George Carlin : The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize

00:00:01 Announcer: Tonight, direct from our nation's capitol

00:04:38 But that was the old, straight-laced, skinny tie Carlin

00:08:18 Carlos, Junior, PeeWee, Toots, Pablo, Spot, Greasy Creek

00:12:42 and what he meant to comedy and what he was like as an artist.

00:16:12 and with rhetoric you look and you listen for rhythms

00:20:05 Let me just share a few with you.

00:23:42 I was the only Jew.

00:27:28 Wow.

00:31:10 The love of language, the horror, ecstasy

00:35:12 I don't like words that conceal reality

00:38:54 and we couldn't because he was high on acid and I was just totally wasted.

00:42:45 ¶From Memphis to St. Joe.

00:46:20 saying stuff my dad used to say when the car wouldn't start.

00:49:11 These are the same people, two days later, different list.

00:51:58 A brave move which brings us to tonight's word.

00:56:20 While I was wondering if I was ever going to make it

01:00:08 Die big, die in style

01:03:31 Why?

01:06:51 George was Mr. Language, who wouldn't want to be

01:11:17 I'm gonna show you how you can reduce the number of commandments

01:14:10 This one is just plain f---- stupid.

01:18:08 post-modern deconstruction that is politically

01:20:46 I've been pre-wash, pre-cooked, pre-heated

18:18:01 somewhere in there.