Seven Dirty Words (35 page)
Nachman, Gerald
Nader, Ralph
Namath, Joe
Napalm & Silly Putty
(Carlin)
National Lampoon
NBC
Neil, Fred
Newhart, Bob
Newman, Herb
Newman, Paul
“The Newscast” routine
Newsday
Newsweek
Newton, Wayne
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve
(1973)
New Yorker
New York Post
New York Times
Nicholls, Andrew
Nichols, Mike
Nigger
Nixon, Richard
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Obscenity
Occupation: Foole
(album) (Carlin)
O’Connor, John Joseph
Odet, Clifford
Odom, Homer
O’Donoghue, Michael
O’Grady, George
O’Keefe, Joseph “Specs,”
Ono, Yoko
Orlando, Tony
Orlovsky, Peter
Orwell, George
Ose, Doug
Oswald, Lee Harvey
Ouspensky, P. D.
Outrageous Fortune
(film)
Paar, Jack
Pacifica Foundation
Pardo, Don
Parker, Charlie
“The Parts That Were Left Out of the Kennedy Book” (Krassner)
Patriotism
Paul, Peter
Pawlak, Jerry
Paxton, Tom
PBS
Pegler, Westbrook
Perry Como’s Holidays in Hawaii
Person to Person
Pesci, Joe
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Philbin, Regis
Piss
A Place for My Stuff
(album) (Carlin)
“The Planet Is Fine” routine
Playboy Clubs
Playboy
magazine
Playin’ with Your Head
(HBO special)
Pledge of Allegiance
Plotkin, Harry M.
Podell, Jules
Politics
Popular culture.
See
culture
Post, Steve
Pouch, Al
Poundstone, Paula
“The Power of Mental Demand” (Patrick Carlin)
Precht, Bob
Presley, Elvis
Preston, Billy
The Prince of Tides
(film)
Prine, Andrew
Prinze, Freddie
Pro-life movement
Pryor, Richard
Pullen, L. W.
Radio Act of
Radio Unnameable
(radio show)
Radner, Gilda
Rankin, Kenny
Rawls, Lou
Ray, Johnnie
Raye, Martha
RCA
Reagan, Ronald
The Real George Carlin
The Realist
magazine
Reddy, Helen
Reeves, Keanu
Reid, Tim
Reiner, Rob
Reiser, Paul
Religion
Reynolds, Debbie
Ribback, Alan
Rich, Buddy
Richards, Michael
Richards, Stan “The Man.”
See
Walsh, Jack
Rickles, Don
Riddle, Nelson
Ritter, John
Rivers, Joan
On the Road
(album) (Carlin)
Robbins, Marty
Robinson, Glen
Robinson, Jackie
Rocco, Alex
Rock, Chris
Rock ‘n’ roll
Roddy, Rod
The Roger Miller Show
Rolling Stone
magazine
Rolling Stones
Rollins, Sonny
Roman, Murray
Romano, Ray
Romero, George
Ronstadt, Linda
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Rose, Biff
Ross, Diana
Ross, Stan
Roth, Manny
Routines
“Bodily Functions,”
“Daytime Television,”
“Filthy Words,”
“The Fund for the Rich and Powerful,”
“Hair Piece,”
“I Used to Be Irish Catholic,”
“The Newscast,”
“The Planet Is Fine,”
“Religious Lift,”
“Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television,”
“Sex in Commercials,”
“Shoot,”
“Stuff,”
“Teenage Masturbation,”
“Wonderful WINO,”
Rowan, Dan
Rowan and Martin
Rubin, Jerry
Ruby, Jack
Ruhe, Herbert S.
Rush, Chris
Russell, Nipsey
Ryan, James
Sahl, Mort
San Francisco Chronicle
Santa Monica Civic show
Santa Monica Times
Santos, Steven H.
Sargent, Herb
Saturday Night Live
Savio, Mario
Scalia, Antonin
Schaap, Dick
Schattenfield, Thomas
Schickele, Peter
Schieffer, Bob
Schlosser, Herbert
Schneider, Leonard
Schneider, Tom
Schoenith, Joe
Schoenith, Tom
School shootings
Schreiber, Avery
Schultz, Shelly
Schumacher, Joel
Schwall, Jim
Schweitzer, Louis
Scorsese, Martin
Scott, George C.
SCTV
Seale, Bobby
Second City, Chicago, Ill.
The Secret Papers of George Carlin
(Carlin)
Seeger, Pete
Seinfeld
Seinfeld, Jerry
September 11,
“Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” routine
Sex
Shakespeare, William
Shales, Tom
Shandling, Garry
Shanks, Bob
Sheen, Fulton J.
Shit
Shook, Steve
Shor, Toots
Short, Bobby
Siegel, Corky
Siegel-Schwall Band
Siggelkow, Rick
Silver, Roy
Silverstein, Shel
Silver Streak
(film)
Simon, Paul
Simon, Sam
Simpson, O.J.
The Simpsons
Sinatra, Frank
Sinatra, Frank, Jr.
Sinatra, Nancy
Siracusa, Joe
With Six You Get Eggroll
(film)
Slayton, Bobby
Sleet, Al
Smiley, Stu
Smith, Kevin
Smith, Winston
Smothers, Dick
Smothers, Tom
Smothers Brothers
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Snyder, Tom
Sobel, Jack
Sokol, Bert
Solden, James
Solicitor General, U.S.
Solomon, Howard
Somers, Suzanne
Sometimes a Great Notion
(film)
Sometimes a Little Brain Damage Can Help
(Carlin)
Spanky and Our Gang
Speech, freedom of
Spellman, Cardinal Francis
Springsteen, Bruce
Starr, Ringo
Steinberg, David
Stern, Howard
Steve and Eydie
Stevens, Cat
Stevens, John Paul
Stewart, Jon
Stierman, Jeff
Stierman, Vern
Stiller, Ben
Stone, Judy
Strange Days
(film)
Streets of Laredo
Streisand, Barbra
Struzan, Drew
Sugarman, Burt
Sullivan, Ed
Summerfest, Milwaukee, Wisc.
Summer of Love
Supreme Court, U.S.
Supremes
Surgeon General, U.S.
Susann, Jacqueline
Sutherland, Donald
Swank
magazine
Swift, Jonathan
Swofford, William Oliver
Take-Offs and Put-Ons
(album) (Carlin)
Tamm, Edward
Tarantino, Quentin
Taylor, Shane
Tebet, Dave
Ten Commandments
That Girl
Theodore, Brother
Thicke, Alan
Thicke of the Night
Thomas, Danny
Thomas, Marlo
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
The Thorn in Mrs. Rose’s Side
(album) (Rose)
Thousand Jokes
magazine
Thurber, James
Tillotson, David
Tim & Tom
Time
magazine
Tits
Toast of the Town
.
See The Ed Sullivan Show
Today Show
Toledo Window Box
(album) (Carlin)
Tomlin, Lily
The Tonight Show
The Tony Orlando and Dawn Rainbow Hour
Torin, Sid
Torme, Mel
Travis, Chandler
Travis Shook and the Club Wow
Treacher, Arthur
Trudeau, Garry
Tucker, Holly
Twain, Mark
Ullett, Nick
Unruh, Jesse
Urbisci, Rocco
Van Ronk, Dave
Variety
magazine
Vaudeville
Vaughan, Sarah
Vickers, Darrell
Vidal, Gore
Vietnam War
Vincent, Gene
Virginia Graham Show
Von Hoffman, Nicholas
Vonnegut, Kurt
Wade, Sally
Waits, Tom
Wald, Jeff
Wallace, George
Walsh, Dot
Walsh, Jack
Warner Bros. Television
Warren, Rusty
Washington Post
Watergate
WBAI radio station
Webb, Del
Webster, Webley
Wechsel, Wally “The Wow,”
Weill, Kurt
Welcome Back, Kotter
West, Mae
West, Willie
What Am I Doing in New Jersey?
(HBO special)
What’s Happening
What’s My Line
When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
(Carlin)
Wiggins, Jim
Wildmon, Donald
Wiley, Richard E.
Will, George
Willard, Fred
William Morris Agency
Williams, Mason
Williams, Robin
Wilson, Clerow, Jr.
Wilson, Dave “Wacky,”
Wilson, Edmund
Wilson, Flip
Winchell, Walter
Winkler, Harold
Winter, Alex
Winters, Jonathan
Winters, Shelley
Wonder, Stevie
“Wonderful WINO” routine
Working Trash
(film)
World War II,
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Wright, Steven
Wright Brothers.
See
Burns, Jack; Carlin, George
Yarrow, Peter
Yippies
Yorkin, Bud
You Are All Diseased
(HBO special)
Young Dr. Malone
(radio show)
Youngman, Henny
Yuppies
Zappa, Frank
Zoglin, Richard
The Zoo Story
(Albee)
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Sullivan, James, 1965 Nov. 7-
Seven dirty words : the life and crimes of George Carlin / James Sullivan.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN : 978-0-786-74592-0
1. Carlin, George. 2. Comedians—United States—Biography. I. Title.
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