George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya!

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rocco Urbisci directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 2Released 18 years ago.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Marketing tagline: "Let's cut the crap.".
• 5IMDB entry: tt0963207 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Production design

Bruce Ryan

Makeup / hair

Suzy Pannenbaker

Runtime

70 min · 1h 10m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya! (2008) ↗

IMDB rating

8.4/10 · 6,666 votes

MPAA

TV-MA

Also by

Rocco Urbisci

• 
  Chez Whoopi

  1991 · ★ 10.0
• 
  The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party

  1987 · ★ 9.0
• 
  George Carlin: Jammin' in New York

  1992 · ★ 8.0
• 
  George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy

  1997 · ★ 8.0
• 
  George Carlin: You Are All Diseased

  1999 · ★ 7.8
• 
  George Carlin: George's Best Stuff

  1996 · ★ 7.8

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Production companies

Who made it

• CA

  Cable Stuff Productions

• 

  HBO

  US

Key crew

• Executive ProducerGeorge Carlin
• Executive ProducerJerry Hamza
• ProducerKimber Rickabaugh
• ProducerRocco Urbisci
• Production DesignBruce Ryan
• Lighting DesignSimon Miles
• Art DirectionScott Heineman
• Makeup ArtistSuzy Pannenbaker
• HairstylistLinda Cho

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• stand-up comedy

Release history · US

When it landed

• Digital2008-03-01R

Also known as

International titles

• George Carlin: The Parade of Useless BullshitUS
• Untitled 14th George Carlin HBO SpecialUS
• George Carlin - It's Bad for Ya!US
• George Carlin... It's Bad for Ya!US