RIP George Carlin

[BeanoNYC]

This one hit me hard. He died last night of heart failure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/arts/24carlin.html?hp

 

[andyzee]

Now that sux

 

[Philpug]

Now that sux

Yes it does. One of the most important comedians of our generation.

 

[Marc]

I've got nearly every routine of his on my computer. Sucks.

Although, if you listen to his material chronologically, he began getting more and more angry and ornary as he got older. Probably didn't help his heart condition. I actually like is earlier stuff better that was more mellow, but I'm kinda a mellow person too.

 

[SkiDork]

I've got nearly every routine of his on my computer. Sucks.

Although, if you listen to his material chronologically, he began getting more and more angry and ornary as he got older. Probably didn't help his heart condition. I actually like is earlier stuff better that was more mellow, but I'm kinda a mellow person too.

Exactly. I think he thought he was the voice of political humor commentary for the past 10 years or so. He shoulda stuck to what he did best - analyzing the inane stuff that happens in daily life that we never even take time to notice.

 

[ctenidae]

Alas, poor Carlin, I knew him well.
Well, passably well, anyway.

 

[bvibert]

That sucks. I always enjoyed his work...

 

[deadheadskier]

RIP George. Glad we had you as long as we did.

 

[Warp Daddy]

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Although, if you listen to his material chronologically, he began getting more and more angry and ornary as he got older. Probably didn't help his heart condition. I actually like is earlier stuff better that was more mellow,.

I agree . I loved his early stuff when the inanities of life took on SPECIAL humor with a Carlin twist ! AL Sleet the "hippy dippy weather man and Al Pouch teh hippy dippy postman slayed me !

He came up with Pryor and together those suckers were Brilliant in the early days . While his humor got edgier and more political it was a catylist to social change of sorts but at times was overstated

All in all he was a major change agent for his field and will be missed

 

[dmc]

My life is dying one person at a time ..

I feel the opposite...

It was nice to be child of the late 60's and 70's... It's a context to wrap around George Carlin that's tough to understand for anyone reared in the 80's and 90's..

I thought it was over when Dan Rowan and then Dick Martin died...

 

[Warp Daddy]

I feel the opposite...


I thought it was over when Dan Rowan and then Dick Martin died...

You bet your Sweet Bippy

 

[jack97]

Passage of time....Pryor, Carson and now Carlin.

 

[Moe Ghoul]

Passage of time....Pryor, Carson and now Carlin.

Truly an original. I was fortunate enough to see him live in AC a coupla years ago. I hope the afterlife, if there is one, doesn't disappoint him. He claimed to worship the sun, lol.

 

[andyzee]

I feel the opposite...

It was nice to be child of the late 60's and 70's... It's a context to wrap around George Carlin that's tough to understand for anyone reared in the 80's and 90's..

I thought it was over when Dan Rowan and then Dick Martin died...

Rowan and Martin died?

 

[dmc]

Rowan and Martin died?

Dan Rowan in the 80s... Dick Martin recently...

We i was a kid... The only punishment that worked on me was to ban me from watching "Laugh In"... Probably just liked the colors and the characters... I remember seeing George Carlin on Laugh In as a kid...

 

[severine]

Wow. What a shame. I've always enjoyed his work.

 

[bill2ski]

R.I.P

George, had a way of seeing through the fog of bullshit that emanates from the hypocrisy of modern life.
His "in your face","tell it like it is" philosophy, on the human condition, made him more relevant, in the recent years, as he began to detest, that which many seem oblivious to. Apathy.
An unrepentant stoner, social commentator and hero to all of us who, wanted nothing more than to have our delicate sensibility's, slapped with a ruler.
The afterlife contains one hell of an interesting cast of characters,
Lenny Bruce,John Belushi,Freddy Prince,Sam Kinison,Red Fox,Richard Prior and now George Carlin
I miss them all.

 

[Moe Ghoul]

R.I.P

George, had a way of seeing through the fog of bullshit that emanates from the hypocrisy of modern life.
His "in your face","tell it like it is" philosophy, on the human condition, made him more relevant, in the recent years, as he began to detest, that which many seem oblivious to. Apathy.
An unrepentant stoner, social commentator and hero to all of us who, wanted nothing more than to have our delicate sensibility's, slapped with a ruler.
The afterlife contains one hell of an interesting cast of characters,
Lenny Bruce,John Belushi,Freddy Prince,Sam Kinison,Red Fox,Richard Prior and now George Carlin
I miss them all.

Well said. One of my observations at the show was the nervous laughter of many of the 40-50 somethings in response to Carlin's biting humor about the very things that most are now guilty of in this modern world. Especially the child fetish BS. Too funny.

 

[wa-loaf]

Heard this on the radio this morning, quite a bummer. I somehow thought he was older than he was for some reason.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Wow he lived a long life considering all the cocaine he consumed..RIP George..