George Carlin dead (1 Viewer)

[Joe_H]

One of my personal favorites is this, surprisingly g-rated for him except a few curses.

YouTube - George Carlin Talks About "Stuff"

 

[todd s]

While I was always get a laugh at his "for adults" comedy. It was good to know he brought lots of enjoyment to my 5 yr old son with both "Thomas the Tank Engine" and "Cars"

Rest in peace Fillmore... :frowning:

 

[Ken Chan]

No, Bill Maher; although Bill may be the closest one we've got to George now, even if Bill is unlikely to reach George's iconic status.

 

[Henry Gale]

I actually "spoke" to George in my post. Neither George nor I think this was reasonable.

But, Joseph, you really need to go back and listen to his material.

 

[Inspector Hammer!]

He "expired" like a magazine subscription.

Those are George's own words, BTW so go easy as i'm only quoting what he himself said lol.

I heard this today and was crushed, he was probably my all time favorite stand-up comedian and i'm still trying to get my head around the idea that we'll get no more HBO specials from him. :frowning::frowning:

Pesci-speed, George.

 

[Henry Gale]

This is not something of his.

 

[Kevin M]

Sorry, but in memory of Carlin I am NOT going to censor his most memorable 7 words:


The world needs grumpy, angry, intelligent, Ironic, funny men like you to shake the pillars and not let the hypocrisy of men both high & low go unnoticed....but there were none like you...a true one of a kind is gone and we will miss him. Badly.

R.I.P.

 

[John Dirk]

Are you kidding? Nothing against Bill [or you], but I think even he would admit he's not even fit to occupy the same stage with George Carlin.

John

 

[Kevin M]

BTW, this is one of my favorite..."rants" of George's:

Saving The Planet

 

[TonyD]

let's keep this to George Carlin only.
Michael Reuben will be in here quickly if it goes into a Maher vs. Carlin debate.

as michael has said in previous versions of this, this is a memorial thread and act as if you were at a
memorial service for the person in discussion.

 

[TonyD]

 

[Lew Crippen]

While I love Carlin’s work, the ‘dirty words' bit is a tribute to the late (great) Lenny Bruce.

 

[Henry Gale]

Lew,
Could you expand on that a little, or, if this is not the place for thread drift, guide me to a reference?

 

[TonyD]

i found on wiki.

Carlin was present at Lenny Bruce's arrest for obscenity. According to legend the police began attempting to detain members of the audience for questioning, and asked Carlin for his identification. Telling the police he did not believe in government issued IDs, he was arrested and taken to jail with Bruce in the same vehicle.

that was all i could find, nothing saying it was a tribute.
i'm sure it was influenced by Bruce, as Carlin's career likely was too.

 

[Ryan L. Bisasky]

Here's the routine with the most views on the tube

lots of cursing and one of his many anti religion bits.

 

[Rhett_Y]

RIP.... you will be missed.

I just saw him this past September in Columbus Georgia. Good time.

 

[Ken Chan]

I said closest -- but not how close. Who else is closer?

 

[Inspector Hammer!]

In my opinion no one is closest to George, he was in a class by himself, a fearless, hilarious and profane class lol.

The vids posted are some of my favorites.

 

[TravisR]

HBO2 is playing all (or nearly all) of Carlin's stand-up specials on Wednesdy and Thursday night at 8 PM.

EDIT: Here's a link to the schedule HBO: George Carlin: 1937-2008

 

[Michael Reuben]

Jerry Seinfeld wrote a marvelous tribute to Carlin in today's New York Times. Some excerpts:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/op...yt&oref=slogin

M.