[gemorc]

I have been away for a few days and the the news has not' been very good. I grew up with George Carlin. I became aware of him while watchinf the Merv Griffin show in the early 60's while still in high school. George had three separate careers. Each time he resurrected himself with a new outlook on life. In the 60's he had the "7 little dirty words". The 70's and 80's, it was sex drugs and rock and roll. Then in the 90's, he suffered a serious heart attack and lost his wife through illness. This is what changed his humor to what some call the dark side. HBOPL is running all his HBO specials tonight, and I don't care what anyone thinks, to me George is as hilarious today as he was 40 years ago.