George Carlin. Rest in @&^%$!

[Taltarzac]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/arts/24carlin.html?ex=1229832000&en=1f672e3af00a503d&ei=5087&excamp=GGGNcarlin&WT.srch=1&WT.mc_ev=click&WT.mc_id=GN-S-E-GG-NA-S-carlin

Weird that the New York Times has tomorrow's date on this obituary of George Carlin unless I am really going crazy and it is June 24, 2008?? :joke:

[KathieI]

I like the heading, Tal, very clever.

Sadly, I was not a fan of Carlin's. He was a strange person, with a very strange sense of humor, I'm more of a "slapstick" type of person. Found this quote in the Reuters UK obit:

"I don't have any beliefs or allegiances. I don't believe in this country, I don't believe in religion, or a god, and I don't believe in all these man-made institutional ideas," he told Reuters in a 2001 interview.

Rest in Peace, you....@*&^))$***

[Rokinronda]

I liked the man, felt he had the nerve to talk about things always forbidden, even though everyone uses those words on occasion. Even though some won't admit it. His shows were not all about swearing. I enjoyed seeing him years ago. As far as his beliefs, I attribute them to his comedic attitude on life in general. My opinion: to each his own.

[SteveFromNY]

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.

[Russ_Boston]

In a weird coincidence I saw a girl on the street yesterday and told my wife - "looks like a hippie dippie weather girl'. She had no clue. It was just odd that I mentioned him on the day he died and I haven't thought about him in years.

Didn't agree with everything he ranted about but I enjoyed it anyway. RIP

[chelsea24]

My husband and I were fans. I loved the hippy dippie weather man. He didn't always make me laugh out loud. But he did make me think. We had the pleasure of seeing him a couple of times. He will be missed.

[The Great Fumar]

Good bye Hippie Dippie Weather Man.......But like most comedian's , you went down hill in your later years..........I probably won't miss you , but you were fun to have around for awhile................

Fumar

[SteveFromNY]

I always remembered when he did the sportscast on Laugh-In.
"Here's the scores: 35 to 12, 16 to 8, 11 to 4.
Now a partial score, New York 12."

[Taltarzac]

More information about George Carlin from Wikipedia-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carlin

He was not one of my favorite comedians but do agree that he will be missed especially with respect to what he might have said if John McCain gets the White House starting this January of 2009. He might have had more trouble with his material if Barrack Obama becomes President in 2009 especially if he has Hillary Clinton as his running mate.

[mfp509]

I saw George Carlin at the Warwick Musical Theater in Warwick, RI back in the 60's (he must have been just starting out. He was the act prior to John Davidson, the star) and I absolutely loved his routine - don't know when I laughed so hard. I didn't enjoy him much in his later years. I did love the "Hippy Dippy Weatherman".

[Mikitv]

Sorry to see him go. I also loved the Hippy Dippy Weatherman and his wry sense of humor. He will be sadly missed by all of those youngsters from the 60's and 70's.

[chuckinca]

I'll miss him

[punkpup]

Definitely a fan of "The Hippy Dippy Weatherman". Didn't follow him as much in the recent past but I agree that he always gave you something to think about\.

RIP George, I'll miss you.

[Sidney Lanier]

Granted George Carlin's humor was weird, but that's what made him George Carlin. One point that always stands out in my mind was his speculating what chairs would be shaped like if, when we bend our knees, they would jut out behind us instead of in front of us.... RIP!

[aln]

I was a fan. I feel we lost a great comedian.
George Carlin himself said that his act was just that "AN ACT".
As irreverent and disrespectful his comedy seemed to be it was an act.
I'm sure that in the near future there will be his biography replayed on the Biography Channel and listen closely and you here him talk about "his act".
His recent show on HBO called "it'll hurt ya" discusses in some length the hereafter.
Well, he has all the answers now.
RIP
1rnfl

[gfmucci]

One thorn out of our culture's side. But there are plenty more.

[Taltarzac]

One thorn out of our culture's side. But there are plenty more.


Every rose needs its thorns though, gfmucci. :joke:

[efrahin]

Someone who wrote:

"the gradual slide of the United States from a first-class world leader to an aggressive, third-rate debtor nation of overweight slobs, undereducated slob children and aimless elderly people who can't afford to buy medicine"

is not too far from the true, no matter how bitter it is. I like the guy and there was a lot of true on what he said, it is admirable that a fellow who did not finish high school had so powerful language skills. In his honor I am re-reading the book When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?

[gfmucci]

Every rose needs its thorns though, gfmucci.* :joke:
I consider the Carlin types more like toxic weeds than Roses. But never liked rose bushes, either.* Landscaping is enough work without getting stuck trying to prune the danged things!* Won't own Bougenvilla for the same reason...they have thorns, too.* Like rose bushes and toxic weeds, people who mock whatever "values" we have left won't be on my agenda, either.

[chelsea24]

gfmucci, I'm going to bite you, you little woofer! LOLOL We have to have all points of view, or this isn't America. I really like his sillier stuff though. I also liked his monologue about the "Stuff" we accumulate. That really is funny and so true. Lighten up woofer! :joke:

[Taltarzac]

gfmucci, I'm going to bite you, you little woofer! LOLOL We have to have all points of view, or this isn't America. I really like his sillier stuff though. I also liked his monologue about the "Stuff" we accumulate. That really is funny and so true. Lighten up woofer! :joke:


Did really like "stuff" too. http://www.writers-free-reference.com/funny/story085.htm

[gfmucci]

Lighten up woofer! :joke:
* Hey!* I enjoy being as irreverant toward Carlin the slimey @#$%^&*# as he was about just about everything.* I'm light - I'm light. * I feel better now.

[efrahin]

Taltarzac: That was a good site. Very funny.

[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.

[efrahin]

Last Saturday on NBC's Saturday Night Life they re-broadcast the first SNL show in 1975 and the Guess was George Carlin. What a treat that was, Belucchi, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner. As they say, close out your eyes and in the black you will your memories....

[Rokinronda]

I saw the SNL show on 6-26. Glad they ran it a couple of times, as I was busy, busy last Sat. night! Great comedians in that time era!! Loved them all!!

[Russ_Boston]

A little trivia about that first SNL show with Carlin. It was the only SNL ever that the guest host didn't take part in any of the skits. Carlin, in an interview, said that he wasn't sure what they had in mind so he begged out of any involvement with the skits and instead just did four monologues. He regretted that decision after seeing how the show was set up. He did get to host once more in 1984.

[angelbaby.47]

The man was a *&#@*%* genius, as he would have said! We, also, were Carlin fans. In the earlier years, especially. He did have a way with words and many folks found him offensive. For whatever reason, he only made me laugh, because he had the nerve to say what the rest of us only think about.