ebk Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25322638 I'm very saddened by this. And he'd just been chosen for the Mark Twain Award this year. He was a unique talent and he will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Oh my God! I am very upset about this. He did standup about two months ago in my town. I missed out because I didn't get the time off from work. Oh man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoDragon Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Mandy just let me know a little bit ago....I'm so sad I was honored to see him in person at a headlining gig in Edmonton, Canada a few years ago...he was hilarious. A comic icon, not to mention an icon of a few other things.... Wow. I'm shocked. 71 isn't ancient... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 ^no, it's not. Not at all. When I reread the story edk posted, I am happily reminded of the That 70's Show Episode (in season 7 in case you happen to have the DVDs) where Eric listens to Carlin's 7 Words bit in Hyde's record store. Sooo funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the queen without a king Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 (edited) Not a good start to the week...R.I.P George, thanks for the laughs. Edited June 23, 2008 by the queen without a king Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit_ Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Aww shucks. We've lost a true comic genius. ..a comedian with the courage to be politically incorrect in making us laugh with his scathingly spot-on observations of American culture and the human condition in general. I'm at a loss for words.. except these: Shit! Piss! Fuck! C*nt! C*cksucker! Motherf*cker! Tits! Thanks for the laughs, George! RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck Slapping Maple Sucker Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I enjoyed Carlin's work and knew him since I was five, because he narrated Thomas the Train. R.I.P. George. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleNecker Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 (edited) God damn it...I just heard this from somewhere else. I'm fucking pissed now. One of the absolute greatest comedians is gone. What are we gonna do now? The world will die now EDIT: I have to say that I was enjoying a really cool album, but when I looked on the site where I found this out.....I am depressed now. Edited June 23, 2008 by DoubleNecker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footsteps of Dawn Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Holy shit! Man, I couldn't imagine living in a world without George Carlin, and I still can't. Here's to George...I hope he's raising hell in heaven tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hickory Man Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 We've lost a true comedic pioneer. R.I.P. George Carlin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 George always made you think while he made you laugh. He was so funny because most of his comedy revealed harsh truths about ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Zeppnile Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 We’re so self-important. So self-important. Everybody’s going to save something now. “Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails.” And the greatest arrogance of all: save the planet. What? Are these fucking people kidding me? Save the planet, we don’t even know how to take care of ourselves yet. We haven’t learned how to care for one another, we’re gonna save the fucking planet? I’m getting tired of that shit. Tired of that shit. I’m tired of fucking Earth Day, I’m tired of these self-righteous environmentalists, these white, bourgeois liberals who think the only thing wrong with this country is there aren’t enough bicycle paths. People trying to make the world save for their Volvos. Besides, environmentalists don’t give a shit about the planet. They don’t care about the planet. Not in the abstract they don’t. Not in the abstract they don’t. You know what they’re interested in? A clean place to live. Their own habitat. They’re worried that some day in the future, they might be personally inconvenienced. Narrow, unenlightened self-interest doesn’t impress me. Besides, there is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are fucked. Difference. Difference. The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. Been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We’ve been here, what, a hundred thousand? Maybe two hundred thousand? And we’ve only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years. Two hundred years versus four and a half billion. And we have the CONCEIT to think that somehow we’re a threat? That somehow we’re gonna put in jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that’s just a-floatin’ around the sun? The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles…hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worlwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages…And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet…the planet…the planet isn’t going anywhere. WE ARE! We’re going away. Pack your shit, folks. We’re going away. And we won’t leave much of a trace, either. Thank God for that. Maybe a little styrofoam. Maybe. A little styrofoam. The planet’ll be here and we’ll be long gone. Just another failed mutation. Just another closed-end biological mistake. An evolutionary cul-de-sac. The planet’ll shake us off like a bad case of fleas. A surface nuisance. You wanna know how the planet’s doing? Ask those people at Pompeii, who are frozen into position from volcanic ash, how the planet’s doing. You wanna know if the planet’s all right, ask those people in Mexico City or Armenia or a hundred other places buried under thousands of tons of earthquake rubble, if they feel like a threat to the planet this week. Or how about those people in Kilowaia, Hawaii, who built their homes right next to an active volcano, and then wonder why they have lava in the living room. The planet will be here for a long, long, LONG time after we’re gone, and it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself, ’cause that’s what it does. It’s a self-correcting system. The air and the water will recover, the earth will be renewed, and if it’s true that plastic is not degradable, well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new pardigm: the earth plus plastic. The earth doesn’t share our prejudice towards plastic. Plastic came out of the earth. The earth probably sees plastic as just another one of its children. Could be the only reason the earth allowed us to be spawned from it in the first place. It wanted plastic for itself. Didn’t know how to make it. Needed us. Could be the answer to our age-old egocentric philosophical question, “Why are we here?” Plastic…asshole. So, the plastic is here, our job is done, we can be phased out now. And I think that’s begun. Don’t you think that’s already started? I think, to be fair, the planet sees us as a mild threat. Something to be dealt with. And the planet can defend itself in an organized, collective way, the way a beehive or an ant colony can. A collective defense mechanism. The planet will think of something. What would you do if you were the planet? How would you defend yourself against this troublesome, pesky species? Let’s see… Viruses. Viruses might be good. They seem vulnerable to viruses. And, uh…viruses are tricky, always mutating and forming new strains whenever a vaccine is developed. Perhaps, this first virus could be one that compromises the immune system of these creatures. Perhaps a human immunodeficiency virus, making them vulnerable to all sorts of other diseases and infections that might come along. And maybe it could be spread sexually, making them a little reluctant to engage in the act of reproduction. Well, that’s a poetic note. And it’s a start. And I can dream, can’t I? See I don’t worry about the little things: bees, trees, whales, snails. I think we’re part of a greater wisdom than we will ever understand. A higher order. Call it what you want. Know what I call it? The Big Electron. The Big Electron…whoooa. Whoooa. Whoooa. It doesn’t punish, it doesn’t reward, it doesn’t judge at all. It just is. And so are we. For a little while. G.C. (RIP) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Oh Wow. This is news to me. A true pioneer. I'm starting to feel a little old now. RIP George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwizard03 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 A really funny Guy ,Sad bacause in this World We live in Laughter is the Medicine We all need.So long George. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit_ Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 "I want to be remembered as having a large output of work that got increasingly better. My epitaph should say: 'He was here a minute ago. Where did he go to? He was just here.'" ~George Carlin, March 2004 Hey!.. He was here a minute ago. Where did he go to? He was just here. Cheers, George! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Dog_90 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solar Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 (edited) All I can say about this are six words: Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker. Because this most certainly is not tits. RIP, George. George lived a full, crazy life and really was a wordsmith of the highest degree, I'd even go as far to say the best of the 20th century. A true loss to America and the world of comedy. Edited June 23, 2008 by solar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatbo Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 first of all, the headlines.... 21 killed in 21 gun salute. and a man with a chainsaw has been hit by a falling tree... 36 people are suffering continuous whiplash when a man claiming to be the devil highjacked a rollercoaster 5 people were injured in a freak accident today as 3 freaks in a camper collided with 2 freaks in a van... police arrested a one-armed man at city lake today who was annoying other boaters by continously rowing in a circle RIP george. you made me laugh, made me think, gave me an attitude, and enriched my life. you were always there for me. i'll never forget you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancin'Days Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 (edited) first of all, the headlines.... 21 killed in 21 gun salute. and a man with a chainsaw has been hit by a falling tree... 36 people are suffering continuous whiplash when a man claiming to be the devil highjacked a rollercoaster 5 people were injured in a freak accident today as 3 freaks in a camper collided with 2 freaks in a van... police arrested a one-armed man at city lake today who was annoying other boaters by continously rowing in a circle RIP george. you made me laugh, made me think, gave me an attitude, and enriched my life. you were always there for me. i'll never forget you. LOL Edited June 23, 2008 by Dancin'Days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suz Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Son of a bitch :'( Fucking meow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzldoc Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 So Long to the Hippy-Dippy Weather Man R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledbaby Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Just saddening, dunno what to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE FIRST LEDZEP Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danelectro59 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 One of the funniest men ever - RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorer714 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Probably the first comedian I ever heard that would swear on a record.I remember being at my uncles house when I was a kid and he put on Class Clown and FM & AM. I was probably 11 or 12 sitting in his den,(early 70's)and I laughed so hard. I always remembered "Hey Martha,look at the shit in the street" and "I am Fuck,Fuck of the mountain" He had a great perception on life,I will miss him so RIP George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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