Monday, June 23rd 2008
Farewell, George Carlin
I'm sure you already know about this sad news, but George Carlin, comedian and curse word lover, passed away from heart failure at Saint Joan's Hospital in Santa Monica, CA yesterday. He was 71.
George has had a history of heart problems. He checked into the hospital yesterday after complaining about chest pains.
He is survived by his second wife Sally Wade and his daughter Kelly Carlin.
R.I.P. George Carlin
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This is so depressing. Of course, I thought about his last show on HBO and all of the funny things he satirized about death. Making fun of the way people said, 'We lost him. She expired. Etc.' Man, I'm really upset.
The only person I can think of who is this consistently funny, real and intelligent is Chris Rock. I just can't think of any other comedian out there who is as entertaining and brilliant as Carlin was.
How someone like him is dead but someone like Pete Doherty is alive is a fucking shame.
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I am not sure what he made me do more, laugh or think. Both were extremely satisfying.
I heard a clip on the news about "chalance" as the opposite of nonchalance and "near-fetched" instead of far-fetched.
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I'm doing a paper on solicitor/client privilege. And it's actually very interesting.
He had such a way with words, playing with them, taking them apart and putting them together in a whole new way. What a genius!
I remember when he and Richard Pryor were the funniest men in the world... we have lost so much!
And just after he was announced as the 2008 winner of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Award for humor.
rip George, we will miss your insight.
RIP
rip george...you will be missed...
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sexy motherfucker...
the greatest stand-up comedian that ever lived.
rest in peace, George
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"Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck." George Carlin
Well, I guess he knows now if there is a God or not....
You will be sorely missed George. The world will not be the same. The most talented fucking comedian to ever live. Rest in peace.
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CUNextTues.,
You're only 21 and you know Carlin and Morton Downey, Jr.??? Cheers to you!!!
Seriously...that gives me a little faith for the future.
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If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
Brilliantly subversive comedian who understood the power of words and didn't shy away from using them either. And he also called out the stupid people when no one else would! R.I.P.!
Your face!
Genevieve: I am 21 and I will proudly say I too had the biggest crush on this guy! How could I not? The man was a genius!
■I'll tell you what he said...he asked me to forcibly insert the lifeline exercise card into my anus!-Donnie Darko
■Submitted by britscomingback: YOU CAN'T STOP HER BOOT CLAP WITH A BUTT SLAP!
Submitted by findleynb on June 23, 2008 - 4:27pm.
I saw his act in St. Louis circa 04 or 05. He was terrible.
yeah well youre probably a fucking ass hole anyways buzz kill bitch!
I saw him a few years back at one of the State University of NY campuses and he was fantastic. My stomach was seriously in pain when I left because I was literally laughing for 2 straight hours.
I saw his act in St. Louis circa 04 or 05. He was terrible.
If there's anything that could make me sadder than hearing about George Carlin, it's got to be this: I told my youngest stepson that George Carlin died, and he said, "...who?"
The youth of America is a cultural wasteland.
Grew up watching this man with his witty shots at life and just have to say "FUCK"!!!!!!!!!!
He had a way of pointing of the absurdity of life and people that was fucking brilliant. Sorry he's gone :(
Either Heaven or Hell just had a truckload of funny delivered on its doorstep. Peace out, Carlin, you lived a long and fuckin' hilarious life!
NOOOOOO!!!!! First Yves, then Bo, then Stan Winston! Now George Carlin. Sadness.
holy shit!!! i just saw this somewhere else! i am so sad about this! truly one of the great comedic geniuses of the last 50 years...this is really really sad...his last special was f'ing BRILLIANT!!! oh man :(
"Sometimes you're talking to someone and you're thinking to yourself, 'This guy is fucking stupid!' Other times you're talking to a guy and you think, he's pretty intelligent, well-spoken....Eh! He's full of shit!"
This man was truly a GENIUS. He was one of my idols and I'm sorry but 71 is too goddamned soon. He still had more genius monologues yet to grace us all with. I am so fucking sad today. Thank you for sharing your brilliance with us, George.
Submitted by Its Joan Crawfo... on June 23, 2008 - 2:05pm.
Yes it was, and it was his "comeback" after his suicide attempt. Which makes it all the more poignant, now.
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"His name is not 'fat shit cat,' it's Meatball...and he's eating your crab cakes."
♥♥ If you don't talk to your Cat about Catnip, who will? ♥♥
One more thing. I don't know if it was his last HBO special, but it was the last one I saw and if I recall correctly, it was mostly about death and even the scenery's theme was death. That's pretty creepy.
I think the best way to memorialize George Carlin is by watching his comedy specials or reading his books. I'm sure HBO On Demand will be playing some of his routines ASAP.
"If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?"
"I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose."
"If God had intended us not to masturbate he would've made our arms shorter."
"Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did."
You'll be sorely missed George!
RIP George, you were an icon, and the funniest mofo out there.
Oh, this killed me this morning. There will NEVER EVER be another and I'm so sad. My parents let me watch and listen to him way before most people would let their kids listen to that kind of stuff. He was one of my first and best memories. Here's one of his first memories from his website and I think it says it all...
"Early memory: George and family sitting around the living room radio listening to a partial eclipse of the sun. At this time he is told the family motto: 'Someday We'll All Have Hats.'"
Well, I guess he found his hat, or in his case I guess, his ponytail... a comic and philosopher always. The first real comic to make you laugh like hell AND really, REALLY think.
Loved you bunches, George. You taught me a lot. Thank you for standing up for our right to swear. Thank you for never failing to push the envelope. Though many may try, your wit cannot be duplicated or replaced.
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"His name is not 'fat shit cat,' it's Meatball...and he's eating your crab cakes."
♥♥ If you don't talk to your Cat about Catnip, who will? ♥♥
I used to watch the sit com he was on in the nineties.
"you yuppies can't keep your hands off the croissants so now you need loose fitting jeans!"
I know that is way toned down george carlin (i have seen his stand up) but it was still funny.
and his vehement denial of writing that lame ass poem or whatever that was/is floating around the internets somehow attributed to him. (i said no fucking way george!)
may his website post the denial forever.
The world is a better place because George Carlin existed.
"Why is it that most of the people who are against abortion are people you wouldn't want to f@ck in the first place?"
I am sad today.
See you around, George.
"You can't take over the world! That's OUR FUCKING JOB!"
I love you, George.
♥ Ah...good times, good times...
Lean Like a Chola
"When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat.
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"Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that. "
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"People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think.
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"If we could just find out who's in charge, we could kill him."
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"Religion convinced the world that there's an invisible man in the sky who watches everything you do. And there's 10 things he doesn't want you to do or else you'll go to a burning place with a lake of fire until the end of eternity. But he loves you! ...And he needs money! He's all powerful, but he can't handle money!"
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"Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy."
- george carlin
the times are really turning over here folks... who are the ones stepping up to fill the shoes of people like carlin and bo diddley???
what will we be left with in 50, 100 years? plastic-horse montag??? DANE FUCKING COOK???
this world scares me more and more every day.
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I actually cried when I first heard this
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God, I'm fucking depressed. Why did you have to go on a MONDAY, George? Damn ... I actually think I'm going to cry.
there are no words to describe the infinate sadness of the loss of this funnyman...
the world of comedy griefs today
Mr. Carlin,
thank you,
may you rest in peace
(well said gabriela)
Submitted by peaches on June 23, 2008 - 11:37am.
I saw him do stand up 2 yrs ago! I'm so glad I had that oppertunity now! this news has upset me on so many levels! George was the best! I don't want to hear any stupid brangelina news today! I need to grieve in peace!
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Amen! I was in Vegas a few years ago when he was at the MGM Grand. Tickets (I think) were $60=$70, so we reluctantly did not go. Now I wish I had, you damned mesmerizing quarter slot machine!
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If you don't leave so I can spend some quality time with my man, next I'll show you my pooter.
What Gabriela said.
You will be missed sir.
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RIP Al Sleet. I hope if there is something after this life, you keep them laughing. You will be missed.
That's sad and sudden. I've been crying lately over news of any death...Tim Russert, shit, even Mimi LaRue almost made me squeeze out a tear. I must be PMSing.
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Leave Britney alone. She is my favorite. She will still rocks.
I had the biggest crush on him. Funny & smart guy. Yep, you will be missed.
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Submitted by Gabriela on June 23, 2008 - 11:00am.
Very well said. He will be missed.
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"There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls."
RIP Hippy Dippy Weatherman...........hope wherever you end up they have a place to put your stuff, and that someone else's shit isn't all over the place
I saw him do stand up 2 yrs ago! I'm so glad I had that oppertunity now! this news has upset me on so many levels! George was the best! I don't want to hear any stupid brangelina news today! I need to grieve in peace!
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