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George Carlin dead at 71

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OCBuckWife;1190283; said:
Ok, thanks for further information. I guess I will have to go out and find those examples. I can understand your guess regarding frustration, he always was a passionate guy.
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Sorry, I didn't feel frustrated. I was just surprised. I expected a laugh somewhere in that, but it was too serious for laughter. It's quite a comment he makes. Quite a comment.
 
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Steve19;1190287; said:
Sorry, I didn't feel frustrated. I was just surprised. I expected a laugh somewhere in that, but it was too serious for laughter. It's quite a comment he makes. Quite a comment.
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No, I didn't mean YOU were frustrated, I was agreeing with your possible guess as to Carlin being frustrated and that being a cause of his anger and anti-American comments. Can you pm me a link?
 
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Damn, some of the hardest times I've laughed in my life were listening to or watching George perform.

I first saw him I guess back in the '70s when he was a frequent guest/guest host on the Tonight show when Carson was still hosting. I also remember him on SNL a couple of times. What's amazing is that his "clean" humor was just as funny as the R rated shit.
 
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Steve19;1190287; said:
Sorry, I didn't feel frustrated. I was just surprised. I expected a laugh somewhere in that, but it was too serious for laughter. It's quite a comment he makes. Quite a comment.
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I actually totally understand what you are feeling. I have seen him live 3 times. The first couple were when I was younger and he was excellent. Then I saw him in Vegas 2 years ago (with my wife) and he had a much darker tone to his comedy with some bits I was wondering... "OK, where is the punchline"

We just dismissed it cuz he just looked really old out there. Then a few weeks later he went into rehab for something. I just think he became a more bitter man in his old age.

But even with that, he was still a brilliant comedian and will be sorely missed.
 
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The actor Ben Stiller called Carlin "a hugely influential force in stand-up comedy. He had an amazing mind, and his humor was brave, and always challenging us to look at ourselves and question our belief systems, while being incredibly entertaining. He was one of the greats."
Carlin constantly breached the accepted boundaries of comedy and language, particularly with his routine on the "Seven Words" ? all of which are taboo on broadcast TV to this day.
When he uttered all seven at a show in Milwaukee in 1972, he was arrested on charges of disturbing the peace, freed on $150 bail and exonerated when a Wisconsin judge dismissed the case, saying it was indecent but citing free speech and the lack of any disturbance.
The words were later played on a New York radio station, resulting in a 1978 Supreme Court ruling upholding the government's authority to sanction stations for broadcasting offensive language during hours when children might be listening.
"So my name is a footnote in American legal history, which I'm perversely kind of proud of," he told The Associated Press earlier this year.
Despite his reputation as unapologetically irreverent, Carlin was a television staple through the decades, serving as host of the "Saturday Night Live" debut in 1975 ? noting on his Web site that he was "loaded on cocaine all week long" ? and appearing some 130 times on "The Tonight Show."
He produced 23 comedy albums, 14 HBO specials, three books, a few TV shows and appeared in several movies, from his own comedy specials to "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" in 1989 ? a testament to his range from cerebral satire and cultural commentary to downright silliness (sometimes hitting all points in one stroke).
"Why do they lock gas station bathrooms?" he once mused. "Are they afraid someone will clean them?"
In one of his most famous routines, Carlin railed against euphemisms he said have become so widespread that no one can simply "die."
"'Older' sounds a little better than 'old,' doesn't it?," he said. "Sounds like it might even last a little longer. ... I'm getting old. And it's OK. Because thanks to our fear of death in this country I won't have to die ? I'll 'pass away.' Or I'll 'expire,' like a magazine subscription. If it happens in the hospital they'll call it a 'terminal episode.' The insurance company will refer to it as 'negative patient care outcome.' And if it's the result of malpractice they'll say it was a 'therapeutic misadventure.'"
Carlin won four Grammy Awards for best spoken comedy album and was nominated for five Emmys. On Tuesday, it was announced that Carlin was being awarded the 11th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which will be presented Nov. 10 in Washington and broadcast on PBS.
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Mother shit. I'm going to miss him so much. I was going to see him for the first time ever in Chicago in a couple of months. I literally almost crashed today when I heard the news driving to work. I just sat there, stunned for a second or two as it bled into my mind. My heart is broken.

His last two HBO skits were pretty funny... talking about the "All-Suicide Network" and such. I don't think he was as bitter as ever, he just got old and lost it a little. The other observations weren't coming as quickly or frequently, but the things he knows and can rail about endlessly are around and always will be. Always a different politician or a different corporation coming up with a new way to fuck someone, and it was easier for him to see.

Son of an ass. Why now, George?
 
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Definately sad. I had tickets to a show of his is Vegas (free), but I could not get anyone to go. That was 9 years ago and I figured I would see him some other time. Sadly it never happened, and now it never will. Read his book "Napalm and Silly Puddy." I never laughed so hard while reading a book. He will be sorely missed.
 
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"Why do gas stations lock they're bathroom doors, are they afraid someone is going to break in and clean them!"

I saw an interview with Mr. Carlin he was asked, "Do you want your audience to think?" He answered "Fuck No! That would really be the kiss of death. I want them to know I'M thinking. You see when you drop out of school in the ninth grade, you spend a lifetime trying to prove yourself. Like your aunt when your a kid says, "Oh isn't he cute" I want my audience to think isn't he cute isn't he clever."

I don't know why but I could never forget his answer.
 
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scott91575;1190595; said:
Actually, to the second quote, it's rather liberating. Of course I grew up Catholic.
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Second the motion. I have some deal of respect for faith, but organized religion as a whole is as volatile and abusive as anything. It's human nature to corrupt and while the intent might have originally been good, greed ruined it.
 
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