{"product_id":"fm-am","title":"FM \u0026 AM","description":"Photographer: Tom Wilkes .\u003cbr\u003eAlthough George Carlin had recorded albums prior to FM \u0026amp; AM, including one with his original comedy partner Jack Burns, this 1972 release was the comedian's career-defining effort. While the second part of the record compiles (and puts to rest) the last of Carlin's mainstream lounge-act material, the first part consists of edgier counter-culture riffs like \"Birth Control\" and \"Drugs.\" It also features the first of Carlin's language-based pieces, \"Shoot,\" which sounds like a dry run for the epic \"Seven Dirty Words You Can Never Say on Television\" sketch that was soon to follow.\u003cbr\u003eIronically, the older material, leading off with \"Son of Wino,\" a lengthy revisit to Carlin's popular early routine, riffing on the cliches of manic AM-radio disc jockeys, is largely funnier and sharper than the less-rehearsed, meandering routines on the first side. Carlin had been doing this sort of semi-hip mainstream comedy, skewering the voyeuristic game show THE NEWLYWED GAME and local TV news, for years, and he reels off set-ups and punch lines with the timing and elan of a master. Soon he would be equally at ease with his new FM-oriented style; his next album, CLASS CLOWN, is probably his masterpiece, but FM \u0026amp; AM is a significant transitional effort.","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46261830484255,"sku":"801291103025","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/44a4f34a8c853e24b19612bbb45e12cc.jpg?v=1778496002","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/fm-am","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}