This is the John Fuglesang podcast.

The greatest stand-up comedian America has ever produced and now has the best yet documentary of his life and career.

You've heard of it already.

It's George Carlin's American Dream.

It's a two-part film directed by our friend Jud Apatow and Michael Von Figuillo. And I am so happy to

welcome one of our favorite recurring guests and humans back to the show, Kelly Carlin,

who is someone I can turn to for the big questions and the intricacies of minutia.

She is a public speaker and an educator.

She's a healer.

She's a great broadcaster and podcaster.

Her book of Carlin Home Companion and the solo show she did for it are both essential and highly praised.

And we are always thrilled to welcome the great Kelly Carlin back to the show.

Hi, Kelly. Hey, John. I always feel like I'm coming home when I'm here. Like, really, this is home

because, you know, I feel like we're family. So thank you for having me. And I'm excited to talk about

this particular project with you because we're both, you know, it's kind of holds everything we both

love, which is

comedy and looking at society, but also the personal journey and evolution of a human,

ourselves and others. So I'm looking forward to this today. Well, I'm thrilled. I love the film,

and I told Judd that. My only critique is that I deeply wanted it to be a lot longer.

How has this press tour been?

And how many times have you been asked,

if your dad was alive today, what would he say about what's going on?

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