George Carlin Last Album

George Carlin's final comedy album, It's Bad For Ya, was released on July 29, 2008, just over a month after the comedian died. The album is a recorded concert from Carlin's March 2008 HBO comedy special It's Bad For Ya.¹

Fast Facts

1. July 29, 2008: George Carlin's It's Bad For Ya album released¹
2. Carlin's final album before his death¹
3. Carlin died of a heart attack on June 22, 2008¹
4. March 2008: It's Bad For Ya HBO special aired²
5. Special recorded live at the Wells Fargo Center in Santa Rosa, California²
6. Topics include "child worship," the failed "self-esteem" movement and relegating deceased friends to a "digital purgatory" folder, rather than deleting them from an Outlook address book^{3 4}
7. Carlin said in an interview months before his death that some thought the material in the show was "his best stuff yet"¹
8. Label: Eardrum Records

Track List

• Opening (1:30)
• "Old F--k" (3:45)
• "Goin' Through My Address Book" (2:52)
• "Things We Say When People Die" (2:36)
• "He's Smiling Down" (2:11)
• "Parents in Hell" (1:08)
• "People Refuse to Be Realistic" (1:10)
• "Dead Parents Helping" (3:59)
• "Couple of Other Questions" (1:04)
• "Today's Professional Parents" (5:48)
• "The Self-Esteem Movement" (1:16)
• "Every Child Is Special" (1:42)
• "Children Are Our Future" (0:39)
• "Raisin' a Child Is Not Difficult" (0:42)
• "I Like People" (0:51)
• "Stupid B-------t" (3:12)
• "Stupid B------t on the Phone" (2:33)
• "What a Phone Call Should Be" (0:54)
• "In a Coma" (0:49)
• "Their Kids!" (1:09)

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