June 23, 2008George CarlinOne of our greatest comics of the last 40 years died last night, aged 71. I loved Carlin, especially when I was a teen, because he was pushing stuff that no one else would touch. Except for Richard Pryor, of course. Anyway, the guy could rant like no one else and here's a fairly recent rant on stupid Americans (I couldn't find a YouTube of the 7 words). Like most of Carlin's material, it's filled with obscenities, so careful if you are at work. Like Pryor, the loss is immense. Posted by Philip Dawdy at June 23, 2008 12:32 PM
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Carlin was amazing, as he was right on the mark on so many issues. My favorite bit: the end of his 1996 show Back In Town, where he ended about politics: right on the money with me! He'll be missed! Posted by: therapyfirst at June 23, 2008 12:41 PMA wonderful sentiment for an extremely talented man! ~Shiv Posted by: Shiv at June 23, 2008 01:21 PMOne of my favourite Carlin rants concerned his musings on the stuff he'd like to see developed (he declared that he was ahead of his time, but regrettably only by about 2 minutes!). I can't remember all of it, by any stretch of the imagination, but he said that he wanted to develop a feminine hygiene spray, which would be marketed as "Sprunt," which is just pure Carlin. And, then, he came up with something uber surreal, in the shape of a lightbulb that only shone on the things that one wanted to see - although he dismissed that as too idealistic! Somebody should get a bronze cast of the guy, and erect it in a shopping mall! Matt Posted by: Matthew Holford at June 24, 2008 03:41 AMI, too, loved Carlin. It's really a shame that he never set his sights on the psychiatric industry. He would have slaughtered. Posted by: Francesca Allan at June 24, 2008 08:57 AMYou know, he's been gone 4 days now and I am still very bummed. He was a funny guy, because he knew how to mix the truth with sarcasm and silliness. Buy his box set "All my stuff". It's great stuff! I was lucky to see him do a show in my home town a few months ago. He will be missed. I know I said it before. Posted by: therapyfirst at June 26, 2008 06:50 PMi just loved him because he said what i always wanted to, and more. Posted by: Stephany at June 27, 2008 10:21 PMI consider him a prophet for our times, frankly. Like most prophets, of course, we mostly missed hearing what he had to say because our antennae were turned to the wrong channel. I say "we" because I can try on a lot of what he had to say and find (to my dismay) that it fits. Except for the shopping mall stuff. I abhor shopping malls. Posted by: Sherry at June 30, 2008 11:39 AMPost a comment
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