George Carlin (1937–2008)
Autor/a de When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
Sobre l'autor
Comedian George Carlin was born on May 12, 1937 in Bronx, New York. He began his career at age 19 at the KJOE radio station in Louisiana. After making numerous appearances on TV, Carlin moved to radio and produced two albums, Take-Offs and Put-Ons, and FM & AM, which won a Grammy Award and was the mostra'n més first of four albums in a row to go gold. One of his best known routines was Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television. After performing this routine in Milwaukee in 1972, he was arrested for disturbing the peace and it also led to an indecency case after WBAI-FM radio aired it in 1973. Carlin also wrote three books and appeared on television and in movies. Besides his four Grammy Awards for best spoken comedy album, he was nominated for five Emmys. In 2002, Carlin was awarded the Freedom of Speech Award by the First Amendment Center in cooperation with the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado, and he was the named 11th recipient of The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in June of 2008. George Carlin passed away at age 71 on June 22, 2008 in Santa Monica, California. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de George Carlin
Thomas and the Special Letter and Other Stories [Animated Videorecording] (1995) — Narrador — 12 exemplars
3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork… (2015) 5 exemplars
Thomas and Friends: Trust Thomas & Other Stories (Mavis, Toby's Tightrope, No Joke For James, Percy's Promise, Henry's… (1992) 4 exemplars
Take-offs and Put-ons 4 exemplars
The Aristocrats 3 exemplars
Last Words [Abridged 5-CD Set] 3 exemplars
Thomas Gets Tricked / Edward Helps Out 2 exemplars
Best Of 2015 1 exemplars
3x Carlin, An Orgy of George - 2006 publication 1 exemplars
Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories 1 exemplars
Thomas & Friends: James Goes Buzz Buzz 1 exemplars
Thomas the tank engine & friends- Thomas' Christmas party & other favorite stories (video) (1991) — Narrador — 1 exemplars
George Carlin: Doin' It Again 1 exemplars
George Carlin Complete 1 exemplars
George Carlin: Live at Carnegie 1 exemplars
Thomas comes to breakfast & other Thomas adventures — Narrador — 1 exemplars
Little David Years 1971-1977 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Col·laborador — 244 exemplars
Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse: Contemplating the Future with Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra,… (2005) — Col·laborador — 66 exemplars
Thomas & Friends: Best of Thomas [Videorecording] — Narrador — 18 exemplars
Democracy in Print: The best of the Progressive Magazine, 1909-2009 (2009) — Col·laborador — 14 exemplars
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: The Best of Season 3 (2008) — Performer, algunes edicions — 11 exemplars
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends: Rusty to the Rescue & Other Thomas Stories [Videorecording] (1995) — Narrador — 8 exemplars
4-Movie Laugh Pack: Which Way is Up? / Brewster's Millions / Car Wash / Bustin' Loose — Actor — 3 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Carlin, George
- Nom oficial
- Carlin, George Denis Patrick
- Data de naixement
- 1937-05-12
- Data de defunció
- 2008-06-22
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- New York, New York, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Causa de la mort
- heart failure
- Llocs de residència
- New York, New York, USA
Venice, California, USA - Professions
- comedian
disc jockey
writer - Organitzacions
- United States Air Force
- Premis i honors
- Grammy Award (4 times)
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2008)
Lifetime Achievement Award, American Comedy Awards (2001)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 71
- També de
- 26
- Membres
- 6,783
- Popularitat
- #3,603
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 119
- ISBN
- 116
- Llengües
- 2
- Preferit
- 19