Saw George Carlin
We went to see George Carlin at the Fox Theater last night.
I wore black to honor his traditional uniform.
It was a good time, but we noticed that his new rants are less specific. They probably will not “date” as quickly as the last one we saw.
At 70, he was still great, but there was nothing really… masterful. His humor was on the gritty and sometimes gross side, but much of what I thought could have been the most interesting bits were delivered straight. He has always been a court jester, but he’s tipped into roughshod truth-telling.
He told three vile jokes – with plenty of warning. I had heard one of them before. The most disgusting of them was actually the funniest – it was a gift to divorced dads, and I couldn’t possibly publish it here (yikes). It was misogynistic and horrible, but it was still funny.
The refrain of the show was – “it’s bullshit, and it’s not good for you.”
He had a great guy as the warm-up – not really a comedian, although his asides were hilarious, but a very talented guitarist and singer. I wish I could remember his name. Something like David Travis? The mike was turned up way too high, and at some point he realized it. He sang one song a capella (”Acapulco”) way away from the microphone – what a lovely voice!
We lucked into a free parking space a block away – on the street – on a Saturday night – in Atlanta. Unbelievable.
A lot of the people there were very drunk.
It was a fun night out.