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George Carlin dead at 71

He got much angrier / I think less funny these last few years...

Still, he is my favorite comedian, very sad to see him go.
 
George was, I think, the last of the Lenny Bruce generation of truly ground-breaking comedians. Like Lenny, the older he got, the angrier and less funny he became, but still. One of the pioneers.

I saw a rerun of one of his first HBO specials (early 80's?), and they felt compelled to run a disclaimer beforehand. Not the "danger: bad words" ones that are standard now, but a respectable-looking dude in a suit, explaining that "Mr Carlin's language is probably a little bluer than you're used to."

My point being, not so much that things have changed since then, but that George was one of the people who changed things.
 
One of my favorite comedians. The world will be forever changed because of him; "Seven dirty words you can't say on TV" was one of the first bits I committed to memory. :D

-ea6bflyr ;)
 
eddie said:
He got much angrier / I think less funny these last few years...
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A lot of people get angrier, less tolerant or patient, in old age. A4s, case in point ;). Still, I think it may not have just been an angry attitude. He got a bit more political the last few years, surprise. And if you are going to do his humor on something like this president and the war, for his typical crowd, it will be angry.
 
I think his absolute BEST material was the material without the gratuitous cursing or gross humor. I like that stuff too, but, for example, his "Stuff" routine was absolute genius.

"Ever notice how other people's stuff is shit, and YOUR shit is stuff??"

This is a prime example of how I can fully respect and admire someone who has, in some ways, completely conflicting political ideologies with my own.

*ahem* Larry Flynt *ahem*

I still listen to his stand up and books on tape (Napalm and Silly Putty) when I'm taking long trips (like I am today).


"There's another thing you never see: You NEVER see a guy taking a shit, running at full speed!"

"Chickens are DECENT people! You never see a chicken strapping a guy to a chair and hooking up his nuts to a car battery."
 
I've always thought people like George Carlin and Richard Pryor (two different comedians of course) were some of the TRUE kings of comedy..not some of this stuff that is out there today like Bernie Mack and what not calling themselves the "kings of comedy".

Eddie Murphy "Raw" and Richard Pryor were more my taste, but I also could appreciate George Carlin's perspective whether I agreed or not.
 
"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

Probably disagreed more than agreed with the man, but I still laughed either way.
 
"Here's another group of people that need to be strapped into chairs and beaten with hammers!"

Saw him live in Pensacola once. Great guy. Surely missed
 
wink said:
A lot of people get angrier, less tolerant or patient, in old age. A4s, case in point....
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Yeah but, yeah but, yeah but ....

I guess as we've seen "most" of YOUR mistakes ... our inclination to "suffer fools lightly" is thereby diminished and our go-nuclear "early & often" threshold is that much lower ... :)

In any case ....

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Let us hope the rest of you make to that spot in life .... :)

Believe it.
 
Saw him in Vegas a couple of years ago. Almost fell out of my seat laughing so hard. He will be missed. Bets on how long it'll be before Carlos Mencia starts stealing his material???
 
Trainwreck said:
Saw him in Vegas a couple of years ago. Almost fell out of my seat laughing so hard. He will be missed. Bets on how long it'll be before Carlos Mencia starts stealing his material???
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He's already stolen material from George Carlin and Bill Hicks that I have personally seen...:icon_rage
 
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