George Carlin
Counterculture satirist of language
Facts
- Born: 1937
- Country: United States
- Field: Comedy
- Era: Television Age
Overview
His 1972 routine about seven words led to the 1978 Supreme Court case on broadcast indecency. He recorded fourteen HBO specials from 1977 to 2008 and won four Grammy Awards for comedy albums. Class Clown 1972 and Jammin in New York 1992 are landmark albums. He received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor posthumously in 2008.