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George Carlin Talks About "Stuff"

CappyNJ · 10.6M views · 2007-05-01 · 5:09

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Overview

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.

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HN keeps linking it in threads on clutter, storage units, real estate and consumerism as a perfectly apt comic take.

Recommended by 7 HN people across 7 months · HN mentions 2010–2026

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Stand-up & sketch comedy
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roland35 · 2024-10 · Recommendation

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: [VIDEO]

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faster · 2020-07 · Recommendation

George Carlin did a great routine on 'stuff'. [VIDEO] "a house is ... a pile of stuff with a cover on it".

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twiceaday · 2018-10 · Recommendation

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] [VIDEO]

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