List of awards and nominations received by George Carlin

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by George Carlin

Carlin received 17 Grammy Award nominations winning five Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album winning for FM & AM (1972), Jammin' in New York (1992), Brain Droppings (2001), Napalm & Silly Putty (2002), and It's Bad for Ya (2008). For his work on television, Carlin was nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards and two Daytime Emmy Awards.

He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and received the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2008. In 2004, he placed second on Comedy Central's list of top 10 American comedians,^[1] and in 2017, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him second on its list of the 50 best stand-up comedians of all time, in both cases behind Richard Pryor.^[2]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1992	Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program	George Carlin: Jammin' in New York	Nominated	^[3]
1997		George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy	Nominated	^[4]
1999		George Carlin: You Are All Diseased	Nominated	^[5]
1999	Outstanding Variety Special	George Carlin: You Are All Diseased	Nominated	^[5]
2006		George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing	Nominated	^[6]
2008		George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya	Nominated	^[7]
Daytime Emmy Awards
1992	Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series	Shining Time Station	Nominated
1994	Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series	Shining Time Station	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1968	Best Comedy Album	Take-Offs and Put-Ons	Nominated	^[8]
1973		FM & AM	Won	^[9]
1974		Occupation: Foole	Nominated	^[10]
1976		An Evening with Wally Londo Featuring Bill Slaszo	Nominated	^[11]
1978		On the Road	Nominated	^[12]
1983		A Place for My Stuff	Nominated	^[13]
1987		Playin' with Your Head	Nominated	^[14]
1989		What Am I Doing in New Jersey?	Nominated	^[15]
1992		Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics	Nominated	^[16]
1994		Jammin' in New York	Won	^[17]
2000		You Are All Diseased	Nominated	^[18]
2001		Brain Droppings	Won	^[19]
2002		Napalm and Silly Putty	Won	^[20]
2003		Complaints and Grievances	Nominated	^[21]
2006	Best Spoken Word Album	When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?	Nominated	^[22]
2007	Best Comedy Album	Life Is Worth Losing	Nominated	^[23]
2009	Best Comedy Album	It's Bad for Ya	Won	^[24]

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