1. The Opening
2. Traffic Accidents-Keep Movin'!
3. You & Me (Things That Come Off Of Your Body)
4. People Who Oughta Be Killed: Self-Help Books
5. Motivation Seminars
6. Parents Of Honor Students
7. Baby Slings
8. "My Daddy"
9. Telephone Mimes
10. Hands-Free Telephone Headsets
11. Answering Machines
12. Family Newsletters
13. Music On Answering Machines
14. People Who Wear Visors
15. Singers With One Name
16. Rich Guys In Hot Air Balloons
17. People Who Misuse Credit Cards
18. Guys Named Todd
19. Gun Enthusiasts
20. White Guys Who Shave Their Heads
21. Nasa-Holes
22. Why We Don't Need 10 Commandments
Complaints and Grievances
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2001-12-11)
- Publisher: Atlantic / Wea
- Label: Atlantic / Wea
- Format: Explicit Lyrics
- Studio: Atlantic / Wea
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 31 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #21637
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Summary: Guys Named Todd! 2008-11-27
Comment: George Carlin had quite a career before he was dead from heart failure (not passed away, that's soft language as he says), and while Complaints and Grievances isn't his greatest work (although I can't figure out one anyway, though Back IN Town is great), it's still hilarious.
People might complain about the lack of thinking, but this one is actually a great one, mostly because he makes fun of everyday things. No politics, no environment issues, no abortion, just ranting and raving the whole way. Oh yes, that's the way it's great, and while thinking is good, there's nothing wrong with this. And besides, it's too hilarious anyway. George Carlin rants about people who out to be killed (with hilarious scenarios on HOW to be killed, my favorite is being strapped to a chair and beaten with hammers), car crashes, and even defrags the Ten Commandments starting with saying it's inflated to ten because ten is a satisfying number. Great topics, classic Carlin.
His delivery is on top always, as he sounds really angry, but this one is not to be missed. One must wonder why this guy is named one of the best comedians ever, and listening to all of his work over the years is a treat. He has changed definitely, but he's always funny. This one is a great starter.
RIP George 1937-2008
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Summary: Yeah. Yeah 2007-03-04
Comment: I know a lot of people didn't like this one because George seemed a little "too angry"....but the friggin' DVD is called Complaints and Grievances!!! It says in the title that he's got some s*** to get off his chest! Well either way...I was highly amused by Carlin's observations. No regrets on pickin' this one up. Enjoy!
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Summary: Complaints and Grievances (2001) 2006-06-03
Comment: This album was originally titled "I Kinda Like It When a Whole Lotta People Die". But then 9/11 happened and they changed it. Personally, I think they should have kept the original title even after 9/11. He should have sent a copy to the families of the 9/11 victims. FU(K 'EM! But he doesnt talk political on here AT ALL. Its just a bunch of dumb jokes and observations which are funny but not like his more risque material. But he does threaten to molest a toddler, openly attacks the school system and threatens to shootdown rich guys in hot air balloons into a sewage treatment plant. Classic Carlin. Not the best from the four time grammy winning, legendary comedian.
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Summary: Starts slow, ends with a bang 2006-04-16
Comment: The beginning portion of this is rather slow, and mundane. The body parts thing is interesting although not very funny. Right after that though we get to see one of George's best routines he's done on any CD and thats his list of people whou ought to be killed. Hilarious, worth the price and worth the wait.
You'll never want to name your kid Todd again
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Summary: Is ten minutes of unfunny enough to make you want to burn the speaker? 2005-07-12
Comment: Well, if you're stupid, or too old to know any better, you may as well not listen. But don't you think for one minute that this is mediocre comedy, or that this one Carlin album is a bomb. Why, when I heard this for the first time, I did not know who carlin was, except that he was some artifact of comedy around revolution. Since then, however, I have listened to jammin' in new york, you're all diseased, parental advisory, what am i doing in new jersey, class clown, back in town, and playin' with your head. But, I have also read his two latest books and watched him on HBO.
Now that I've heard the first bad retrospective of this album, and as I recall the time in which it was released, I can't say I still don't see something now. Whereas I always wondered about this weaker inner spirit I sensed of this show, I now do see it as a greatest hits of his latest jokes, rather than a making of real, definite themes. I guess I was attracted by what first peaked my ears about comedy: straightforward jokes about violence without any thought provocation. The good stuff, the cake; all for the sake of laughs by me, when that was all I was looking out for: fun.
To beat this album to death, to even crucify George for its very making is very demanding of a man who certainly does not care what you think. Not that it doesn't appear George is a step above many other celebrities in many ways, personally, but I doubt that he will be reading your shock value on Amazon.com at two in the morning. For Godsakes.
If anything is an indicator of George's right mind, it's that he's now writing books. Books. He has that many jokes, he's serious, don't you worry. He also showed compassion for people on the edge of paranoia, by treating them with his best, most happy go lucky stuff from the home computer files. That's why, when I was younger, was so attracted to this album that I bought all his other stuff. I still don't quite like his other stuff as much as this one; the traffic joke holds a special place. Maybe that's why I like the latest book of his, since it contains all of these jokes and more.
The jokes are also fast and furious while keeping minds off of the nation. Pretty much, the entire album is perfect after he gets done through body parts. Body parts and the like are long and disgusting-yet I just listened to it anyway because I thought he would resurge. I got this in the first place because I had heard a lot of hype about his other albums, so all of it couldn't be all bad. No one should ever sell or throw away an album just because it has a few bad parts. Your perogitive-my @#$!
So, to say that this album is lacking so much as to get one little lucky star, is to reject the man himself. All of that genius that you pretend to love from days past is, in your opinion, all crap. Take away his children, and forty years in the "hidden coastal camps".
This comedy album is funny, because it's a proven comedy album-no singing-and it's @#$%#@* CARLIN!
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