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George Carlin, R.I.P.
George Carlin died yesterday of heart failure at the age of 71. The great comedian, author of the legendary routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television," will be missed. In his honor, here's a video of Carlin performing a routine about age in 1976. It's the only thing we could find without lots of cursing. There are some more explicit greatest hits here. And here's an interview Carlin did with Larry King when he was 64 in which he tells the age jokes from the above act and explains why he's not actually an atheist even though he doesn't believe in God.
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1. G. Carlin, the thinking hippy, gave me many laughs during the seventies.
JefFlyingV at 11:33AM on Jun 23rd 2008
2. I liked George Carlin. He was my all time favorite stand-up. I saw him live once in Southern California, the guy was funny.
California...hmmmm, I was in Homer, Alaska a few years ago trying to change my luck when it came to salmon fishing. I took a wrong turn and ended up on Kalifornsky Beach Rd. I wonder where that came from?
Willet at 12:26PM on Jun 23rd 2008
3.
That Old Fuck will be missed.
(his words)
mac at 12:34PM on Jun 23rd 2008
4. George Carlin was an original. He will be missed.
David S. at 3:37PM on Jun 23rd 2008
5. Back around '69-70, George was a houseguest for a few days in North Carolina. He was gigging in town and trying to save a few bucks. I have a lot of recollections from that short visit.
He had a serious side, and most of the time we spent hangin' out was spent on topics of the day. I had an agenda to try to make him laugh, and I did't do too badly. He didn't really crack wise all the time, like I expected he might.
He had a love for Lenny Bruce, and if you could coax it out of him as one of my friends did, he knew some old Lord Buckley routines.
He mentioned that playing a small club in Raleigh demanded more material per show since he didn't get that rock the house for five minutes laughter he could get in New York between punchlines. If you lived in Raleigh in 1968 you'd understand why.
I recall that he traveled lighter than about anyone I ever knew. He had one pair of jeans, two tie dyed tank tops, a pair of flip flops, about half a dozen Grateful Dead tapes, a toothbrush, all in an attache case and that was it. When he left Raleigh, he took the bus up to DC to his next gig.
I always hoped I'd run into hims again, but it wasn't to be. He left a lasting impression on me.
He told me a joke about Wauxahatchee, texas. It was a kind of cute shaggy dog story, and I wonder if it ever made it to an album.
I'll really miss his polemics. I have seven words to express my sorrow that I can't say on national tv. I wish the hell he'd lasted longer.
Clif Kuplen at 4:42PM on Jun 23rd 2008
6. A big part of my college days are gone with the passing of George Carlin. His "seven words" got me through some tough times. Not only was he a great comedian, but a master of words and a philosophic genius as well. He'd have made a better president than ANYONE who ran in the last thirty years!
Donna at 9:01AM on Jun 25th 2008
7. In high school, we thought that Carlin was funny. Correction; I never thought he was funny but listened to his stuff out of peer pressure. Things never changed much over the years. His show relied heavily on vulgarity as a punch line as his routine had no real substance or anything cerebral. Here's a classic gem: "Did you ever walk down the street and meet someone and say, wow, that guy is "F-ing"
stupid? Then you walk a little farther; meet someone else and say, 'that guy's not only F-ing stupid, but he's F-ing nuts, too. Then you walk a little farther, meet someone else and say; he's not only F-ing stupid, F-ing nuts, but he's a F-ing a$$hole, too."
Would also complain about {{place any Republican name here}},and how oppressive they are when it comes to freedom of speech. Oddly enough, he said the same thing at the hundreds of shows that he performed, all without having his vulgar routine censored. Good riddance.
Lizard at 3:12AM on Jun 28th 2008