It's Bad for Ya

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***It's Bad for Ya*** is the 19th album as well as the 14th and final HBO stand-up comedy special by stand-up comedian George Carlin. It was televised live on March 1, 2008, on HBO, less than four months before Carlin died of heart failure on June 22, 2008, at age 71.

*It's Bad for Ya* is the follow-up to *Life Is Worth Losing*, Carlin's 13th HBO special. George Carlin worked on this material since ending his *Life Is Worth Losing* tour. The working title for this show was *The Parade of Useless Bullshit*.

Filmed in the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, California, the show's stage behind Carlin was designed to represent a cozy living room theme. The CD was released July 29, 2008, and the DVD and Blu-ray Disc were released by MPI Home Video on November 25, 2008.

*It's Bad for Ya* received the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, awarded posthumously.

## Track listing

1. "Opening" – 1:30
2. "Old Fuck" – 3:45
3. "Goin' Through My Address Book" – 2:52
4. "Things We Say When People Die" – 2:36
5. "He's Smiling Down" – 2:11
6. "Parents in Hell" – 1:08
7. "People Refuse to Be Realistic" – 1:10
8. "Dead Parents Helping" – 3:59
9. "A Couple of Other Questions" – 1:04
10. "Today's Professional Parents" – 5:48
11. "The Self-Esteem Movement" – 1:16
12. "Every Child Is Special" – 1:42
13. "Children Are Our Future" – 0:39
14. "Raisin' a Child Is Not Difficult" – 0:42
15. "I Like People" – 0:51
16. "Stupid Bullshit" – 3:12
17. "Stupid Bullshit on the Phone" – 2:33
18. "What a Phone Call Should Be" – 0:54
19. "In a Coma" – 0:49
20. "Their Kids!" – 1:09
21. "They Want to Show You the Pictures" – 4:29
22. "Just Enough Bullshit" – 1:33
23. "No One Questions Things" – 2:55
24. "Proud to Be an American" – 1:47
25. "God Bless America" – 2:59
26. "Takin' Off Yer Hat" – 3:04
27. "Swearing on the Bible" – 4:23
28. "You Have No Rights" – 5:14

## Quotes

* "*So you know what I’ve been doing? Going through my address book and crossing out the dead people. You do that? That’s a lot of fun, isn’t it? It gives you a good feeling. Kind of gives you a feeling of power, a superiority to have outlasted another old friend. But you can’t do it too soon, you know? You can’t do it too soon. You can’t come running home from the funeral and get the book out, you know, and be looking through it. You can’t do that, a little time has to pass. You have to let a little time go by. I have a rule of thumb, six weeks. If you’re a friend of mine and you’re in my book and you die, I'd leave you alone for an extra six weeks. Six extra weeks in the book, on the house, it’s on me. But after that, hey, facts are facts, fuck you, you’re dead!* \*blows raspberries at the audience, whose members all laugh at him\* *Out ya fuckin' go!*" - George Carlin, "Goin' Through My Address Book"

## Award and nominations

The live HBO performance special was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards. It lost to *Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project*.

The audio recording of the special won the Grammy for Best Comedy Album in the 51st Grammy Awards.

## Watch Special

George Carlin -- It's Bad for You -- 1080p Remaster*It's Bad for Ya* in full.

## External links

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* George Carlin's Official Website
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1. ↑ *HBO: George Carlin: IT'S BAD FOR YA*
2. ↑ Comedian George Carlin wins posthumous Grammy. Reuters (February 8, 2009).