Born on this day – George Carlin:

George Carlin

Comedian

Actor

Writer

May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008

Credits:

Books:

Brain Droppings (1997); Napalm & Silly Putty (2001); When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (2004); Last Words (2009).

Albums:

A Place for My Stuff; An Evening with Wally Londo Featuring Bill Slaszo; Back in Town; Burns and Carlin at the Playboy Club Tonight; Carlin on Campus; Class Clown; Classic Gold; Complaints and Grievances; FM & AM; I Kinda Like It When a Lotta People Die; Indecent Exposure: Some of the Best of George Carlin; It's Bad for Ya; Jammin' in New York; Life Is Worth Losing; Occupation: Foole; On the Road; Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics; Playin' with Your Head; Take-Offs and Put-Ons; The George Carlin Collection; The Little David Years; Toledo Window Box; What Am I Doing in New Jersey?; You Are All Diseased.

Movies and television:

10 Years of Thomas & Friends (1999); 100 Greatest Stand-Ups (2007); 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time (2004); 11th Annual the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: George Carlin (2009); 12th Annual American Comedy Awards (1998); 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); 20 Years of Comedy on HBO (1995); 2012 Crossing Over: A New Beginning (2012); 42nd Street: River to River (2009); 5 Second Movies (2008); A Classic Christmas from the Ed Sullivan Show (2005); A Really Big Show: Ed Sullivan's 50th Anniversary (1998); A Toast to Lenny (1984); A Tribute to Mr. Television Milton Berle (1978); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1990); Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023); American Bandstand (1976–1977); American Masters (2012); America's Burning (2024); Americathon (1979); An All Star Celebration: Vote '88 (1988); Apt. 2C (1985); Archive of American Television Interview with George Carlin (2007); Artists of the Roundtable (2022); Away We Go (1967); Baseball (1994); Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020); Bill & Ted Go to Hell (2016); Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991); Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989); Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990); Biographics (2022); Biography (1996–2002); Bitter Jester (2003); Bookmark (1995); But... Seriously (1993); Can We Take a Joke? (2015); Car Wash (1976); Cars (2006); Cars: The Video Game (2006); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2025); CKY 3 (2001); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); CNN Showbiz Today (1986); Comic Relief (1986); Comic Relief IV (1990); Dark Side of Comedy (2022); Daytime Revolution (2024); Debunked (2022); Della (1969–1970); Dennis Miller Live (1997–2001); Dinah and Her New Best Friends (1976); Dinah! (1974–1976); Dinner for Five (2004); Dogma (1999); Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary (1991); Drawing on My Mind (1985); Ed Sullivan All-Star Comedy Special (1995); Ed Sullivan's Comedy Legends (2022); Elvis What If? (2012); Entertainment Tonight (2008); E-penser (2025); Everybody Hates Chris (2007); Flip (1971–1973); Fox Halloween Bash (1994); Fridays (1981); From Class Clown to Social Critic: An Evening with George Carlin (2008); Fuck (2005); Games N Roses (2017); George Carlin Again! (1978); George Carlin... It's Bad for Ya! (2008); George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy (1997); George Carlin: Back in Town (1996); George Carlin: Carlin on Campus (1984); George Carlin: Complaints & Grievances (2001); George Carlin: Doin' It Again (1990); George Carlin: George's Best Stuff (1996); George Carlin: Jammin' in New York (1992); George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing (2005); George Carlin: Personal Favorites (1997); George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head (1986); George Carlin: What Am I Doing in New Jersey? (1988); George Carlin: You Are All Diseased (1999); George Carlin's American Dream (2022); George on George (2003); Good Day Live (2004); Good Morning America (1977); GrowthBusters (2011); Happily N'Ever After (2006); HBO Magazine (1982); He Said, She Said (1970); Heroes of Black Comedy (2002); History of the Joke (2008); Hollywood Insider (2021); Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves! (1997); How Playboy Changed the World (2012); How's Your Mother-in-Law? (1967); I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025); Inside the Actors Studio (2004); It Takes Two (1969); It's Your Bet (1970); Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001); Jeopardy! (2016–2019); Jerry Seinfeld: 'I'm Telling You for the Last Time' (1998); Jersey Girl (2004); Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010); John Davidson at Notre Dame (1967); Johnny Carson Presents the Tonight Show Comedians (1984); La pétaudière de Gontran H (2024); Laff Mobb Presents (2012); Larry King Live (2008); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1996–2001); Late Night with David Letterman (1984–2001); Laugh Factory (1979); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Live at Mister Kelly's (2021); Lord, Save Us from Your Followers (2008); Louis C.K. Oh My God (2013); Louis C.K.: Chewed Up (2008); Louis C.K.: Hilarious (2010); Louis C.K.: Shameless (2007); Mac Davis: Sounds Like Home (1977); Mad TV (2000); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Mater's Tall Tales (2009–2010); Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories (2008); Minty Comedic Arts (2023); Molson Canadian Comedy Releaf (1991); Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales (1996); Nerdrotic (2023); NET Playhouse / Segment: What's So Funny About That? (1970); Occupy Los Angeles (2012); Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party (2004); On Location (1977–1983); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Operation: Entertainment (1968); Out of Shadows (2020); Outrageous Fortune (1987); Owned & Operated (2012); Perry Como's Hawaiian Holiday (1976); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1967); Playboy 2000: The Party Continues (2000); Playboy After Dark (1970); Quick Reviews with Maverick (2017); R Spasoff Comedian and George Carlin Ronnie Schell and Gary Ownes Web Series 7 (2017); Randy Feltface: Feltopia (2024); Real Eyes Realize Real Lies (2018); Rob Schneider: Soy Sauce and the Holocaust (2013); Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018); Rock Concert (1975–1976); Salty Cracker (2022); Saturday Night Live (1975–1984); Scary Movie 3 (2003); Shining Time Station (1991–1993); Shining Time Station: Once Upon a Time (1995); Shining Time Station: One of the Family (1995); Shining Time Station: Queen for a Day (1995); Shining Time Station: Second Chances (1995); Shining Time Station: Singsongs Volume 2 (1993); Small Apartments (2012); SNL50: The Anniversary Special (2025); Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces (2024); Storytime with Thomas (1999); Streets of Laredo (1995); Super Mario Bros. (1993); Surely, You Jest (2019); Talent Scouts (1962); Tarzan 2: The Legend Begins (2005); Tavis Smiley (2004); TCM Remembers 2008 (2008); Teacher of the Year (2014); Texaco Star Theatre Presents Bob Hope in 'Who Makes the World Laugh?' (1983); That Girl (1966); The 100 Greatest Stand Ups 2010 (2010); The 15th Annual American Comedy Awards (2001); The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards (1987); The 24th Annual Grammy Awards (1982); The 25th Annual Grammy Awards (1983); The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards (1988); The 4:30 Movie (2024); The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997); The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008); The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards (1993); The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards (1994); The Aristocrats (2005); The Arrivals (2008); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1991); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Bob Braun Show (1975); The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour (1973); The Byron Allen Show (1989); The Carol Burnett Show (1969–1978); The Chris Rock Show (1997); The Comedians Part 1 (1973); The Comedy Store (2020); The Daily Show (1999–2004); The David Frost Show (1970–1972); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969–1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1972–1992); The Directors (2005); The Ed Sullivan Show (1967–1971); The Editorial (2019); The Final Redpill (2022); The First 100 Years of Recorded Music (1981); The Flat Earth Conspiracy (2014); The Funny Farm (1983); The Game Game (1970); The George Carlin Show (1994–1995); The Gladys Knight & the Pips Show (1975); The Glass Bottom Boat (1966); The Greatest (2000); The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up (2022); The Helen Reddy Show (1973); The History of Comedy (2017–2018); The Hollywood Palace (1966–1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967); The Human Language (1995); The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall (2013); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2007); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1969); The Jackie Gleason Show (1968–1969); The Jimmie Rodgers Show (1969); The Jimmy Dean Show (1966); The Jimmy Dore Show (2024); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Kraft Summer Music Hall (1966); The Last Laugh (2016); The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (1997); The Late Show (1987); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1981); The Messenger (2009); The Michael Knowles Show (2017); The Midnight Special (1973–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1978); The Most Triumphant Making-of Documentary (2005); The People's Command Performance: '77 (1977); The Prince of Tides (1991); The Real George Carlin (1973); The Real Tom Kennedy Show (1970); The Reality of Me (TROM) (2011); The Roger Miller Show (1966); The Rosey Grier Show (1970); The Second Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1994); The Simpsons (1998); The Sixties (2014); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1968); The Smothers Brothers Show (1975); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960–1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1988–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992–2006); The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1991); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); The Vidiots (1986); The View (2004–2007); The Whoopi Goldberg Show (1992); This Is Tom Jones (1969); Thomas & Friends (1984–1995); Thomas & Friends: Best of Gordon (2003); Thomas & Friends: Best of Thomas (2001); Thomas & Friends: Engine Friends (2012); Thomas & Friends: Halloween Adventures (2006); Thomas & Friends: Holiday Express (2009); Thomas & Friends: James Goes Buzz Buzz (1994); Thomas & Friends: Mud Glorious Mud (2008); Thomas & Friends: Percy's Ghostly Trick (1994); Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories (2010); Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Holiday Collection (2017); Thomas and Friends: Hop on Board (1997); Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 20th Anniversary (1982); Tony Orlando and Dawn (1974–1976); Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (2003); Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean (2001); Upbeat (1967); WatchMojo (2018); Welcome Back, Kotter (1977); Welcome to the Basement (2015–2016); What's Alan Watching? (1989); What's My Line? (1969); When Stand-Up Comics Ruled the World (2004); Who Makes You Laugh? (1995); With Six You Get Eggroll (1968); Working Tra$h (1990); Zeitgeist (2007); Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008).