Monday, June 23, 2008

RIP George Carlin (1937-2008)

George Carlin died yesterday, apparently of heart failure. Here is the New York Times obituary.

George Carlin was one of my favorite comedians (if not my favorite), and I thankfully had the chance to once see him perform live. Many consider him quite offensive, but I love his stuff. I highly recommend googling to find his 'Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television' skit. It's awesome.

Here is an excellent quote from George Carlin that appears in the article: "Scratch any cynic and you’ll find a disappointed idealist."
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2 comments:

  1. Lemming10:23 AM, June 23, 2008

    The BoingBoing article has at least one version of the skit:

    http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/23/goodbye-george-carli.html

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  2. Mason5:10 AM, July 01, 2008

    Sorry for the late response on this one. There are actually quite a few variants---I think I saw this particular one on YouTube once. It's not the original one, which you can certainly find online as an mp3 but I don't know if that's available as a video, etc.

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