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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
