Re: George Carlin. Rest in @&^%$!
I thought he was really a comic genius. Some of his routines were down right hilarious. He broke ground and made me question a lot of my assumptions. He was irreverant, and he used profanity way too much for me - he could have been just as funny without much of it, although the "Seven Words" wouldn't have had the same impact.
I remember him from his days on Laugh-In as the "Hippy-Dippy-Weatherman". And then for some 45 or more years. In my opinion, his recent stuff had become way too political and he'd lost some of his appeal (to me).
But in all, I will miss him. He changed comedy in this country and paved the way for many of todays' funnier entertainers.
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