GEORGE CARLIN CONCERT FLYER SEP. 22, 1973 EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY.
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Winning Bid:
$214.17
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, July 27, 2022 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
8.5x11" on thin blue stock. Promoting ticket sale for the show at Bowen Field House on the Eastern Michigan University campus featuring Carlin "And Kenny Rankin." Design utilizes candid portrait of a long-haired Carlin seated on a stool mid-act. Faint age toning at edges and minor handling wear. Exc. Carlin had been arrested and charged w/violating obscenity laws in July of 1972 after a performance at the festival Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI and had shifted to playing mostly college campuses. Still in 1973 a listener complained to the FCC about his son hearing a recording of "Filthy Words" on WBAI New York radio in the early afternoon. The complaint saw the FCC issue a reprimand citation to the radio station's owners Pacifica Foundation, who challenged the ruling all the way to the Supreme Court. FCC v. Pacifica Foundation ended in a 5-4 landmark decision upholding the FCC actions stating the routine was "Indecent But Not Obscene" who overturned the citation defining the power of the FCC to fine broadcasters for inappropriate material. The controversy only increased Carlin's fame helping to propel the once relatively clean mainstream comic to counterculture icon.
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