Comments on: Epic Win: George Carlin

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:51:48 +0000

totally. it would have been like snl’s treatment of her times 1000

By: Sarhii

Sarhii — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:11:32 +0000

R.I.P George

By: Lizzle

Lizzle — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:16:55 +0000

XD Poor guy hated kids too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:46:46 +0000

GC was the funniest comedian alive…until about 1991 or so when he made that suddenly plunge into pure bigotry. The sad and scary part is all the people that actually like that stuff.

By: idaho beef

idaho beef — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:57:02 +0000

the man who knew too much…george carlin, RIP.

By: slythwolf

slythwolf — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:09:10 +0000

Football vs. Baseball is the best thing ever.

By: sjon

sjon — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:53:40 +0000

and every week whitout fail uncle dave wins the lottery. thats from saving the planet. i got a copy of most of his stuff and i got to say most of his points how wierd they might seem make a looot of sense if you think about it.

By: justagurl

justagurl — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:43:06 +0000

I loved George because he was a wordsmith. He was witty and crude, yet smart. You loved him and laughed even when you didn’t agree with what he was saying.

He’s probably still doing his standup and making God and all the angels laugh out loud.

By: woahhhface

woahhhface — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:34:30 +0000

My dad was watching his standup on DVD yesterday. He was doing his bit about death. I was in the bathroom, so I couldn’t see it, but I could still hear it.

So George was talking about that conversation that everyone has when someone dies:
“Hey, did you hear Joe Schmoe died?”
“Oh really, I just saw him yesterday.”
“Well it didn’t help, did it?”

So I walked out of the bathroom and went over to my dad and said, “Did you hear George Carlin died?….”

By: ceallaig

ceallaig — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:49:32 +0000

Not just a priest but a CARDINAL, no less, in Dogma (absolutely brilliant casting). I am certain he went to another plane of existence that is very good — there is no way a loving Deity would give a man that kind of wit and talent, then condemn him for using it. And I agree, it is a shame he missed the latest political contests, he’d have had a field day. George was, is, and always will be an epid win in every sense.

By: Waffle-Copter

Waffle-Copter — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:30:26 +0000

We own two DVD’s of his shows. I loved him so much :’( .

By: Nema

Nema — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:04:02 +0000

Ah I really miss him. Him and Pryor were some of the good old standup comedians. A lot of what they said was funny and seemed harsh was actually truth too.

By: 1984

1984 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:48:55 +0000

And sure..if you totally fail at logic.

By: 1984

1984 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:30:43 +0000

Its not even as clever as “No comment is a comment”
Try harder.

By: Musicmom870

Musicmom870 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:53:26 +0000

Mr. Conductor.

By: sally

sally — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:34:26 +0000

…and the hitcher in Jay & Silent Bob.
Do you follow the book…?
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://wittyphantom.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/george-carlin1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://tbknews.blogspot.com/2008/06/george-carlin-changed-world.html&h=359&w=360&sz=31&tbnid=E-nZ2jSqwWY-_M:&tbnh=121&tbnw=121&prev=/images%3Fq%3DGeorge%2BCarlin&usg=__ZiZivZM0-RYI4NBeD9SsQi19sDg=&ei=WkE6Ssn-B4bYtgPR49i2Bw&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=4&ct=image

By: Shirizani

Shirizani — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:32:42 +0000

yeah, 123 s**theads
*shakes head in disgust*

George Carlin was and still is amazing

By: Banana

Banana — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:16:49 +0000

And he was Mr. Conductor on Shining Time Station!

I grew up watching him, first on STS, then when I hit high school I discovered his HBO specials.

By: vi31

vi31 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:59:07 +0000

Carlin also taught us how to use “irony” correctly. “If a diabetic, on the way to the pharamacy to get insulin to save his life, gets hit by a truck and dies, that’s comedy. If the same diabetic, on his way to the store to get insulin to save his life, gets hit by a truck carrying sugar and dies, that is nothing more than an oddly poetic coincidence. If a diabetic, on his way to the pharmacy to get the insulin to save his life, gets hit by a truck carrying insulin and dies, that, my friend, is irony writ large.” (I paraphrase.)

By: vi31

vi31 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:46:42 +0000

They’re both great books, but I would put Brain Droppings as his best one, so get that first. It includes the “Football vs. Baseball” and his “Stuff” sketches.

By: vi31

vi31 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:44:51 +0000

Believe it or not, sally, it turns out that 51237 is the ZIP code for George, IA, too.

By: Matador

Matador — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:19:27 +0000

And yet I still just made one that is more accurate than them all.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:53:38 +0000

cool people are not allowed to die anymore

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:32:37 +0000

I agree with The Crapture, no mention of George Carlin and his genius would be complete without Lenny Bruce (one of Carlin’s mentioned influences). I was happy I got to see Carlin perform live shortly before he died.

By: Multi-Facets

Multi-Facets — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:12:36 +0000

XDDD Oh, I bet he loved the irony of playing a priest.

By: GinandTonic

GinandTonic — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:23:45 +0000

“He’s down there, screaming up at us.”

I love GC so much! It’s a shame that he died before I was old enough to really appreciate his brand of humor.

By: wvgirl

wvgirl — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:21:17 +0000

There isn’t much I can say that hasn’t already been said. The man is beyond legend. I will say this: The first time I saw Dane Cook, I thought he was funny. That was back before he was “famous”. He was just goofy and absurd, and made me laugh. Now he’s just obnoxious. Anyway, the difference between him and Carlin is, ten to twenty years from now, no one’s gonna remember Dane Cook. But they’ll know George Carlin. (I used Cook because someone referred to him in an earlier comment.)

Oh, and the “Stuff” bit will always be my favorite. Still makes me cackle.

By: Xaqtly

Xaqtly — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:57:25 +0000

Carlin was a god damn genius, and we as a civilization are MUCH worse off without him. Anybody who couldn’t see past the language he used is probably one of the morons he rightfully complained about.

We need people like him to keep it straight. That’s all there is to it.

By: Tonnina

Tonnina — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:51:52 +0000

Anyone who was stupid enough to put a thumbs down either never saw George Carlin’s standup, or saw him in the Kevin Smith flims. Either way it’s a HUGE epic fail on their part because George was the greatest.

By: kendiara

kendiara — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:44:52 +0000

One of my friends in Vegas had the pleasure of running follow spot on two of his shows. She commented on how a lot of “stars” don’t want anything to do with the people who work the shows for them. Carlin wasn’t one of them, he took the time to say hello to everyone, and spent a few minutes talking theater with my friend. A year later when he came back he remembered her name and asked how she was doing. She commented on how soft-spoken he was “behind the scenes” and the person we saw out front was as much a character as any on a tv sitcom.

By: Edmundo

Edmundo — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:42:25 +0000

It is because of George that I developed a love for the English language. His insight into the little sayings we use (and use incorrectly) really made me examine my writing style. Besides all that, who could come up with something as funny as…

“Have you ever noticed that most of the people who are against abortion are people you wouldn’t want to f### in the first place?”

We miss you George.

By: Stick

Stick — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:09:45 +0000

Sure he is, looking down from the roof.

By: Thomas J. Stead

Thomas J. Stead — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:57:55 +0000

I’ve had the honor of seeing him live three times. While I found some of his later comments about christianity offensive, he was an incredible observer of the human condition. As he once said “it’s my job as a comedian to tell you funny stuff, OR remind you of stuff that’s funny, but you forgot.”

We will not see someone like him again, especially considering the current crop of alleged comedians.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:55:05 +0000

my parents are very consertaive and christian, but yet they enjoyed carlin! i remeber being able to watch his stuff as a kid! :0 i love him!

By: 1984

1984 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:35:17 +0000

He also plays a priest(!) in Dogma and plays Rufus in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

By: 1984

1984 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:33:41 +0000

A prediction. During your entire lifetime you’ll not even come up with half as many original and funny observations about, well, anything than in any of his books.

By: sally

sally — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:15:34 +0000

This guy was the greatest.
I am still sad that he isn’t around …
The Palin stuff would have rocked.

Just read this:Carlin provided the voice of Fillmore, a character in the Disney/Pixar animated feature Cars, which opened in theaters on June 9, 2006. The character Fillmore, who is presented as an anti-establishment hippie, is a VW Microbus with a psychedelic paint job, whose front license plate reads “51237″ — Carlin’s birthday.

Sweet.

By: 1984

1984 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:11:50 +0000

When you think about it, attention-deficit order makes a lot of sense. In this country there isnt a lot worth paying attention to.

“No comment” is a comment

Have you ever noticed that the lawyer always smiles more than the client?

Catholics – which I was, until I reached the age of reason.

More more more:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Carlin

By: JT

JT — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:04:37 +0000

My guess is he is laughing AT us.

If there is an after-life, George has more then earned the right to just kick back on a cloud and enjoy the harp lessons.

Thank you very much Mr. Carlin for your insights. You are missed.

By: kosher ham

kosher ham — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:07:18 +0000

He’s the guy who said (forgive me if I fudge this) “Think about how dumb the average American is, then realize that at least half are dumber than that!”

By: Randal L. Schwartz

Randal L. Schwartz — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:52:39 +0000

Cue “words you can’t say on the air’ in three… two… one…

By: NinjaDog251

NinjaDog251 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:42:50 +0000

Who is this guy?

By: toribug11

toribug11 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:26:22 +0000

i recently found “Napalm and Silly Putty,”in a used bookstore, and i can’t put it down! once i have two cents to rub together, im going to get his other two books.

also, its a little creepy that this post is up, a buddy of mine and i were just talking about him.

wherever he is, im sure george is laughing his ass off.

By: Bee

Bee — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:12:43 +0000

Amen. May Joe bless you!

By: Matador

Matador — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:51:30 +0000

Complete crap.

By: WMDKitty

WMDKitty — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:26:37 +0000

Someone voted this down?!

By: WMDKitty

WMDKitty — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:25:52 +0000

Or doing pot while on the pot….

*wipes tear from eye*

Man, I miss the guy.

By: MoFoQ

MoFoQ — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:29:10 +0000

George Carlin FTW!

my question…who the f*ck in their right minds would vote down this one?

By: The Crapture

The Crapture — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:20:52 +0000

Yes, maybe someday another will come along with the talent and genius of a Lenny Bruce, a George Carlin or Richard Pryor or Bill Hicks…in the unfortunate meantime we’re stuck with the likes of Dane Cook

By: Krepta

Krepta — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:45:59 +0000

Few people are lucky enough to become truly immortal, but Carlin is one of them– he didn’t die, he became the grouchy, invective-spewing Bizarro Santa Claus who brings you nothing for Christmas but perspective and common sense.

His work will be quoted and misattributed for the next century, but we who were lucky enough to see him will always know where it came from.

In short, George Carlin is not an epic win– he’s what epic wins want to be when they grow up.