It's Bad for Ya (2008)

Original title

George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya!

Directed by

Rocco Urbisci

Genre

stand-up comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

R

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 148 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

George Carlin delivers his final stand-up special, riffing on the flaws of modern society, language, and hypocrisies. He offers blunt and sarcastic commentary on topics like health, religion, and American culture.

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What happens

It's Bad for Ya is the 19th album as well as the 14th and final HBO stand-up comedy special by stand-up comedian George Carlin, released on July 29th, 2008, through Eardrum and Atlantic Records. It was the last album recorded within Carlin's lifetime, being first televised live on March 1, 2008, on HBO, less than four months before his death. It is also the first posthumous album from Carlin, being released just over a month after Carlin's death on June 22. The album is the follow-up to the 2005 HBO special Life Is Worth Losing. Carlin worked on this material since ending his Life Is Worth Losing tour. The working title for this show was The Parade of Useless Bullshit. Filmed in the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, California, the show's stage behind Carlin was designed to represent a cozy living room theme. The CD was released July 29, 2008, and the DVD and Blu-ray Disc on November 25, 2008. It's Bad for Ya received the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, awarded posthumously. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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