George Carlin dies

Just read an article that George Carlin passed away yesterday at age 71. My all time favorite comedian. I loved his work and I can recite many a line from his many shows more than any other funny person. May you rest in peace.

As George would say, "I won't die... I'll pass away. Or expire, like a magazine subscription."

;_;

This severely sucks.

I LOVE George Carlin. Probably the greatest comic genius of our time, and maybe ever.

I know Richard Pryor gets a lot of credit for being the best, but, I think Carlin was more creative and more relevant to the times.

It's sad, but at least he's been flung onto the roof, and no one will be able to get him down.

RIP George Carlin....

I didn't really know who he was until I read his books...and boy were they good!

I just recited his Seven Words. What a loss for culture. I'm sure he's got someone rolling around in stitches right now wherever he is.

my fiance woke me up to tell me, truly a loss for the comedy world

here is a link to story of his passing

He was hilarious. One of his shows in Louisville was my birthday present from my grandparents. It was the best present I got. I would take a ticket to see him over money.

I remember the first time I heard of George Carlin. Back in the early early '80s, HBO was showing An Evening With Robin Williams, and I was a little kid who liked watching Mork And Mindy, but my parents wouldn't let me watch the HBO thing. Well, they were going out to dinner that night, so of course as soon as they left the house, I turned HBO on (my older brother made some kind of deal with me that he wouldn't tell if I otherwise behaved or something), and after that was over they showed what was called George Carlin at Carnegie Hall, which of course we all now know as Carlin At Carnegie...I never heard of the guy, but as a six-year-old, I was on the floor laughing.

My wife and I saw him at the Paramount Theater in Asbury Park, NJ, in 1999. I said, "Let's see how long it takes him to drop the F-bomb!" He took the stage, said "How's everybody doing tonight?" [audience cheers] "Oh yeah? Well, [bomb drops]!!!!" Official time: twenty seconds. I remember my wife and I laughed our hineys off for nearly 90 minutes that night. Then when I heard the CD of that tour (You Are All Diseased), I thought, "Wait, we thought this was funny??" I found the CD very boring...I was much happier with his 2001 release...

My recommended Carlin watching/listening: Complaints and Grievances, Carlin At Carnegie, Jammin' In New York City, and the eternal classic Class Clown.

And I've already said a prayer to Joe Pesci for George.

My all time favorite as well. I wish I had been able to see his show live, but I have plenty of his albums.

If you've only heard his more recent stuff, check out his double-album called Classic Gold. His was a little different back in the day, but still genius work.

I've watched most of his HBO Specials and I loved his later routines. He will be sorely missed.

like losing a family member

whether it was his stand up or his books i enjoyed every second and i don't think anyone could ever express my thoughts on life in a comedic way any better than he did.


RIP to a GREAT AMERICAN !!!!!

Derek McNelly said:

I know Richard Pryor gets a lot of credit for being the best, but, I think Carlin was more creative and more relevant to the times.

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no disrespect to the Richard but they are not even in the same game. coming up with material based around words like ****** and **** and making it funny to the masses is tough and i give Richard credit for that but....

being able to come up with comedy that may also include these words but at the same time make people not only laugh until they cry but at the same time finish your book or comedy special and then actually sit down and ponder about there beliefs in something like religion or politics or relationships etc... and really take what you said as a possible reality is something that very few have ever been able to do.

I'm sure he's at heaven going, "***?"

Going to miss him.

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I'm sure he's at heaven going, "***?"

Going to miss him.

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actually he doesn't believe in that so he is probably on the sun catching a tan since that is the only thing he believes in HAHAHA that was a great concert

fletch33 said:

actually he doesn't believe in that so he is probably on the sun catching a tan since that is the only thing he believes in HAHAHA that was a great concert

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Were you able to understand my joke?

EGGO said:

Were you able to understand my joke?

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I got your joke!

EGGO said:

Were you able to understand my joke?

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man i was a little slow on that one

i actually stayed away from mac-forums for a few days because i didn't want to talk about this.

this really hit me hard. like a few of you, i've grew up with him, and due to the weak male role models i had, he was sort of a third dad to me in a weird remote way.

last night nbc aired the very first saturday night live hosted by carlin. those jokes i've heard 1000 times still made me laugh and smile. also bravo aired the "inside the actors studio" with him a couple days back - reminded me how completely grounded and brilliant he was.

he'll be missed.

adios, go with god, and don't take any wooden nickels.

Wow, sorry I missed that! I knew he was the first host, but I've never seen it before.