Seven Dirty Words_ The Life and Crimes of George Carlin - James Sullivan [127]
I would like to thank Kelly Carlin-McCall for her kindness and willingness to make some room on the shelf.
Much like standup comedy, writing is a solitary pursuit, but I’ve been blessed with many funny people to brighten my life. In particular, old friends David Marmer and Jay Ablondi have always been comedians without going pro. My friend Jeremy Cowan carries a big shtick. And Rick D’Elia is, in fact, the coolest cousin-in-law.
My father, Al Sullivan, who was born five years to the day before Carlin, still loves to say that he raised an R-rated kid. More importantly, he gave me a critical survival skill: a cracked sense of humor. And my wonderful wife, Monica, and our three beautiful boys—Sam, Will, and Owen—remind me every day that nothing beats a smile and a laugh.
INDEX
ABC
Abortion
ACLU. See American Civil Liberties Union
The Act of Creation (Koestler)
Advertising
Agnew, Spiro
Ajaye, Franklin
Albee, Edward
Alexander, Shana
Ali, Muhammad
Allen, Fred
Allen, Steve
All in the Family
Altman, Bob
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Americathon (film)
Amsterdam, Morey
Anderson, Robert
The Andy Griffith Show
Apt. 2C
Arbogast, Bob
Arbogast, Peter
Ass
Atlantic Records
Atomic Age
Authority
Authors League of America
Away We Go
Aykroyd, Dan
Back in Town (HBO special)
Ballou, Wally
Banner, Bob
Barris, Chuck
Bastard
Bearey, Mary. See Carlin, Mary (mother)
Beat Generation
Becker, Murray
Belafonte, Harry
Belushi, John
Bennett, Tony
Benny, Jack
Berle, Marshall
Berle, Milton
Berman, Shelley
Bernacchi, Donald
Biafra, Jello
Bible
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (film)
Birth control
Bitch
Black, Hugo
Black, Lewis
Blackmun, Harry
Blair, Dennis
Bob and Ray
The Bob Newhart Show
Book, Stephen
Borge, Victor
Brain Droppings (Carlin)
Brennan, Bill
Brennan, William J.
Brenner, David
Brezner, Larry
Brinkley, David
Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act
Brooks, Albert
Brown, James
Brown, Oscar, Jr.
Bruce, Lenny
Buckley, Lord
Burger, Warren E.
Burnett, Carol
Burns, Biff
Burns, George
Burns, Jack
Burns & Carlin at the Playboy Club Tonight (album) (Carlin and Burns)
The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (album) (Newhart)
Buttons, Red
Butz, Earl
Café Au Go Go, N.Y.
Café Wha?, N.Y.
Cannon, Freddy “Boom Boom,”
Cantrell, Lana
Carl, Dick
Carlin, Brenda
Carlin, George
as actor
appearance of
arrests of
awards received by
Copacabana meltdown of
death of
drug use of
early years of
education of
family background of
film roles of
financial problems of
health of
management of
military service of
as nightclub headliner
as radio announcer
in rehab
reviews of
Village years of
writing of
See also comedy albums; HBO specials
Carlin-McCall, Kelly (daughter)
Carlin, Mary (mother)
Carlin, Patrick (brother)
Carlin, Patrick (father)
Carlin at Carnegie (HBO special)
The Carlin Case (radio show)
Carlin’s Corner (radio show)
Carnegie Hall
Carroll, Johnny
Cars (film)
Carson, Johnny
Castro, Fidel
Catholic Church, Catholicism
CBS
Censorship
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Characters
Barf, Biff
Breckenridge, Congolia
Burns, Biff
Hippie-Dippy Postman
Hippie-Dippy Weatherman
“The Indian Sergeant,”
Lame, Scott
media
O’Grady, George
Pouch, Al
Sleet, Al
West, Willie
Cheech and Chong
Cheney, Dick
CIA. See Central Intelligence Agency
Civil rights movement
Class Clown (album) (Carlin)
Clay, Andrew “Dice,”
Clean Airwaves Act
Clerks (film)
The Coca-Cola Hi-Fi Club (radio show)
Cocksucker
Cohen, Herb
Cohen, Myron
Columbia University
Columbine High School shooting
Comedy
1950s
1970s
changes in
Dada
dark
“meta,”
music and
observational
physical
political
stand-up
underground
Comedy albums
Burns & Carlin at the Playboy Club Tonight
Class Clown
Complaints and Grievances
FM & AM
Indecent Exposure
The Little David Years
Occupation: Foole
A Place for My Stuff
On the Road
Take-Offs and Put-Ons
Toledo Window Box
What Am I Doing in