06-22-2008, 09:55 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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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. |
06-22-2008, 09:56 PM | #2 (permalink) | |
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RIP George Carlin
RIP George. He was one of my favorites. You will be missed.
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06-22-2008, 09:59 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Location: Oregon
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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.
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06-22-2008, 09:59 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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i came to the TFP now just to post this.
Unbelievable. i will miss this guy.
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06-22-2008, 10:13 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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I just barely heard about this.
The world is truly a sadder place with the absence of this man. RIP
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06-22-2008, 10:15 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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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.
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06-23-2008, 03:10 AM | #10 (permalink) |
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Well- shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits.
I'd add sucks to the list today.
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06-23-2008, 03:14 AM | #11 (permalink) |
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OMG! I'm so out of the loop.
I can't believe he's gone.
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06-23-2008, 03:21 AM | #13 (permalink) |
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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.
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06-23-2008, 03:32 AM | #14 (permalink) | |
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06-23-2008, 04:11 AM | #16 (permalink) | |
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06-23-2008, 04:12 AM | #17 (permalink) |
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thanks m0rpheus, now im bummed all over again.
-sigh- i wonder how this is going to impact the comedy field.
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06-23-2008, 04:12 AM | #18 (permalink) |
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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.
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06-23-2008, 04:13 AM | #19 (permalink) |
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Sad, sad news. He's one of my favorite comedians and now he's gone. :[
RIP sir, you will be missed.
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06-23-2008, 04:15 AM | #20 (permalink) |
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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.
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06-23-2008, 04:36 AM | #22 (permalink) |
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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..... |
06-23-2008, 04:49 AM | #23 (permalink) | |
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06-23-2008, 07:27 AM | #26 (permalink) |
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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.
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06-23-2008, 07:46 AM | #27 (permalink) |
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geez we're losing them faster than we're replacing them.
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06-23-2008, 08:23 AM | #28 (permalink) | |
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Man oh man did I ever develop around his humour. He was another raison for peace. |
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06-23-2008, 08:30 AM | #29 (permalink) |
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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. |
06-23-2008, 10:40 AM | #34 (permalink) | |
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06-23-2008, 11:31 AM | #36 (permalink) |
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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.
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06-23-2008, 12:30 PM | #38 (permalink) |
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Location: Belgium
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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.
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06-23-2008, 03:45 PM | #39 (permalink) |
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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.
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06-23-2008, 04:43 PM | #40 (permalink) |
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“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.”
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