{"id":635,"date":"2008-06-26T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T07:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2008\/06\/the-14000-words-he-left-us-carlins-last-interview\/"},"modified":"2008-06-26T00:02:03","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T07:02:03","slug":"the-14000-words-he-left-us-carlins-last-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/26\/the-14000-words-he-left-us-carlins-last-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"The 14,000 Words He Left Us – Carlin’s Last Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

from Psychology Today<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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George Carlin’s Last Interview<\/h1>\n

By\u00a0Jay Dixit<\/a>\u00a0on June 23, 2008 in\u00a0Brainstorm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"GeorgeTen days ago, on Friday, June 13th, 2008, I had the extraordinary privilege of talking to George Carlin. As far as I know it was the last in-depth interview he gave before he passed away yesterday at age 71. Originally it was slated to run as a 350-word Q&A on the back page of Psychology Today. But I was so excited to talk to him\u2014and he was so generous with his time\u2014that I just kept on going. By the end I had over 14,000 words.<\/p>\n

On stage, George Carlin came across as a grouch, often vulgar and sometimes misanthropic. But with me he was patient and warm, happy to talk through the minutiae of his creative process and eager to share stories about his childhood, his evolution as a comic, and his influence. What struck me most was the joy in his voice as he talked about the wonderful feeling he got in his gut while writing. I was also moved by the gratitude he expressed for his mother, who he said \u201csaved\u201d him and his brother\u2014leaving her bullying, alcoholic husband when George was just two months old, getting a job during the worst years of the Depression, and raising two boys on her own.<\/p>\n

He spoke about the pride he took in his work. As a ninth-grade dropout, he said, it was gratifying to see his words quoted in textbooks, classrooms, and courtrooms. And he was proud to have\u00a0inspired other comedy greats<\/a>, who routinely called him to say, “If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be doing this.” As he looked back on his astonishingly prolific 50-year career\u2014which includes 130 Tonight Show appearances, 23 albums, 14 HBO specials, three books, and one Supreme Court case\u2014the interview became a sort of retrospective of his life.<\/p>\n

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