Ok, let's discuss George Carlin for a minute, and...

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17. I find Carlin one of the most deceptive ( in a good way) artists of our time

He started in very conservative suits with edgy material and then went counter culture in clothes and manner.

The reality was while he appeared relaxed and counter culture he was extremely conventional in his work habits. He worked 8vhours a day at a desk writing basic ideas and spent hundreds of hours refining them. His classic style of running through dozens of contradictory word formations in sticatto style took up to 6 months to write, refine, perform, adjust and perform again until he exposed it to a national audience.

His casual utterances appeared to be given off the hip but we're in fact intensely rehearsed and after each syllable and word was decided on given word perfect, like a superstar rocker who performed the same song perfectly a thousand times.

He developed a working routine at his office that was mechanized, disciplined and rigorous while appearing quite spontaneous, carefree and relaxed.

I liked his humour but admired his work habits even more.