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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | "Comedian-actor George Carlin, know for his raunchy, but insightful humor, died Sunday in Los Angeles, his publicist said. He was 71."
He will be missed! We're getting older fast! "Hippy Dippy Weather Man" etc. brought a lot of laughs...Thanks George; RIP |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Hard to believe he's gone. RIP |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I'm too sad for my own words.. but ironically the first 7 that came to mind when I read this... were his.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/2008/06/22/2008-06-22_comi... |
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Location: Delaware | He was one of the best. I got to see him a couple years ago in Wilmington, man he was hillarious. He will be missed. |
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Location: Vernon CT | He was 1 funny guy!! He will be missed. |
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| my father and I saw him many times over the years in AC, and he has always been one of my and Char's favorite comedians.... he will most definitely be missed.
one of Char's gifts while in the hospital this time was a copy of his book.
Keep em laughing and thinking wherever you go now George. you're missed by us here already.
Glenn and Char |
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| A great loss. His was a rare combination of high intelligence, keen analysis, and razor-sharp wit. His gift to us was to make us laugh at our foibles and hypocrisies. One of he greatest thinkers of our time. |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | I heard the news this morning. Very sad, great loss. I actually allowed my sons to listen to his cd's. Even though they are ages 15,12,9. The one thing that they will always remember is: "If there are two people in an elevator and one of them farts,they both know who did it"-George Carlin. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I was on the theater floor with laughter when I saw him in Havre De Grace, a number of years back.
"How do you know if a moth farts?..."
"- He flies straight."
We need Funny people. Losing one is a great loss.... Losing George is a cultural setback.
In his memory, I guess I'll go deprive someone else of their education... |
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Location: NJ | A True Classic.
He wiil be missed. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I always love Carlin - his comedy routines are priceless and he made every movie he was in better.
Time to pop on one of his vinyls. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Just heard about his passing on the news. George was a tremendous influence on me in high school. I could recite the whole album "Class Clown"... Much to the chagrin of my teachers.
And those seven words are.... :eek: |
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Location: NJ | a master at his craft.
after carlin I went back and got into
lenny bruce
jonathan winters
graucho marx
shelley berman
bob newhart
bill dana
dick shawn
mort sahl
woody allen
albert brooks
red foxx
robert klein
martin mull
moms mabley
carl reiner
tom leher
and don't forget LORD BUCKLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Saw him back in the 70's at the old Forum in Los Angeles. His timing was impeccable. AOL has links to four of his classic and uncensored clips in their headline. He pushed free speech to the limit and lead the way for countless followers. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | He was a true master of his craft and like the Professor said, "his timing was impeccable"
Al, that is an awesome list that actually contains a few names that I do not recognize. Thanks for that info as I will be checking them out! |
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Location: Cherry Hill, NJ | His genius was words. He could analyse everyday conversation, and make it sound so hilarious "if an orange is orange, why isn't a lemon yellow" |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by stephent28:
He was a true master of his craft and like the Professor said, "his timing was impeccable"
Al, that is an awesome list that actually contains a few names that I do not recognize. Thanks for that info as I will be checking them out! if you check out any of them please check out
LORD BUCKLEY |
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Location: Jet City | A devastating loss.
I remember sneaking my uncle's "Class Clown" and "Occupation Fool" albums when nobody was around. Over and over, I couldn't wait till everyone would leave the house so I could play them again.
I'm bummed. |
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Location: CA | Youtube 'Carlin 10 Commandments'. He gets it down to 2. Hilarious. A unique individual. Glad we got to share the time slot with him. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Very sad news. Carlin, Firesign Theater and the National Lampoon radio hour provided the soundtrack to a lot of good times in my youth.
I wonder where they'll keep all his "stuff" |
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Location: big island | carlin's diatribe on "the american dream" is so very tragically true. it would still be truth without all the "f'in" though. |
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Location: NJ | Just wasted an hour's worth of gas for Lunch driving around listening to RawDog on Sirius . . . they're doing an all-day tribute to Carlin . . . laughed/cried the whole time.
Tonight I'll have to watch him in the movie "Dogma".
That whole "Buddy Christ" bit was brilliant!! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by cliff:
Just wasted an hour's worth of gas You know you could've just parked! |
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Location: NJ | no fun in that . . . |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by cliff:
Just wasted an hour's worth of gas for Lunch Do you measure gas usage in miles/lunch? |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by alpep:
a master at his craft.
after carlin I went back and got into
lenny bruce
jonathan winters
graucho marx
shelley berman
bob newhart
bill dana
dick shawn
mort sahl
woody allen
albert brooks
red foxx
robert klein
martin mull
moms mabley
carl reiner
tom leher
and don't forget LORD BUCKLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd add 3 more from the comedy album era...
Richard Pryor
Lilly Tomlin
Cheech and Chong
All of which fell into the same category for me, once the parents left... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The sad thing is that most of us probably knew what Cliff meant, even though it didn't really make sense.
I think Carlin used obscenities at first to gain attention to point out the ridiculous foibles of American life. Later he seemed to have mellowed and maybe it was intentionally ironic that much of his foul language became normal in American speech. I don't think he would have wanted to go any deeper than that, so I'll stop. |
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Location: NJ | Somebody on RawDog (mebbe Jim Bruer) said Carlin was the "John Lennon" of comedians . . .
(not everybody "liked" him, but everyone gave him his (due) "props" . . .) |
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Location: Chicago | Last Friday I saw a few things by Carlin on YouTube and was impressed by how much he has to say. His ideas on politics, language and religion are pretty serious stuff, just dressed up as comedy. And VERY good comedy. He will be missed. |
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| Another genius of his craft lost. I did get to see him twice, once in Hampton Beach, man that whole place was roaring, what a cool guy. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by cliff:
Somebody on RawDog (mebbe Jim Bruer) said Carlin was the "John Lennon" of comedians . . .
(not everybody "liked" him, but everyone gave him his (due) "props" . . .) Carlin was more "Stones" |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ...."You Got to Wash Your Ass"
Redd Foxx |
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Location: On The Fringe Of Ground Zero | He was very visible in New York City in the early years especially at various colleges. Hailed as the "Mark Twain" of our generation.
"Requiescat In Pace" George Carlin. |
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Location: NJ | ". . Carlin was more "Stones" . ."
Nah.
Carlin was too cerebral.
He could ramble on (and on) intelligably on his particular views on numerous topics (which always made him somewhat of a lousy comedic "interview").
Belushi was more "Stones". |
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Location: NJ | ". . . Not y'Whole Ass". |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I'll acquiesce... and site his bit in "The Aristocrats" |
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Location: NJ | He DID deliver that with a certain "style" . . .
Perfect way t'open the film. |
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OT - George Carlin RIP