I'll miss you George

[Gary]

http://tv.msn.com/tv/cele...rge-carlin-dies/?GT1=7703

George Carlin Dead at Age 71

I'm glad I got to see him perform live a couple of times. He was amazing. My all time favorite comedian and social critic. I don't know what else to say. He meant a lot to me.

Well, now he's one with "big electron." WHOA! WHOA! hehehe

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/eScDfYzMEEw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/eScDfYzMEEw</a>

Be sure to check out WFZR - I'll be doing a 2 day marathon of George: http://www.wfzr.net/radio/playing.php

[phil]

  Great clip! Thanks for putting that up.
  I also love his bit about praying to Joe Pesci.

  Gonna miss you, George. Big time. 

[NoniousTheNonian]

Thanks George for all the laughs

[Gary]

Dying Is Hard. Comedy Is Harder.

By JERRY SEINFELD

THE honest truth is, for a comedian, even death is just a premise to make jokes about. I know this because I was on the phone with George Carlin nine days ago and we were making some death jokes. We were talking about Tim Russert and Bo Diddley and George said: “I feel safe for a while. There will probably be a break before they come after the next one. I always like to fly on an airline right after they’ve had a crash. It improves your odds.”

I called him to compliment him on his most recent special on HBO. Seventy years old and he cranks out another hour of great new stuff. He was in a hotel room in Las Vegas getting ready for his show. He was a monster.

You could certainly say that George downright invented modern American stand-up comedy in many ways. Every comedian does a little George. I couldn’t even count the number of times I’ve been standing around with some comedians and someone talks about some idea for a joke and another comedian would say, “Carlin does it.” I’ve heard it my whole career: “Carlin does it,” “Carlin already did it,” “Carlin did it eight years ago.”

And he didn’t just “do” it. He worked over an idea like a diamond cutter with facets and angles and refractions of light. He made you sorry you ever thought you wanted to be a comedian. He was like a train hobo with a chicken bone. When he was done there was nothing left for anybody.

But his brilliance fathered dozens of great comedians. I personally never cared about “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television,” or “FM & AM.” To me, everything he did just had this gleaming wonderful precision and originality.

I became obsessed with him in the ’60s. As a kid it seemed like the whole world was funny because of George Carlin. His performing voice, even laced with profanity, always sounded as if he were trying to amuse a child. It was like the naughtiest, most fun grown-up you ever met was reading you a bedtime story.

I know George didn’t believe in heaven or hell. Like death, they were just more comedy premises. And it just makes me even sadder to think that when I reach my own end, whatever tumbling cataclysmic vortex of existence I’m spinning through, in that moment I will still have to think, “Carlin already did it.”

[Gary]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/MrXvDXVhqfU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/MrXvDXVhqfU</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Djohakx_FE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/3Djohakx_FE</a>

[phil]

   
    The JFK "Vienner" bit. Very interesting!

    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/3OCJJ9N0K-o" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/3OCJJ9N0K-o</a>

[ILoveWinona]

Back in the 1970's George Carlin was such a great comedy sensation! ----- He has left us a great treasure trove of comedy over the years. The man was a comic genius and will always be with us on CDs and DVD ----- Rusty

[Gary]

Back in the 1970's George Carlin was such a great comedy sensation!

Um... there's life after the 70's Rusty. The man just did another HBO special recently. Some people don't care for his more recent work but I think it's some of his best. I saw him perform during the 90's and he was incredible.

[ILoveWinona]

The man just did another HBO special recently. Some people don't care for his more recent work but I think it's some of his best. I saw him perform during the 90's and he was incredible.

----- Shopping at Fry's Electronics Thursday night I saw a DVD collection of all of Carlin's HBO specials for about $160. Titled "George Carlin, All My Stuff", I read the notes on the back of the DVD case and was thinking of buying the collection, but a couple of the DVDs were rattling loose in the box. (never buy a DVD that is loose in the box, it is probably scratched by the plastic hub in the case) ----- I've never seen any of Carlin's HBO specials and will probably buy the DVD collection in the hear future. Amazon.com has the set for $179.99. ----- ----- Rusty

[phil]

NBC is showing the 1st SNL tonight
from 1975 that he hosted. Great tribute!

[Gary]

Wow -- I envy you Rusty. I wish I could watch those specials again for the first time. There were times that I laughed so hard my face hurt. 

[NoniousTheNonian]

That was awesome about that thing when he said man was created in God's image but since man is imperfect God must be also or something to that effect

[phil]

 

  Last Words.
  Released a couple days ago, 10 years in the making.
  Looks like a great Xmas gift. 

[phil]

   Celebrated your birthday today by eating some blue food.

[eagle-rare]

   Celebrated your birthday today by eating some blue food.

Boiled Robin's eggs?

Blue Dorayaki? Which is made the same as Dorayaki only with blue food coloring.

Blueberry Mochi?

Blue Bayou gumbo?

Blue Cheese Balls?

Hawaiian Punch?