|
Thankfully I did get to see Carlin live, at the MGM Grand a number of years ago... it was a great experience. My brother and I were in vegas for the week, bought tickets (suprisingly good ones, 2nd row of tables back from the stage, center). We weren't doing well at the blackjack table that afternoon so headed to the show about an hour before it opened... strangely they went ahead and had us in... the waitress brought us each a 'vodoo' which I have no idea what was in it...
Sitting there, just chilling out before the show, waiting for the people to arrive, they were playing with the lights and curtains, and Carlin walks out... says a couple of words to do a mic check. He looks at us, says hi, then ducks backstage again. The crowd comes in and he starts the show... right after the applause dies down, we get to be his target for the whole show, talking most of the time right at us or to us... was a great show... the only time I've been really close to a star of his caliber.
Anyway, RIP George, we miss your sarcastic yet honest view of the world.
|