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Author Corcelli, John, author.

Title Outside looking in : the seriously funny life and work of George Carlin / John Corcelli.

Publication Info. Essex, Connecticut : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, [2022]
©2023
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3012403~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Biography  BIO CARLIN    AVAILABLE
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Description xiii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents A comedian is born -- Carlin in New York -- Twice the laughs : Burns and Carlin -- The nonconformists : Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, and Richard Pryor -- Carlin's characters -- George Lester meets Cardinal Ignatius Glick -- Carlin's act of creation -- Welcome to his job -- Carlin on vinyl -- The Carlin warning : seven dirty words and the FCC -- The HBO lifeline -- Funny on paper : Carlin in print -- Shiny Stations, Moylan's Tavern, and the Beacon Theatre -- The hall of famer.
Summary "About the influential and philosophical comedy of George Carlin, Outside Looking In traces his evolving ideas from street humor to larger questions about the meaning of life"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Carlin, George.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
Actors -- United States -- Biography.
Stand-up comedy -- United States -- History.
Genre Biographies.
ISBN 9781493062201
1493062204
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