"Tits, meet Toots! Toots, Tits! Tits, Toots!"

So long, George.

Kossaks will pretend to understand.

While he was at times further to left than I cared for, he was one of the few willing to highlight the stupidity of the left. Granted he didn't call it out as such, but he still did it.
He'll be missed. Hope you find you were wrong about God.

sleep well, sweet prince

I, and I'm sure many others, got many a laugh out of his comedy. He seemed to get somewhat bitter in his later years, but that is behind him now- I hope that he finds peace and he will be sorely missed.

/Good Morning All!

I'll miss George... RIP, you funny-assed guy from Morningside Heights.

But it's STILL one less vote for Obama.

He will be missed. I am glad I got the opportunity to see him perform live once.

And who needs a language warning. It requires an open mind warning - words are just that - words. It's how you use them that's the key.

Rest in peace George. I loved watching him and I have fond memories of my two brothers and my father sitting around laughing our butts off at his HBO specials.

My favorite line still: "Get on the plane, get on the plane. F*ck you! I'm getting in the place, let Evil Knievel get ON the plane!"

He was still funny after all these years.

HBO Comedy runs a lot of his old shows; they stand the test of time.

Bummer. George be EXCELLENT to yourself.

I will miss the way he saw the world.

The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, “You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.”

At least his 7 Dirty Words got recorded so future generations can hear it and laugh their asses off.

/Cheese tits, betcha you can't have just one.

best comedian ever. RIP.

RIP George Carlin and sympathies and condolences to your family and friends.
You are missed.
And thank you for lightening the load, even if just for an hour or so, every once in a while.

re: #2 Ben Hur

Kossaks will pretend to understand.

And manage to miss the point as usual.

Kossacks are a paordy unto themselves.

When I was a kid back in the 70's my mom used to watch one of the private eye TV shows. At the same time slot George Carlin was a regular on Tony Orlando & Dawn and appeared at the same time every week. I'm thinking it was like 20 minutes after the show started. She would change the channel to see George then switch back to her show.

And this could be a comedy routine in some alternative universe. In ours, it's considered an AP news report about on the woes facing the world.

I loved the hippie dippy weatherman.
Got to see him live a couple times in the 70s.

re: #18 lawhawk

And this could be a comedy routine in some alternative universe. In ours, it's considered an AP news report about on the woes facing the world.

Haven't we banned AP?

And although I LOVED the Seven Words, this routine always makes me laugh my ass off:
STUFF:

Morning Lizards,

RIP George Carlin. You skewered all the sacred cows, did it with class, humor and without malice.

"Forecast for tonight: dark."

--and sad.

Rest in peace, George.

re: #8 ModerateWolverine

My favorite George Carlin line as well. That's the very first thing that comes to mind when I think of George Carlin. "F*ck You, I'm getting in the plane! Classic.

I once brought "Napalm and Silly Putty" with me on a plane. I sat there and laughed and laughed. The other passengers probably thought I was nuts.

RIP - George. A true comic genius.

re: #25 rightwinger3

My favorite George Carlin line as well. That's the very first thing that comes to mind when I think of George Carlin. "F*ck You, I'm getting in the plane! Classic.

"Why do they have to call it a T E R M I N A L? That sounds so FINAL!

71 was too young for Carlin. I wish he coulda stuck around til he was atleast 85...

RIP George.

Humor is one of the highest levels of coping mechanisms. The more stuff people have to cope with, the funnier they can get.

"People get all upset about torture, but when you get right down to it, it's really a pretty good way of finding out something a person doesn't want you to know."

- George Carlin

Every time I drive I think of his sketch about how anyone who drives slower than you is an idiot, and anyone who drives faster is a maniac.
Amazing we get anywhere with all those idiots and maniacs on the road.
(I drive in Massachusetts, so it REALLY fits)

re: #31 Kosh's Shadow

Every time I drive I think of his sketch about how anyone who drives slower than you is an idiot, and anyone who drives faster is a maniac.
Amazing we get anywhere with all those idiots and maniacs on the road.
(I drive in Massachusetts, so it REALLY fits)

Carlin came up with the idea of shooting suction darts with little flags at idiot drivers, when a cop sees a car with five flags he pulls 'em over and give's 'em a ticket for being an idiot.

OT

No SCOTUS decision on DC gun ban today. More cases released on Wednesday.

George Carlin was born in New York City, the son of newspaper industry parents. His father was an advertising sales representative for several newspapers; his mother was a manager of the Philadelphia Bulletin's New York office, as well as Good Housekeeping magazine. During a 1999 visit to the National Press Club in Washington, Mr. Carlin recalled how his "Aunt Aggie," who produced the Sunday comics sections, helped him be the first boy to know what was in the newspaper - and a popular kid in school.

"Here's the great thing about Aggie's job. Not only did she bring home the funnies every week. She brought them home four weeks early," Carlin said. "Are you hearing this? Every week, I had the Sunday funnies a month before the other kids. I guess you can realize the power this gave me in the school yard -- to be able to predict weeks ahead of time precisely the way 'Mandrake the Magician' would escape from the lost cave. Or to describe in advance the details of whatever well-deserved catastrophe was next in store for 'Little Orphan Annie.' It doesn't sound like much today. But in the days before television, and when you're eight years old, it was power beyond belief!"

George Carlin Dies

Posted this on another thread, Carlin was an undeniably funny man, until he became a bitter old man. That said, I really loved much of his early comedy, especially his routine on "stuff".

RIP, Mr. Carlin.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

George Carlin

re: #18 lawhawk

And this could be a comedy routine in some alternative universe. In ours, it's considered an AP news report about on the woes facing the world.

I think they're trying to make it hard for me to resist linking to them. I saw it Saturday; the AP outdid themselves with that one.

re: #36 Red_State_Envy

Hey now, those 7 Dirty Words are classics. We used them at the student run radio station to tell the incoming djs what no to say on the air. And of course, we'd end the orientation with this:

Kick out the jams, motherfucker!

Here is something that will throw you for a loop:

Court will review $2.8 million award to Iranian

By the way, this is not a place where you're going to speak ill of the dead. Insist on it and I'll click a button, and you'll lose your account.

re: #35 irongrampa

Posted this on another thread, Carlin was an undeniably funny man, until he became a bitter old man. That said, I really loved much of his early comedy, especially his routine on "stuff".

RIP, Mr. Carlin.

That was a great routine. I watched him as a teenager on Carson all the time. He was an observational genius, but his parents were in the news business and raised him to be a cynic about everything. I think being cynical takes a toll on a person.

FrogMarch cited:

"People get all upset about torture, but when you get right down to it, it's really a pretty good way of finding out something a person doesn't want you to know."

- George Carlin

Great stuff, he always funny and said what 'you can't say' better than anyone.

Everytime there is a delete, I panic and wonder if that was mine, but I have an overloaded short-term memory so mostly I can't remember if it was or not.

re: #42 Charles

By the way, this is not a place where you're going to speak ill of the dead. Insist on it and I'll click a button, and you'll lose your account.

It's a button? All this time I thought it was a BIG F'IN STICK?
First Santa Claus, now this......

re: #46 DistantThunder

Everytime there is a delete, I panic and wonder if that was mine, but I have an overloaded short-term memory so mostly I can't remember if it was or not.

I'm glad I'm not the only one with a ten comment memory limit.

Lucky for me, I don't need entertainers to validate my views.

And it's a really, really good thing that I don't.

Ramping up the irony to eleven?

Or just another Boomer Meguy?

Sometimes it just doesn't matter. By their works, you get an idea of their contribution to their country.

He was the best at turning the stupidity of man into humor,no one got a pass...RIP George.

re: #47 jcm

It's a button? All this time I thought it was a BIG F'IN STICK?
First Santa Claus, now this......

I think he has a stick and a button. Whacking trolls with the big stick, and blowing up twits with the button.

/Push the button, Max.

OK - definitely not mine. I have a reservoir of bile for very few topics, mostly dealing with people who don't think we should have gone into Iraq - and like Buchanan and the Holocaust, should have allowed Saddam to continue to hold the Iraqi people hostage and ethnically cleanse them on his whim.

From Charles' AP link ...."Is it global warming, the gradual degradation of a planet's weather that man seems powerless to stop or just a freakish late-spring deluge?

Uh, no AP dummies, there are more people and buildings in the way of the same storms that galloped around the planet since before we were here.

MUST you be a moron to be a journalist?

one of my favorites...

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.

And there's this TRUE CLASSIC "Baseball and Football" :

re: #52 DistantThunder

No, not yours. I saw the comment, and thought it vile, but before I could ding it down, it was gone.

Sorry Charles, didn't know speaking ill of the dead was off limits. Won't happen again.

Thank you George.

It's because of you that I follow the rules when hitchhiking.

I saw him do a precursor of this routine at Summerfest in Milwaukee in 1972. He was arrested after the performance. Supposedly in court the next day, the arresting officer was asked by the judge, "Who was in the audience?" and the officer said, "Families--women and children, Your Honor." and the judge asked, "And what was their response?" and the officer said, "Well, they gave him a standing ovation, Your Honor." and the judge said, "Dismissed!"

Egads. I'm rather dismayed to see this clip of Carlin lending (somewhat) credence to Trooferism.

I liked his comedy. But he definitely had some, ah, bad ideas, too.

re: #33 jcm,

I really hope they are letting Alito or Thomas write the Opinion. I wish they'd release it. I'm not hoping for too much. I just hope they protect the enumerated right to keep and bear arms as diligently as they protect the unenumerated right to an abortion.

re: #18 lawhawk

Life imitates The Onion: [Link: www.theonion.com...]

re: #53 Europhobe

From Charles' AP link ...."Is it global warming, the gradual degradation of a planet's weather that man seems powerless to stop or just a freakish late-spring deluge?

Uh, no AP dummies, there are more people and buildings in the way of the same storms that galloped around the planet since before we were here.

MUST you be a moron to be a journalist?

I will give a 300 million dollar prize to the person who can explain to me why newspeople should be considered experts on anything. I watched Sam Donaldson, Charles Gibson, and others denigrate the need to drill, as "not solving the problem."

Geniuses, they're all geniuses.

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.
William Tecumseh Sherman

Somewhere out there, George Carlin's soul lies atop someone's roof --- never to be retrieved.

RIP, George

He was genius in the early and middle of his career, but at the end all he had left was spewing bile - I found him difficult to enjoy 8 years ago and unwatchable for the last few.

That being said, he was one of the funniest people on the planet in his prime.

re: #55 realwest

And there's this TRUE CLASSIC "Baseball and Football" :[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Now that one, I liked. "In football, you wear a helmet... in baseball, you wear a cap!"

re: #57 Europhobe

Sorry Charles, didn't know speaking ill of the dead was off limits. Won't happen again.

Speaking ill of the recently deceased is not a very good nor polite thing to do, IMHO. It's crass, and shows you just want to dance and piss on someone's grave.

his movie career was funny also. I recommend Kevin Smiths "Dogma" if you want to see something funny, or "Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back" for Carlin as a hitchhiker.

His wit was second to none, he was the Bob Hope of our generation.

He will be missed.

re: #61 Iron Fist

,

I really hope they are letting Alito or Thomas write the Opinion. I wish they'd release it. I'm not hoping for too much. I just hope they protect the enumerated right to keep and bear arms as diligently as they protect the unenumerated right to an abortion.

Living in DC, I have higher hopes than that. In fact, I have a shopping list.

(Now) Regretfully, I passed on the opportunity to see him live number of times. I thought he'd live forever. Always planned on seeing him the next time I visit Las Vegas.

He was truly one of the all time greats. Never relied on old material, instead always came up with new routines.

re: #61 Iron Fist

,

I really hope they are letting Alito or Thomas write the Opinion. I wish they'd release it. I'm not hoping for too much. I just hope they protect the enumerated right to keep and bear arms as diligently as they protect the unenumerated right to an abortion.

Based on the tenor of the questioning I think we'll have a positive outcome. Confirmation of an individual right, the question is how "reasonable restriction" is going to be dealt with.

re: #43 DistantThunder

Really dislike being in the presence of cynics for extended periods, wears on ya too much.

If things get to be too much, I found a little experiment that works every time--sit down, and take a deep breath--then consider the alternative.

Someone should have told George that 90 was the new 70. RIP

re: #32 jcm

Carlin came up with the idea of shooting suction darts with little flags at idiot drivers, when a cop sees a car with five flags he pulls 'em over and give's 'em a ticket for being an idiot.

In Mass, they'd need to hire more cops. Everyone would get pulled over, including me. The tailgaiters would shoot the darts at the car in front of them whether or not there was traffic in front of them. Then the slow drivers in the left lane would shoot the darts at the cars going by them on the right because they wouldn't pull over.

re: #69 Occasional Reader

Living in DC, I have higher hopes than that. In fact, I have a shopping list.

I've a shopping list to, something that gives the gun grabbers heart palpations.... a black rifle.

Greens Eat Shit-- by George Carlin

I'm tired of fuckin' Earth Day. I'm tired of these self-righteous environmentalist, white, bourgeois liberals who think the only thing wrong with this country is that there aren't enough bike paths. Tryin' to make the world safe for their repulsive Volvols.

Besides, environmentalists don't give a shit about the planet anyway. Not really. Not in the abstract. You know what they're interested in? A clean place to live. Their own habitat. That's all. They're worried that sometime in the future they might personally be inconvenienced. Narrow, unenlightened self-interest doesn't impress me.

And, byt the way, there's nothing wrong with the planet in the first place. The planet it fine. The people are fucked! Compared with the people, the planet is doin' great. It's been here over four billion years. Did you ever think about that? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. And we've been here for what? A hundred thousand? And we've only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years. Two hundred versus 4.5 billion! And we have the nerve, the conceit to think that somehow we're a threat? That somehow we're going to put this beautiful blue-green ball in jeopardy?

Believe me, this planet has put up with much worse than us. It's been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate techtonics, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, pole reversals, planetary floods, worldwide fires, tidal waves, wind and water erosion, cosmic rays, ice ages, and hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets, asteroids, and meteors. And people think a few plastic bags and aluminum cans are going to make a difference?

The planet isn't goin' anywhere. We are! Pack your shit. ...

re: #67 Honorary Yooper

Speaking ill of the recently deceased is not a very good nor polite thing to do, IMHO. It's crass, and shows you just want to dance and piss on someone's grave.

Of course, there are exceptions to that rule. For instance, I've got my piss-on-grave Happy Dance all planned out for the day that Nasrallah buys the farm.

Yeah definitely a funny guy and will be missed. "I pricked my finger". RIP, George.

I wonder...if Carlin had lived long enough, woudl he have eventually said something that would draw the ire of the Canadian Human Rights Commission?

Maybe Mark Steyn should do a bit on Seven Things You Can't Say In Canada.

re: #75 jcm

I've a shopping list to, something that gives the gun grabbers heart palpations.... a black rifle.

Drive Liberals Wild: Buy fewer newspapers, more guns.

re: #60 Occasional Reader

Egads. I'm rather dismayed to see this clip of Carlin lending (somewhat) credence to Trooferism.

I liked his comedy. But he definitely had some, ah, bad ideas, too.

I saw that a while back; he was definitely cynical about government, but I don't think he really was a Troofer.

re: #53 Europhobe

MUST you be a moron to be a journalist?

Oh no, not at all.
Also on the short list:
- Fool
- Idiot
- Imbecile
- Jerk
- Clown
- Asshat
- Dupe
- Tool

re: #75 jcm

I've a shopping list to, something that gives the gun grabbers heart palpations.... a black rifle.

Top of my list would be either a Kimber M1911 (haven't decided which, maybe Desert Warrior), or get a little wacky and go for an FN Five-Seven.

re: #77 Occasional Reader

Of course, there are exceptions to that rule. For instance, I've got my piss-on-grave Happy Dance all planned out for the day that Nasrallah buys the farm.

True, very true. There are exceptions to that rule. I've got mine ready for when Dinner Jacket buys the proverbial farm, and Hugo Chavez kicks the proverbial bucket.

I guess the expections are to terrorist scum, and fascist/socialist/Islamist dictators.

“I don’t have pet peeves. I have major, psychotic hatreds." - George Carlin

re: #42 Charles

Sorry Charles. I have to disagree with you on this matter.
If the shoe fits, too bad. If a person is a murderer or whatever
and they are dead, I will say what fits. I will not judge them,
as they will surely be judged by someone far superior than I.
Again, I side with Voltaire who said, "I disapprove of what you say,
but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
This political correct madness must stop.
Long live free speech.

re: #73 DistantThunder

Someone should have told George that 90 was the new 70. RIP

Ms. rawmuse is in cardiology. All sorts of theories abound about heart health, mostly, if you are not in good cardio condition, there is no lower age limit as to when you can die. The first symptom of heart disease is often cardiac arrest. I've lost some friends in their forties. I am somewhat surprised also because Mr. Carlin was thin and looked spry and active.

re: #77 Occasional Reader

Of course, there are exceptions to that rule. For instance, I've got my piss-on-grave Happy Dance all planned out for the day that Nasrallah buys the farm.

Every rule has exceptions.

re: #71 jcm,

That's why I used the protection of abortion as a benchmark. No waiting period, no limits on age, no "maximum" level on trimester, e.g. practically no "reasonable" restrictions whatsoever.

One can dream :-)

re: #74 Kosh's Shadow

In Mass, they'd need to hire more cops. Everyone would get pulled over, including me. The tailgaiters would shoot the darts at the car in front of them whether or not there was traffic in front of them. Then the slow drivers in the left lane would shoot the darts at the cars going by them on the right because they wouldn't pull over.

Here in King Co. WA, the [deleted in charge Ron (tax to the max) Sims, is determined to prove how severe the budget crisis is.

King County's $70M budget crisis: Cuts in courts, law enforcement warned

Mismanagement, waste, is not open for discussion.

re: #85 calendar

“I don’t have pet peeves. I have major, psychotic hatreds." - George Carlin

LMAO!

re: #86 sirsurfalot

Sorry Charles. I have to disagree with you on this matter.
If the shoe fits, too bad. If a person is a murderer or whatever
and they are dead, I will say what fits. I will not judge them,
as they will surely be judged by someone far superior than I.
Again, I side with Voltaire who said, "I disapprove of what you say,
but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
This political correct madness must stop.
Long live free speech.

OK, so start your own blog. It takes five minutes. It's free. Bam, there's your free speech.

Speak ill of the dead at my blog and you'll lose your account.

re: #81 Charles

I saw that a while back; he was definitely cynical about government, but I don't think he really was a Troofer.

He does seem to back away from the specific "9/11 inside job" thing being proposed by the questioner, into a more general "question authority" reflexive pose. Of course, I'd be happier if he had gotten all Danny Bonaduce on the guy.

re: #76 FrogMarch

Greens Eat Shit-- by George Carlin

Well said, and well put. LOL!

I wish I could talk as fast as George Carlin could talk. But, alas, I am a sleestak.

Dear George,

I hope you are finally able to locate the good scissors up there in Heaven.

RIP

With love,

Daisy

re: #86 sirsurfalot

Sorry Charles. I have to disagree with you on this matter.
If the shoe fits, too bad. If a person is a murderer or whatever
and they are dead, I will say what fits. I will not judge them,
as they will surely be judged by someone far superior than I.
Again, I side with Voltaire who said, "I disapprove of what you say,
but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
This political correct madness must stop.
Long live free speech.

Say whatever you want, dipsh*t, just be prepared to get banned re:#42.

I saw Carlin live in Las Vegas. No culture, color, religion, or country was safe from his barbs. Everyone in the theater at one time or another was insulted or made fun. The one thing we all had in common was laughter and lots of it.

Laughter. Ya gotta laugh at yourself now and then....

RIP George

My favorite routine was the football/baseball analogy. I remeber seeing that on SNL.

FUNNY!

RIP George Carlin.

re: #87 rawmuse

Ms. rawmuse is in cardiology. All sorts of theories abound about heart health, mostly, if you are not in good cardio condition, there is no lower age limit as to when you can die. The first symptom of heart disease is often cardiac arrest. I've lost some friends in their forties. I am somewhat surprised also because Mr. Carlin was thin and looked spry and active.

He had had several heart attacks. My husband is overweight with a family history of cardiovascular disease. The weight is almost 100% around his mid-section and he is very physically active - always has been. I eat like a bird and he eats only double the calories I eat at most. But now that he's 51, I worry.

Charles:

In you opinion, how long should one wait before speaking ill of the dead. I suggest one year. What do you think?

re: #31 Kosh's Shadow

Every time I drive I think of his sketch about how anyone who drives slower than you is an idiot, and anyone who drives faster is a maniac.
Amazing we get anywhere with all those idiots and maniacs on the road.
(I drive in Massachusetts, so it REALLY fits)

I agree..Driving in Boston in an adventure to say the least..

Here's a fitting George Carlin "Short take"

"These days many politicians are demanding change. Just like homeless people."

touché

"Everything on tv is dumb. I turned up the brightness control all the way, but it didn't help."

RIP, GC.

re: #92 Charles

OK, so start your own blog. It takes five minutes. It's free. Bam, there's your free speech.

Speak ill of the dead at my blog and you'll lose your account.

It's matter of taste, and social convention. Look how bad it looks over at Kos when they tore into Russert whose body was hardly cold. Every human being has worth and value, except the very evil, and death is a perfect time to acknowledge that.

There are plenty of reasons I shouldn't like Carlin. For starters, he was a lefty, and anti-religious. But, I still liked him, and will miss his humor.

Rest in peace, George.

re: #89 Iron Fist

,

That's why I used the protection of abortion as a benchmark. No waiting period, no limits on age, no "maximum" level on trimester, e.g. practically no "reasonable" restrictions whatsoever.

One can dream :-)

One can dream. re: #83 Occasional Reader

Top of my list would be either a Kimber M1911 (haven't decided which, maybe Desert Warrior), or get a little wacky and go for an FN Five-Seven.

I've become a big fan of the .40. Muzzle velocity is the same range as the 9mm, it's velocity is higher than the .45 so the terminal ballistics are similar to the .45.

For mine list I've pretty much settled on a Springfield 7.62.

re: #100 DistantThunder

Get him a treadmill with ESPN on in front of it, and give him a low dose of aspirin every day (like a baby aspirin). If he loses the middle, it will extend his life. And there is one type of abdomen that is dangerous, it the one like you are carrying a cannon ball above your belt. You know what I mean, where you have a 32" waist, but a big gut above.

re: #59 wrenchwench
WrenchWench! How are you? How's the hubs?

re: #86 sirsurfalot
Sorry there skippy - this is CHARLES' Blog and he makes the rules - you don't like it, leave.

re: #99 Crimsonfisted

My favorite routine was the football/baseball analogy. I remeber seeing that on SNL.

FUNNY!

RIP George Carlin.

I remember seeing that, too. Didn't he host the first episode of SNL? It's was sooooooo long ago...

re: #99 Crimsonfisted

My favorite routine was the football/baseball analogy. I remeber seeing that on SNL.

FUNNY!

RIP George Carlin.

You know, his was the only explanation that managed to teach me much of anything about either sport. Not that I'm proud of that; it's simply a fact :)

I've also had a hard time buying large shrimp w/out referring to "Jumbo Shrimp". What a cool dippy hippy he was.

re: #111 Ward Cleaver

I remember seeing that, too. Didn't he host the first episode of SNL? It's was sooooooo long ago...

Here it is!

hilarious.

re: #86 sirsurfalot

Sorry Charles. I have to disagree with you on this matter.
If the shoe fits, too bad. If a person is a murderer or whatever
and they are dead, I will say what fits. I will not judge them,
as they will surely be judged by someone far superior than I.
Again, I side with Voltaire who said, "I disapprove of what you say,
but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
This political correct madness must stop.
Long live free speech.

You misunderstand free speech. Yes you have free speech, however no one compelled to give you a forum, no one is compelled to listen to you.

Charles is in no way compelled to offer you a platform.

This is his house, his rules.

Get your own soapbox.

re: #99 Crimsonfisted
Then y'all ought to go to my link at #55!

re: #92 Charles

OK, so start your own blog. It takes five minutes. It's free. Bam, there's your free speech.

Speak ill of the dead at my blog and you'll lose your account.

illofthedead.com
Sounds like a winner.

In a bit of good news, 55 Taliban were either heartbroken to hear that Carlin died, or died by coalition forces administering high explosives. I lean towards the high explosives as COD.

Why do they lock gas station bathrooms?" he once mused. "Are they afraid someone will clean them?"

-Carlin

re: #92 Charles

OK, so start your own blog. It takes five minutes. It's free. Bam, there's your free speech.

Speak ill of the dead at my blog and you'll lose your account.

There is always someone around that just doesn't seem to understand that point.

But where would George have been without people like that around?

Goodbye Rufus, you were excellent to us.

Stuff

I mostly agree about not speaking ill of the dead, however, in the case of someone like Bin Laden, we'd have a bit of a quandary.

re: #41 freetoken

Here is something that will throw you for a loop:

Court will review $2.8 million award to Iranian

He's trying to get the same money twice. USG seized some Iranian assets, and paid this guy. from that. He can't now sue for the assets as well--effectively, he already got them.

re: #55 realwest

And there's this TRUE CLASSIC "Baseball and Football" :[Link: www.youtube.com...]

What an incredible wordsmith.
"...You can't fool me. 'Shoot!' is s**t with two Os."

re: #83 Occasional Reader

Top of my list would be either a Kimber M1911 (haven't decided which, maybe Desert Warrior), or get a little wacky and go for an FN Five-Seven.

Here in Dallas we actually have a radio talk devoted to guns (Gun Talk, Sunday afternoons from 1-3 on KSKY 660). Yesterday, he had a guy from S&W on. Think a show like that would make it in SF?

re: #122 irongrampa

I mostly agree about not speaking ill of the dead, however, in the case of someone like Bin Laden, we'd have a bit of a quandary.

There are exceptions that prove the rule.

re: #125 Ward Cleaver

Here in Dallas we actually have a radio talk devoted to guns (Gun Talk, Sunday afternoons from 1-3 on KSKY 660). Yesterday, he had a guy from S&W on. Think a show like that would make it in SF?

Moonbat heads a-poppin'!

Doing comedy is one of the hardest things another human can do. If a comic strays off course from time to time, it is to be expected. Try walking in to a room of 300 perfect strangers sometimes, ones who are not inclined to laugh, then make them laugh. Then make them fall off their chairs weeping and holding their ribs.

Good luck with that one.

People that can do that have my unending respect.

re: #108 rawmuse

Get him a treadmill with ESPN on in front of it, and give him a low dose of aspirin every day (like a baby aspirin). If he loses the middle, it will extend his life. And there is one type of abdomen that is dangerous, it the one like you are carrying a cannon ball above your belt. You know what I mean, where you have a 32" waist, but a big gut above.

I have him take a red-wine extract, and pine bark derivative product that alerts to the fact that it may thin blood. He is incredibly vigorous, an outdoor survival specialist if you can believe it. He loathes the treadmill. I gave him a pedometer and he has to clock a minimum of 10,000 steps daily or they accrue. We've also started Salsa dancing, and do that for 3 hours, and we both got a great workout. I've weighed 105-120lbs for 25 years - and had 7 kids. While his weight has fluctuated hundreds of pounds. He had an obese sister and obese brother, and I think his metabolism is just inferior to mine - luckily my children mostly got mine so far - not one of them is overweight.

Maybe if I only allow him to watch TV while on the treadmill.......

re: #87 rawmuse

Ms. rawmuse is in cardiology. All sorts of theories abound about heart health, mostly, if you are not in good cardio condition, there is no lower age limit as to when you can die. The first symptom of heart disease is often cardiac arrest. I've lost some friends in their forties. I am somewhat surprised also because Mr. Carlin was thin and looked spry and active.

They say he had a long history of heart problems.

He also did the narration for some "Thomas the Train" episodes.

re: #122 irongrampa
No, not really - there are some people who are evil, who deliberately murder or aid in the murder of innocent civilians and then there are those for whom some of the things they say are offensive.
Rather large difference, ya know?

I have to admit that I had never heard of George Carlin until now. Still, RIP Mr. Carlin.

re: #115 realwest

Then y'all ought to go to my link at #55!

Thanks! Wish I could get youtube at work, but alas and alack, no.

re: #86 sirsurfalot

Sorry Charles. I have to disagree with you on this matter.
If the shoe fits, too bad. If a person is a murderer or whatever
and they are dead, I will say what fits. I will not judge them,
as they will surely be judged by someone far superior than I.
Again, I side with Voltaire who said, "I disapprove of what you say,
but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
This political correct madness must stop.
Long live free speech.

The government is not abridging your freedom of speech, idiot.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

That's free speech. The rest, you have to pay for. Charles pays the bills around here.

re: #131 marge45b

He also did the narration for some "Thomas the Train" episodes.

When I hear his voice on those, I seem to expect a, ahhh, slip on his part.

re: #125 Ward Cleaver

Here in Dallas we actually have a radio talk devoted to guns (Gun Talk, Sunday afternoons from 1-3 on KSKY 660). Yesterday, he had a guy from S&W on. Think a show like that would make it in SF?

Wow. Gun talk radio.

re: #131 marge45b

He also did the narration for some "Thomas the Train" episodes.

I always enjoy those with Carlin. They run every day on PBS Kids Sprout.

re: #122 irongrampa

I mostly agree about not speaking ill of the dead, however, in the case of someone like Bin Laden, we'd have a bit of a quandary.

He's only referring to people.

re: #20 newsjunkie_ky

I loved the hippie dippy weatherman.
Got to see him live a couple times in the 70s.

Yeah. Had an LP once where his routine included a forecast for a record high in downtown Damascus. This isn't it.
George Carlin at the Tonight Show (1966)

re: #138 Ward Cleaver

I always enjoy those with Carlin. They run every day on PBS Kids Sprout.

Think PBS would allow Rush Limbaugh or Anne Coulter to narrate a child's program?

re: #132 realwest

Point taken.

re: #133 hermeneutics

I have to admit that I had never heard of George Carlin until now. Still, RIP Mr. Carlin.

It was long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, but he made it a better place.

re: #141 DistantThunder

Think PBS would allow Rush Limbaugh or Anne Coulter to narrate a child's program?

Wot a straight line!

My condolences to his family and friends.

Reverence for life itself is what's being honored when we refrain from speaking ill of the dead. It's a beneficial practice.

Wow, I'm glad Charles is not allowing this thread to become a "let's bash lefty" forum. Sure, George had leftist leanings, and as we all know that pretty much guarantees a bitter outlook with regards to many things in life. This is supposed to be about remembering the man, and his uncanny wit. I would hope that folks will be content to leave it at that.

re: #141 DistantThunder,

If our tax dollars went for that you'd hear moonbats whining about ill-spent tax money. Instead it goes for a crucifix in piss, and they are happy.

Of course, most moonbats don't pay taxes. They just spend them.

re: #77 Occasional Reader

Of course, there are exceptions to that rule. For instance, I've got my piss-on-grave Happy Dance all planned out for the day that Nasrallah buys the farm.

Along with:

Dinnerjacket
Bin Laden (when his check out time is confirmed)
Mugabe
Child molesters

re: #137 DistantThunder

Wow. Gun talk radio.

The guy from S&W was talking about what they'd been doing to regain the law enforcement market, which they'd lost to Glock and Beretta in the '80s. I didn't get to hear too much of it, but they started out by surveying the LE market to see what they wanted in a handgun.

re: #148 Cartman

Wow, I'm glad Charles is not allowing this thread to become a "let's bash lefty" forum. Sure, George had leftist leanings, and as we all know that pretty much guarantees a bitter outlook with regards to many things in life. This is supposed to be about remembering the man, and his uncanny wit. I would hope that folks will be content to leave it at that.

We can take out our frustrations on you.......

re: #141 DistantThunder

Think PBS would allow Rush Limbaugh or Anne Coulter to narrate a child's program?

Uh, no.

re: #109 haakondahl

Hi Haak!

news of carlins' death was a sock in the gut driving to work this morning...

my not-so-interesting george carlin story:

about fifteen years ago, the frau and i were flying back from a weekend in new york city, george carlin and his manager were in the seats directly across the aisle from us. we didn't say anything to him, and nobody on the flight approached him, but you could tell he was aware of most of the oogling by passengers on the plane. when we were all walking out of the gate, he placed his carry-on duffle bag on his shoulder - to shield his identity as much as possible i assume - and took off like a speedwalker.

God bless you george.

One word about the video: BELL BOTTOMS!

Loved George's stuff, very intellectual humor! He dropeed down a peg or two on my list when he once called Israeli soldiers murderers and made some moral equivalence thing with the Arabs.

Things I am avoiding by posting on Little Green Footballs:

My last paper to finish my MA degree.
Laundry
Putting Frontline on the dog
Laundry
More Laundry
Sorting the dead sock basket, looking for the living.
And last but not least,

Sorting paperwork, the bane of modern human existence.

re: #151 Ward Cleaver

The guy from S&W was talking about what they'd been doing to regain the law enforcement market, which they'd lost to Glock and Beretta in the '80s. I didn't get to hear too much of it, but they started out by surveying the LE market to see what they wanted in a handgun.

The "MP" series? Looks interesting, I'd like to try one out.

(Okay, maybe somewhere Carlin is unhappy that we're talking about guns in his obit thread, so I'll stop)

"Why is there no blue food?"

All things considered, I will miss Carlin for the gernuinely funny things he said. The rest can just go down the memory hole.

re: #158 DistantThunder

Things I am avoiding by posting on Little Green Footballs:

My last paper to finish my MA degree.
Laundry
Putting Frontline on the dog
Laundry
More Laundry
Sorting the dead sock basket, looking for the living.
And last but not least,

Sorting paperwork, the bane of modern human existence.

Isn't that Stinky's job?

re: #160 Occasional Reader

(Okay, maybe somewhere Carlin is unhappy that we're talking about guns in his obit thread, so I'll stop)

He now has a different perspective. Now he can watch all the havoc wreak by murderous thugs on the innocent in real time.

re: #140 abolitionist

Yeah. Had an LP once where his routine included a forecast for a record high in downtown Damascus. This isn't it.
George Carlin at the Tonight Show (1966)

That is GOLD!

re: #131 marge45b

He also did the narration for some "Thomas the Train" episodes.

My son (he's now 19) was obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine. The first narrator was Ringo Starr and then George Carlin replaced him. To me it was so surreal that these two gentlemen who exemplified the counter-culture of the 60s were narrating a children's story with terrific morals. I used to listen to my George Carlin albums on my headphones when I was a teenager so my parents wouldn't hear what was on them. It was strange that years later my kid would idolize George Carlin like I had done as a teenager but for totally different reasons. Even though I have a low tolerance for left winger celebrities for some reason I always gave GC a pass because I just loved the guy and enjoyed his humor. He was a more hippie style Dennis Miller but in his own way was just a brilliant. I told my son he had died and my son is as bummed as I am today. RIP George.

re: #152 DistantThunder

We can take out our frustrations on you.......

Be my guest.

re: #158 DistantThunder

Things I am avoiding by posting on Little Green Footballs:

My last paper to finish my MA degree.
Laundry
Putting Frontline on the dog
Laundry
More Laundry
Sorting the dead sock basket, looking for the living.
And last but not least,

Sorting paperwork, the bane of modern human existence.

The laundry will wait ... but that MA degree? Wean yourself, DT! (I'm in a similar predicament. I've got to get some writing done or my contract will expire. Sigh. And here we are!)

re: #166 redheadredstate

To me it was so surreal that these two gentlemen who exemplified the counter-culture of the 60s were narrating a children's story with terrific morals.

Sort of like "Ice-T", he of "Cop Killer" fame, playing a detective on a TV show.

This is a sad way to start the week.

re: #87 rawmuse
Remember Jim Fixx?

re: #139 haakondahl

Hi - missed you on the dead thread, good to see you and it's good to be back here

I had major computer problems and we took some time replacing it, now we have two shiny new ones - a desktop, and my lovely laptop

re: #161 Occasional Reader

"Why is there no blue food?"

Blue M&M's.

I just remembered a bit of his that I referenced for years.

"Fuckin' meow."

Quite a useful phrase when you get hurt and need an expletive to alleviate the pain.

"Jumbo shrimp"

re: #169 Occasional Reader

Sort of like "Ice-T", he of "Cop Killer" fame, playing a detective on a TV show.

And, he's good at it.

re: #173 MandyManners

Blue M&M's.

I assume George was referring to naturally blue food... and as he was quick to point out, blueberries are actually purple!

re: #159 Occasional Reader

The "MP" series? Looks interesting, I'd like to try one out.

I have a MP Compact 40, it's my primary carry weapon, love at first shot.

re: #160 Occasional Reader And...........maybe not. George Carlin was a complex and complicated man. He was a leftwards leaner, but still did that great bit about the environment.
And yes, I thought he had become more "bitter" or whatever towards the last few years, but the fact remains that he was able to see humor where few of us do (e.g., the flamethrower line) and he called things as he saw them. He'd probably get off several funny lines or riffs about some of the not-so-nice things people are saying out here, too.

And, his great sense of humor notwithstanding, he was an absolute believer in Free Speech - for that alone we should all try to remember him with fondness.

A versatile word.

I listened to him in Jr. High school and from then on. He was damned funny. He will be missed

re: #168 hermeneutics

The laundry will wait ... but that MA degree? Wean yourself, DT! (I'm in a similar predicament. I've got to get some writing done or my contract will expire. Sigh. And here we are!)

I'll race ya.....mark, get set...GO! I'm opening my word document right this moment...

Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.

George Carlin

I'm another one who has never heard of George Carlin until tonight

Now I've got a lot of stuff to watch - thanks for posting all these links!

re: #177 Occasional Reader

I assume George was referring to naturally blue food... and as he was quick to point out, blueberries are actually purple!

Picky. Picky. Picky.

"Turd is a word you can't say...but who wants to?"

GC

re: #179 realwest

And...........maybe not. George Carlin was a complex and complicated man. He was a leftwards leaner, but still did that great bit about the environment.
And yes, I thought he had become more "bitter" or whatever towards the last few years, but the fact remains that he was able to see humor where few of us do (e.g., the flamethrower line) and he called things as he saw them. He'd probably get off several funny lines or riffs about some of the not-so-nice things people are saying out here, too.

And, his great sense of humor notwithstanding, he was an absolute believer in Free Speech - for that alone we should all try to remember him with fondness.

IMHO George was deeply cynical about everything, he expressed it humor. Even those things I think he was wrong about, it was still damn funny.

re: #183 DistantThunder

I'll race ya.....mark, get set...GO! I'm opening my word document right this moment...

Okay. Guilt motivates, doesn't it. I'm off too.

Thanks, DT. I needed that.

re: #68 deacon

his movie career was funny also. I recommend Kevin Smiths "Dogma" if you want to see something funny, or "Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back" for Carlin as a hitchhiker.

His wit was second to none, he was the Bob Hope of our generation.

He will be missed.

Umm, I wouldn't go that far. While Carlin was keen observer of human foibles and failings, and had a laser-like wit, he was also obsessively pessimistic and deeply cynical, seeing selfish, ulterior motives in EVERYTHING. Bob Hope, on the other hand, while having equal powers of observation and wit, and aware of the selfish and the ulterior, was an eternal optimist, able to see the good in many, many situations.

Bob Hope: even the darkest cloud has a silver lining.

George Carlin: every silver lining has a dark, threatening storm that'll probably blow the roof off your house.

RIP, both of ya.

re: #77 Occasional Reader

Of course, there are exceptions to that rule. For instance, I've got my piss-on-grave Happy Dance all planned out for the day that Nasrallah buys the farm.

I guess I'll have to play it by ear when Amy Winehouse goes. But unlike the fantastically talented George Carlin, who was taken at a decent age by natural (I'll wager) causes, the fantastically talented Winehouse is doing it to herself at an early age and glamorizing the method. I don't know about speaking ill of the dead, but I won't cry. No No No.

Fucking bastard was not perfect and for that I'll never frogive him.

re: #192 Peacekeeper

for that I'll never frogive him.

To err is human; to frogive, amphibian.

"...hippy-dippy weatherman with the hippy-dippy weather, man."

Rest in f*&@!ng peace, man. You made high school go by easier.

re: #193 Occasional Reader

To err is human; to frogive, amphibian.

"Pity you get for free, but jealousy you must earn."
-Finnish Proverb

re: #157 buzzsawmonkey

"Belle Bottoms" would be a good name for a steatopygous stripper.

I had to look that one up! I am going to use that for our word of the day at work tomorrow.

Today's word is: capacious.

Roomy

As a Catholic, educated in their schools for 12 years, all I can say is that Carlin's going to Our Lady of Great Agony was spot on.

"I don't know why George failed penmanship, Mrs. Carlin."

re: #185 aussiemagpie

How ya doin Aussie? Guess you're wearing socks again down there.

Have some news, sending you an email.

re: #195 Peacekeeper

YOU!

re: #192 Peacekeeper

...not perfect...frogive...

LOL.

Comedians cannot destroy society. But very good ones, like Carlin, can show us what we've allowed society to become. Like so much of art, comedy is one of those lies that helps us see the truth.

re: #199 WriterMom

Shalom baby.

Not a fan....He always sounded too angry, not enough funny.

re: #200 CyanSnowHawk

You obviously are thinking at a much deeper level than that turd tasting OR.

re: #205 Peacekeeper

You obviously are thinking at a much deeper level than that turd tasting OR.

Typo or intentional, that was funny.

re: #204 Locrian

Not a fan....He always sounded too angry, not enough funny.

No need to say that here, I guess.

re: #206 CyanSnowHawk

Typo or intentional, that was funny.

Pretty much everything PK does here is a typo.

re: #76 FrogMarch

"Frog" -

I remember that one and will miss 'ol George.

-S-

re: #204 Locrian

Not a fan....He always sounded too angry, not enough funny.

Definitely the case in his later years. Not so bitter in his heyday. He seemed to enjoy it more back then.

re: #193 Occasional Reader

To err is human; to frogive, amphibian.

Turd-tasting?

El Crimen Ferpecto

OT--How do I ask charles to delete a post I Made?

re: #210 Spiny Norman

Definitely the case in his later years. Not so bitter in his heyday. He seemed to enjoy it more back then.

I think a lot of the bitterness came in after the death of his first wife around 1997 or so...

re: #204 Locrian

Not a fan....He always sounded too angry, not enough funny.

[Link: www.reviewjournal.com...]

He pissed off a lot of folks here in Vegas but I still love his older stuff.

Things You Never Heard:
"Dad, you ought to drink more."
Things you never saw:
"A Rolls Royce with the bumper sticker 'shit happens' "

re: #214 CIA Reject

I think a lot of the bitterness came in after the death of his first wife around 1997 or so...

I was thinking the same thing, right after I hit "post".

re: #217 Spiny Norman

GMTA!

OT: This is interesting-Harvard Study Shows Israeli Arabs Prefer Living in Israel Over Any Other Country in the World.

re: #213 Hard Right

OT--How do I ask charles to delete a post I Made?

Report it to Stinky Beaumont.

Seriously.

_{Is that like turning yourself in?}

re: #161 Occasional Reader

"Why is there no blue food?"

Does Romulan ale count?

re: #219 WriterMom

OT: This is interesting-Harvard Study Shows Israeli Arabs Prefer Living in Israel Over Any Other Country in the World.

Only Harvard would need to do a study to believe that.

We've been saying it for years.

re: #198 Widow'smight

How ya doin Aussie? Guess you're wearing socks again down there.

Have some news, sending you an email.

Hi there

Yes you're right - I have my bedsocks on (and my flannie jammies) and summer is only five and a half months away!

I've been watching George's vids half the morning. It's like when Astaire died and you got all these great dance clips on tv for a couple nights. I wish he'd got past the leftie moral equivalency thing enough to come down hard on Islam, but it's entertaining to contemplate what he could have done with the material had he been living in, ah, more intimate daily contact with it:

OK, George, here's the deal. You sign on to this religion and you follow all the rules and when you die you get to go to paradise and live in a marble mansion with killer oriental rugs and stuff and eat all your favorite foods for eternity. But if you sign on for shaheed duty and blow yourself and several dozen other people to smithereens you get all of the above plus you get to fuck 72 gorgeous renewable virgins for the rest of eternity and drink all the booze you want, no hangovers. And the other people you kill won't be "innocent" because they'll all be Jews and other infidels. Plus while you're still here on earth you get to stop everything you're doing and pray 5 times a day with your ass in the air and your head on the floor until you get a permanent bruise on your forehead. You get to have up to 4 wives and you can beat the crap out of them if they don't toe the line, plus if you go the Shiite route you can have temporary "wives" in between and then there's all that "thighing" with the toddlers. And you get to shoot your daughters if they date guys you don't approve of. For real, not just yell it at them as they head out the door. Now, you can't own a dog as a pet, just one to guard all those goats out back but you know some of those goats are pretty special. And if a dog drools on you or you so much as touch a pig the whole deal is off. Also there are some sort of irritating rules about how to take a shit. But that's minor when you think of all the fun you can have with the asian sex slaves servant girls. And boys. And you'll be part of the Jihad to establish the Caliphate and force everyone to follow these rules!

Oh, my, the Carlin routines we'll never get to see! RIP George. I don't believe that you're somewhere being "judged", but you sure are being fondly remembered here.

re: #86 sirsurfalot

Sorry Charles. I have to disagree with you on this matter.
If the shoe fits, too bad. If a person is a murderer or whatever
and they are dead, I will say what fits. I will not judge them,
as they will surely be judged by someone far superior than I.
Again, I side with Voltaire who said, "I disapprove of what you say,
but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
This political correct madness must stop.
Long live free speech.

Do you have a catchy name for your new blog?

re: #64 MrC_5150

Somewhere out there, George Carlin's soul lies atop someone's roof --- never to be retrieved.

RIP, George

It's in a parking garage in New Jersey.
With Timothy Leary's brother, Really Leary.

re: #173 MandyManners

Blue M&M's.

Blue potatoes/chips.

re: #196 Crimsonfisted

I had to look that one up! I am going to use that for our word of the day at work tomorrow.

Today's word is: capacious.

Roomy

A cap that's too big for your head.

re: #64 MrC_5150

Somewhere out there, George Carlin's soul lies atop someone's roof --- never to be retrieved.

RIP, George

I didn't know George was a Frisbieterian. He was holding out on us.

re: #223 aussiemagpie

Take care girl, see you again. Time to walk my Golden.

re: #230 Widow'smight

Bye bye and see you again here

re: #116 bosforus

illofthedead.com
Sounds like a winner.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Other things you're not likely to spot:

The Arab League issuing an unconditional statement apologizing for 60+ years of war and instigating conflict against Israel...

Wish George C., the guy who was able to discuss feminist blow-jobs in polite society, had been able to stay around long enough to do a routine on the fact that, beginning in July, all OASIS* regulated drug rehabs in NY State (and elsewhere?) will prohibit cigarette smoking on or near the premises.

Like cigarette smoke is the first concern of the day for a crack, heroin or alcohol addict.

* That would be virtually all rehab centers. The one's funded by Scientologists have other, even more pressing, problems for the poor addict who unwittingling enters the door for treatment.

some of the comments remind me of another leftist-turned-bitter-in-the-end that i'd admired, kurt vonnegut. read everything he wrote knowing he was a serious leftist. i just loved his books, sorry.

his last book, man without a country, did shock me in that he used his last book as a stage for his complete spewing rant of zany leftist bitterness. oh well.

still, i'll always have a soft spot for both carlin and vonnegut.

re: #98 Bogeyfre

I saw Carlin live in Las Vegas. No culture, color, religion, or country was safe from his barbs. Everyone in the theater at one time or another was insulted or made fun. The one thing we all had in common was laughter and lots of it.

Laughter. Ya gotta laugh at yourself now and then....

RIP George

There are people in this country, and in the world, who are working hard to make sure that this sort of thing - "No culture, color, religion, or country was safe from his barbs" - can never happen again. The right not to be insulted is being elevated to the point that it trumps the First Amendment. This has already happened on many campuses, and in Canada, where there is no First Amendment.

They are working to make sure that we shall not see his like again.

re: #69 Occasional Reader

OR, where do you live in DC? I had a tiny apartment in Woodley Park way back when.

He was bitter and wrong about a lot of things (IMO) in the last few years, but he spent twice my entire lifetime holding up a mirror to the absurdity of modern America, and he was brilliantly funny. We can't replace a guy like him.

RIP George.

The other day the topic of who today is our Mark Twain came up. I don't recall seeing Carlin mentioned, and my apologies if this was already covered above; but as a commentator for his times Carlin, in may ways, resembles Twain. Both had keen wit, an ability to capture society, and the capability to explain what they saw so that everyman understood.

re: #197 RickZ

As a Catholic, educated in their schools for 12 years, all I can say is that Carlin's going to Our Lady of Great Agony was spot on.

"I don't know why George failed penmanship, Mrs. Carlin."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAA

re: #240 Pshawalaw

The other day the topic of who today is our Mark Twain came up. I don't recall seeing Carlin mentioned, and my apologies if this was already covered above; but as a commentator for his times Carlin, in may ways, resembles Twain. Both had keen wit, an ability to capture society, and the capability to explain what they saw so that everyman understood.

As much as I liked George Carlin when he was "on", in reality, today's Mark Twain is P.J. O'Rourke.

re: #238 joncelli

OR, where do you live in DC? I had a tiny apartment in Woodley Park way back when.

That information is being withheld in the name of national security...

But I'll say I live somewhere in the stretch from Woodley Park to Friendship Heights. I like the area a lot. Rock Creek Park is a gem.

He really understood religion and God:)

George Carlin on gettin' old and death

Carlin was, until the late 80's, the finest stand up comidian in hsitroy, besting even Richard Pryor at his best (and that's saying something). But from "What Am I Doing In New Jersey?" onward, his comedy just got angry, bitter, and more and more hard-left. In his final years he was a 9/11 Troofer of the first order.

It's sad that this once-fountain of brilliant wit has shuffled off this mortal coil, but let's face it; BDS killed Carlin's funny bone long before cancer took the rest of him.

Carlin takes on the envoirnmentalists

Sorry to see you go George, you were great, you had your rants, especially about religion (although some of your religion rants were right on) one thing for sure, you finally know whats up with Heaven and Hell.)
This skit is great taking on the envoirnmentalists and greens.
We'll miss you Mr. Carlin.

re: #242 Spiny Norman

As much as I liked George Carlin when he was "on", in reality, today's Mark Twain is P.J. O'Rourke.

O'Rourke also resembles Twain, good call. I don't believe either is Twain's equal, of course, both walk in Sam's shadow.

re: #246 lizard by the bay

....long before cancer took the rest of him.

I thought it was heart trouble that took him?

re: #249 Pshawalaw

I thought it was heart trouble that took him?

It was.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71.

Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, went into St. John's Medical Center in Santa Monica on Sunday afternoon complaining of chest pain and died later that evening, said his publicist, Jeff Abraham.

A funny, witty, innovative comedian. I will miss him.

First Harvey Korman, now Carlin.

What, was Heaven in need of funny men?

Rest in peace, George. The world is a less funny place than it was yesterday.......

BHG

re: #249 Pshawalaw

I thought it was heart trouble that took him?

And so it was. Whoops.

I saw him back in the '80s at the Circle Star in San Carlos, CA.

He ended his act by commenting that in the twenty or so years since he came up with the "Seven Words", there were many more added to the list. That night he decided to kindly provide a more complete list with the program.

He proceeded to pull out the list and read the 200-400 words you can't say on television. After the first thirty seconds or so, you could barely hear him over the laughter.

I hope I still have the list somewhere in with all my "stuff". Imagine the talent! He handed out a verbatim part of his act, then read it, and STILL brought down the house!

The only other comedian I saw that made me laugh that hard was the late Sam Kinnison.

Regardless of his political outlook, the man was funny.

RIP, George. Thanks for one of the best laughs of my life.

Good man. Condolences to his family and friends.

Watching this clip, I think of Seinfeld. Not so much in terms of content, but tonality and some of the facial expression.

I saw his act my first time in Vegas back in '84. A place for your stuff was the main theme. Very funny guy.

RIP

re: #246 lizard by the bay

Carlin was, until the late 80's, the finest stand up comidian in hsitroy, besting even Richard Pryor at his best (and that's saying something). But from "What Am I Doing In New Jersey?" onward, his comedy just got angry, bitter, and more and more hard-left. In his final years he was a 9/11 Troofer of the first order.

It's sad that this once-fountain of brilliant wit has shuffled off this mortal coil, but let's face it; BDS killed Carlin's funny bone long before cancer took the rest of him.

I hadn't watched much of Carlin in recent years and it's sad to hear the BDS progressed all the way to advanced Troofer. Sometimes I think comedians of his type become so committed to skewering the society around them that they forget how good they actually have it and how bad it is elsewhere and could be here. So many people simply refuse to believe that It Could Happen Here but they love the idea of being in the Resistance so they convince themselves It Is Happening Here even as they freely express this notion to large audiences without interference.

Actually it sounds like he "lost heart" rather than succumbing to cancer.

re: #254 Catch22

I saw him back in the '80s at the Circle Star in San Carlos, CA.

He ended his act by commenting that in the twenty or so years since he came up with the "Seven Words", there were many more added to the list. That night he decided to kindly provide a more complete list with the program.

He proceeded to pull out the list and read the 200-400 words you can't say on television. After the first thirty seconds or so, you could barely hear him over the laughter.

I hope I still have the list somewhere in with all my "stuff". Imagine the talent! He handed out a verbatim part of his act, then read it, and STILL brought down the house!

The only other comedian I saw that made me laugh that hard was the late Sam Kinnison.

Regardless of his political outlook, the man was funny.

RIP, George. Thanks for one of the best laughs of my life.

That was also in one of his HBO specials. The way he read the list was absolutely hilarious.

Snappin' P---- ? Uh... nevermind.

I wonder if he's reaping some of the stuff he took the time to sow while he was here...

I am a former (and very BAD) comedian. My major claim to fame in that arena was as a leader of the Comedy Store strike in 1979.

Carlin was very funny. But so were hundreds of other guys, one of whom committed suicide during that strike. I never saw Carlin on the picket line. (All we wanted was $20 a set.)

Comedy is a very strange profession, full of very strange people. Success in that profession is random, based more on luck than anything else. My favorite comedian at the time remained unknown.

But I'm rambling. RIP, George Carlin.

RIP George Carlin.

I remember me and my brother fell off our seats when he imitated sounds of his stomach. And who can forget the observation that the person driving slower than you is an idiot and the person driving faster than you is a maniac!

...when he imitated sounds of his stomach.

"We have no money for food! We're...poooooor!"

Got 2 minutes in and gave up... I disagree - this is his worst. It's not clever. He has much better stuff that does less to devalue our language.

}:(     [Farewell to a master comedian -- return to us soon, George.]

Spent the last hour over at YT watching Carlin vids.

It's shame he died, but his best years were far behind him. His earlier stuff was dead on and hilarious. His later stuff just revealed a bile-filled old man who could no longer forgive his fellow planet-mates for being human.

May the God he didn't believe in grant him peace.

He took dry humor and made it wet.......

Carlin was nothing less than genius. And a smart motherfucker at that.

The Seven Words no longer applies, check out the TV show "Weeds". It features all 7 words and more.

I hear he's presently doing a routine about angels, heaven and the devil. If you hear a cosmic explosion, .... duck.

Keep on making the universe laugh George!

re: #261 Mardukhai

I am a former (and very BAD) comedian. My major claim to fame in that arena was as a leader of the Comedy Store strike in 1979.

Carlin was very funny. But so were hundreds of other guys, one of whom committed suicide during that strike. I never saw Carlin on the picket line. (All we wanted was $20 a set.)

Comedy is a very strange profession, full of very strange people. Success in that profession is random, based more on luck than anything else. My favorite comedian at the time remained unknown.

But I'm rambling. RIP, George Carlin.

Pretty funny! An admitted bad comedian and all you wanted was $20 a set! Well worth the price!