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Look at her face. ♪ (QUIET MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ KELLY: I remember
the pressure of going to school and having to pretend
like everything was fine when it really, really wasn't.
There was violence in the house. Mom was a very aggressive,
horribly angry drunk, and my dad also had his father's anger
and rage in him. So I had
the therapist's phone number and would call him at 2:00 a.m., "They're ready to kill
each other. What do I do?" ♪ (UNEASY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ There was this one time
we had gone to Hawaii for vacation. And at some point, my mom picks up a knife and is, like,
wielding a knife at my dad. I throw myself in the middle
of it, and I was like, "I cannot take this anymore.
This cannot go on like this
the pressure of going to school and having to pretend
like everything was fine when it really, really wasn't.
There was violence in the house. Mom was a very aggressive,
horribly angry drunk, and my dad also had his father's anger
and rage in him. So I had
the therapist's phone number and would call him at 2:00 a.m., "They're ready to kill
each other. What do I do?" ♪ (UNEASY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ There was this one time
we had gone to Hawaii for vacation. And at some point, my mom picks up a knife and is, like,
wielding a knife at my dad. I throw myself in the middle
of it, and I was like, "I cannot take this anymore.
This cannot go on like this
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Look at her face.
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♪ (QUIET MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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KELLY: I remember
the pressure of going to school
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and having to pretend
like everything was fine
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when it really, really wasn't.
There was violence in the house.
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Mom was a very aggressive,
horribly angry drunk,
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and my dad also had
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his father's anger
and rage in him.
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So I had
the therapist's phone number
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and would call him at 2:00 a.m.,
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"They're ready to kill
each other. What do I do?"
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♪ (UNEASY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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There was this one time
we had gone to Hawaii
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for vacation. And at some point,
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my mom picks up a knife
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and is, like,
wielding a knife at my dad.
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I throw myself in the middle
of it, and I was like,
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"I cannot take this anymore.
This cannot go on like this.
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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.
