TheEgoist Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I know I may get an avalanche of crap for celebrating him since he was such a staunch advocate of anti-capitalism the past 7 or 8 years especially, but George Carlin was one of my heroes. He was an advocate for free speech, and he made no exceptions to the term like other liberals. He was a revolutionary voice in freedom of expression in the 70s, and he made everyone laugh all the while. Everytime I watch Carlin On Campus I laugh my ass off. When I heard the news this morning, I won't lie that I cried. This is one of the first famous people to die that really meant something to me personally. He's a comedic icon, and a personal icon of mine. If I can achieve the success he had simply by expressing myself, I'll be a happy man, and I'm sure George would fight for my ability to speak too. RIP, George Carlin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Regardless of his political views, he was funny. I'll miss him as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I read this this morning and couldn't help but mutter to myself the seven words you are not permitted to say on TV. RIP George. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-Mac Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I hadn't heard this yet. Thank you for sharing. I agree, he was hilarious. I still use the term NIMBY. (Not in my backyard!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thales Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 "Have a good day. Don't you hate it when people say that? It puts all the pressure on you. Now you have to go out and figure out how to somehow have a good day! And maybe I don't want to have a good day. Maybe I had 52 good days in a row and I want a bad day." He was very funny. I'll miss him as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wotan Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 George Carlin was great! As a comedian, I thought he was absolutely hilarious. As a thinker, he was wonderfully pro-drug and anti-religion. Even better, he was pro-truth and anti-bullshit. Carlin was vivacious, dynamic, and heroic -- clearly one of the good guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
444_4 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Last year I discovered just how funny Carlin's stand-up routine has been all these DECADES, which was only a few months after I had first read anything by Ayn Rand. I can see how some of Carlin's political sentiments were probably, uh, maybe Marxist? Like some of the stuff from Life is Worth Losing. But I still think he's right on many socio-political issues, and at the very least he was exceptionally funny and talented, which is very difficult to find at any point in history. R.I.P George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEgoist Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 One of his best political raps was on abortion. If you aren't familiar with Carlin's comedy, it's VERY crude, so beware http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61IE-SkAtug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chops Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 While his anti-capitalist position was very wrong, I always thought Carlin's Religious commentary was his absolute apex of comedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thales Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 There was a lot wrong with his view of the world, I think he had a malevolent universe view that became stronger as he aged. But, he was great at skewering sacred cows and he was a very original and clever comedian. Mad TV, poking fun at religion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niqVVENiY2c...feature=related Poking fun at "Saving The Planet". Not a great view of life, but he gets some good shots in anyway. Notice how he loses the audience for a while, but gains them back in the end. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eScDfYzMEEw This is completely non-political, but very funny. Baseball versus Football: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YphEUa5LPjM...feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEgoist Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 This is a bit off his newest show. I didn't like the last one " Life Is Worth Losing ". I think it was just the rantings of a bitter old man. I think George's misanthropy is justified to a certain extent, but he blames it on the wrong things, namely: Capitalism. But this is still classic. It's got a good mix of the pissed off old man and the classic Carlin wit with language Carlin On Death: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyronus Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 This is a bit off his newest show. I didn't like the last one " Life Is Worth Losing ". I think it was just the rantings of a bitter old man. I think George's misanthropy is justified to a certain extent, but he blames it on the wrong things, namely: Capitalism. But this is still classic. It's got a good mix of the pissed off old man and the classic Carlin wit with language Carlin On Death: I actually think the last one he did before that one was his worst routine ever. I only laughed once during that one. George Carlin was probably the funniest linguist ever to live. I find him funnier when he was younger and slightly less malevolent. While I will agree he was anti-capitalist I think that was less from Marxism and more from a dissatisfaction he felt with the country and the empty promise of the American Dream as a whole. In the end he was a comedic genius. A funny man if a bitter one. We'll all miss him while he's gone. I think I might give him an extra six months, how about you guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Link Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Last night I watched the show in which George Carlin was honored with the Mark Twain award at the Kennedy Center. http://www.courant.com/entertainment/tv/hc...0,4345379.story Among the clips of George Carlin was a routine in which he talked about a place for stuff: He also talked about the ten commandments, reducing them to two, and then adding a third of his own invention. Be sure to watch that one to find out what commandment he added: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KJ5aRWtFXI George Carlin was a brilliant, intelligent, insightful, very funny man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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