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Movie poster: George Carlin: On Location at USC (1977)
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George Carlin: On Location at USC

1977 · 85 min TV Movie Comedy Documentary
7.6 / 10 · TMDB

George Carlin, clad in a simple black t-shirt, commands the stage before a university audience. His voice, a tool alternating between sarcastic scalpel and passionate hammer, dissects the quiet of the hall. This is not mere joke-telling; it's a live autopsy of the American language, everyday logic, and social hypocrisy. Topics from advertising to religion, politics to mundane absurdities, are stripped bare under his relentless gaze. The crowd oscillates between stunned silence and roaring laughter, witnessing the gears of their accepted reality being exposed and ridiculed.

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📋 Film Details

Year 1977
Country United States of America
Genre TV Movie, Comedy, Documentary
Director Marty Callner
Runtime 85 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.6/10 (34 votes)

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This special is a masterclass in turning acute observation into comedic artillery. Carlin isn't here just to entertain; he deconstructs the frameworks of language and thought with surgical, almost scientific, precision, forcing a confrontation with our own assumptions.

What lingers after the final bow is the rare sensation of intellectual exhilaration. The laughter is a byproduct of truth, not its pursuit. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Marty Callner

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The charged, lecture-hall tension punctuated by laughter of recognition.

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