The estate of late comedian George Carlin settled a lawsuit with the Dudesy podcast over an AI-generated comedy special. On Tuesday, lawyers for the Carlin family shared that the podcast’s creators had pulled the computer-made special George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead from YouTube following a lawsuit filed in January. …
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George Carlin‘sestatefiled a lawsuitagainst Dudesy, the company behind the AI-generated special George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead, for unauthorized use of the comedian’s copyrighted works. The lawsuit, which was filed in California federal court Thursday and obtained by Rolling Stone, denounced the special as “a piece of computer-generated click-bait which …
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An artificial intelligence-driven comedy special has attempted to resurrect comedy geniusGeorge Carlin‘s signature humor, 15 years after he died in 2008 of heart failure. Following the special’s release, the comedian’s daughter responded and said that “No machine will ever replace his genius.” The hour-long special, titled George Carlin: I’m Glad …
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The Russell brothers had barely finished the signature routine of the act — a bit involving the boys dressed as immigrant servant girls that had traditionally left audiences in hysterics — before a soundtrack of boos filled the theater. They had crossed a line with their material, and now they …
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The late George Carlin’s five revolutionary decades in comedy get the in-depth documentary treatment in the new trailer for Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, George Carlin’s American Dream. The two-part doc is set to premiere May 20 on HBO Max. The clip offers a condensed overview of the doc’s sprawling …
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