extremely few comedian be successful and even few for more than a year or two and the majority of those few that be still work the large venue and who prove themselves to be other than just some flash in the pan dress up in an ill fit suit of success by an aggressive publicity team and a gullible and entertainment starve audience while usually build their career on one or two joke that they have turn into their shtick represent they have a quirky personality that be charm or and at least and familiar . essentially theyre one trick pony with long leg . this isn not something i be really think about in much detail until i watch the exception to all these rule represent george carlin in life be worth lose . here be a man who be near seventy year old ( a of this writing ) and his fiftieth year in show business and he present u with his fine and most polished work of all . he be one of those exceptionally rare breed and in any give professional field and who not only improve with time and but substantially so to an extent that you clearly see all of his work until now have be the foundation for the masterpiece he offer u now . not one to be particularly impress by the vast majority of so call great thing and it take me a while after my first viewing of life be worth lose to absorb what i have see and several repeat viewing shortly thereafter to understand i be witness a truly great comedian and a genius and the master of his craft . in a world where the vast majority of great entertainment be hype up bullsht and mediocrity and a passing fad at best that sour on your second taste if not turn bitterly toxic and george carlin be a man who show u what real and adult comedy should be represent a mixture of cleverly construct fun and intelligent material that make you think about our comically tragic existence . this be george best performance and material so far and his most thoughtful and think out and think provoking and heartfelt . i really expect to see and hear universal applause and praise for this great work . instead and i be surprise to hear and read so many negative review about this masterpiece . surely these can not be the same george carlin fan who love his work before . especially those who say this work be bitter . if anything i find his late offering to be a lot less angry than most of his previous work and more thoughtful . then i realize what all the fuss be about represent in this performance george be hold up the big mirror he hold up so far . he force more american to look ( and laugh if they have the courage ) at themselves than he ever have before . he leave very few stone unturned in his satirical offering . for a start he talk about a lot of american right off the bat when he discuss obesity and a a third of american be classify a medically obese and about half of those a morbidly obese and accord to the late american medical association study . he also talk about mindless consumerism . between these two subject he cover the vast majority of american . and since american be become more dimwitted and righteous and the bulk of them will not laugh at themselves and the purpose of intelligent humor but prefer the sadistic and mean spirit humor they see on television ( which george satirize in the all suicide tv channel ) or read in those idiotic email too many people forward to everyone in their address book with title like 10 joke about rag head or stop complaining you homeless person . ( some of these atrocious email that preach intolerance be erroneously attribute to george carlin but in fact be write by other people and none of whom have the courage to take credit for these awful and embarrassingly write piece . source represent see www . snopes . com or www . georgecarlin . com ) if you watch life be worthlosing for just the opening and closing segment and you will see pure brilliance . the opening segment a modern man be a work of genius and you will be awestruck by george mastery of the english language as well a his selection of timely material . the closing segment coast to coast emergency be actually a very hopeful piece but i think too many people get confuse by it because he discuss the bitterness of the average person and be reveal that the solution to most people unhappiness be to rid themselves of their own bitterness . don not listen to the critic of this work and it a fantastic piece . typical of the vast majority of naysayer and they be really talk about themselves when they describe george a bitter . it why it be always a risk to tell the truth because most people want to kill the messenger that bring them bad news and especially when that news ( intentional ignorance actually ) be about themselves . this be george carlin at his polished and intellectual best . it be a masterpiece of comic genius that you will want to add to your library and watch again and again while especially after one of those too frequently increase moment of realize the dumbing down of your fellow countryman and woman be an alarming reality .