There is no way in the world this could have played to any audience in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. The routine is dark really, really dark, even by CarlinвЂ™s standards. This one? Well, to be perfectly honest, it was the right call to scrap this special. UnfortunatelyВ for them, the name Shihad was just a little too close to that other word, and in order to play in America, they had to change their name to Pacifier,В which did not help their cause at all. Unlike New ZealandвЂ™s own Keith Urban), who were on the verge of cracking into the lucrative US market around this time. For Australian readers, you may well know the story of local rock band Shihad (they are New Zealanders, but because they are good, we claim them. So about the routine at the centre of all this was it that bad? When the horrific tragedy of 911 happened, there were some extreme and sometimes crazy responses, and not all of them came from the US President. He was a social commentator more than a вЂfunny ha haвЂ™ comedian, and most of his material challenges you first, and then makes you laugh at the absurdity of it all. In usual Carlin fashion, he somehow manages to be relevantВ to issues facing the world right now вЂ“ decades before his time this man was вЂ“ with a rather interesting take on police brutality and his overall distrust of the establishment.Д¬arlin doesnвЂ™t do one-liners or go for cheap laughs, it was just never his style. The audio-only album is a bit of a compilation of various Carlin material, starting with some home recordings of rants he made way back in 1957, some material from the original Complaints and Grievances special, and of course, the routine in question. So here we are now fifteen years later, and althoughВ George is sadly no longer with us, he has finally got his wish, and thanks to his daughterВ Kelly Carlin ( a talented artist in her own right), his managerВ Jerry Hamza and his comedy producer Rocco Urbisci, George has finally released a comedy album titled I Kinda Like it When a Lotta People Die. The world-changing events that took place the very next day rendered the special impossible to air вЂ“ for fairly obvious reasons вЂ“ and much of the other material found its way onto a re-filmed special called Complaints and Grievances.В Carlin seemed rather fond of both the bit and the title, and so planned to reuse it in a 2004 special. As with most of GeorgeвЂ™s material, it contained some dark social commentary, some of which revolved around the premise of him вЂњkinda liking it when a lotta people die,вЂќ which was also the title of the special. On September 9 and 10, 2001, the great George Carlin recorded a comedy special that was to air shortly after on HBO. IвЂ™m thrilled that we will once again be workingВ with our wonderful colleagues at HBO and that Judd Apatow, another comedy giant, is directing.REVIEW: George Carlin вЂ“ I Kinda Like It When a Lotta People Die. Carlin is theВ comedian'sВ comedianВ who masteredВ his craft and shaped American counterculture suchВ that he paved the way for a generation of comics that followed. вЂњThe sting of his words is as sharp now as when he was on stage. 'ItвЂ™s a great honor to be producing a film about George Carlin, a giant figure in comedy,вЂќ added Leifer. 'Having been the public keeper of my dadвЂ™s legacy these last 12 years, IвЂ™ve dreamt of the right people appearing at the right moment to give the documentary telling of my fatherвЂ™s story what it deserves - an honoring of his comedic genius and unique cultural impact, while not shying away from his personal struggles and humanity,вЂќ said CarlinвЂ™s daughter, Kelly Carlin. It is an honor to be given the opportunity to tell the story of his life and work,' said Apatow, who previously called Carlin's work 'very prophetic.' вЂњGeorge CarlinвЂ™s work becomes more relevant every day.

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