Jon Stewart interviews George Carlin

[MADem]

Stewart is leaving his program; here's a look at him in his youth interviewing one of our most remarkable observers of the human scene:

[Dr Hobbitstein]

1. He was younger, but this wasn't really his "youth".

This interview was from 1997, two years before he started on The Daily Show, but quite a few years after "The John Stewart Show (which originally aired on MTV before replacing The Arsenio Hall Show). I remember watching this when it first aired on HBO before a Carlin retrospective.

Now, I only say this wasn't his "youth" because he was 35 when he did this interview. I'm 35 now, and I don't consider this my "youth".

[MADem]

3. You do realize that once you hit a certain age, anything under fifty is "youth?"

Ahhhh....the certainty of the young!!!!

Trust me--when you hit fifty, or sixty, or more, you will regard 35 as your "youth."

Where you stand depends on where you sit!

[Dr Hobbitstein]

4. I suppose you are correct...

As a musician, a lot of the older guys in the scene (60s-70s) refer to me and my crowd as "the young guys" or "the kids", which also lumps us in with the teens and twenty-somethings who have their own crowd, and we rarely find ourselves sharing a bill, let alone playing in the same clubs or playing the same style of music.

[MADem]

6. Oh, you kid!!!

[BlueMTexpat]

9. + about a million ...

I am in the "or more" category. After age 35, I had two different professional evolutions and a second marriage ... so age 35 was, for me, a couple of lifetimes ago.

I still haven't decided what I want to be when I "grow up," but the second marriage is still enduring.

[MADem]

12. I'm way closer to the grave than the cradle and I don't know what I want to be when I

"grow up" either--past careers notwithstanding!



It's never too late to learn something new, though--that's my philosophy!

[BlueMTexpat]

13. LOL - me too!

[marble falls]

2. Good stuff thanks. George Carlin's passing made me so angry. Almost as angry as Robin William's....

leaving did.

We need them and Jon Steward to help up us understand what's going on around us.

[MrMickeysMom]

23. My thoughts, too...

I want Jon Steward to help in the same vein…

[Martin Eden]

5. Two Treasures

Thank you so much for posting this!

[tomm2thumbs]

7. Thanks for posting, really enjoyed that!

yay!

[sheshe2]

8. Oh, to be 35 again~

That was a great interview with George Carlin. Any idea what Jon will be doing now, MADem?

Shovel carefully~

[MADem]

15. It's a mystery, still, at this point....

I am not shoveling at all--the wind is still whipping like crazy, and I am seeing "snow tornadoes" outside the window...!

[sheshe2]

16. I lucked out...

My neighbor shoveled my walkway again. I still am waiting for a plow to come through so I can get to my car and clean it. Thankfully it is not that windy here, just bitterly cold.

Stay safe~

[MADem]

17. My neighbor just lost power, so I have to mush out to see if I can help....

I probably can't, but it could be a blown breaker and nothing worse. We'll see...

Ugh, off my ass and off I go!

[mountain grammy]

10. thanks for posting, enjoyed that.

Stewart looks pretty 'youth' to me.. How I miss George Carlin.

[Fearless]

11. "You're going to show us a lot and I look forward to it."

George definitely hit the nail on the head.

[MADem]

18. I liked that, too! nt

[nilram]

27. +100

[Pooka Fey]

14. "An artist has an obligation to be 'en route', to be going somewhere"

- George Carlin (1937-2008)

Great interview.

[DreamSmoker]

19. From a very wise man

I remember being this young way back...
Its is said by a late dear friend who was old and very wise..
You are not grown up until you are at least 35 years old...
So many of us here have now lived long enough to find this to be true...
I saw George last night on a re-run of SNL..
SNL is now 40 years old...
Where did that time go???

[MADem]

25. Where did that time go? Doggone if I know!! It flies when you're having fun... nt

[turbinetree]

20. Carlin

I think he was and still is the memories one of the most astute individuals I have ever seen, and Robin Williams could seize the moment and make you think you know they were both right in there observations.
Shine on you crazy diamonds

[demwing]

21. Thanks for reposting this!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017244911

[MADem]

24. HA!!!! I missed yours!!!!!! I'd have kicked it had I seen it!!!!!

It's a YT posted a half decade ago, a friend sent it along so I figured, what the hell, this is some fine viewing and will be a good 'un for the weekend crowd!!!

Great minds, then!!!!!!!

[MyOwnPeace]

22. What a collective thing.......

We're watching two geniuses - one who "paved the way" and one who has pointed the way to the next level.
Just amazing............and to sit here and see it retrospectively - humbling, for sure

[MADem]

26. Yes indeed! nt