That's what I heard about Williams. Supposedly he gets on those hyper rants and starts spewing, often "borrowing" stuff he heard elsewhere. I also heard that his people will generously hand out some cash to lesser known comics who can make a valid case that he stole from them.
Six pages and no love for Woody Allen's standup routines? The stuff long before he made "Bananas." The Berkowitz's will never believe it!
he was funny when he was coked up. the jokes? not so much. watching one man sweat three pounds by just talking for 10 minutes? hysterical.
His last HBO special he certainly changed it up. He did some pretty dirty stuff and it was hilarious.
So, for people who see a lot of live comedy, at what show did you have your single biggest laugh? For me, it was Seinfeld in a small club in the early 80s. The joke itself doesn't sound all that funny now -- about those strange little ID cards that used to come in kids' wallets -- but good Christ I laughed my ass off.
Yesss... the joke about the moose. Another great video clip is Flip Wilson doing the ugly baby joke on the first Johnny Carson video. Fantastic.
So Carlin will have a posthumous memoir published. I really hope the title is - "Stuff I was too chicken to say when I was alive."
