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050 00 $aPN2287.C2685$bS85 2010
082 00 $a792.7/6028092$aB$222
100 1 $aSullivan, James,$d1965 Nov. 7-
245 10 $aSeven dirty words :$bthe life and crimes of George Carlin /$cJames Sullivan.
246 30 $aLife and crimes of George Carlin
246 18 $a7 dirty words
250 $a1st Da Capo Press ed.
260 $aCambridge, MA :$bDa Capo Press,$cc2010.
300 $avii, 261 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-246) and index.
520 $aJournalist and cultural critic James Sullivan tells the story of Alternative America from the 1950s to the present, from the singular vantage point of George Carlin, the Catholic boy for whom nothing was sacred. This critical biography is an insightful (and hilarious) examination of Carlin's body of work as it pertained to its cultural times and the man who created it, from his early days as a more-or-less conventional comedian to his stunning transformation into the subversive comedic voice of the emerging counterculture. Sullivan also chronicles Carlin's struggles with censorship and drugs, as well as the full-blown renaissance he experienced in the 1990s, both personally and professionally, when he became an elder statesman to a younger generation of comics who revered him. This is the definitive biography of an American master who changed the world, and also a work of cultural commentary which frames his extraordinary legacy.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aWarm-up -- Heavy mysteries -- Class clown -- Attracting attention -- Values (How much is that dog crap in the window?) -- The confessional -- Special dispensation -- Seven words you can never say on television -- Wasted time -- America the beautiful -- Squeamish -- Kicker.
600 10 $aCarlin, George.
650 0 $aComedians$zUnited States$vBiography.