Originally Posted By Ursula I hear you, my friend. 999Haunts and I once had the time of our lives at one of his shows. He is missed. I wonder if we can write the Seven Words here?
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Originally Posted By Dabob2 Oh, man. He was my absolute favorite in the early 70's. What was weird was that at a time when I wouldn't have dared say any of the seven words to my Mom, I would nonetheless play his routines (including that one) on the family stereo again and again well within her earshot without thinking twice about it. Of course, my Dad had bought the albums.
Originally Posted By DAR He was arrested in Milwaukee for saying those very words. I thought he was very funny in his earlier years but as he grew older while funny there was kind of a meaness to his comedy that was a little off putting. Still he will be missed.
Originally Posted By DAR What was weird was that at a time when <<I wouldn't have dared say any of the seven words to my Mom, I would nonetheless play his routines (including that one) on the family stereo again and again well within her earshot without thinking twice about it. Of course, my Dad had bought the albums.>> Nowadays it's a feat for a comedian to try to be funny without using any of those words.
Originally Posted By alexbook But he was funny *about* the words, not just with the words. He was an intelligent bomb-thrower. That's what made him so great. Definitely fits in the tradition of Mark Twain and Groucho Marx.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Isn't Cars II in development at Pixar? I wonder how that will be impacted.
Originally Posted By Walter Elias Dick Martin Harvey Korman George Carlin Death always comes in threes.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes >>>there was kind of a meaness to his comedy that was a little off putting<<< I completely agree, but he was a fighter. He showed a lot of us the BS we were putting up with, and that we didn't have to put up with that BS anymore. He used comedy, but he had amazing insights, and he'll be sorely missed.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Here's Carlin's self-eulogy: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eScDfYzMEEw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...DfYzMEEw</a>
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I think Russert belongs in a broadcasting trio of him, Charlie Jones and Jim McKay. A case could be made for Martin, Korman and Carlin for their own comedic three. My favorite Carlin line among many- "Let the daredevils get on the plane, I'm getting IN."
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x I just downloaded and am now listening to "Classic Gold" you can get a free membership to www.emusic.com and download both discs for free...then cancel your membership. It's compatible with iTunes, too. I haven't heard a lot of his material, but it's freakin' hilarious! ;-X
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn I saw him in Vegas one time. My ribs never hurt so bad afterwards. I like his Football vs. Baseball bit.
Originally Posted By mapleservo When I was a kid (about 10), my older brother had his "Take Offs & Put Ons" album, and played it to death. While I enjoy Carlin's explicit stuff, I'm nostalgic for those albums I heard as a kid, which were pretty squeaky clean. He just seemed genuinely fascinated in every day stuff. I've still got a good chunk of it lodged in my brain. "I'm Al Sleet, your Hippy Dippy Weatherman, with your Hippy Dippy Weather, man." Carlin and Newhart are probably my favourite of the old school comedians.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Carlin said he worshipped the sun as his god. I'm sure he's burning in it right about now.
