Re: George Carlin's New Rules for 2008
 

my mom saw buddy hackett in vegas years ago,and she said every other word out of his mouth was f---.
live is a lot different than what you see on tv.

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Harvey Corman and Tim conway were just halarious, along with the rest of the knucleheads on the carol burnett show. Always thought Johnathan Winters was a very funny man too.

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There are benefits to being an old fart. I got to see the good comedians, had new musclecars including our COPO Chevelle, and we are living it all over again before we reach our second childhood. Heaven forbid. Red Skelton does his Frogs poem on Youtube. To me it was one of his skits that I will always remember. Check it out. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/laugh.gif

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Harvey Corman and Tim conway were just halarious, along with the rest of the knucleheads on the carol burnett show. Always thought Johnathan Winters was a very funny man too.

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I have a DVD on the life of Jack Parr, the second host of the Tonight Show, 1957-62. He came after Steve Allen and before Carson. I call it "adult" humor, not because of foul language, of which there was NONE, but because it came before the Baby Boom and the youth culture that took over popular culture by the late 1960s. The pre-Boomer generation of adult comedians/entertainers (Allen, Parr, Carson, Bob Hope, etc.) was typified by intellectual, carefully crafted, thoughtful, and hilarious interaction. Johnathan Winters got his start on the Jack Parr show and he was brilliant.

Leno is pretty good by comparison but he is forced to cater to a far dumber population, which he makes fun of/sheds light on, and an intense commercial focus (by business and through ratings) on youth culture. (Young people are the easiest demographic to separate from their money.) Letterman is good too but he is restricted by the same things: don't be too smart, don't be too serious, don't do anything that might confuse the youth-oriented audience and thus hurt the ratings and spook the advertizers.

Oh, and here's a classic moment:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...inters1962.jpg

Re: George Carlin's New Rules for 2008
 

Mad mad World Bill?.

I'm w/ Eric on the Carlin thing especially the way he now comes across as against people of faith?.

Love Cosby especially the early stuff...my siblings and I still laugh about the old Cosby albums when we get together...BOB!
My kids still love to watch Fat Albert CD's too!.

Never cared for Hackett...even Rickles was better!.

Used to love watching Skelton and Flip Wilson also Conway and Korman...the great Kazooo!.

~ Pete
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Thanks for reminding me of a really fun movie. Jonathan Winters was a piece of work. Click on the link for a then-and-now look at some of the movie locations. Pretty interesting how things have changed since then!

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