The Best of George Carlin (2019)
Box set from Time-Life
12 disc set: 10 DVDs, 1 BluRay, 1 audio CD
About
This box set is almost disc-for-disc identical to Commemorative Collection (2018), right down to the liner notes. Though no poster is included.
There are however two additional DVDs here whose contents you won’t find on Commemorative Collection (2018). These contain a total of six episodes from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, spanning 1972-1977. Granted, they don’t cover every appearance Carlin ever had on the show. In fact, as the liner notes explain, Carlin appeared on the show a total of 32 times during this period alone, seven of them as a guest host! But the Carlin appearances here include some of his stand-up, some routines as a duo with Flip Wilson, and of course interviewing by Carson. Also, the six shows here are complete episodes from the show, not just the parts with Carlin.
Contents
Discs 1-10: these are identical to those found in Commemorative Collection (2018)
Disc 11: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Original air date: February 29, 1972
Original air date: May 2, 1972
Original air date: December 12, 1972
Disc 12: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Original air date: November 12, 1975
Original air date: December 10, 1975
Original air date: June 22, 1977
