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clone of the late comedian's voice. The special is another stand-up routine, with Dudesy's introductory voiceover saying that "I listened to all of George Carlin's material and did my best to imitate his voice, cadence and attitude as well as the subject matter I think would have interested him
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Dudesy is presented as an AI created by an unidentified company. Dudesy purportedly chose Sasso and
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recreate a mind that will never exist again. Let's let the artist's work speak for itself. Humans are so afraid of the void that we can't let what has fallen into it stay there."
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which prevented him from giving more details. However, in response to a
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performing a stand-up comedy monologue. Sasso and
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of George Carlin's works. In response, Sasso's spokeswoman said the special had been entirely written by
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