GEORGE CARLIN-LIFE IS WORTH LOSING (DVD)
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| Product DescriptionGeorge Carlin returns to the stage in Life is Worth Losing, his 13th live comedy stand-up special, performed at the Beacon Theatre in New York City for HBOŽ. Carlin's spot-on observations on the deterioration of human behavior include Americans' obsession with their two favorite addictions - shopping and eating; his creative idea for The All-Suicide Channel, a new reality TV network; and the glorious rebirth of the planet to its original pristine condition - once the fires and floods destroy life as we know it. Life is Worth Losing includes: A Modern Man, Three Little Words, The Suicide Guy, Extreme Human Behavior, The All-Suicide Channel, Dumb Americans, Pyramid of the, Hopeless, Autoerotic Asphyxia, Posthumous Female Transplants, Yeast Infection, Excess: Fires and Floods, Coast-to-Coast Emergency. - Actors: George Carlin
- Director: Rocco Urbisci
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language (Original Language): English
- Region Code: 0
- Release Date: 2007-02-27
- Running Time: 75 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 2005-11-05
Customer ReviewsReviewed on 2008-07-25 
For Those Who Don't Find This Hilarious - Please Get Help!!
Seriously, this incredibly precious slice-of-life-and-art from the never late but always magnificent George Carlin is an absolute thrill of a lifetime. One undoubtedly understands such a characterization as hyperbole and beyond. But - this performance of Life Is Worth Losing - sends the brilliantly paradoxical message (for the laughter that comes with near hysteria and an occasional gasp for breath...out of pure joy) because it says to someone like me (and others for sure) that life is worth living - if only to capture this courageous, groundbreaking genius-of-an-artist at work for all of us. And for anyone out there, who might shy away - for Carlin's trademarked, so to speak, political incorrectness - please consider that you have 3 choices, in my humble opinion: don't buy it which you will sadly come to regret when you are in dire need of a good laugh; or buy it with a glimmer of hope that you may find life more living via hilarity and the absolute remedy for these dire times, or seek help for perhaps not grasping how truly wonderful life is...George made that possible for most of my adult life in the bleakest of times. I am certain he can still do so (from Heaven, no doubt)...for anyone. Simply put, this is a 5-star keeper - for life! |  | Reviewed on 2008-07-12 
More spoken word, less comedy. 100% not what you want to hear.
I saw this routine live in our home town here in central PA. I knew how dark it was then. I just got it today on DVD and watched it for the first time since I saw it live. With the exception of the vagina donor program and the bit on the national disaster, this is amazing. It is not overly funny at all. It is actually quite scary because most of what he says is so true. But most of it is stuff that most people don't want to talk about. It's basically a critique on modern America and how misguided we all are. Consumerism has taken over our lives. If you really listen to it, it is amazing how he puts it all together. I cannot imagine how long it took him to organize it all. It is brilliant. But this is not light-hearted comedy in the least. Be prepared. You will laugh, but at the same time you'll feel awkward at what you laugh at. Great stuff. | | Reviewed on 2008-06-29
Awful, Awful, Awful
Get out a Thesaurus and look up "awful" to get a further review of this DVD. Not only was it NOT FUNNY it was DEPRESSING. I've been a fan of Carlin since I can remember. With his passing I thought I would get a DVD to celebrate his life and wit. This was the only title (now I know why) left on the shelf at a local store. There is nothing funny in this act. You can feel the audience so desperate for a laugh that they laugh at the simplest lines and some that I don't think were even meant to be funny. Save your money and just go read the obituaries, you will be more entertained. | | Reviewed on 2008-01-13
Is it over
I am a huge fan of Carlin, but this ranting was downright depressing and just not funny at all. Hope he can make a comeback but at his age, and with his health problems, I fear it may be over. | | Reviewed on 2008-01-02
PLEASE let this be his last concert!
My God. Is this really George Carlin? THE George Carlin? The one I grew up with who was so funny? Whose humor was cutting edge and bitingly spot on? What I'm seeing nowadays is an old, bitter man who ceaselessly attacks everything about America and, well... just about everything else.
Like so many others who have reviewed this, and other, George Carlin performances, I am a huge fan who has become disenchanted with his most recent stuff. I can only believe that those who have rated his newest albums so highly are people who either have never heard his earlier material or have and yet somehow think a man who is ranting and raving onstage about everything he hates is funnier than the clever, witty, genuinely funny man that Carlin once was.
I am saddened at what he has evolved/devolved into these days. He doesn't seem to realize that he has become, in many ways, the same type of person he sanctimoniously rails against. For instance, he consistently insults religion as a bunch of sheep being brainwashed by fire and brimstone preachers, and yet he, himself, does the exact same thing. He is preaching to his new disciples about the evils of man, America and any institution he despises which, sadly, appears to be just about all of them. That's fire and brimstone of a different, yet disturbingly similar, type. I find it hypocritical.
Anyone who grew up in the '70s and '80s with George Carlin knows what a genuinely hilarious and clever guy he is/was. He made me laugh out loud with each new album. I have seen him live six times and his shows were always fresh and funny. I'm truly sorry to say that he has lost whatever it was that made him great. Each new performance nowadays seems to be filled with more and more bitterness and vitriol. I guess there are people who like that kind of thing. I'm not one of them. George Carlin jumped the shark years ago. I fervently hope this is his last album because I want to remember the George Carlin that made him the best comedian of his time. Unfortunately, that time is past.
Carlin was always on the cutting edge of comedy, and no one who grew up loving the man's humor can be called a prude, so anyone attempting to call people like me who believe he is a shadow of his former greatness a prude or 'out of touch' doesn't get it. He was ALWAYS controversial. It's just that he also used to be very funny; something he is occasionally now, but not consistently. The only thing consistent about his comedy now is his constant negativity about everything.
I used to be able to recite, word for word, his greatest routines, from his AM and FM album to his Playin' With Your Head album, that's how big a fan I am. That's why this new, bitter old man disappoints me so. The younger generation, who is growing up with increasingly more shock entertainment, from radio to TV to movies, may think George Carlin is great. If so, good for them. I'm glad they enjoy his new brand of humor and more power to them. I daresay that those of us who don't like it are those who are familiar with his older material and know that his recent stuff is very inferior to it.
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