Legendary Comedian George Carlin Dies at 71

[Zoneboy]

Link (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-carlin23-2008jun23,0,4144791.story)

LOS ANGELES -- Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs and dirty words, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital Sunday, a spokesman said. He was 71.

Carlin, who had a history of heart and drug-dependency problems, died at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica about 6 p.m. PDT (9 p.m. EDT) after being admitted earlier in the afternoon for chest pains, spokesman Jeff Abraham told Reuters.

Known for his edgy, provocative material, Carlin achieved status as an anti-Establishment icon in the 1970s with stand-up bits full of drug references and a routine called "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television." A regulatory battle over a radio broadcast of the routine ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

In the 1978 case, Federal Communications Commission vs. Pacifica Foundation, the top U.S. court ruled that the words cited in Carlin's routine were indecent, and that the government's broadcast regulator could ban them from being aired at times when children might be listening.

Carlin's comedic sensibility often came back to a central theme: humanity is doomed.

"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.

Carlin, who wrote several books and performed in many television comedy specials, is survived by his wife Sally Wade, and daughter Kelly Carlin McCall.

[Zoneboy]

Another voice from The Simpsons is now silent.

:rip: George

[TJL]

Oh my god.

I loved this man.

I grew up watching his HBO specials. I had the privilage of seeing him perform once.. After Lenny Bruce, Carlin took up the whole idea of pushing the envelope; he was never afraid of saying what he wanted to say.

The man was a legend. I cannot say enough about him.

[dawsongirl]

:eek: Aww...yeah, he could be a little dirty, but he was an honest and funny guy. Comedians like that now are hard to find. Such sad news.

[Cactus Jack]

Oh wow RIP

[Seth]

This is just sad, sad news. RIP.

In honor of the man, I present some of Mr. Carlin's various musings (well, some of the ones safe to reprint here, anyway)

When cheese gets it's picture taken, what does it say?
When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted?
When someone is impatient and says, "I haven't got all day," I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day?
I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?
If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
Is a vegetarian permitted to eat animal crackers?
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin with.
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.
May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?
I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories.
Electricity is really just organized lightning.
Women like silent men, they think they're listening.
"I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence?
Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.
If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?
Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.
I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.
Why is the man (or woman) who invests all your money called a broker?
I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.
At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.
As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything.
The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.
Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.

[dawsongirl]

This is just sad, sad news. RIP.

In honor of the man, I present some of Mr. Carlin's various musings (well, some of the ones safe to reprint here, anyway)

When cheese gets it's picture taken, what does it say?
When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted?
When someone is impatient and says, "I haven't got all day," I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day?
I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?
If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
Is a vegetarian permitted to eat animal crackers?
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin with.
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.
May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?
I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories.
Electricity is really just organized lightning.
Women like silent men, they think they're listening.
"I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence?
Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.
If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?
Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.
I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.
Why is the man (or woman) who invests all your money called a broker?
I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.
At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.
As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything.
The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.
Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
:lol: Good stuff.

[Cactus Jack]

This is just sad, sad news. RIP.

In honor of the man, I present some of Mr. Carlin's various musings (well, some of the ones safe to reprint here, anyway)

When cheese gets it's picture taken, what does it say?
When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted?
When someone is impatient and says, "I haven't got all day," I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day?
I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?
If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
Is a vegetarian permitted to eat animal crackers?
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin with.
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.
May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?
I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories.
Electricity is really just organized lightning.
Women like silent men, they think they're listening.
"I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence?
Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.
If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?
Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.
I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.
Why is the man (or woman) who invests all your money called a broker?
I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.
At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.
As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything.
The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.
Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
:rotflmao: May he :rip:

[TJL]

^ Good stuff Seth.

My favorite Carlin quote is this:

Did you ever fall asleep in the middle of the afternoon, and then you wake up later and it's dark out, and you have no idea what God damn day it is?

:lol:

[HuntingtonM15]

:rip:

[Yooch]

RIP to a very funny man.

(I just wanted to add that, regardless as to whether people agreed with all his views or not, it has to be admitted that 1) He was a gifted comedian who loved his life's work. 2) He had no pretense about him. 3) He was an astute cultural critic and keen observer of human nature. 4) For many, including me, his material is 'laugh out loud' funny.

Off the record, from what I gather from family and close friends, privately George Carlin was an extremely generous and empathetic person who never put on any airs whatsoever.)

[Brad]

Almost ten years ago, in September of 1998, two friends and I went to see George Carlin perform stand-up at Spokane Opera House.

He was getting ready to film You Are All Diseased (which, in my opinion, was his last great HBO special). And I bought an inappropriate t-shirt and even more inappropriate poster at the event.

That I'm not much of a "seven words you can't say on television" kind of guy anymore doesn't disqualify me from mourning his passing. The soft spot in my heart for his comedic genius has never waned. His ability to take something as simple as clipping one's toenails and making it hilariously funny is irreplaceable.

[Seth]

http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=DiavoloDiAno
Nearly all of his specials, plus several albums and more.

[OH Nuts!]

We've lot a great comedian. What a perfect choice he was to start off as the first host on Saturday Night Live. Still can't believe it.

l

[Stuck In The '70's]

Wow...I'm in shock.. :(

[Courtnee]

^ Good stuff Seth.

My favorite Carlin quote is this:

Did you ever fall asleep in the middle of the afternoon, and then you wake up later and it's dark out, and you have no idea what God damn day it is?

:lol:
:rofl: That's my favorite, too.
May you rest in Peace, George. You will be missed.

[Brian Damage]

Wow, what shocking news! :rip: George

[Ireneparalegal]

I grew up with a brother who absolutely loved George Carlin. So it is no surprise that rubbed off on me. As I laid in bed watching televsion and hearing the breaking news at 9:45 p.m. last night, I was beyond shock. I was crying. I LOVE GEORGE CARLIN. Note, I said that in the present tense. That man will never die in my eyes. I was blessed to have a brother who bought George's comedy albums and after my brother died, I held onto those albums. I cherished them then and I always will. There is no other like George. He is phenomenal. He is a legend and he was unique. The man was funny as hell. I can almost hear him say right now this whole "death business" is not what it is cracked up to be. :) George would find humor in his death. I am deeply saddened. We had a thread on S.O. asking who your fave comedians are. I of course, had listed George Carlin on my list.;) THANK YOU GEORGE FOR THE LAUGHS. I was one of those who watched his short-lived tv show. What a loss. :rip:

[catlover79]

:rip:

[phoebe7165]

I was just talking about George yesterday on another message board!! And it had nothing to do with his death. I LOVED George and like TJL, I had the privilege of seeing him once, too. There are some celebrities deaths, that to me, are sadder than others to hear, and today, to hear of George's passing, definitely a very sad day.

RIP, George.

[phoebe7165]

This is just sad, sad news. RIP.

In honor of the man, I present some of Mr. Carlin's various musings (well, some of the ones safe to reprint here, anyway)

When someone is impatient and says, "I haven't got all day," I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day?

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.


I love these 2!!:lol:

[*Pleasant Tomorrow*]

OMG are you serious? Wow...RIP :(

[Zoneboy]

Link (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117987936.html?categoryId=25&cs=1)

Comic awarded posthumously with Twain Prize

The Kennedy Center says it will posthumously award the Mark Twain Prize to the late George Carlin at this year's annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Carlin, who died of heart failure June 22, a week after being named the 2008 recipient of the Twain Prize, will be remembered at the Nov. 10 affair, according to Kennedy Center Chairman Steven A. Schwarzman. "At this year's Mark Twain Prize, we will celebrate his many contributions to the world of comedy in a special tribute," he said.

"It's a great loss, not only to the world of humor but to America's conscience," said Bob Kaminsky, Peter Kaminsky, Mark Krantz, and Cappy McGarr, Executive Producers of the award program, in a collective statement." George kept us honest. Of this sad day he might have said that the only truly "dirty word" is death. George Carlin is as deserving as ever of our nation's highest award for humor."

[Cactus Jack]

His SNL episode,which was also the first is awesome

[Jo_Luvs_Ketchup]

I was completely shocked to hear this. I loved him. He was hilarious. RIP :(

[BarneyFife]

I really hate to hear that, he was a very funny man. REST IN PEACE GEORGE

[Scoobiedoo30]

rest in peace George

[Adamantium]

As a kid, I knew Carlin as Rufus from the two Bill & Ted movies. And I watched "The George Carlin Show" with my dad. It only lasted one season, I believe. In high school, I heard his stand up act for the first time, and he was one funny guy. I also enjoyed his performance on the very first SNL.

It's sad that he's gone, but he's left us so much.

[Courtnee]

More Carlin quotes:

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.

When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands.

I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.

[Shine]

This is really sad news. Both my dad and I were big fans of George. He will be greaty missed. :rip:

[Seth]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WgQurfTDZQU
Here's a George Carlin video some of you may not have ever seen: A much younger George appears as a mystery guest on the game show What's My Line in 1969...

[Ireneparalegal]

If you are a George Carlin fan, chances are, you have seen that clip^^^^. Memorable.

[Ireneparalegal]

BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL by George Carlin

:thumbsup: :rofl:

Baseball is different from any other sport, very different. For instance, in most sports you score points or goals; in baseball you score runs. In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in play, and only the defense is allowed to touch the ball. In fact, in baseball if an offensive player touches the ball intentionally, he's out; sometimes unintentionally, he's out.

Also: in football,basketball, soccer, volleyball, and all sports played with a ball, you score with the ball and in baseball the ball prevents you from scoring.

In most sports the team is run by a coach; in baseball the team is run by a manager. And only in baseball does the manager or coach wear the same clothing the players do. If you'd ever seen John Madden in his Oakland Raiders uniform,you'd know the reason for this custom.

Now, I've mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.

I enjoy comparing baseball and football:

Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.

Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.

Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.
Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.

In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball you wear a cap.

Football is concerned with downs - what down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?

In football you receive a penalty.
In baseball you make an error.

In football the specialist comes in to kick.
In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.

Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.

Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...
In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.

Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.

Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we've got to go to sudden death.

In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there's not too much unpleasantness.
In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you're capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.

And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:

In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.

In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home

[Cactus Jack]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WgQurfTDZQU
Here's a George Carlin video some of you may not have ever seen: A much younger George appears as a mystery guest on the game show What's My Line in 1969...
What the.....? :eek: LOL that was great though but wow at him with short hair and everything

[Cactus Jack]

BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL by George Carlin

:thumbsup: :rofl:

Baseball is different from any other sport, very different. For instance, in most sports you score points or goals; in baseball you score runs. In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in play, and only the defense is allowed to touch the ball. In fact, in baseball if an offensive player touches the ball intentionally, he's out; sometimes unintentionally, he's out.

Also: in football,basketball, soccer, volleyball, and all sports played with a ball, you score with the ball and in baseball the ball prevents you from scoring.

In most sports the team is run by a coach; in baseball the team is run by a manager. And only in baseball does the manager or coach wear the same clothing the players do. If you'd ever seen John Madden in his Oakland Raiders uniform,you'd know the reason for this custom.

Now, I've mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.

I enjoy comparing baseball and football:

Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.

Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.

Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.
Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.

In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball you wear a cap.

Football is concerned with downs - what down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?

In football you receive a penalty.
In baseball you make an error.

In football the specialist comes in to kick.
In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.

Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.

Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...
In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.

Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.

Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we've got to go to sudden death.

In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there's not too much unpleasantness.
In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you're capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.

And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:

In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.

In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at homeLOL thats awesome

[Skywalker]

Unbelievable. :( George Carlin is my all time favorite stand up comedian. He was much more than a stand up comic too. He always made you laugh, but he also made you think. He will be missed. R.I.P. George. :(

In case anyone's interested, Larry King is having a tribute show for George on CNN tonight at 9:00 pm EST. Jerry Seinfeld is going to be on the show and I think they said George's daughter was going to be on there too.

[phoebe7165]

BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL by George Carlin

:thumbsup: :rofl:

Baseball is different from any other sport, very different. For instance, in most sports you score points or goals; in baseball you score runs. In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in play, and only the defense is allowed to touch the ball. In fact, in baseball if an offensive player touches the ball intentionally, he's out; sometimes unintentionally, he's out.

Also: in football,basketball, soccer, volleyball, and all sports played with a ball, you score with the ball and in baseball the ball prevents you from scoring.

In most sports the team is run by a coach; in baseball the team is run by a manager. And only in baseball does the manager or coach wear the same clothing the players do. If you'd ever seen John Madden in his Oakland Raiders uniform,you'd know the reason for this custom.

Now, I've mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.

I enjoy comparing baseball and football:

Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.

Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.

Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.
Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.

In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball you wear a cap.

Football is concerned with downs - what down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?

In football you receive a penalty.
In baseball you make an error.

In football the specialist comes in to kick.
In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.

Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.

Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...
In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.

Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.

Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we've got to go to sudden death.

In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there's not too much unpleasantness.
In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you're capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.

And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:

In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.

In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home

OMG, Irene, I loved that bit from George!! How he was able to remember all that is beyond me!! Thank you!!

[Bill S.]

Definitely one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time, not to mention the most consistent...rest in peace to a true legend.

I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.
Or as he said in his latest stand-up, It's Bad For Ya, "Personally, I would never want to be a member of any group where you either have to wear a hat or you can't wear a hat."

"And what's so bad about hats that you have to take 'em off? Why not take off your pants?" :lol:

[80sTrivia]

He was a pioneer of comedy and he will certainly be missed... :(

[DLevine2]

R.I.P. George Carlin. :(

[Ireneparalegal]

OMG, Irene, I loved that bit from George!! How he was able to remember all that is beyond me!! Thank you!!
That is what I say. Damn! and he would recite it so fast at times. :lol: Incredible. What a genius. I am deeply saddened. What a loss. :(

[Zoneboy]

Video (http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=8481659)

[phoebe7165]

I'm going to make sure to watch Jay Leno tonight. I'm sure he'll say something about George. He always manages to say such heart-felt words, like when he did with Tim Russert.

[Brad]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=emGe0oF2ZM4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMd5qaRlJ20

[Lodee]

How sad! He was one of my favorites. :(

[Ohio8]

"I like Florida. Everything is in the 80s. The temperatures, the ages and the IQs."
"Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?"

[Czas na Zywiec]

I still shocked. Some people just should not die, and George was one of them. RIP. :(

[rusyd]

What a loss. He was one of the best comedians of my time. God rest his soul

[Ireneparalegal]

One of my faves of all time...:rofl:


[on the airport announcements]
George Carlin: About this time, someone is telling you to get on the plane. "Get on the plane. Get on the plane." I say, "f**k you, I'm getting IN the plane! IN the plane! Let Evil Knievel get ON the plane! I'll be in here with you folks in uniform! There seems to be less WIND in here!"

[Scoobiedoo30]

his family is in my prayers

[Ian]

A dark day in the world of comedy. He was amazing in that he could make you laugh out loud one minute at something silly, and then make you laugh uncomfortably at the absurdity of the human condition in the next instance. There'll never be another George Carlin.

I was about to book tickets to one of his shows a few months back, I backed out at the last minute thinking there'd be other opportunities... oh how i regret that.

Here's a great bit of his... http://youtube.com/watch?v=h67k9eEw9AY

[Scoobiedoo30]

This is a very Dark day

[70s show watcher]

We've lot a great comedian. What a perfect choice he was to start off as the first host on Saturday Night Live. Still can't believe it.

lthe werid thing is that the day before he died i watched the first snl on dvd he was one of the all time comedy greats and he had a substance and style in his work that alot of todays comics lack alot of the younger comics think that you can just toss a few sex jokes and cuss words in there acts and they will be a geinus like carlin but george carlin put a lot of thought in to his humor and sometimes made other people think too ,there will never be another george carlin r i p and thanks for all the laughs and thoughts

[70s show watcher]

I'm going to make sure to watch Jay Leno tonight. I'm sure he'll say something about George. He always manages to say such heart-felt words, like when he did with Tim Russert.i think jay leno tonight is a rerun

[Janice]

Such a shock. There are no words. Bless his soul.

[phoebe7165]

i think jay leno tonight is a rerun

YES, IT WAS!!:mad: Oh well, maybe he'll say something tonight.

One of our news channels played this bit of George -

"Did you know that when they're getting ready to put an inmate to death by lethal injection, they swab his arm with alcohol?!!":lol:

Oh George, you will sorely be missed!!

[Brad]

"These are things I think about when the power goes out."

[Courtnee]

Last nights Daily Show had a lovely tribute to him in the "Moment of Zen."

[Brad]

A dark day in the world of comedy. He was amazing in that he could make you laugh out loud one minute at something silly, and then make you laugh uncomfortably at the absurdity of the human condition in the next instance. There'll never be another George Carlin.

I was about to book tickets to one of his shows a few months back, I backed out at the last minute thinking there'd be other opportunities... oh how i regret that.

Here's a great bit of his... http://youtube.com/watch?v=h67k9eEw9AY

I'm glad I saw him when I did. I think the nineties were his peak, and I got to sit in the third row of one of his concerts. It was 1998, as I said before, and hew as preparing for his HBO special You Are All Diseased. He had just lost Brenda, his wife of 30-odd years, the year prior, but even so, was at the top of his game.

I'll never forget Saturday, September 19, 1998. I know we Christians aren't supposed to like "blue" comedy, especially that which challenges the sheer existence of Christianity. But my love for George has never waned.

A lot of people don't realize that George was also a good actor. He was in Kevin Smith's undeservedly panned PG-13 film Jersey Girl, playing Ben Affleck's working-class father. George's performance in that movie, alone, was worth the price of admission.

Here are more George clips. These are all broadcast TV-friendly:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=o_EU7oed_So&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=itr09YmnDZc

http://youtube.com/watch?v=g-UiCmMMU2g

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jmIAQK8ieR4

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EuNerD0rHVk&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kdBrOsrLGRE&feature=related

http://www.hulu.com/watch/23775/saturday-night-live-george-carlin-monologue-1

http://www.hulu.com/watch/23774/saturday-night-live-george-carlin-monologue-2

http://www.hulu.com/watch/23777/saturday-night-live-george-carlin-monologue-3

[Brad]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/opinion/24seinfeld.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Dying Is Hard. Comedy Is Harder.

By Jerry Seinfeld

The honest truth is, for a comedian, even death is just a premise to make jokes about. I know this because I was on the phone with George Carlin nine days ago and we were making some death jokes. We were talking about Tim Russert and Bo Diddley and George said: “I feel safe for a while. There will probably be a break before they come after the next one. I always like to fly on an airline right after they’ve had a crash. It improves your odds.”

I called him to compliment him on his most recent special on HBO. Seventy years old and he cranks out another hour of great new stuff. He was in a hotel room in Las Vegas getting ready for his show. He was a monster.

You could certainly say that George downright invented modern American stand-up comedy in many ways. Every comedian does a little George. I couldn’t even count the number of times I’ve been standing around with some comedians and someone talks about some idea for a joke and another comedian would say, “Carlin does it.” I’ve heard it my whole career: “Carlin does it,” “Carlin already did it,” “Carlin did it eight years ago.”

And he didn’t just “do” it. He worked over an idea like a diamond cutter with facets and angles and refractions of light. He made you sorry you ever thought you wanted to be a comedian. He was like a train hobo with a chicken bone. When he was done there was nothing left for anybody.

But his brilliance fathered dozens of great comedians. I personally never cared about “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television,” or “FM & AM.” To me, everything he did just had this gleaming wonderful precision and originality.

I became obsessed with him in the ’60s. As a kid it seemed like the whole world was funny because of George Carlin. His performing voice, even laced with profanity, always sounded as if he were trying to amuse a child. It was like the naughtiest, most fun grown-up you ever met was reading you a bedtime story.

I know George didn’t believe in heaven or hell. Like death, they were just more comedy premises. And it just makes me even sadder to think that when I reach my own end, whatever tumbling cataclysmic vortex of existence I’m spinning through, in that moment I will still have to think, “Carlin already did it.”

Jerry Seinfeld is a writer and a comedian.

[Ireneparalegal]

I have been enjoying hearing George Carlin on Sirius radio on the Raw Comedy Channel. They play his comedy stuff ordinarily but since his death, they are playing his stuff a lot more. ;)

[Seth]

NBC, this Saturday Night, will be running the first *ever* episode of Saturday Night Live from 1975 during the regular SNL timeslot (11:30) as a tribute to George Carlin (he was the first host)

[Larenz09]

So sad!

He was controversial at times, but he was a great comedian!!

That makes two famous peoples this month already that we lost!!

[Brad]

That makes two famous peoples this month already that we lost!!

More than that.

Bo Diddley (June 2)
Jim McKay (June 7)
Tim Russert (June 13)
Stan Winston (June 15)
Cyd Charisse (June 17)
George Carlin (June 22)
Dody Goodman (June 22)