Life Is Worth Losing

Live album by George Carlin

Released

January 10, 2006

Recorded

November 5, 2005, Beacon Theater, New York City, New York

Genre

Comedy

Length

71:20

Label

Eardrum/Atlantic

Producer

George Carlin

George Carlin chronology

Complaints and Grievances
(2001)

Life Is Worth Losing
(2006)

It's Bad for Ya
(2008)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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Life Is Worth Losing is the 18th album and thirteenth HBO special by American comedian George Carlin. It was recorded simultaneously with the live broadcast of the HBO special of the same title, his 13th HBO stand-up comedy special, and was his final special recorded from the Beacon Theater. It is the first project Carlin had undertaken since completing drug rehabilitation in 2005.^[2]

Early on in the program, Carlin proudly announces that he was 341 days sober at the time of the recording, and that 2006 would be his 50th year in show business.

Production

A DVD of the show was released on February 27, 2007 by MPI Home Video.

Awards

The album was nominated for Best Comedy Album for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards making it his seventh album to be nominated for a Grammy award since 1966. It lost to Lewis Black's The Carnegie Hall Performance.

Track listing

"A Modern Man" - 3:53
"Three Little Words" - 3:51
"The Suicide Guy" - 7:06
"Extreme Human Behavior" - 13:41
"The All-Suicide TV Channel" - 3:13
"Dumb Americans" - 10:57
"Pyramid of the Hopeless" - 8:43
"Autoerotic Asphyxia" - 4:54
"Posthumous Female Transplants" - 3:34
"Yeast Infection" - 4:38
"Coast-to-Coast Emergency" - 6:50

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
US Billboard Top Comedy Albums Chart	4

References

External links

George Carlin

Albums	Burns and Carlin at the Playboy Club Tonight Take-Offs and Put-Ons FM & AM Class Clown Occupation: Foole Toledo Window Box An Evening with Wally Londo Featuring Bill Slaszo On the Road A Place for My Stuff Carlin on Campus Playin' with Your Head What Am I Doing in New Jersey? Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics Jammin' in New York Back in Town You Are All Diseased Complaints and Grievances George Carlin on Comedy Life Is Worth Losing It's Bad for Ya

Compilations	Indecent Exposure Classic Gold The Little David Years (1971–1977)

HBO specials	On Location Again! At Carnegie On Campus Playin' with Your Head What Am I Doing in New Jersey? Doin' It Again Jammin' in New York Back in Town 40 Years of Comedy You Are All Diseased Complaints and Grievances Life Is Worth Losing It's Bad for Ya

Books	Sometimes a Little Brain Damage Can Help Brain Droppings Napalm and Silly Putty More Napalm and Silly Putty When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? Three Times Carlin: An Orgy of George Last Words Watch My Language

Related articles	Seven dirty words Bill & Ted (franchise) "D'oh-in' in the Wind" Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation The George Carlin Show Shining Time Station Thomas & Friends

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