George Carlin appears on pretty much every list of the best comedians of all-time 👑
I read his autobiography recently.
Here’s one of my highlights from that, George writing about his struggles to make it as a professional comic…
Only a couple months and it was kicking in just how hard this shit was. How few places there were where I felt secure. How many times I had to repeat to myself after the died-a-death nights: “Remember that terrific set three Fridays ago? Hang your hopes on that. Last night was an aberration. They were noisy, they were drunk, it was the second show, they’d already seen some of it . . .” (There was always a reason why the bad night wasn’t really.) But it could be very discouraging. And incredibly exciting when it was promising. The ratio of promise to discouragement was paper thin, but just enough to keep me going.
Isn’t it comforting to know that one of the greatest of all-time really struggled starting out?
Like most people, success didn’t come easy to him. He had to work at it constantly, and talk himself through the rough patches when it would have been easier to quit and do something else.
On your own journey, keep an eye out for those small wins and promises, hang your hopes on whatever keeps you going.
Stick with it long enough, and you can’t help but become pretty good 💪
Related: one of my favorite George Carlin bits (3.5 minutes)…
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