Slog - Comments on George Carlin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin Dead at age 71 of heart failure. Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits.... Copyright 2008 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:13:04 -0800 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:10:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Matthew BOOOO!!!

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057394 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057394 ??!! Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:19:42 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi What the fuck? I thought he was going to live forever.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057395 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057395 ??!! Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:30:17 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe omg

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057396 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057396 ??!! Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:41:56 -0800 Comment by sean Two great lines from his Jammin in NY show (1992):
The planet is fine...the PEOPLE are fucked!

If you haven't gotten where you're going, you aren't there yet.

]]> sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057397 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057397 ??!! Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:44:49 -0800 Comment by drewl So bummed.... the last of the literate funnymen. Time to put on AM/FM and spark one up.

RIP George.

]]> drewl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057398 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057398 ??!! Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:52:39 -0800 Comment by pox I'm sad.

]]> pox http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057399 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057399 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:19 -0800 Comment by brent They /do/ get better.

]]> brent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057406 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057406 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:47:32 -0800 Comment by jm ...fart, terd, and twat.

]]> jm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057407 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057407 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:48:53 -0800 Comment by Bob What an amazingly funny man and more importantly such a free thinker. I think of George and a grin instantly comes to my face. You left us with a smile George and an way to laugh at ourselves and to look at ourselves more seriously too.

]]> Bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057412 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057412 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:03:46 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO When the announcer says, "it is time to get on the plane", I say fuck you, I'm getting in the plane.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057419 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057419 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:44:24 -0800 Comment by Giffy While I would not necessarily call him an inspiration. George Carlin was one of the people who helped me on my journey from delusion to reality. A line of his is still one of my favorite quotes of all time:

"War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed. Results like these do not belong on the resume of a Supreme Being."

The whole thing, which is worth a read is here

]]> Giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057420 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057420 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:45:03 -0800 Comment by Pat Robertson He is now in the living hell; stewing in a blend of boiling excrement for all eterninty; I pray in Jesus' name!

]]> Pat Robertson http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057428 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057428 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:02:53 -0800 Comment by Willogical Fallacy We should be indifferent to Carlin's death as long as there are shows like "Last Comic Standing".

]]> Willogical Fallacy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057429 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057429 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:11:49 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO George Carlin was one of the people who helped me on my journey from delusion to reality

Me too Giffy. His rants on religion were brilliant.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057432 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057432 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:28:17 -0800 Comment by bearseatbeats George Carlin = voice of reason.

Happy trails, George.

]]> bearseatbeats http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057450 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057450 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:32:36 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 "We got a lot of signatures to legalize pot, but we can't remember where we left the petitions."

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057464 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057464 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:17:06 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes Sad. Loved his comedy, excellent at pushing limits. Here's one that still makes some folks uncomfortable:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3av_qRR_DWc

]]> Jason Josephes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057465 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057465 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:20:40 -0800 Comment by ellarosa and the dirtiest word of all: death!

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057467 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057467 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:22:33 -0800 Comment by lostboy I desperately hope he will not be "the last of the literate funnymen." (drewl @5)  Wit and reason equally honed is all too rare a combo.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057476 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057476 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:35:45 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo What are you all so broken up about? It's not like he's Tim Russert or something.

If he was someone important, I'm sure we'd be seeing an endless loop of video retrospectives of his work on one of the major news outlets for the next three or four days.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057511 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057511 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:26:41 -0800 Comment by Slip Mahoney 71 years old? It's hard to accept that he was only a year younger than John McCain.

]]> Slip Mahoney http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057569 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057569 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:24:01 -0800 Comment by elswinger Last night, I went to bed after learning that my father, who I hadn't talked to since 1991, had died in 1999. This morning, when I woke up, I learned that George Carlin, the man whom I wished was my father when I was growing up, had also died.

Of the two it is George who I am crying about right now.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057570 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057570 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:24:33 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Carlin's hippie transformation didn't really do it for me, but he could be funny on occasion. I kind of preferred his uptight pre-hippie act, or best of all the period when he was turning from one thing to another.

WFMU a couple of weeks ago ran a nice tribute with many, many early clips, and they've put it back up here: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2008/06/george-carlin-t.html

I especially dug the one at the Playboy Club.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057642 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057642 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:27:45 -0800 Comment by Kevbar "Remember: you can prick your finger, but dooon't finger your prick!"

]]> Kevbar http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057662 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057662 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:55:44 -0800 Comment by RHETT ORACLE Not to forget his health tips for those so self-absorbed in their self-absorption:

Eat right, stay fit, jog and die anyway.

]]> RHETT ORACLE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057774 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/george_carlin#c1057774 ??!! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:10:41 -0800