Re: George Carlin. Rest in @&^%$!
 

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

Re: George Carlin. Rest in @&^%$!
 

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

Re: George Carlin. Rest in @&^%$!
 

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?

Re: George Carlin. Rest in @&^%$!
 

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.

Re: George Carlin. Rest in @&^%$!
 

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:

Re: George Carlin. Rest in @&^%$!
 

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

Re: George Carlin. Rest in @&^%$!
 

* 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.

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Taltarzac: That was a good site. Very funny.

Re: George Carlin. Rest in @&^%$!
 

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.

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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....

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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!!

Re: George Carlin. Rest in @&^%$!
 

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.

Re: George Carlin. Rest in @&^%$!
 

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.