R.I.P. George Carlin
omic Pioneer George Carlin Dies at 71:
George Carlin, an extraordinary standup comedian whose dark social satire won him multigenerational popularity and a starring role in the most famous broadcast obscenity case of modern times, died Sunday of heart failure in Los Angeles. He was 71.
The Manhattan-born comedian, who always said his often-cynical satire simply reflected his real-life disdain for mankind’s greed, stupidity and inconsideration, had a history of heart problems. He also did a stint in rehab in 2003 for drug dependency.
The TV network Comedy Central in 2004 named him the second best standup comedian of all time, behind Richard Pryor.
Goddamn, I’ll miss George. He was fucking brilliant.
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:34 am
George got really popular when your dad and I were seniors in high school. We had all of his stuff which at that time were on 8 Track Tapes! So we are talking 1972 and he had been around since the middle to late 60’s. He was awesome! We laughed so hard sometimes we thought we’d die! We went to see him in Mt.Pleasant at the casino a few years back and found out that he had become a bitter old man and we were so disappointed. He was still the most brillian comedian of his genre. And he is still one of my favorites and I’ll miss him.
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Yeah that really sucked.
Too bad about george but at least I got to see him in concert once.
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June 26th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
I’ll miss him, too! He was my second favorite atheist! lol