George Carlin at USC

George Carlin at USC is the comedian's first HBO special, recorded at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles on March 5, 1977. The 85-minute taping prompted a Federal Communications Commission hearing, and a federal court of appeals later ruled in Carlin's favor on free speech grounds. The program opens with Newsweek columnist Shana Alexander explaining that such entertainment was rarely seen on cable or network television at the time.