1. George Carlin’s
Disclaimer: Some of these words are offensive and I will be saying
them and showing video clips. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
2.
Born May 12th 1937.
Born and raised in Manhattan and
grew up on West 121st street
(Morningside Heights, or as he
called it “White Harlem”).
At the age of 15 Carlin involuntarily
left Cardinal Hayes High School.
Joined the Air Force and became a
Radar Technician.
During this he was a disk jockey at
KJOE in Shreveport.
3. He was court
marshaled 3 times
while in the Air Force.
Also had many
disciplinary
punishments
Charges:
Insubordination,
Inappropriate Conduct,
not specified.
4. 1959 Carlin and Jack
Burns became a team.
Worked at KXOL in
Fort Worth.
1960 the team Moved
to California.
They worked together
for many years, then
separated mutually.
5.
Arrested along with
Lenny Bruce in the late
1960’s.
The police asked him for
his ID and he said he did
not believe in
Government issued IDs.
He was then arrested
and taken with Bruce to
the station in the Car.
The officers later said
best ride back they ever
had.
6. Sketch originated in
1972 CD “Class Clown”.
The words are: Shit,
Piss, Fuck, Cunt,
Cocksucker,
Motherfucker, and Tits.
Arrested at
Summerfest in
Milwaukee.
7. John Douglas,
Mortality in Media,
claimed he heard
Carlin’s monologue on
WBAI with his 15 year
old son.
He complained to the
FCC that the material
was not appropriate
for the time of day.
8. WBAI received a notice
that if more
complaints came they
would be sanctioned
against by the FCC.
WBAI appealed the
notice and won in the
United States Court of
Appeals by a 2-1 vote.
The ruling stated the
FCC’s ruling on
indecency was
overbroad and vague.
The FCC then
appealed the ruling in
the Supreme Court,
and named Pacifica
Radio Foundation as
the plaintiff.
9.
The Department of
Justice actually
supported Pacifica not
the FCC saying it was
against the 1st and 5th
amendment, because
it was to vague to
support criminal
charges.
10.
In 1978 The Supreme
Court ruled 5-4 against
Pacifica and the DOJ.
They said The FCC’s
ruling did not violate
either the 1st or the 5th
amendment.
They did however rule
that it pertained to the
specific broadcast not
the FCC’s Indecency
rules.
The Supreme Court went
further saying; “…since
the FCC had not imposed
an penalty on Pacifica for
the broadcast of words
that came within the
FCC's definition of
"indecent," it did not need
to reach the question as
to whether the definition
was too vague to satisfy
the due process
requirements of the Fifth
Amendment.”
