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George Carlin's American Dream

"How long agodid you get started on drugs?" -"I forgot, man."-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) That's...

"How long ago
did you get started on drugs?" -"I forgot, man."
-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) That's why even though
marijuana's going to make it, it's having trouble
being decriminalized because a lot of guys
can't remember where they left the petitions,
you know? It's a

Full Transcript

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"How long ago did you get started on drugs?"
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-"I forgot, man." -(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
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That's why even though marijuana's going to make it,
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it's having trouble being decriminalized
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because a lot of guys can't remember
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where they left the petitions, you know? It's a...
Duration
15 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:54
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, biography, comedy
Production
Rendez-Vous Production

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Movie Summary

Interviews with George Carlin's family and friends, material from his stand-up specials and footage from his personal archive.
S01 • E01 When he got fired in Las Vegas, he was making 250,000 a year. - George Carlin's American Dream 00:06
When he got fired in Las Vegas, he was making 250,000 a year...
S01 • E01 We played the Hungry Eye, we played the Troubadour, - George Carlin's American Dream 00:10
We played the Hungry Eye, we played the Troubadour,
S01 • E01 No one ever says it. "Hey, got any Mary Jane?" - George Carlin's American Dream 00:35
No one ever says it. "Hey, got any Mary Jane?"
S01 • E02 I remember somebody asking me once, - George Carlin's American Dream 00:15
I remember somebody asking me once,
S01 • E02 "Why would I do that?" - George Carlin's American Dream 00:15
"Why would I do that?"
S01 • E01 At a certain point in his career, - George Carlin's American Dream 00:12
At a certain point in his career,
S01 • E02 ...and told me it had been canceled... - George Carlin's American Dream 00:06
...and told me it had been canceled...
S01 • E02 ...I said, "Thank you." - George Carlin's American Dream 00:08
...I said, "Thank you."
S01 • E02 CALLER: Hi, George. I'm a big fan of yours. - George Carlin's American Dream 00:13
CALLER: Hi, George. I'm a big fan of yours.
S01 • E01 STEPHEN COLBERT: And I'm a Catholic. - George Carlin's American Dream 00:17
STEPHEN COLBERT: And I'm a Catholic.
S01 • E02 (AUDIENCE CHEERING) - George Carlin's American Dream 00:13
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
S01 • E02 It's called "Free-Floating Hostility." - George Carlin's American Dream 00:08
It's called "Free-Floating Hostility."
S01 • E01 And I went, "Oh, I can look at my own faith this way, too?" - George Carlin's American Dream 00:06
And I went, "Oh, I can look at my own faith this way, t...
S01 • E01 'Cause that's what they taught us, - George Carlin's American Dream 00:07
'Cause that's what they taught us,
S01 • E02 People who make quote marks in the air with their fingers. - George Carlin's American Dream 00:05
People who make quote marks in the air with their fingers.
S01 • E02 -(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) -What about these people - George Carlin's American Dream 00:05
-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) -What about these people
S01 • E01 A mortal sin had to be a grievous offense, - George Carlin's American Dream 00:07
A mortal sin had to be a grievous offense,
S01 • E02 What about these guys who tell you, - George Carlin's American Dream 00:04
What about these guys who tell you,
S01 • E02 White guys who wear their baseball hats backwards? - George Carlin's American Dream 00:04
White guys who wear their baseball hats backwards?
S01 • E01 -(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) -You had to wanna. - George Carlin's American Dream 00:05
-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) -You had to wanna.