think or who to look up to.
For what was supposed to be a last ride into the sunset, Carlin went out with guns blazing, and most importantly proved why the government, the politicians, and “The Club” is simply bad for ya.
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