Author Topic: RIP George Carlin (Read 138 times)

dadabass2001 · « **on:** June 23, 2008, 05:41:48 AM »

George died in California yesterday (Sunday the 22nd) of a heart related condition. A giant talent in the tradition of Lenny Bruce and Mark Twain. He, along with Mel Brooks, Firesign Theater, Monty Python, Richard Pryor, and Gene Wilder helped me to get through the 60s and 70s with deadly accurate and hilarious observations on the human condition here on the 3rd stone.
I'll miss his point of view.
Mike

flaxattack · « **Reply #1 on:** June 23, 2008, 10:14:20 AM »

i will miss the hippy dippy weather man....
tonights forecast? dark... followed by sunlight...

he is to get the mark twain award in november in wahington. albeit posthumously now.

remember when he came out of the closet so to speak.one week shirt and tie. the next time- long hair and a tiedye,,,,

he was just
COOL.......

keavin · « **Reply #2 on:** June 23, 2008, 02:02:23 PM »

most funniest white dude in the hood!!!

lbpesq · « **Reply #3 on:** June 23, 2008, 02:16:35 PM »

My favorite was his Baseball vs. Football routine. A true comic with a conscience. And only 71. (I know I'm getting on myself when I truly think only 71!)

Bill, tgo

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 23, 2008, 04:31:12 PM »

George's take on Richard Pryor (paraphrased as I remember it):

Richard and I have a competition, I lead on heart attacks, but he leads on setting himself on fire.

I took three CDs to work today and inundated my roommates with classsic Carlin: FM & AM; Class Clown; and An Evening with Wally Londo ...

Would that then be a sin, Father?

anarchyx · « **Reply #5 on:** June 23, 2008, 11:30:32 PM »

my dad had a record of the Hippy dippy weather man, and there was a classroom

Class..........Class........Class....SHUT UP!!!....Thank you.

I heard 7 things u should never say on tV 2

Carlin will be missed

anarchyx · « **Reply #6 on:** June 23, 2008, 11:30:40 PM »

my dad had a record of the Hippy dippy weather man, and there was a classroom

Class..........Class........Class....SHUT UP!!!....Thank you.

I heard 7 things u should never say on tV 2

Carlin will be missed

eligilam · « **Reply #7 on:** June 24, 2008, 04:19:26 AM »

I think that Class thing was Cheech and Chong, actually.

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #8 on:** June 24, 2008, 07:31:27 AM »

Damn. Comedy as we know it (or at least as I love it) started with Carlin & Prior. I'm bummed.

Peter
ps- Will's right about Class.... That's Sister Mary Elephant - track 1, side 1 of Big Bamb? by Cheech y Chong.

pps- Does anyone know how to do italics on here?

ppps - Thanks, Adriaan - and check out George's stuff - he was a freakin' genius!

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adriaan · « **Reply #9 on:** June 24, 2008, 08:53:08 AM »

Peter,

Italics are done this way - as in: `i, then a {, the text you want italicized, and finally a }. After the `i there should be no blank before the {.

Bold is with `b - and so on, checkthe Help/Instructions link at the bottom of the page.

One thing I haven't found is how to include an image that was uploaded in an earlier posting. It's easy to find out the number given to the image, but it doesn't say anywhere what formatting tag to use when trying to show it in another message.

Apologies for stepping in on an RIP thread - but to be totally honest, until today I'd never heard of George Carlin.