A Sad Day for Comedy

Friendly Hostile · June 22, 2008, 10:39:17 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/en_nm/carlin_dc_1

On Sunday, George Carlin died of heart failure. He was 71 years old, and also an amazing comedian. I loved his comedy. I was even doing a tribute to him in my graduation speech. Now it will have a bit more meaning behind it I suppose. Anyone else a fan of his?

For some of you younger people, he was the conductor on Shining Time Station.

Silverhawk79 · June 22, 2008, 10:47:33 PM

He was one of my favorite comedians, and it's really sad that he died so young. Well, sort of young. Young enough to still do some standup. >_>
Anyways, it's really a bummer.

LinkXLR · June 22, 2008, 11:18:57 PM

Is it a bad thing I've never heard of him? D:

Friendly Hostile · June 22, 2008, 11:26:45 PM

Quote from: LinkXLR on June 22, 2008, 11:18:57 PM
Is it a bad thing I've never heard of him? D:

Very. You people are either horridly sheltered or just too darn young.

Macawmoses · June 22, 2008, 11:31:01 PM

The fact he spoke out for a generation should be enough for anyone, Link.

britneymahboy · June 23, 2008, 12:10:41 AM

Lucky. And no, I was not a fan of his.

Zovistograt · June 23, 2008, 05:44:53 AM

His name sounds familiar, although I've never seen any of his acts or anything. It's still sad to lose any comedian, though. They help make the world less serious business.

StarWindWizard7 · June 23, 2008, 07:23:16 AM

Nope, not a fan at all, also never heard of him.

His friends and family have my empathy, however.

Gwen Khan · June 23, 2008, 07:27:18 AM

when I was a kid I saw him on shining time station, don't know how he got on a kids show, he even came to my city a few times, to bad I never got to see him, R.I.P George

Kilroy · June 23, 2008, 08:23:53 AM

WHAT

Noooooooo ;-;

Ah, well. Death calls, as usual. Really does suck though, he was awesome.

Riosan · June 23, 2008, 08:28:36 AM

I think I've heard of him, but I've never seen any of his acts. Still, it's terrible whenever anyone dies.

Avion-Finch · June 23, 2008, 08:29:43 AM

I say, in memory we say the seven dirty words that was him right?

Tupin · June 23, 2008, 10:23:16 AM

Yes, I've heard of him, but never seen any of his acts.

Rest in peace, George.

Silverhawk79 · June 23, 2008, 02:34:31 PM

A few choice quotes from the man himself.

Here's another question I have. How come when it's us, it's an abortion, and when it's a chicken, it's an omelette? Are we so much better than chickens all of a sudden? When did this happen, that we passed chickens in goodness. Name 6 ways we're better than chickens. See, nobody can do it! You know why? ‘Cause chickens are decent people. You don't see chickens hanging around in drug gangs, do you? No, you don't see a chicken strapping some guy into a chair and hooking up his nuts to a car battery, do you? When's the last chicken you heard about come home from work and beat the poop out of his hen, huh? Doesn't happen, 'cause chickens are decent people.

Religion has actually conviced people that there's an invisible man. Living in the sky. Who watches everything you do every minute of every day of your life. And he has a list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any, any, of these ten things, he has a special place full of fire and smoke and ash and torture where he will send you to suffer and burn and scream and cry forever and ever until the end of time. ... But he loves you.

Here's a bumper sticker I'd like to see: "We are the proud parents of a child whose self esteem is sufficient that he doesnt need us promoting his minor scholastic achievements on the back of our car."

Deep Throat: Think about it. There is actually a semi-important figure in American history who is named for a blow-job movie. How do school teachers handle this?

There are 400,000 words in the English language, and there are 7 you can't say on television. What a ratio that is! 399,993...to 7. They must really be baaaad. They must be OUTRAGEOUS to be separated from a group that large. "All of you words over here, you seven....baaaad words". That's what they told us, right? "That's a bad word!!" Awwww. No bad words. Bad thoughts. Bad intentions, and wooooords. You know the seven, don't ya? That you can't say on TV? Shit, piss, intercourse , vagina, cocksucker, motherintercourse er and tits. Huh? Those are the heavy seven. Those are the words that'll infect your soul, curve your spine, and keep the country from winning the war. Shit, piss, intercourse , vagina, cocksucker, motherintercourse er and tits, wow! And tits doesn't even belong on the list! It seems like such a friendly word. Sounds like a nickname. "Hey Tits, come here man! Tits! Meet my friend Toots. Toots, Tits. Tits, Toots". Sounds like a snack...oh yeah, it is. Right. But I don't mean your sexist snack, I mean new Nabisco Tits. Corn Tits n' Sesame Tits n' Cheese Tits.....Tater Tits. Bet you can't eat just one!

I knew a transsexual guy whose only ambition is to eat, drink, and be Mary.

Who decides when the applause should die down? It seems like it's a group decision; everyone begins to say to themselves at the same time, "Well, okay, that's enough of that."

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."

Okay, that's probably good. :P

Eizweir · June 23, 2008, 02:53:15 PM

Never heard of him, but it souds like he was good.