George Carlin (934 hits)
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Submitted by Bael Z. Bub (View user info) at 2008-06-24 01:07:20 EDT
I salute you.
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Submitted by Fey (user info) at 2008-06-29 05:25:32 EDT (#)
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His ponytail could have been rethought, but he was a great man.
Submitted by FilledwithHate (user info) at 2008-06-29 04:20:35 EDT (#)
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I got home just before 11:30 pm tonight (PST), and turned on SNL. They decided to rerun the first SNL forever, from July 1975, hosted by George Carlin. It was like the best SNL ever so much better than the shite hey have now. Carlin did stand-up not just at the start of the show but like five times throughout. However, he was not in any skits. They even had other comedians, including Andy Kaufman. They had 2 separate musical acts, one of which was Billy Preston. And you could see young John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Dan Akroyd, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtain, etc. when they were young (and some of whom are still alive!).
Maybe it did get old eventually, but Carlson was funny in his time, and it was awesome to watch a SNL from 33 years ago with him hosting. Of course, I have been drinking a lot just now.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-06-25 09:08:20 EDT (#)
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you're a fair man, skrap
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-06-25 09:02:16 EDT (#)
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Not saying he was never funny, just that he hadn't been funny in quite a while. And because of your comments, Mudwhistle, I listened to the retrospective of George Carlin's work on XM150 this morning. I'll read a book or two of his to see if there's anything new there, but as to his standup: I'll stick to my previously stated opinion.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-06-25 07:43:26 EDT (#)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-06-24 13:50:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-06-24 09:52:16 EDT (#)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-06-24 09:49:56 EDT (#)
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You know how Jim Carrey was funny once but kept doing the same comedic thing so long that it's become utterly boring? He learned that from Robin Williams. Robin Williams learned it from the master of driving a bit into the ground, George Carlin.
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Really?
I thought Carlin showed fantastic evolution in his comedy.
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He did, from 1966 to about 1982 or so. After that, it's been the same tired shit over and over and over.
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ya know...the funny thing about genius is that it can't be taken away. if a man (women too i guess) is deemed genius at some point...no matter how much of a shell of his original self he becomes he was and always will be a genius. It's like the old guys at the VFW...when they first came home from the War...the stories were amazing and you listened eagerly but now that they are old doesn't give us the right to stop them from telling that same old story over and over again because at the end of the day....they earned the right to tell it.
By Carlin's early genius (or evolution) he earned the right to pretty much do whatever the fuck he wanted from there out. And like most entertainment you always have the right to watch or listen to something else. This isn't communist Russia where comedy laughs at you.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-06-25 00:06:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2008-06-24 19:00:49 EDT (#)
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Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-06-24 01:42:59 EDT (#)
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I just looked into posting some of his quips as a sort of lame tribute post, but the quotes you find online are far too topical and most are completely unfunny without the contextual build-up. Oh well. Maybe my kid will say something cute tomorrow. Or maybe I should post a picture of tits. Smallish, but not too small, tits.
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Good choice. Videos are always better.
If you do post boobs, Cs are the perfect size.
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Depends on the wearer. I prefer B cups as a very general and often igonored rule. That is, when I was allowed to have fun.
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-06-24 22:15:27 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2008-06-24 19:00:49 EDT (#)
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Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-06-24 01:42:59 EDT (#)
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I just looked into posting some of his quips as a sort of lame tribute post, but the quotes you find online are far too topical and most are completely unfunny without the contextual build-up. Oh well. Maybe my kid will say something cute tomorrow. Or maybe I should post a picture of tits. Smallish, but not too small, tits.
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Good choice. Videos are always better.
If you do post boobs, Cs are the perfect size.
Submitted by PayMeLater (user info) at 2008-06-24 14:46:52 EDT (#)
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+2 Carlin
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-06-24 13:50:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-06-24 09:52:16 EDT (#)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-06-24 09:49:56 EDT (#)
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You know how Jim Carrey was funny once but kept doing the same comedic thing so long that it's become utterly boring? He learned that from Robin Williams. Robin Williams learned it from the master of driving a bit into the ground, George Carlin.
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Really?
I thought Carlin showed fantastic evolution in his comedy.
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He did, from 1966 to about 1982 or so. After that, it's been the same tired shit over and over and over.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-06-24 12:10:37 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by cordelia (user info) at 2008-06-24 10:59:28 EDT (#)
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I dont know who this fellow was but a lot of people seem upset at his passing.
Submitted by DaBeast (user info) at 2008-06-24 10:59:17 EDT (#)
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"I'm a modern man, a man for the millenium. Digital and smoke-free. A diversified, multi-cultural, post-modern, deconstructionist; politically, anatomically, and ecologically incorrect. I've been uplinked and downloaded. I've been inputed and outsourced. I know the upside of downsizing. I know the downside of upgrading. I'm a high-tech lowlife, a cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, bi-coastal, multi-tasker and I can give you a gigabyte in a nanosecond. I'm new-wave but I'm old-school and my inner child is outward bound. I'm a hot-wired, heat-seeking, warm-hearted cool customer; voice-activated and bio-degradeable. I interface with my database and my database is in cyberspace so I'm interactive, and I'm hyperactive, and from time to time, I'm radioactive. Behind the eight ball, ahead of the curve, riding the wave, dodging the bullet, pushing the envelope. I'm on point, on task, on message, and off drugs. I got no need for coke and speed. I got no urge to binge and purge. I'm in the moment, on the edge, over-the-top, but under the radar. A high-concept, low-profile, medium-range, ballistic missionary. A street-wise smartbomb. A top-gun bottom-feeder. I wear power ties, I tell power lies, I take power naps, I run victory laps. I'm a totally ongoing, bigfoot, slam-dunk, rainmaker with a pro-active outreach. A raging workaholic. A working rageaholic, out of rehab and in denial. I've got a personal trainer, a personal shopper, a personal assistant, and a personal agenda. You can't shut me up, you can't dumb me down 'cause I'm tireless and I'm wireless. I'm an alpha-male on beta-blockers. I'm a non-believer. I'm an over-achiever, laid-back and fashion forward, upfront, downhome, low rent, high maintenance. I'm super-sized, long-lasting, high-definition, fast-acting, oven-ready, and built to last. A hands-on, footloose, knee-jerk headcase; prematurely post-traumatic and I have a love child who sends me hate mail but I'm feeling, I'm caring, I'm healing, I'm sharing. A supportive, bonding, nurturing primary care-giver. My output is down but my income is up. I take a short position on the long bond and my revenue stream has its own cash flow. I read junk mail, I eat junk food, I buy junk bonds, I watch trash sports. I'm gender-specific, capital-intensive, user-friendly, and lactose-intolerant. I like rough sex, I like tough love, I use the "F"-word in my email and the software in my hard drive is hardcore. No soft porn. I bought a microwave at a mini-mall. I bought a mini-van at a mega-store. I eat fast food in the slow lane. I'm toll-free, bite-sized, ready-to-wear, and I come in all sizes. A fully-equipped, factory authorized, hospital tested, clinically proven, scientifically formulated, medical miracle. I been pre-washed, pre-cooked, pre-heated, pre-screened, pre-approved, pre-packaged, post-dated, freeze dried, double wrapped and vacuum packed and I have an unlimited broadband capacity. I'm a rude dude but I'm the real deal, lean and mean, cock blocked and ready to rock, rough, tough, and hard to bluff. I take it slow, I go with the flow, I ride with the tide, I got glide in my stride. Driving and moving, sailing and spinning, jiving and grooving, wailing and winning. I don't snooze so I don't lose. I keep the pedal to the metal and the rubber on the road. I party hearty and lunch time is crunch time. I'm haning in, there ain't no doubt; and I'm hanging tough. Over and out."
-- George Carlin "When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?"
Robin Williams wished he could work the language the way Carlin did. Robin Williams, the man with the rubber voice and Jim Carrey the man with the rubber body. Man, don't even come over here and waste spit on the names "Robin Williams" or "Carrey" while we're over here talking about the likes of Carlin. Ace Venture and Mrs. Doubtfire can kiss my elitist ass.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2008-06-24 10:24:35 EDT (#)
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Damn.
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2008-06-24 10:12:36 EDT (#)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-06-24 09:49:56 EDT (#)
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You know how Jim Carrey was funny once but kept doing the same comedic thing so long that it's become utterly boring? He learned that from Robin Williams. Robin Williams learned it from the master of driving a bit into the ground, George Carlin.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-06-24 09:52:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-06-24 09:49:56 EDT (#)
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You know how Jim Carrey was funny once but kept doing the same comedic thing so long that it's become utterly boring? He learned that from Robin Williams. Robin Williams learned it from the master of driving a bit into the ground, George Carlin.
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Really?
I thought Carlin showed fantastic evolution in his comedy.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-06-24 09:49:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
You know how Jim Carrey was funny once but kept doing the same comedic thing so long that it's become utterly boring? He learned that from Robin Williams. Robin Williams learned it from the master of driving a bit into the ground, George Carlin.
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2008-06-24 08:55:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
**bows head in humble silence**
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2008-06-24 08:08:41 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-06-24 08:03:59 EDT (#)
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Scratch that. He wouldn't like people saying rest in peace.
"REST IN PEACE?! I'M NOT 'RESTING' YOU FUCK, I'M DEAD!!!"
So I'll just say, 'thanks for the laughs, Sir."
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-06-24 08:01:48 EDT (#)
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RIP, Sir.
Submitted by Darth_Famine (user info) at 2008-06-24 05:59:53 EDT (#)
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sorely missed
Submitted by tloshjohnson (user info) at 2008-06-24 04:18:59 EDT (#)
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Fuck George Carlin
Submitted by Zeglamancer (user info) at 2008-06-24 02:55:11 EDT (#)
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Funny guy.
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2008-06-24 02:53:30 EDT (#)
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whoops-e-daisy, i thought this was the cousin post
nevermind
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2008-06-24 02:52:16 EDT (#)
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i'd fuck my own computer if i could find the right USB device
Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2008-06-24 02:39:38 EDT (#)
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Homer: I keep hearing this horrible irregular thumping noise.
Pump Jockey:
It's your heart. And I think it's on its last thump.
Homer: Whew, I was afraid it was my transmission.
Homer's Triple Bypass
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Stop being fat and disgusting and letting your hearts clog up with cheese and whiskey. Thanks, EvulNurse.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-06-24 02:22:44 EDT (#)
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May Joe bless his soul.
http://www.silversix.nu/writingscarlincomedy.htm
Submitted by Tokerson (user info) at 2008-06-24 02:06:24 EDT (#)
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Goodnight, sweet Prince.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-06-24 01:42:59 EDT (#)
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I just looked into posting some of his quips as a sort of lame tribute post, but the quotes you find online are far too topical and most are completely unfunny without the contextual build-up. Oh well. Maybe my kid will say something cute tomorrow. Or maybe I should post a picture of tits. Smallish, but not too small, tits.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2008-06-24 01:29:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I've never heard this guys stuff but this dedication was so much better than a shitty, standard RIP post it definitely warrants a plustoo.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-06-24 01:17:46 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/100684
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-06-24 01:15:07 EDT (#)
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I love George Carlin. I don't think one can appreciate his later, grouchy, not-obviously-funny-but- still-inspired genius stuff without first appreciating his earlier, actually-funny genius stuff. I'd like to see a post of some of his quips. I'd do it, but I'm tired and will go away soon.