RIP: George Carlin (1937-2008)

[Jersey Girl]

Passed away today of heart failure at 71.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25322638

I'll never forget doing a paper on his 7 dirty words. RIP.

 

[HeavyB3]

George Carlin dead

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,370121,00.html


Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs and dirty words, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital Sunday, a spokesman confirmed to Reuters. He was was 71.

 

[HeavyB3]

Beat me to it. RIP

 

[O]

WOW!

A great comic and a true revolutionary in his field.
I will truly miss his commentary.
Thanks for the laughs and your insight, George.

R.I.P.

 

[AZZenny]

He was really a giant and cut through the crap like only a few others could. Sayonara, George.

 

[SuperSpck]

WOW!

A great comic and a true revolutionary in his field.
I will truly miss his commentary.
Thanks for the laughs and your insight, George.

R.I.P.

Couldn't have said it any better.

Watching him evolve as a comic over his career was one of the most interesting things I've ever experienced.

I can't help but wonder how he wants his services to be held. I think he'd have some pretty concrete ideas on the matter.

RIP

 

[Jersey Girl]

Couldn't have said it any better.

Watching him evolve as a comic over his career was one of the most interesting things I've ever experienced.

I can't help but wonder how he wants his services to be held. I think he'd have some pretty concrete ideas on the matter.

RIP

I'm guessing he's already put some plans together regarding that.

Two high profile public figures gone in about a week.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

One of the greats. Hilarious. He'll be missed.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

I can't help but wonder how he wants his services to be held. I think he'd have some pretty concrete ideas on the matter.

From his book Napalm and Silly Putty:

“When I die, I don’t want to be buried, but I don’t want to be cremated either. I want to be blown up. Put me on a pile of explosives and blow me up. Or throw my body from a helicopter. That would be fun. One stipulation: wherever I land, you have to leave me there. Even if it’s on the mayor’s lawn. Just let me lie there. But keep the dogs away.”

 

[RugbyMuffin]

A comedian, a philosopher, and (at least in my mind) a leader of free thought.

Tragic, so sad. I read it this morning and was shocked...well, not that shocked since he was old and you could see his health failing in his last stand up special.

Just a great person, in my mind who didn't take the B.S. and spoke openly and freely to people. Always called people out on illogical nonsense, and challenged people to think about things just a little bit deeper than they normally do.

Thanks George. You will be missed.

 

[Lefty]

Very sad. George was a very talented person. Besides being a comedian, he was not that bad an actor. I actually saw the movie Jersey Girl a few weeks ago and he was a pretty good actor. The movie was bad but he did a good job playing Ben Affleck's dad.

 

[abomb]

Only 4 of the 7 dirty words get blocked in the ASFN filter.

RIP.

 

[dogpoo32]

RIP

He was one of the greats.

 

[earthsci]

RIP. A funny man.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

Only 4 of the 7 dirty words get blocked in the ASFN filter.

RIP.

13 if your a sailor.

 

[AZ Native]

Wow, Carlin is gone. He was very insightful and intelligent. I really love his "baseball, football" routine. He will be missed. RIP George

 

[Angel]

Heaven just became a funnier place.

Rest in peace George, you are already missed.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

R I P

 

[joeshmo]

Its Odd I never really enjoyed his standup yet I really liked his books.

 

[Mulli]

I hear he had a lot of "stuff." Someone on the radio today said he was 78. Weird.

rip.

 

[Lefty]

Modern Man

"I’m a modern man, a man for the millennium. Digital and smoke free. A diversified multi-cultural, post-modern deconstruction that is anatomically and ecologically incorrect. I’ve been up linked and downloaded, I’ve been inputted and outsourced, I know the upside of downsizing, I know the downside of upgrading. I’m a high-tech low-life. A cutting edge, state-of-the-art bi-coastal multi-tasker and I can give you a gigabyte in a nanosecond!
I’m new wave, but I’m old school and my inner child is outward bound. I’m a hot-wired, heat seeking, warm-hearted cool customer, voice activated and bio-degradable. I interface with my database, my database is in cyberspace, so I’m interactive, I’m hyperactive and from time to time I’m radioactive.

Behind the eight ball, ahead of the curve, ridin the wave, dodgin the bullet and pushin the envelope. I’m on-point, on-task, on-message and off drugs. I’ve got no need for coke and speed. I've got no urge to binge and purge. I’m in-the-moment, on-the-edge, over-the-top and under-the-radar. A high-concept, low-profile, medium-range ballistic missionary. A street-wise smart bomb. A top-gun bottom feeder. I wear power ties, I tell power lies, I take power naps and run victory laps. I’m a totally ongoing big-foot, slam-dunk, rainmaker with a pro-active outreach. A raging workaholic. A working rageaholic. Out of rehab and in denial!

I’ve got a personal trainer, a personal shopper, a personal assistant and a personal agenda. You can’t shut me up. You can’t dumb me down because I’m tireless and I’m wireless, I’m an alpha male on beta-blockers.

I’m a non-believer and an over-achiever, laid-back but fashion-forward. Up-front, down-home, low-rent, high-maintenance. Super-sized, long-lasting, high-definition, fast-acting, oven-ready and built-to-last! I’m a hands-on, foot-loose, knee-jerk head case pretty maturely post-traumatic and I’ve got a love-child that sends me hate mail.

But, I’m feeling, I’m caring, I’m healing, I’m sharing-- a supportive, bonding, nurturing primary care-giver. My output is down, but my income is up. I took a short position on the long bond and my revenue stream has its own cash-flow. I read junk mail, I eat junk food, I buy junk bonds and I watch trash sports! I’m gender specific, capital intensive, user-friendly and lactose intolerant.

I like rough sex. I like tough love. I use the “F” word in my emails and the software on my hard-drive is hardcore--no soft porn.

I bought a microwave at a mini-mall; I bought a mini-van at a mega-store. I eat fast-food in the slow lane. I’m toll-free, bite-sized, ready-to-wear and I come in all sizes. A fully-equipped, factory-authorized, hospital-tested, clinically-proven, scientifically- formulated medical miracle. I’ve been pre-wash, pre-cooked, pre-heated, pre-screened, pre-approved, pre-packaged, post-dated, freeze-dried, double-wrapped, vacuum-packed and, I have an unlimited broadband capacity.

I’m a rude dude, but I’m the real deal. Lean and mean! Cocked, locked and ready-to-rock. Rough, tough and hard to bluff. I take it slow, I go with the flow, I ride with the tide. I’ve got glide in my stride. Drivin and movin, sailin and spinin, jiving and groovin, wailin and winnin. I don’t snooze, so I don’t lose. I keep the pedal to the metal and the rubber on the road. I party hearty and lunch time is crunch time. I’m hangin in, there ain’t no doubt and I’m hangin tough, over and out!"

 

[RugbyMuffin]

Nice Lefty.

That was an impressive start to a show if I ever saw/heard one.

 

[FArting]

Rip