George Carlin Dead - Page 7

Laedrun · 06-23-2008, 06:27 PM

damn, one of my all time favorite human beings =(

Hal2005 · 06-23-2008, 10:08 PM

RIP

Lambourne · 06-24-2008, 12:13 AM

Sad to see him go. I dislike most of American stand-up comedy (it generally just doesn't work for me) but Carlin was excellent. I believe good comedy should leave you thinking and he did just that.

jayrebb · 06-24-2008, 12:44 AM

Damn too early.

He never really faded from relevance, there was a whole new generation of Carlin fans in college. He made a dent in this world, accomplishing more than 99.9% of people do.

His social commentary will be sorely missed in another 5-10 years.

Astrocreep · 06-24-2008, 03:10 AM

he was cool in the Kevin Smith flicks and of course as Ruuuuuuuufus!!.

Greyskye · 06-24-2008, 06:11 AM

R.I.P Mr. Carlin.

Thorpe · 06-24-2008, 08:37 AM

Seinfeld: Carlin was 'the total package' - CNN.com

Soygen · 06-24-2008, 08:54 AM

HBO going to air a bunch of his shows this week!

HBO: George Carlin: 1937-2008

owakefka · 06-24-2008, 02:11 PM

George Carlin was a pioneer of his time with comedy. RIP.

Ender4212 · 06-25-2008, 06:46 PM

Sad indeed. I discovered him around the age of 13 or 14(now 33). Tonight I sit here watching him on HBO with my nearly 13 year old son. He's laughing as hard now as I was then.

Akileese · 06-25-2008, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ender4212

Sad indeed. I discovered him around the age of 13 or 14(now 33). Tonight I sit here watching him on HBO with my nearly 13 year old son. He's laughing as hard now as I was then.

This is why I always loved him. I got into him about 10 years ago (24 now) when my dad introduced his work to me. My 14 year old cousin loves him. The guy stayed so relevant over like 4 or 5 decades. It was incredible.

Frax · 07-29-2008, 07:25 AM

Cremated and his ashes spread around his favorite places around the country, and his last album comes out today.

Carlin gets last laugh on death - CNN.com

Quote:

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Just months before he died, George Carlin was looking into the face of death -- and making it the butt of his jokes.
George Carlin's last comedy album, "It's Bad For Ya," comes out Tuesday on Eardrum Records.

George Carlin's last comedy album, "It's Bad For Ya," comes out Tuesday on Eardrum Records.

"You know what I've been doing? Going through my address book and crossing out the dead people. It gives you a feeling of power, of superiority, to have outlasted another old friend," Carlin says on what turned out to be his final comedy album. The recording, "It's Bad For Ya," comes out Tuesday on Eardrum Records.

Carlin died June 22 of a heart attack at 71.

In an interview four months before his death, he told The Associated Press he was particularly pleased with the material he was working up for the album and an HBO show that aired last March.

"Definitely some people who are close to me who have seen this show, and have seen a lot of the others, feel this is my best stuff yet," he said.

Among them was his daughter, Kelly Carlin McCall, who said she was delighted to see the album mark a return to what she called her father's "playful goofiness." In recent years, she noted, his routines had seemed to get darker and angrier.

Not so this time, with Carlin waxing on -- with four-letter words in abundance -- about the advantages of getting older.

"It's a great time of life, you get to take advantage of people and you're not responsible for anything," he says on the album. He adds that he discovered a popular pastime could be had gathering family members around and pretending to have Alzheimer's.

"You say, 'Who are you people and where's my horse?" Hear tales from iReporters who met George Carlin

Although there will be no more new routines, Carlin is still around, thanks to his daughter and brother, Patrick, who spent a weekend earlier this month scattering his ashes at his favorite haunts around the country. They stopped in front of the nightclubs he played in New York City's Greenwich Village and at a summer camp in New Hampshire where, as a child, he received a necklace for winning the drama competition. He was wearing it the day he died.

Accompanied by old friends from the neighborhood, they also stopped at a park on the edge of Harlem where Carlin grew up.

"The wind blew him around a little bit when Kelly threw his ashes," Patrick Carlin recalled.

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

06-24-2008, 12:13 AM	#93 (permalink)
Lambourne There can be only win Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: 'yurp' Posts: 195 +2 Internets	Sad to see him go. I dislike most of American stand-up comedy (it generally just doesn't work for me) but Carlin was excellent. I believe good comedy should leave you thinking and he did just that. __________________ < United Kingdoms > EQ: Antonius Bayle - WoW: EU-Terenas - AoC: EU-Dagon

06-24-2008, 12:44 AM	#94 (permalink)
jayrebb In a haze Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Cloud 9 Special Affairs Posts: 1,393 -86 Internets	Damn too early. He never really faded from relevance, there was a whole new generation of Carlin fans in college. He made a dent in this world, accomplishing more than 99.9% of people do. His social commentary will be sorely missed in another 5-10 years. __________________ LOTR is a great analogy.

06-24-2008, 06:11 AM	#96 (permalink)
Greyskye Legends of Kesmai refugee Join Date: May 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 362 +2 Internets	R.I.P Mr. Carlin. __________________ "So did BoB just grossly miscalculate? This seems like a blunder if I've ever seen one."---USAWrestler

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Laedrun Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Austin Posts: 378	damn, one of my all time favorite human beings =(

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Soygen 100% Pure Soy Monk Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Posts: 6,238 +23 Internets	HBO going to air a bunch of his shows this week! HBO: George Carlin: 1937-2008

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owakefka The Next Pirate King Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: AZ Posts: 74 -17 Internets	George Carlin was a pioneer of his time with comedy. RIP.

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Ender4212 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 102 +2 Internets	Sad indeed. I discovered him around the age of 13 or 14(now 33). Tonight I sit here watching him on HBO with my nearly 13 year old son. He's laughing as hard now as I was then.