What Am I Doing in New Jersey? (1988)

Original title

George Carlin: What Am I Doing in New Jersey?

Directed by

Bruce Gowers, Rocco Urbisci

Genre

stand-up comedy

Country

United States of America

Runtime

1h 01m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

George Carlin performs a stand-up comedy special recorded in New Jersey. He riffs on language, life, and social absurdities with his trademark cynicism and humor.

comedicobservationalsatiricalwittyenergeticirreverentsharpdeadpan

What happens

What Am I Doing in New Jersey? is the 12th album and sixth HBO special by American comedian George Carlin. It was recorded at the Park Performing Arts Center in Union City, New Jersey for an HBO special, and the album was released on August 15, 1988. During Late Night with David Letterman on November 17, 1988, Carlin revealed that the working title of the special was What in God's Name Am I Doing in New Jersey? The opening intro skit, in which George takes a cab to Union City, has Lloyd Lindsay Young of WWOR make an appearance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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