Crap!! George Carlin is Dead.

Pathless · 06-23-2008, 07:05 PM

It is indeed a sad day. Much less funny today than it was yesterday, when Carlin was still alive.

Dammit.

George Carlin Dies at 71 « Virtualmystic

seattlegal · 06-23-2008, 07:08 PM

RIP, George.

17th Angel · 06-23-2008, 08:11 PM

There is never a right time to break rules \;

wil · 06-23-2008, 08:26 PM

Anyone remember the TV special where he was hired and they had some negotiation gliche and George did like 7-10 minutes live and did nothing the entire time but suck on his gums, make some 'why am I here' and 'why are you here' faces and then turn around and walk back? The audience waited, and waited and then a little laughter would start and then some more and then the whole audience would be rollling and then back to silence and a minute later it would start again...

I don't know if I related this before.

I was riding in the car with my son, we were listening to c-span and a recording from earlier that day, Supreme Court arguments, on Howard Stern and FCC. Well the discussion of the seven dirty words came up and my son and I found out how it all came about. When George wrote the bit, the law didn't exist. He made it up. It was sort of an unwritten rule amongst the TV and radio stations that cared self policing themselves. So George wrote the bit. But as we all know, that didn't stop many radio stations from airing it, or TV stations from letting him do it. Well some dad was driving thru NYC with his 14 year old kid and low and behold heard GC on the radio doing 7DW and called the FCC appalled that his 14 year old was subjected to this stuff.

The law was then created after the fact and GC changed the face of radio by writing a bit.

Now the funny part, I'm in the car with my 14 year old, listening to supreme court justices and the lawyers repeat over and over the seven dirty words, both collectively and individually in discussion without being bleeped on C-Span, not live without delay, but recorded and played back hours later without censorship.

Now my question, in George's honor should I call the FCC on C-span?

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine · 06-23-2008, 09:15 PM

Tidbit of trivia: Carlin was arrested here in Milwaukee in 1972 at a (then) little known festival Summerfest (he was charged with violating an anti-obscenity law for performing Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.)

Well, he's with a couple of his contemporaries (Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor) insulting the (living) world's complacency for our enuram.

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

17th Angel · 06-23-2008, 09:16 PM

No mod is going to amend his language??? Thats messed up....

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine · 06-23-2008, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex P

No mod is going to amend his language??? Thats messed up....

Consider it amended.

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

17th Angel · 06-23-2008, 10:01 PM

Not trying to be awkward or whatever, but that was way unnecessary language ;\ Think of the children!!

wil · 06-23-2008, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex P

Not trying to be awarkward or whatever, but that was way unnesessary language ;\ Think of the children!!

Who is that guy and what has he done with 17th?

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine · 06-23-2008, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by wil

Who is that guy and what has he done with 17th?

Check the Moderator forum.

:kitty:s are willing to explain (complete with a short bit on a blackboard [don't worry, no claws will be used on said blackboard.

])

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

17th Angel · 06-24-2008, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

Check the Moderator forum.

:kitty:s are willing to explain (complete with a short bit on a blackboard [don't worry, no claws will be used on said blackboard.

])

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

lol You got a mystery secret file running on me? *hax0rz the system*

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Originally Posted by wil

Who is that guy and what has he done with 17th?

*chuckles*

Just no need for language like that, it solves nothing, nor like for me, I would swear like that to prove my point/make my point clear lol. (obviously it wouldn't prove my point or make it clear :P)

Anyway no idea who George Carlin is But here's to the next step *pours a "40" on the floor.*

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine · 06-24-2008, 10:15 AM

You can find George Carlin videos on YouTube (I just checked a little while ago.) I don't know if they have Indian Sergeant or not, but I believe Seven Things You Can Never Say On Television is on there as are some of his other live performances. (Too bad I couldn't find a video of him doing his hippy dippy weatherman.)

Unlike Andrew Dice Clay, George Carlin would only use "risque" language to denote his anger and not for shock value.

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

17th Angel · 06-24-2008, 10:24 AM

Yeah got a few PM's... Not my kinda comedy heh.

Tao_Equus · 06-24-2008, 10:57 AM

George Carlin on death:

YouTube - George Carlin on Death - RIP

If there is anything I can do for you George, just let me know

dauer · 06-24-2008, 04:48 PM

YouTube - George Carlin - Free-floating Hostility

YouTube - George Carlin-I used to be Irish Catholic <-- that one's from before his voiced got gruff from smoking and yelling all the time, back when he was a mellow hippie who did more impressions. I used to listen to that album all the time on my parent's record player. He wasn't so angry at that time.

YouTube - George Carlin - Fart Jokes