George Carlin - Difference Between Heaven and Hell

In this year of 2006, George Carlin celebrates his 50th year in show business!


THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL
by George Carlin

On June 14, 2006, George Carlin made his 140th appearance on THE TONIGHT SHOW. During this appearance, he repeated a short piece that could be entitled "The Difference Between Heaven and Hell." He was on the show to promote the Disney/Pixar animated film CARS, in which he performs the voice of the VW Bus named FILLMORE. Carlin pointed out that the character's name refers to the Fillmore East and Fillmore West --- two legendary concert venues that hosted hundreds of concerts in the late 60's and early 70's, which were promoted by the late Bill Graham.




Here is the piece "The Difference Between Heaven and Hell," as performed by George Carlin:


THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL
by George Carlin

In HEAVEN . . .

The Italians are the lovers,
The French cook the food,
The Swiss run the hotels,
The Germans are the mechanics,
And the English are the police.


In HELL . . .

The Swiss are the lovers,
The English cook the food,
The French run the hotels,
The Italians are the mechanics,
And the Germans are the police!


I thought that this was funny, on the mark, and an appropriate laugh break from the usual serious fare as normally presented here on this site. In my opinion, George Carlin is a national comedic treasure, and he mentioned during this appearance that not only was he in his 50th year in show business, he is also 69 years old.

Mr. Carlin is a humorist on the level of Will Rogers, and should be named the National Comic Laureate!

© 2006 Kentroversy Papers
All rights reserved. Used with permission.


Sources:

The following sources were used in the creation of this Kentroversy Paper . . .

Carlin, George - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (June 14, 2006)

Comedy

George Carlin

Heaven and Hell

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The Tonight Show