June 28, 2008

"Do you know what a female peacock is?"

Are you watching the HBO marathon of all the old George Carlin comedy specials?

ADDED: "Have you noticed that mice have no shoulders at all?"

9 comments:

rhhardin said...

Ancient cartoon, two peahens at a restaurant table, a peacock nearby putting on a glorious color tail display. One peahen to the other, ``Just ignore him.''

Let me know if it's on YouTube.

rhhardin said...

The duller coloring of the peahen allows it to blend in with the environment, like the domestic house cat.

blake said...

Parts of it. A whole lot of bitterness mixed in with the brilliance, especially later on.

Is there really a marathon? They've been showing the specials all week, but not in the sort of non-stop fashion that I associate with marathons.

I don't see one on right now, e.g.,

Ann Althouse said...

Yesterday, on the HBO Comedy channel, they started sometime in the afternoon and had many hours of the old specials, one after the other.

blake said...

Ah, I tuned in at the very end which is, unfortunately, not the best stuff.

For me, his end stuff is a little like listening to Barbra Streisand. I'm in awe of the talent and put off by the material--or something else.

former law student said...

Awright awreddy, here's the answer:

A peajohnmccain'spetnameforcindy.

Unknown said...

Peacunt!

Did anybody else get it?

Roger J. said...

This "joke" is at least 50 years old, because I heard it when I was a junior in high school.

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