you were a pretty amazing comedian.
and you told it like it is

6/23/2008 1:23:16 AM

He's dead?

6/23/2008 1:24:43 AM

put the bowl down for a minute... check out the news...

then light one up for him

6/23/2008 1:26:13 AM

This makes me wanna cry

6/23/2008 1:26:33 AM

RIP to one funny mother fucker

6/23/2008 1:27:43 AM

holy crap

6/23/2008 1:29:39 AM

Quote :

"I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they're cramming for their final exam. - George Carlin"

[Edited on June 23, 2008 at 1:55 AM. Reason : .]

6/23/2008 1:35:33 AM

6/23/2008 1:41:53 AM

I've loved George ever since middle school. One of my senior quotes was "I can't follow the logic in that at all!"

RIP, George. You will be missed.

6/23/2008 1:42:35 AM

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

6/23/2008 2:05:48 AM

sad to be dead, but his mode of comedy wasn't my style

6/23/2008 3:37:46 AM

Decades ago, Carlin used to be funny and thought-provoking. In recent years, his nihilistic commentary has not only not been funny, a lot of it has been down right disturbing.

Quote :

"No need for grandiose outrage here. [Carlin's] been saying stuff like this for decades. In fact it's a core part of his act, which is why he's allowed to skate. I offer the clip not as fodder for indignation but because it's a nice little window into Carlin's persona: the bitter hippie, broken-hearted by the failure of the 60s, whose idealism has since decayed into a cynicism so black and weary that revanchist, schadenfreudean sentiments like this now escape his lips without the slightest stutter. And of course it's all paired with the most touchy feely, cringemaking New Age back-to-the-land nonsense about being 'in balance with nature' the way the Indians are. Thus the paradox of the malignant self-styled humanist: We need to join hands and tap into the spiritual creatures within — and if we don't, then he hopes your house burns down."

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/10/24/video-wildfire-victims-getting-whats-coming-to-them-says-carlin/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U8p9IbXYHc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gQ9Zv-3vVw

I once saw Carlin on the old Imus show and he expressed hope that our planet would be hit by an asteroid and all of us killed. In case you're wondering, he wasn't joking.

[Edited on June 23, 2008 at 6:01 AM. Reason : .]

6/23/2008 6:00:20 AM

Just saw it on the washington post.

RIP to a damn fine comedian.

6/23/2008 6:29:17 AM

Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits

6/23/2008 7:09:32 AM

RIP

6/23/2008 7:11:17 AM

He did the narration on some Thomas The Tank Engine episodes. I always assumed it was part of some court mandated community service.

6/23/2008 7:18:01 AM

He was Mr. Conductor on Shining Time Station for a long time. When I was a kid i saw him do some Thomas the Tank Engine tour or some shit. Was pretty amusing when I got older and saw his standup and realized that THAT guy was Mr. Conductor. My favorite comedian, and a personal hero.

6/23/2008 7:41:29 AM

"Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time."
-George Carlin

6/23/2008 8:27:41 AM

RIP

6/23/2008 8:38:45 AM

^^^^^^ "And 'tits' doesn't even belong on the list!"

6/23/2008 8:42:45 AM

6/23/2008 8:43:55 AM

man i remember the first carlin stand up i ever saw (@ Carnegie). i was about 6 or 7, and my friend's dad had it on laser disc. taught me every bad word i ever needed to know.

RIP

6/23/2008 8:52:05 AM

RIP, but I never found him that funny.

6/23/2008 9:53:53 AM

One of the best ever.

Playboy interview with him a couple years ago really revealed him as a guy who had a lot of serious problems in his personal and professional lives, but even in his stretch toward irrelevance and crank-old-man status the last little while, he has mattered.

(I mean, we got 30+ years out of him, that's more than most entertainers can offer)

I don't let celebrity deaths get to me, but when I sat down at work and saw my Rufus (from Bill & Ted) action figure next to the monitor, I actually got pretty upset.

6/23/2008 10:14:47 AM

RIP to one motherfucking hilarious fellow.

6/23/2008 10:37:11 AM

he has a lot of quotes about dying... jeez

6/23/2008 10:54:17 AM

yea...everybody dies. might as well have some fun with it.

6/23/2008 12:39:58 PM

When my son was around 2 we were watching Thomas the Tank Engine on PBS. I realized the narrator's voice sounded really familiar. It was George Carlin. I was like, WTF?! George Carlin narrating a kids train show. It felt really out of context.

6/23/2008 12:40:26 PM

First time I ever heard his "ways to improve sports" routine, I hurt all over from laughing so hard.

6/23/2008 1:50:57 PM

uh he did a voice on CARS THE MOVIE TWO YEARS AGO so yeah. Of course he played a hippie van

6/23/2008 8:03:44 PM

^ why the caps?

6/23/2008 8:07:39 PM

So apparently my dad went to a Carlin show around '71 or '72, but he never bothered to tell me this until today.

6/23/2008 8:40:00 PM

i caught his interview on XM a while back.

awesome guy.

i had always said i was going to see him live. never will now

6/23/2008 8:41:35 PM

On a good note, maybe they'll show all his shit on TV for the next week or so.

That'll be nice.

6/23/2008 8:57:01 PM

"One thing I do NOT understand is prostitution. Selling is legal. Fucking is legal. Why isn't selling fucking legal?! In the Army, you get a medal for spraying napalm on people. In civilian life, you get arrested for giving someone an orgasm."

6/23/2008 11:25:26 PM