Althouse: "Do you know what a female peacock is?"

June 28, 2008

"Do you know what a female peacock is?"

Are you watching the HBO marathon of all the old George Carlin comedy specials?

ADDED: "Have you noticed that mice have no shoulders at all?"

9 comments:

rhhardin said...: Ancient cartoon, two peahens at a restaurant table, a peacock nearby putting on a glorious color tail display. One peahen to the other, ``Just ignore him.''

Let me know if it's on YouTube.; 6/28/08, 7:04 PM
rhhardin said...: The duller coloring of the peahen allows it to blend in with the environment, like the domestic house cat.; 6/28/08, 8:33 PM
blake said...: Parts of it. A whole lot of bitterness mixed in with the brilliance, especially later on.

Is there really a marathon? They've been showing the specials all week, but not in the sort of non-stop fashion that I associate with marathons.

I don't see one on right now, e.g.,; 6/29/08, 1:54 PM
Ann Althouse said...: Yesterday, on the HBO Comedy channel, they started sometime in the afternoon and had many hours of the old specials, one after the other.; 6/29/08, 1:59 PM
blake said...: Ah, I tuned in at the very end which is, unfortunately, not the best stuff.

For me, his end stuff is a little like listening to Barbra Streisand. I'm in awe of the talent and put off by the material--or something else.; 6/29/08, 5:50 PM
former law student said...: Awright awreddy, here's the answer:

A peajohnmccain'spetnameforcindy.; 6/29/08, 6:48 PM
Anonymous said...: Peacunt!

Did anybody else get it?; 6/29/08, 7:32 PM
Roger J. said...: This "joke" is at least 50 years old, because I heard it when I was a junior in high school.; 6/30/08, 9:39 AM
John Enright said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 6/30/08, 7:26 PM