George Carlin, RIP
 

http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/06/62841/index.html

I'm having a moment of silence for someone who brought joy and laughter to the lives of so many people. He will be missed.

RIP George Carlin
 

RIP George. He was one of my favorites. You will be missed.

http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/06/62841/index.html

Oh man. I grew up watching videos of Carlin's stand-up performances with my parents, and listening to cassette tapes of his performances, including "Seven Words You Can Never Use on Television." My parents are huge fans of his work, and they passed that on to me. I'm really saddened to hear this.

RIP, George.

i came to the TFP now just to post this.

Unbelievable. i will miss this guy.

Ah damnit not him, too...

I just barely heard about this.

The world is truly a sadder place with the absence of this man.

RIP

Damn

Glad I got a chance to see him live many years ago.

Oh... two George Carlin threads. Posted within one minute of each other too.

If anybody deserves two threads it's this man.

EDIT: Haha, they got merged while I was posting.

Damn, he was one of the rare performers who kept getting sharper with age. His scathing wit and brutal honesty will be missed, but forever embraced.

RIP

Well- shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits.

I'd add sucks to the list today.

OMG! I'm so out of the loop.

I can't believe he's gone. :sad:

I can't really say I'm sad he's dead, rather I'm happy he was alive. Regardless, RIP Mr. Carlin.

He had a full, productive career, and never seemed to lose his edge. As one of the greatest comedians, he kept us laughing for years despite just how crazy the world was.

Thanks, George.

This is nice. I'll try not to be sad. :)

Sigh the world just got a lot less funny :(

Here's a few classics.






And the all-time classic.


Thanks for all the laughs George.

That is one of the things I think is true about George Carlin. Unfortunately few I think seem to realize that he often spoke of how people were concerned with words rather than intent. In interviews, one could easily see that not only was he a funny man, but an intelligent one as well.

thanks m0rpheus, now im bummed all over again.

-sigh- i wonder how this is going to impact the comedy field.

His album, A Place for My Stuff, was the first album I ever bought. At one time, I knew the whole thing by heart and used to perform it for my friends.

Like pig... I am just glad he was alive.

Sad, sad news. He's one of my favorite comedians and now he's gone. :[

RIP sir, you will be missed.

I'm very sad that we won't be able to hear or see from him anymore. I was truly shocked to see this when I woke up. I think of George every time I think of all my "stuff" and how I keep having to find a bigger place to keep it all. Like right now.

The world just lost a belly laugh and a few IQ points... RIP.

I got my first Carlin album when I was in high school. I now have 5 of them and a few, like Charlatan, I had memorized. I could recite the Hair poem at the drop of a hat, would quote Al Sleet, the Hippy Dippy weatherman and nod in agreement on many of his observations. His bit about "If you take 7 white boys and 1 black boy and put them in a room together, you won't get the 1 black boy saying, "Gee, fellas, good game today.", but you WILL get 7 white boys saying, "Yo, Man, Whassup." And that was over 30 years ago.
71 these days is not old. He was and always will be an icon.
What a sad way to start a week.....

I went through about a month earlier this year when I was listening to this cd every day in my car. There are so many comedians, but only a few who are really touched by genius. He was one of those few.

Man, what a loss.

But I think he'd have said something like: Look, you gotta go sometime. At least you can make a little difference, make a mark on the world, while you're still around.

And he did.

As previously stated "Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"

You will be greatly missed! RIP George

This is terrible news. I've got most of his HBO specials saved on my DVR, but to know I'll never hear anything new from him really sucks.

What a shitty thing to wake up to.

geez we're losing them faster than we're replacing them.

Toledo Window Box, Occupation: Foole.

Man oh man did I ever develop around his humour.

He was another raison for peace.

When I awoke this morning and heard the news I was gutted. The local radio personalities just passed over the story which added to my anger.

I can honestly say that I have listened, watched or read some of his work everyday over the past little while. I love stand up comedy and go on binges of certain comedians over the year. Lately it was George.

Bad day at work? Queue up some Carlin on youtube while i did my dishes and made dinner always got my chest heaving with laugher and my mind off my troubles.

I will miss his work.

I think he would be mad at me for crying...

Funny, he was just here a minute ago.


...which is what he said he hoped people would say when he died.

Very well said. I'm glad someone remembered that.

why can't the fates take the trainwreck that is Gibert Godfrey, instead of the good ones?

I love Mr. Carlin, Genius material.

Yikes! Scary thought. Let's hope the comics aren't going the way of the poets.... :sad:

Yes, yes he would.

George Carlin was one of the few people in this world that I truly admired. I've lost my hero and the world is a duller place for it.

Thank Joe Pesci for youtube clips to remember him by.

This sucks majorly. He was the greatest one-man show to ever appear on stage. Thanks for all the laughs and lessons. RIP.

Man, what a sad day.

I've listened to his stuff for over 10 years now (which is long for me).

I always liked his clear, sharp & sarcastic comments, and felt that alot of stuff had a good core of truth in it.

I wonder who's gonna fill up this void now... I doubt anyone will any time soon.

I'm sitting under a clock made from the cover of Carlin's Class Clown album. The Icebox Man routine was the first schtick I ever memorized.

You know 71 years is not a bad run, and we paid him well for doing more or less what he would have done for free to a smaller audience.

When I grow up, I still want to be George Carlin.

“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death! What's that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you're too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You do drugs, alcohol, you party, you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating... ...and you finish off as an orgasm.”

-GC

Thanks Shauk. I was wondering if he did any bits on death.

I suppose it's both a blessing and a curse for him that he's going to miss out on the upcoming election.

You mean to tell me that asshole isn't going to be doing anymore comedy specials? What a selfish prick!

George Carlin is the only story-teller/social-commentator I've witnessed that (IMO) may be comparable to someone like Mark Twain. I'm lucky to have seen him live and to have enjoyed his art for most of my life. Amazing.

Shit, he was here just a minute ago. At least we have a guy at work who looks and sounds like George Carlin with a dirty mouth and an off-color sense of humor.

and those that have never seen him perform, or those that enjoyed his performances...

get the opportunity to watch them

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I have to clear up space on the Tivo for this...

Seven words:

May I please come with you, George?

"Swimming isn't a sport.
Swimming is a way to keep from drowning.
That's just common sense."

J.C. J.C...won't you smile at me...

well that's strange... just saw the article this morning. He deserves it.

He sure does. I thought it was so funny to read you say that then immediately read that article in my RSS.

Napalm and Sillyputty will be under my pillow tonight.

I cant believe these people!

Guess whos picketing George carlins funeral?

http://www.godhatesfags.com/written/...in-in-hell.pdf

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Are these people any more than the human equivalent of gnats?

I guess they didn't watch any of the HBO2 shows last night....

George once said:

In the Bullshit Department, a businessman can’t hold a candle to a clergyman. ‘Cause I gotta tell you the truth, folks. When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there’s an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever ’til the end of time!

But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He’s all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can’t handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story.
Holy Shit!

These people are the lowest fucking form of human... wait... I can't even use the term "human" when describing my thoughts of them. These fucking low life, scum sucking, waste of fucking space, vermin make me almost rethink my position on the death penalty... almost. The shit they're shoving down the throats of their own children is fucking criminal, IMO.

I'll bet George would love the fact they hate him, bet he'd consider it an honor.

Just thinking about them makes me need a shower.

"the obscene potty-mouth skeptic, agnostic, and profane atheist"


can one be an agnostic and an atheist at the same time?

and skepticism is sinful? I guess the next time I receive an unsolicited email from a Nigerian looking to quietly move a large sum of money, I should just believe it and do what they want...?


"We will picket George Carlin's funeral."

yeah, I notice they didn't have the balls to take on George while he was still alive. Cowards.

Okay that's comedy cold right there...

I still think Westboro is trying to goad people into bombing them so they can play the victim card. The problem, of course, is that the people who are so offended by the church are good, moral people who wouldn't do such a thing.

So they'll continue behaving like a delusional cult and people will continue to be frustrated when they read about Westboro in the news, and then forget all about them 5 minutes later. As it should be.

That's because George would gather more of a crowd than them.


And Tully, these people are human, just ignorant and intolerant beyond belief. Their lives are pathetic, and that is that. They will go forth from this life having accomplished nothing, but think they did everything. Ignore them when you can, and it all gets wiped away in time.

Well put.

I know you're right. They just make me fucking ill. I guess I let them make me ill, so some must be on me. I saw a news piece one night showing them teach their children to hate, since then I have trouble seeing them as even human.

You know, Carlin would probably have a hoot and a half if someone accidentally ran the lot of them over with a schoolbus full of Nuns. Just saying.

With extra bonus points if Bill Maher were driving.

With his film crew to catch footage for his new documentary. It would all have to either be an accident/act of God, though.


Lord works in mysterious ways...

Look, I know we didn't want him to die, but picketing his funeral isn't going to bring him back...

That man had some of the best material ever. He will be missed.