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Louis CK on How George Carlin Improved as a Comedian

Bromista5 · Talk · 10 min · 2011 · YouTube title: Louis CK honors George Carlin
Why it's here

HN finds the story inspiring beyond comedy: getting good by throwing out your old work and starting over.

What it covers

Louis CK speaks at a 2010 NYPL tribute to George Carlin about how Carlin's habit of discarding material and writing a new hour each year changed his own career. He becomes emotional describing it.