CappyNJ
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5:09 · 11M views · May 1, 2007
George Carlin's classic stand-up routine about 'stuff' and how much of life is spent accumulating and storing it, from Comic Relief 1986. It satirizes American consumerism and possessions.
HN keeps linking it in threads on clutter, storage units, real estate and consumerism as a perfectly apt comic take.
14 comments from Hacker News
For what its worth, you are describing Carlins newer specials. His career spanned over 40 years. And yeah look at the shift in tone just from the names of his HBO specials 1977 On Location: George Carlin at USC 1978 George Carlin: Again! 1982 Carlin at Carnegie 1984 Carlin on Campus 1986 Playin' with Your Head 1988 What Am I Doing in New Jersey? 1990 Doin' It Again 1992 Jammin' in New York 1996 Back in Town ------------------------- 1999 You Are All Diseased 2001 Complaints and Grievances 2005 Life Is Worth Losing 2008 It's Bad for Ya If you are interested, check out his older stuff like Carlin on Campus. "A Place for My Stuff" [1] for example. [1] this video
Any source on that theory? I think you have something solid there. George Carlin put it quite eloquently: this video We're definitely seeing a resurgence to simplicity after advertisers had performed scorched-earth on frontal cortex lobes.
What a story! Most people probably would just give up. Dealing with storage units is why I try to eliminate all the extra "stuff" in my life... George Carlin had a great bit on stuff: this video
> "you don't own stuff; the stuff owns you" Reminds me of the George Carlin bit on "stuff". Brilliant commentary on the American way, as always: this video
Have you noticed that their stuff is shit and your shit is stuff? - George Carlin If you have some free time, do watch this. this video