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MONDAY JUNE 23 2008 2:30 PM

Noooooooooooooooooo... George Carlin, R.I.P.

Tags: George Carlin, death, Lenny Bruce

George Carlin, the legendary comedian who was once arrested for obscenity for his "Seven Words You Can't Say on Television" skit (the case went all the way to the Supreme Court) has died. He was 71.

Do I even need to say anything about him? I'll just leave it to everyone else to share their own thoughts on his landmark comedy routines and add my own: I was a sophomore in high school when I first heard one of Carlin's full shows, "You Are All Diseased." Aside from laughing to the point of tears, my perceptions on the world were forever changed. I had never heard anyone speak so profanely and yet so eloquently. I immediately scrambled to find more albums from the guy I had previously only known as the comedian who played Rufus in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Carlin's humor had the same effect on me as Lenny Bruce's sketches had had on Carlin.

I'll close with some classic clips:

George, you will be sorely missed.

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Comments

Cassiel

Aurora, CO

September 2004

JUN 23, 2008 02:55 PM

I liked how in his last stand-up "It's Bad For Ya" he talked about how when people refer to loved ones that have passed away, they always say "He's up there, looking down on all of us and smiling." and how no one ever said, "He's down there, screaming up at all of us."

PointBlank

New York, NY

November 2004

JUN 23, 2008 03:09 PM

Partial Score: George Carlin, 71

SockPuppet

I'm lost

July 2006

JUN 23, 2008 03:18 PM

Cassiel said:
I liked how in his last stand-up "It's Bad For Ya" he talked about how when people refer to loved ones that have passed away, they always say "He's up there, looking down on all of us and smiling." and how no one ever said, "He's down there, screaming up at all of us."

Kod

Canada

January 2005

JUN 23, 2008 03:25 PM

I feel so bad, I feel like I lost someone from my family.
The guy was just amazing.
RIP George Carlin, one of the few people who can think and say what on their mind at the same time.

hk85

Guerneville, CA

October 2007

JUN 23, 2008 03:45 PM

RIP Mr. Conductor.

AceT

Portland, OR

April 2004

JUN 23, 2008 03:47 PM

This man had a profound outlook on the way I look at life and when I found out last night I was more bummed than I have been of anyone passing away since my grandmother died.

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.