It's Bad for Ya

Infobox Album |
Name = It's Bad For Ya


Type = Live album
Artist = George Carlin
Released = July 29, 2008 [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001BP4U90 "It's Bad For Ya" Release Date at Amazon] ]
Recorded = March 1, 2008
Genre = Comedy
Length = 67:00
Label = Eardrum/Atlantic
Producer = George Carlin
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifixzykld6e link]
* The Second Supper [http://secondsupper.com/Music/Reviews/Article.aspx?ArticleID=421 link]
Last album = "Life is Worth Losing"
(2006)
This album = "It's Bad for Ya"
(2008)

"It's Bad for Ya" is the 14th and final HBO stand-up comedy special by stand-up comedian George Carlin. It was televised live on March 1, 2008 on HBO. [ [http://www.hbo.com/events/george-carlin/index.html "HBO: George Carlin: IT'S BAD FOR YA"] ] It is the follow-up to the 2005 HBO special "Life is Worth Losing". Carlin worked on this material since ending his "Life is Worth Losing" Tour. The working title for this show was "The Parade of Useless Bullshit". Filmed in the Wells Fargo Center For The Arts in Santa Rosa, California, the show's stage behind Carlin is designed to represent a cozy living room theme. As one of the room props, the audience can see a picture of Richard Pryor on a shelf, a homage piece to Carlin's friend.Fact|date=March 2008 The CD was released July 29th, with the DVD and Blu-Ray set for release on November 25th. It is his first posthumous album release.

Track listing

#"Opening"
#"Old Fuck"
#"Goin' Through My Address Book"
#"Things We Say When People Die"
#"He's Smiling Down"
#"Parents in Hell"
#"People Refuse To Be Realistic"
#"Dead Parents Helping"
#"A Couple of Other Questions"
#"Today's Professional Parents"
#"The Self-Esteem Movement"
#"Every Child is Special"
#"Children Are Our Future"
#"Raisin' A Child Is Not Difficult"
#"I Like People"
#"Stupid Bullshit"
#"Stupid Bullshit On The Phone"
#"What A Phone Call Should Be"
#"In A Coma"
#"Their Kids!"
#"They Want To Show You The Pictures"
#"Just Enough Bullshit"
#"No One Questions Things"
#"Proud To Be An American"
#"God Bless America"
#"Takin' Off Yer Hat"
#"Swearing On The Bible"
#"You Have No Rights"

Award nominations

The live HBO performance special was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards. It lost to "".

ee also

* George Carlin

References

External links

* [http://www.georgecarlin.com/ George Carlin's Official Website]
* [http://www.hbo.com/apps/schedule/ScheduleServlet?ACTION_DETAIL=DETAIL&FOCUS_ID=641005 Program Detail at HBO]
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