George Carlin filmed "It's Bad for Ya" four months before his death.
 He eventually expanded the "dirty words" theme with a seemingly interminable end to a performance, finishing with his voice fading out in one HBO version and accompanying the credits in the Carlin at Carnegie special for the 198283 season, and a set of 49 web pages organized by subject and embracing his "Incomplete List of Impolite Words"
In a 2008 interview, Carlin stated that using cannabis, LSD, and mescaline had helped him cope with events in his personal life

