Editing George Carlin (section)

=== 1959–1969: Early work and breakthrough ===
[[File:Away We Go (1967) Press Photo of George Carlin and Buddy Greco (2).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Carlin (standing) with singer [[Buddy Greco]] in 1967]]
In 1959, Carlin met [[Jack Burns]], a fellow DJ at radio station [[KMNY|KXOL]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.texasradiohalloffame.com/georgecarlin.html|title=Texas Radio Hall of Fame: George Carlin |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040923044145/http://www.texasradiohalloffame.com/georgecarlin.html |archive-date=September 23, 2004 |access-date=June 11, 2014}}</ref> They formed a comedy team and after successful performances at Fort Worth's [[Beat Generation|beat]] coffeehouse The Cellar, Burns and Carlin headed for California in February 1960.<ref name="james7"/>

Within weeks of arriving in California, Burns and Carlin put together an audition tape and created ''The Wright Brothers'', a morning show on [[KDAY]] in Hollywood. During their tenure at KDAY, they honed their material in beatnik coffeehouses at night.<ref name=bio60s>{{Cite news |url=http://www.georgecarlin.com/time/time3B.html |title=Timeline – 1960s |work=George Carlin Biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000621020616/http://www.georgecarlin.com/time/time3B.html |archive-date=June 21, 2000 |access-date=June 12, 2014}}</ref> Years later, when he was honored with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], Carlin requested that it be placed in front of the KDAY studios near the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entity_id=19830&source_type=A|title=Biographical information for George Carlin|publisher=Kennedy Center|access-date=July 30, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220184243/http://kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entity_id=19830&source_type=A|archive-date=February 20, 2009}}</ref> Burns and Carlin recorded their only album, ''[[Burns and Carlin at the Playboy Club Tonight]]'', in May 1960 at Cosmo Alley in Hollywood.<ref name=bio60s /> After two years as a team, they parted to pursue individual careers, but "remain[ed] the best of friends".{{sfn|Carlin|Hendra|2009|pp=47–8}}

[[File:George Carlin 1969.JPG|thumb|upright|right|200px|Carlin performing on UK's ''[[This Is Tom Jones]]'' in 1969]]
In the 1960s, Carlin began appearing on television variety shows, where he played various characters, including a Native American sergeant, a stupid radio disc jockey, and a hippie weatherman.<ref name=timeline /> Variations on these routines appear on Carlin's 1967 debut album, ''[[Take-Offs and Put-Ons]]'', which was recorded live in 1966 at The Roostertail in Detroit and issued by [[RCA Victor]] in 1967.<ref name=timeline>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgecarlin.com/home/home.html |title=George Carlin's official site (see Timeline) |publisher=Georgecarlin.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008001351/http://www.georgecarlin.com/home/home.html |archive-date=October 8, 2009 |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> During this period, Carlin became a frequent performer and guest host on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'', initially with [[Jack Paar]] as host, and then with [[Johnny Carson]]. Carlin became one of Carson's most frequent substitutes during his three-decade tenure. Carlin was also cast in ''Away We Go'', a 1967 CBS comedy show.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061235/fullcredits | title=Away We Go (1967– ) Full Cast & Crew | website=IMDb | access-date=June 18, 2016}}</ref> His material during his early career and his appearance—he wore suits and had short-cropped hair—was seen as conventional, particularly compared to his later [[anti-establishment]] material.<ref>''[[ABC World News Tonight]]''; June 23, 2008.</ref>

Carlin was present at [[Lenny Bruce]]'s arrest for obscenity at the [[Gate of Horn]] club in Chicago on December 5, 1962. As the police began detaining audience members for questioning, they asked Carlin for identification. After responding that he did not believe in government-issued IDs, Carlin was arrested and taken to jail with Bruce in the same vehicle.<ref>{{cite web|title=Comedians in Courthouses Getting Cuffed: Lenny Bruce and George Carlin, December 1962|url=http://thecomicscomic.com/2014/03/25/comedians-in-courthouses-getting-cuffed-lenny-bruce-and-george-carlin-december-1962/|website=The Critic's Comic|date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode|title=Profanity|episode-link=List of Bullshit! episodes|series=Penn & Teller: Bullshit!|series-link=Penn & Teller: Bullshit!|network=[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]|air-date=August 12, 2004|season=2|number=10}}</ref>