Died yesterday of heart failure. He was 71.
A true legend in the comedy business and one of the funniest people ever.
RIP George Carlin!
Give 'em Hell in the afterlife.
A few Carlin Classics...
YouTube - George Carlin - A place for my stuff
YouTube - George Carlin 'The Hippy Dippy Weatherman'
First comedian I ever saw live and truly one of the legends of comedy!
Never got to see him live, but I do have one of his books and I've watched numerous specials of his. The man was brilliant, plain and simple. I love stand-up comedy, and I enjoy all types of comics. But by far, my favorites are the ones who are funny AND intelligent, and whose humour stems from their intelligence. Carlin was both.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sam Kinnison was they same way. Sexy too.Originally posted by Lew:
Never got to see him live, but I do have one of his books and I've watched numerous specials of his. The man was brilliant, plain and simple. I love stand-up comedy, and I enjoy all types of comics. But by far, my favorites are the ones who are funny AND intelligent, whose humour stems from their intelligence. Carlin was both.
I wasn't the world's biggest Kinison fan by any means but I will admit he did hit some legendary home runs (to this day, the bit about the Africans living in the deserts and his spiel about why the U.S. planes 'accidentally' hit the French embassy in Libya in 1986 are two of my all-time favorites).
My current favorite comedian is Lewis Black. The late Bill Hicks was a lot like Carlin and was one of my faves as well.
George Carlin???? WHO???? Oh, he's the same as Sam Kennison.
Why are we talking about other people?
ICHC?
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