Playin' with Your Head

Playin' with Your Head
Live album by George Carlin
Released	July 30, 1986
Recorded	May 2–3, 1986, Beverly Theater, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Comedy
George Carlin chronology
Carlin on Campus (1984)Carlin on Campus1984 Playin' with Your Head (1986) What Am I Doing in New Jersey? (1988)What Am I Doing in New Jersey?1988

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Playin' with Your Head is the 11th album and fifth HBO special by American comedian George Carlin.

Background

The album was recorded May 2–3, 1986, at the Beverly Theater in Los Angeles, and was released on July 30, 1986, on the Eardrum/Atlantic label. It was Carlin's fifth HBO stand-up concert special. In the HBO airing there is a short skit before and after the show in which he flees from three men seeking an envelope in his possession before going on stage. The identities of his pursuers are unknown: the credits before the skit merely dubs them "The Bad Guys". Carlin tears the envelope up after the performance, never revealing its contents or why his pursuers wanted it. It could be speculated that the entire skit was relevant to the title of the album. That is to say that it was only designed to play with the audience's head and didn't actually have to do with the concert at all. At the end of the closing credits, the envelope is seen back on the table.

Track listing

1. "Hello-Goodbye" - 4:13
2. "Love and Regards" - 5:36
3. "Groups and Charities" - 3:55
4. "Sports" - 9:40
5. "Five Twos" - 2:01
6. "Losing Things" - 7:59
7. "You're Lost" - 1:40
8. "Missing" - 1:04
9. "Earrings" - 5:28
10. "Battered Plants" - 3:44
11. "Things to Watch Out For" - 2:35

External links

• George Carlin's official website