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Title: George Carlin died
Post by: Slash27 on June 23, 2008, 12:25:18 AM
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Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: DiabloTX on June 23, 2008, 12:30:36 AM
****

RIP, George.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: crockett on June 23, 2008, 12:38:13 AM
He was my favorite comedian and will be missed.. RIP George.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: sunfan1121 on June 23, 2008, 12:39:52 AM
who?  :huh
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: mg1942 on June 23, 2008, 12:43:43 AM
some "greatest comedian ever"
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: VonMessa on June 23, 2008, 12:46:22 AM
 :cry

Maybe we could get Skuzzy to let us post the seven dirty words as trinute

(then again, maybe not)

 :salute  George
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: GrimCH on June 23, 2008, 12:49:32 AM
RIP George    :frown:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: FrodeMk3 on June 23, 2008, 12:56:41 AM
Wow. Wasn't he one of the original "Not yet ready for primetime players" of Saturday night live? RIP George.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: DrDea on June 23, 2008, 01:08:33 AM
Aw man I just saw that.My gut dropped.RIP George and thanks for the laughs.I saw him once in Md at the MD Theatre.Hell of a funny guy.The world just lost one of its better jokesters. :salute
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: JB88 on June 23, 2008, 01:24:31 AM
one of the greats.


Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: rpm on June 23, 2008, 01:43:39 AM
The man who told the world the 7 dirty words:
****, ****, ****, ****, **********, ************ and ****.
<S> :rock
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Angrist on June 23, 2008, 01:44:02 AM
Aw man I just saw that.My gut dropped.RIP George and thanks for the laughs.I saw him once in Md at the MD Theatre.Hell of a funny guy.The world just lost one of its better jokesters. :salute

Mine did the same....

First really graphic stand-up routine I ever saw on TV was George, when I was a kid and we first got Cable TV in the early 80's.  I'll never forget this dude....never failed to make me think and laugh at the same time.


RIP George :(
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Delirium on June 23, 2008, 01:48:52 AM
He really changed the face of comedy and without him, comedy would be very different today.

That said, as much as I respect him, I never found him funny.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: AWMac on June 23, 2008, 01:53:21 AM
No Way!!!
He was to live forever!
Dammm...

George RIP  You'll truely be missed by those that loved you.

Sad news.

 :cry

Mac
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: WMLute on June 23, 2008, 02:37:13 AM
that sucks.

one of the all time great comedy minds.

RIP George
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: 007Rusty on June 23, 2008, 03:39:50 AM
    R.I.P.    :salute
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Jackal1 on June 23, 2008, 05:08:24 AM
One of the few who could put it in your face rude, harsh , uncut and still make it comedy.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: rpm on June 23, 2008, 05:39:50 AM
I wonder what they will do with his stuff.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: DREDIOCK on June 23, 2008, 06:16:21 AM
Cant say it entirely surprises me.

Can say Im gonna miss him alot
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: scot12b on June 23, 2008, 07:00:32 AM
I will miss him he was one funny guy and he had some great points!! :salute :salute
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: ZetaNine on June 23, 2008, 07:07:14 AM
used to sit and listen to his albums as a kid.  him, carson, and dick van dyke made me interested in the entertainment business as a kid. loved george...but I see he's being eulogized today as the "dean of counterculture comedy" and that is untrue.  that title goes to lenny bruce.


still recall come bits: (all done in a "news anchors" voice)


the weather radar is showing a severe wall of rain coming into the area tonight.......but it's also detecting 39 Russian ICBM's.......so I wouldn't sweat the thundershowers....

the san diego amusement park is being sued by 23 people for what they claim to be nine hours of continuous whiplash, as a man claiming to be the devil took over the roller coaster...

the santa monica freeway was the scene of a freak accident today, as six freaks in a camper crashed into three freaks in a van...

silent film star mark dunbar died today.....he had no last words........but he did make several gestures....

archaeologists digging in iran have discovered a buried city in which it's people had no tools or skills of any kind.  no trace of anything....anywhere....has been found on or near the site.

a french mathematician has been awarded for finding a new number.  he calls it "bleen"...which he claims comes somewhere in between six and seven.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: 33Vortex on June 23, 2008, 07:21:15 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI5EY5kqiBU&feature=related
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: ZetaNine on June 23, 2008, 07:31:02 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI5EY5kqiBU&feature=related


george got un funny when he got old and bitter.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: midnight Target on June 23, 2008, 07:43:08 AM
My old sig line... Ascent through dissent... was ripped off from one of Carlin's books.

Thanks George.

Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: 33Vortex on June 23, 2008, 07:51:49 AM

george got un funny when he got old and bitter.


Not un-funny, but wise imo, he dared to speak up. What was ever so funny about the truth? It's a sick world we live in. To think that what he says only applies to the US is wrong, it's all across the globe. Guess where it started? Europe of course.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: VonMessa on June 23, 2008, 07:52:19 AM
The man who told the world the 7 dirty words:
****, ****, ****, ****, **********, ************ and ****.
<S> :rock

I guess that's the closest we can get, RPM.

Well, done.

 :salute
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: CAP1 on June 23, 2008, 08:02:07 AM
this is three this weekend........
scott kallitta on saturday, a local pilot, and CAP member while flying aerobatics in cape may, crashed, killing himself and his wife, and george on sunday. sad sad sad weekend here :cry
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: 33Vortex on June 23, 2008, 08:07:36 AM
Sorry to hear that CAP1, very sorry.  :(
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Ripsnort on June 23, 2008, 08:12:49 AM
Wow. Wasn't he one of the original "Not yet ready for primetime players" of Saturday night live? RIP George.

First host of SNL on the first show.

RIP George.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: ZetaNine on June 23, 2008, 08:22:01 AM

 What was ever so funny about the truth?

my thoughts exactly.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Cthulhu on June 23, 2008, 09:20:46 AM
Give George credit. I believe the "Seven" have been reduced to the "Five" on network TV.

"I am F***!...   F*** of the Mountain!"

Great stuff :salute
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: midnight Target on June 23, 2008, 10:02:53 AM
Loved the bit about replacing the word "kill" with the word "f***".


"We're gonna f*** you sheriff, but we're gonna f*** you reeeaaal slow!"

Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Saurdaukar on June 23, 2008, 10:27:10 AM
Wow. Wasn't he one of the original "Not yet ready for primetime players" of Saturday night live? RIP George.

Hosted first episode in 1975.


george got un funny when he got old and bitter.

Disagree.  Saw him on many occasions and I thought his live performances only got better with age.

Bitter, yes.  Unfunny, no.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: ODBAL on June 23, 2008, 10:49:57 AM
Rat S*** Bat S*** Dirty Old T***, Ninety Nine A** H**** Tied in a Knot.... Love the Carlin Cheer.  Also, the bit comparing Football to Baseball was a classic.  I once caught a bit on one of his old HBO specials where he talked about a dog commiting suicide, was hilarious! I think the dog's name was "Tippy" or something.

Thanks for the laughter George!
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: FiLtH on June 23, 2008, 11:37:06 AM
   Be excellent Rufus!
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Sikboy on June 23, 2008, 01:31:01 PM
I wonder what they will do with his stuff.

Very nice.

I hope they find a place for it.

-Sik
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Mustaine on June 23, 2008, 01:57:30 PM
My favorite bit was about food...

"Some things don't look right. I don't like that Ma. Don't look right to me. Did you make that? Was there a picture of it in the cookbook? i bet it don't look like that."

Later he talked about lobster and crab. "Anything walking at me sideways (him walking across the stage goofy) with big pinchers somehow doesn't make me hungry. My instinct is Step on that ****!"

From Carlin at Carnegie starting 7:09 in) :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yy2lC0_n6BQ&feature=PlayList&p=5175401BDC818A1A&index=1





And from the same show his views cats (starting about 6:15) :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1s9zqZTXbTI&feature=PlayList&p=5175401BDC818A1A&index=3
Continued here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=47dD1dTzraU&feature=PlayList&p=5175401BDC818A1A&index=4

"What's that? Not me. **** that, I'm a cat." :rofl

Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Sikboy on June 23, 2008, 02:20:35 PM
Quote
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!
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Shuckins on June 23, 2008, 03:47:30 PM
I was always of two minds about Carlin.  At his best, he was friggin hilarious.  On the other hand, dirty words stopped pressing my giggle button a couple of years after I left junior-high.  When he indulged in that type of "humor" it was a complete turnoff for me.

He did get bitter in his later years.  Never really understood why.  Could he have been suffering from dementia?
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Mustaine on June 23, 2008, 04:18:29 PM
...He did get bitter in his later years.  Never really understood why.  Could he have been suffering from dementia?

I have to disagree, at least I didn't like him as much later on. After his wife died in 1997 he really started on an anti-God tirade that lasted until his death. In some interviews he said something to the effect that "if there was a God he wouldn't have taken his wife". Kind of sad to hear someone say things like that.

I still love most of his comedy, the late 70's to late 80's was his best IMHO.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: ZetaNine on June 23, 2008, 04:22:05 PM
I was always of two minds about Carlin.  At his best, he was friggin hilarious.  On the other hand, dirty words stopped pressing my giggle button a couple of years after I left junior-high.  When he indulged in that type of "humor" it was a complete turnoff for me.

He did get bitter in his later years.  Never really understood why.  Could he have been suffering from dementia?




he had a lot of personal demons to deal with....and you can compare his up and down cycles of being funny too a bar graph I'm sure....

I concur with you shuckins ..when he was ON.......he was red hot......and when he was off...it was hard to watch.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Jackal1 on June 23, 2008, 04:47:37 PM
Could he have been suffering from dementia?

No. He was suffering from "the world".
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Suave on June 23, 2008, 06:22:45 PM
The Mark Twain award is very fitting, I'm glad he knew about it before he went. Undaunted by social norms or cognitive dissonance, his intellectual courage and intellectual integrity was matched only by his sense of humor.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Newman5 on June 23, 2008, 08:58:08 PM
He just did a show in Vegas last weekend too...wow, how quickly things can happen.  RIP George Carlin.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Reschke on June 23, 2008, 09:29:54 PM
RIP George Carlin! I truly enjoyed his comedy and albeit weird insight into the society we live in today. Thanks for the laughs and memories.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: DREDIOCK on June 23, 2008, 09:32:14 PM
Loved the bit about replacing the word "kill" with the word "f***".


"We're gonna f*** you sheriff, but we're gonna f*** you reeeaaal slow!"



That was the very first Carlin bit I ever heard.
Off the "Class Clown" Album

been a fan ever since
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Slash27 on June 23, 2008, 10:57:51 PM
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Say dude, there was commentary.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Newman5 on June 23, 2008, 11:01:59 PM


Say dude, there was commentary.

Not even staff members posts are safe.   lol  :lol
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: lazs2 on June 24, 2008, 08:25:46 AM
The best thing about carlin was that he did not exclude himself from his satire.   He knew that he had done/did dumb things in his life too.

lazs
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: midnight Target on June 24, 2008, 11:24:03 AM
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"Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time,"

He knew what would kill him.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: rpm on June 24, 2008, 07:40:30 PM
Just read that SNL will rerun the series premier episode hosted by Carlin this Saturday.
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: USRanger on June 24, 2008, 08:16:07 PM
I'm glad I got to see his routine live a few years ago.  RIP George.  You were my fave of all time. :salute
Title: Re: George Carlin died
Post by: Mr No Name on June 24, 2008, 09:49:58 PM
RIP, he was a true great... he just got so sour and unfunny the last several years of his life he was hard to watch.