george carlin. a beautiful young actress who was with us once before ana obregon is here. [ applause ] and a lovely little girl. i think she's only five years old. i have not met her. i have seen her on the bill cosby show. her name is keshia knight pulliam. she will be out with us. [ applause ] and some other things, so thank you for coming, and we'll be back in just one minute. [ music ] [ music ] [ applause ] oh, i like that. thank you. we have-- [ applause ] to tune in at home. we have george carlin, ana obregon. a little young lady. keshia knight pulliam. interesting name. isn't it? they say she's adorable. she's-- >> i've not seen here. >> she's on the bill cosby show. from time to time the american library association. they ask librarians across the country for the most unusual questions asked by those visiting, or phoning the library. did you know that very often they have in many towns. your local library has a service. if you phone them, and you have a question or something. they'll do eve

george carlin. sometimes a little brain damage can help. >> well, doing a lot of things in real life, but, you know-- off that path a little bit. we're very interested in charities. as you know i've been working a lot with the malibu home for the unimportant. [ laughter ] we're trying to get a new group together called "vasectomies for the unwilling". [ laughter ] also-- >> the yelling and screaming clinic. i suppose. >> oh, yes. they're right next door. you just move them from one building into the next. >> you're not into the one i donate to. >> what's that? >> the polish home for unwed bowlers is apparently large. [ laughter ] >> that's something i'd like to get tied into if i could. you know, we're interested in the squat people of america are starting to reach out. >> the squat people. >> squat. you know how they say a guy who's short and squat. >> yeah. >> well, there are squat people apparently, and there's a new move to hire the squat. [ laughter ] their slogan is, "we're squat. so what?" [

ian mckellan and george carlin, of course. now, tomorrow is thanksgiving. >> right. >> we have done this before, and we have a lot of fun ask children to do things, and they're honest, you cannot write better things than they do, because their fertile little minds just spit it right out. we asked several groups of second to fifth grade children, called their teachers, from the los angeles district, various questions about thanksgiving, and we asked the teachers just to pose these to the students, have them write their answers and send them to us. now, i'm gonna mention the schools-- sunrise elementary, plasencia elementary, van gogh elementary, and woodlake elementary. now the first-- we asked and i'll give you each question. the first question was, you, the student, are a father turkey. what will you say to your wife and children the day before thanksgiving? that's the first question. you're the turkey and you have to talk to your wife and children-- okay. bonnie evangelista, she's in fourth grade at woodlake avenue. here's w

george carlin. we have a beautiful woman-- a beautiful young actress who was with us once before ana obregon is here. [ applause ] and a lovely little girl. i think she's only five years old. i have not met her. i have seen her on the bill cosby show. her name is keshia knight pulliam. she will be out with us. [ applause ] and some other things, so thank you for coming, and we'll be back in just one minute. [ music ] [ music ] [ applause ] oh, i like that. thank you. we have-- [ applause ] ana obregon. a little young lady. keshia knight pulliam. interesting name. isn't it? they say she's adorable. she's-- >> i've not seen here. >> she's on the bill cosby show. from time to time the american library association. they ask librarians across the country for the most unusual questions asked by those visiting, or phoning the library. did you know that very often they have in many towns. your local library has a service. if you phone them, and you have a question or something. they'll do everything they ca

would you welcome george carlin? [ cheers and applause ] [ music ] >> hello, hello. how are you doing tonight? nice to see you all. hello, doctor. uh, i ate at the commissary. you know, last time-- what'd i have last time? was the, uh, breast of hyena, which was great. this time they've got a new little gourmet section. i don't know if you're aware but there's a gourmet section, and the maitre'd ulrich was very nice. he gave me a little of everything. first i had the rack of weasel, very good. a piping hot bowl of wolf noodle soup. the loin of gopher was of course, stir-fried mole, curried woodpecker, and topped it all off with some nice candied unicorn mcnuggets. [ laughter ] so they got me. now i'm gonna be a regular-- regular patron. of course, i don't have to remind you. you've been told four or five times, and you probably knew this from your datebooks. tomorrow is thanksgiving, and i'm happy because it's a day that you really understand that you're living in the 20th century, america will baste themselves in ovens that will later clean themselves. [ laughter ]

comedy central rang 10 the third greatest comedian of all time, following richard pryor and george carlin, two clear successors to lenny's .roundbreaking work as steve alluded to, previous generations of comedians, jack benny, bob hope, milton berle, had a style of telling rapidfire jokes, a preset up followed by a punchline, and many bruce is still could not have been more different. he wrote his own material, rooted in personal experiences, targeting the hypocrisy of contemporary society. along with the others of his time, he was more a comic thinker than a comedian. steve mentioned, all those people had some connection to playboy, featured in the magazine, or performing in the playboy clubs or the syndicated television show my father hosted, a show that got no carriage in the south because its format was to feature black performers in front of an integrated audience onset. points of many intersection between the lenny and my father which led up to the logic of the foundation making the grant that facilitated this acquisition. playboy was launched in december 1953, and my father envisio

. >> george carlin was the first host. wanted to be permanent host. >> nice to see you.ive. >> there were a lot of names bandied about in terms of permanent hosts. >> that's one of those tv rules you mustn't break, until you do. then you realize, why don't you have a different host every week? but it was the cast that finally won people's hearts. >> come on, who is this? >> andy-gram. >> you cut your own steaks. we give you the sauce. >> i'm barbara wawa. >> thank you, thank you very much. you're beautiful. you're beautiful. thank you. >> you were drawn to the tv set, because you knew something insane might happen. >> live, live. >> live from new york! >> partly because it was live. partly because you knew television was now in the hands of the television generation. ♪ >> and these were kids in quotes who just might do anything. >> yes, having sex with women, the president within these very walls. that never happened when dick nixon was in the white house. >> it was counter television. that's partly what made it attractive. >> no problem. >> every one of their episodes b

would you welcome george carlin? [ cheers and applause ] [ music ] >> hello, hello. how are you doing tonight? nice to see you all. hello, doctor. i went into the commissary. uh, i ate at the commissary. you know, last time-- what'd i have last time? was the, uh, breast of hyena, which was great. this time they've got a new little gourmet section. i don't know if you're aware but there's a gourmet section, and the maitre'd ulrich was very nice. he gave me a little of everything. first i had the rack of weasel, very good. a piping hot bowl of wolf noodle soup. the loin of gopher was of course, stir-fried mole, curried woodpecker, and topped it all off with some nice candied unicorn mcnuggets. [ laughter ] so they got me. now i'm gonna be a regular-- regular patron. of course, i don't have to remind you. you've been told four or five times, and you probably knew this from your datebooks. tomorrow is thanksgiving, and i'm happy because it's a day that you really understand that you're living in the 20th century, 'cause turkeys all over america will baste themselves in o