The very first time I got arrested, I was 20. I was with Jack Burns, a comedy partner of mine. We were arrested in a nightclub in Fort Worth, TX. We were doing a routine called 'The Indian Story' which was about the Indians getting screwed. The cops didn't like it. They said, 'You're doing communist material.'
— George Carlin Contemporary

Comedian, social critic

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Interview on 'Fresh Air' with Terry Gross

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1997

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Controversial

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