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Farewell to George Carlin- you will be missed

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by tig2

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George Carlin, American comedian, died Sunday evening according to
his publicist. He was 71. You can find all the pertinent information
here: http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/23/carlin.obit/index.html?
eref=rss_topstories

For me and many of my generation, Carlin's death is the end of an era.
The end of a ground breaking time when we were still finding out what
the power of words was and how to make that power work to our
advantage. I don't know that we have solved all of that yet, but we
have at least started.

Carlin gave us 7 Dirty Words and, with that, virtually insured that we
would use each and every one of them in a sentence. Carlin asked us
to think about the vagaries of the English language with such thoughts
as, "Tennis seems like the wrong word. It suggests a whole herd of
people crowded on the court. Why not Twois? or the odd game of
mixed Fouris?"

Carlin's comedy, while on the surface was funny, also gave us things
to think about. He was an intelligent man and in many ways, a
profound one.

George was the original snarky comment in the face of too much
seriousness. I know I will miss his humor, and his point of view.

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by danlm

I was just going through my comedy mp3's last night, I have 10 cd's of his.

Think I will listen to them tonight in memory.

George, may your after life be full of laughter just like all the laughter you have given us.

Dan

by michael jay

today, the guy on the radio said George Carlin died of a heart attack on Sunday.

Just about cried.

Thanks for all the funnies George, you will be missed.

by charliespencer

And the first words that came to my mind were, "****, ****, ****, ****, ****-******, ******-******, and ****."

by jdclyde

I instantly heard in my head

"The forecast for tonight, DARK! With scattered light through out the morning"

"I got fired from my job at a casino for saying sh1t, where the town game is crap. that is some kind of double standard, because I am sure some Texan is standing round the casino yelling "Aw sh1t, I crapped" ".

I enjoyed his early work very much and was the first real stand-up to catch my attention.

RIP George.... :(

by himdownstairs

I heard my first George Carlin Special when I was 9 years old. I thought he was hilarious and looking back, he was the only comedian who introduced topics th at were HILARIOUS and made me think at the same time. He will be missed.

by dadspad

Of course his time was up to yesterday. :)

How many comedians today can produce award wining CDs? He did this with old vinyl albums. When he released the 7 words album, it was all that was talked about in school. I did not know anyone that did not buy it.

I will miss his work very much. :(

by mjd420nova

A generation has lost one of its most outspoken comedians. I guess like his material had reached many in its time, it, like himself had aged and reached its maturity and grew old. Much of his material lead many to see things from a slightly different angle than most and offered food for thought. The funniest was a bit called "Toledo Windowbox". But again, like Cheech and Chong, have reached the end of their funny bits and lapsed into repetition that ceased to be funny anymore. We know he has now found the spotlight on the biggest stage with the most important audience of all. God Bless, George.

by notsochiguy

Saturday night, after the TUF finale, I was flipping channels, and came across SNL. I gave it about 5 minutes; during which I caught the tail end of an excruciatingly bad segment that dovetailed into a exceptionally unfunny bit (slight digression: when was the last full episode of SNL that was funny start to finish? I can't recall seeing one since Hartman was killed...but I've learned to only spot check the show now...so I could have missed something). I looked over at my wife and said "Is it me, or is good comedy dead?"

My wife called me this morning on the way to work to remind of the comment in light of Carlin's passing. As Carlin would say:

"No, dumb @ss, NOW good comedy is dead!"

RIP, George!

by maecuff

saw him last Spring in Zanesville, OH. He put on an awesome show. I'm just glad we got to see him when we did..

I have a t-shirt from the event that I can't wear. It says "simon says" on the front and "shut the f*ck up" on the back. :)

by jellimonsta

I think you should wear that shirt on packing day when you are leaving your current position. :D

by michael jay

Yes I do, a rather different George for sure.

And Bill and Teds excellent adventure, it was not just the raunchy comedy, he was a performer, and a good one.

by dawgit

Yes his death sadens me. It is indeed a loss.

But at the same time I'm glad we had him when we did. The times that he helped to create, or at least define were difficult. That he had the intelegence and the wisdom to use his humor, and the courage as well, to some how make under standable what was going on, is something I personally appreaciate.

Yes, he will be missed -d

by ontheropes

Man does that make me feel old as I remember him from way back. He was one of the few comedians who could make me laugh out loud. I'll miss him.

by michael jay

but I don't think we should take it too hard.
After all there are many different things that we will all do in our life but one thing we all have in common is that we will leave this place.

Personally I hope when I leave that all will remember me for who I was, and thank me for what I did.

So right now I will do this, my favorite Carlin bit is this, enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YphEUa5LPjM

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