George Carlin could've gotten in a lot more trouble that night. At that time in his life, Carlin was a heavy cocaine user. He had cocaine in one of his jeans jacket's pocket. His wife Brenda saw the cops come in. She got up on stage to bring George some water, gave him a peck on the cheek and took the coke out of his pockets.
EDIT: Okay, so I got the story a little wrong. I went off memory but went back to his book and here's the excerpt:
What Lenz (Arresting officer and complainant) didn't know was how close he came to really nailing me. While I was out on stage at Summerfest, Brenda came out under the pretense of bringing me a glass of water. She says: "There's police backstage, and when you come off they're going to grab you and arrest you" Now, I have a lot of cocaine in my jacket pocket. I have a full vial, probably a vial I'm working from and whatever else I have in a little bag. It's all on me out there onstage. I can't give it to her, so off she goes. She comes back on a little later and says:"We'll all make like you're coming off one side. Then you come off the other side and Corky or Jim (two of the musicians from the band who were opening for me) will be over there and take your jacket." So I come off the side the police weren't and handed my jacket to these guys. I'm clean and they're happy as hell. They have all my drugs.
From his biography Last Words. Somewhat rough as it was still a autobiography manuscript when he died and had to be finished by his friend Tony Hendra. Still a good book if you're a fan of his or comedy in general. Dude lived an interesting, impactful life.
Ayy_2_Brute on May 20th, 2017 at 10:26 UTC »
The bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyBH5oNQOS0
Broadband2014 on May 20th, 2017 at 13:02 UTC »
Lenny Bruce
SamhainEnthusiast on May 20th, 2017 at 15:35 UTC »
George Carlin could've gotten in a lot more trouble that night. At that time in his life, Carlin was a heavy cocaine user. He had cocaine in one of his jeans jacket's pocket. His wife Brenda saw the cops come in. She got up on stage to bring George some water, gave him a peck on the cheek and took the coke out of his pockets.
EDIT: Okay, so I got the story a little wrong. I went off memory but went back to his book and here's the excerpt:
From his biography Last Words. Somewhat rough as it was still a autobiography manuscript when he died and had to be finished by his friend Tony Hendra. Still a good book if you're a fan of his or comedy in general. Dude lived an interesting, impactful life.