What EXACTLY was George Carlin doing with his "balled up" hands (near his mouth) in that last screen shot?SOME thought that he was simulating a "barf" face...
...while others thought that he was pretending to "warm his hands" after being so close th othe "Ice Queen."What did YOU think?
I could go with the Ice Queen take, but there's a very real possibility that he was kindof blowing on his hands in a sort of whistle with the background music at the end of the segment. I did not see it as a simulated barf moment at all.
Carlin was a gentleman as far as it appeared on camera. He may have been reacting altogether differently off camera, which you folks would have to comment on. I couldn't see that.
I know he disagreed with her, but even when she made direct comments against 'the leftists', his face showed little emotion. I suspected he would have loved to tee off on Ann, but he didn't.
He is a very thin and short man, so he was probably just cold. They do keep it pretty cool on the set so smaller people are going to feel it more quickly.
It was freezing on that stage.... he was cold. He was doing it throughout the whole show.
RonDog,
I'm willing to give Carlin the benefit of the doubt. It WAS cold in that studio, and he was lightly dressed, so it's plausible that he was actually warming his hands.
It could easily have been symbolic as well, but overall, I think he was relatively well-behaved, and he was very polite to Ann, continually conversing with her during the breaks when everyone was standing around waiting for the musical act. I expected worse, and I think liberals did, too, judging from posts I saw at DU.