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Page 24 THE HERALD Wednesday June MM George a bad boy of comedy George Carlin was one of the bad boys of comedy Long before Andrew Dice Clay and Sam burned up the airwaves with their raw brand of humor Carlin was push ing the limits of outrageous stand up comedy The Supreme Court in 1973 felt Carlin had gone too far It ruled that a cut off his comedy album containing the seven words you cant say on television was Indecent Ironically Carlin 52 a longtime antiestablishment figure has almost become the of badboy comedy His seventh special Doin It Again airs the month of June on HBO A native of New York where bis fa ther was a newspaper executive Car lin began his showbusiness career as a radio deejay in Shreveport La In bis spare time be developed a come dy nightclub act with Jack Burns By 1962 the pair had split up and Carlin began performing in coffee houses ana folk music clubs where his humor was more accepted In that venue he developed some of his most popular characters the Hippy Dippy Weatherman and the Wonderful This more accessible comedy led to wider acceptance and extensive TV exposure beginning In the mid 60s on The Merv Griffin Show The Mike Douglas Show The Ed Sullivan Show and the ultimate prize for a co median The Tonight Show Carlins comedy albums have been hugely successful with four of them going gold I just watched a tape of your lat est HBO comedy special Is your mor too rated for network TV A Gimme a break I ve done Johnny Carsons I could do an hour worth of comedy if I were inclined to do network shows But the big prob lem with commercial TV is having to bend and shape your material to fit these artificial standards Another problem is that network TV Is con Interrupting your art with commercials so its all very artificial What do you think of the new generation of comedians like Andrew Dice Clay and Sam Kinison VIDEO PLUS West of Georgetown BRING HOME A STAR NOW IN Tango Cath Always Hoart Condition Night lyes Out of Sight Out of Mind lion Ontario fHcW OOEY jjr G00EY GOOD TRYOURNEWf DELIVERY SERVICE 308 St 8731651 J OVER 30000 BOOKS IN STOCK ALL COMPUTER CATALOGUED I We Buy Sell New Used Records Tapes CDs and Books A I don understand the term rated But I like Sam Kinison a lot and Eddie Murphy stand up act I dont care a lot for Andrew Dice Clay The big problem with commercial TV is having to bend and shape your material to fit these artificial standards George Carlin because be picks on underdogs Tradi comedians pick on people with power SaUr6 has always been used to attack the powerful not the weak so I dont understand Clay mak ing jokes about the handicapped for Instance But werent you the Andrew Dice Clay of your day with your Infamous coven words you cant say on television A Clay does jokes about women gays immigrants His language is secondary I never did jokes about the weak the underdog The fact that we both use common street language doesn make us similar That s a superficial similarity So you dont agree with Clays defenders who say he is the Lenny Bruce of the 90s A I think his publicist made up that comparison Why did CBS drop the sitcom yon were developing for the network Was It too outrageous for Middle America A CBS changed management and threw out everything in development My show was Just one of many they tossed into the garbage when changed management I don regret it except that I lost the opportunity for a little acting exposure Q- Its clear from your comedy that you have extremely liberal political views Did that hurt your popularity during the conservative Reagan era A In the 80s I was on the road 120 nights a year in front of mostly sold- audiences or more I real dont think Reagan affected my audience Your official biography says you abandoned Roman Catholicism as soon as possible Why A Its a repressive institution the same as any other organized reli glon Its antl man It a perversion of the good instincts people have So I abandoned it when I saw It was cruel And when was that A When I was 10 George BURGER Georgetown 8773642 STARTING JUNE NEON SUNGLASSES mi 99 With the purchase of Win Drink of fLCnaimutimatnumH AFTER FIVE THINGS TO DO PLACES TO GO FOR YOUR LISTENING AND DANCING PLEASURE MAIN ST S 8773388 the HERALD MUSIC TRIVIA CONTEST You Could Win A New Tape Of Your Choice InStock Items Only BUD GUT QUESTION Whos Seen The Light ANSWER NAME- ADDRESS PHONE NO Deadline For Entries Monday at Noon Please Send Your Entries To the HERALD GEORGETOWN L70 PR Evenings at pm CINEMA 2 3rd BIG WEEK Theyve Saved The Best Trip For Lasti MICHAEL J FOX CHRISTOPHER LLOYD MARYSTEENBURGEN This time they may have gone too far PUPS l 7 CINEMA 3 1st GREAT WEEK Evenings at 700 5 pm IM ON MY WAY TUESDAYS PASSWORD This Winks Password Is THURSDAYS DICK TRACY