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Beefy
06-22-2008, 11:49 PM
He wasn't that funny anyway.

FUCK THE POLICE
06-22-2008, 11:52 PM
LOL! You're so witty Beefy?

Beefy
06-23-2008, 12:09 AM
LOL! You're so witty Beefy?

Thanks megatard!

FUCK THE POLICE
06-23-2008, 12:13 AM
Thanks megatard!

/expletive

Cancel3
06-23-2008, 04:17 AM
George Carlin was one of the greatest comedians of all time. He helped us laugh and see the world a little differently.

He was a lover of the spoken and written word. He was sarcastic and had a biting humor.

He took his Seven Words to the US Supreme Court.



I had several of his albums back in the day.

In my mind he was brilliant throughout his entire career. We have lost a major talent and a voice of reason that had the gift of making us laugh,



He will be missed. I hope he gets his soul off the roof.

Hermes Thoth
06-23-2008, 04:22 AM
He was brilliant. Definitely NOT an internationalist fascist. He came up when it was OK to be against fascism.

FUCK THE POLICE
06-23-2008, 04:28 AM
You're an international fascist asshat.

Mott the Hoople
06-23-2008, 04:38 AM
Fuck you, you pissy titted cocksucking shit. Only a motherfucking cunt would say something like that!

Cancel3
06-23-2008, 04:41 AM
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat.

When someone is impatient and says, "I haven't got all day," I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day?

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.

Electricity is really just organized lightning.

Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.

I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories.

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.

The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.

Weather forecast for tonight: dark.

Hermes Thoth
06-23-2008, 04:47 AM
You're an international fascist asshat.

Let's not make this about me. You know I hate that.:)

uscitizen
06-23-2008, 05:47 AM
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat.

When someone is impatient and says, "I haven't got all day," I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day?

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.

Electricity is really just organized lightning.

Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.

I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories.

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.

The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.

Weather forecast for tonight: dark.

Yep all good Stuff and speaking of stuff, per Carlin our McMansion craze is just to have a place to put "our stuff".

TRGLDTE
06-23-2008, 07:40 AM
..while we go out to get MORE STUFF!

evince
06-23-2008, 08:47 AM
This man was one of my favorite hyuman beings on the planet.

The world just got a little less sane and a lot less funny.

The man thought just like me. Everything he said made me laugh and shake my head at the same time.

I will truely miss his presence on earth.

uscitizen
06-23-2008, 09:44 AM
I like Gallagher a bit better, Carlin do open up some peoples eyes to a different way of looking at things though.

Socrtease
06-23-2008, 10:00 AM
The "tonight's forcast: dark" was from his Hippy Dippy Weather Man routine which was a larger part of a radio spoof he did for a made up station called WINO. It is one of my favorites. He was in El Paso Texas a few years ago and I won tickets to the show from a local radio station. I got to meet with him after the show and he did a portion of it again. He was not the typical comedian. His comedy was smart. While Dennis Miller, when he was funny, used to say that his first joke was for the whole audience, and that his second joke was for about 10% of the audience and the last joke was for the one guy WAY in the back, Carlin's humor was ALWAYS aimed at the 10%. I rarely belly laffed at Carlin, but I always went "wow he's right." His humor and his intelligence will be sorely missed in the world of comedy.

tinfoil
06-23-2008, 10:04 AM
He wasn't that funny anyway.

LOL QFT

tinfoil
06-23-2008, 10:08 AM
This man was one of my favorite hyuman beings on the planet.


I didn't know Carlin was built in Korea.

evince
06-23-2008, 10:08 AM
Anyone who thought Carlin wasnt that funny just did not get the majority of his humor.

Socrtease
06-23-2008, 10:09 AM
For those that don't like George Carlin there is always the Three Stooges, or Dane Cook.

Damocles
06-23-2008, 10:11 AM
Anyone who thought Carlin wasnt that funny just did not get the majority of his humor.
Or they got it and thought it wasn't funny.

It's like somebody who really loves lasagna saying that if you don't like it, it is because you don't have a palate. Sometimes people just like things differently than you do.

evince
06-23-2008, 10:16 AM
I guess someone has to like melon smashing and dweezils

BRUTALITOPS
06-23-2008, 10:23 AM
"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. "

yes.

uscitizen
06-23-2008, 10:24 AM
"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. "

yes.

Pretty much.

BRUTALITOPS
06-23-2008, 10:29 AM
For those that don't like George Carlin there is always the Three Stooges, or Dane Cook.

haha. sick burn.

BRUTALITOPS
06-23-2008, 10:30 AM
I think all us george carlin fans have to unite against the non-carlin fans. ;)

uscitizen
06-23-2008, 10:30 AM
I will have to look up Dane Cook I suppose.

BRUTALITOPS
06-23-2008, 10:31 AM
OLD ALERT.

Cancel3
06-23-2008, 12:34 PM
OLD ALERT.

I'm old and know who Dane Cook is. Not that I think he is particularly funny, but I know who he is.


Carlin was the best of the best, in my humble opinion. A thinking man's comedian. And he managed to have a career that spanned 50 years. Almost 40 years as one of the funniest guys around.

I had several of his albums (round black disks that we played on turntables/phongraphs for you youngsters). I laughed until I hurt when I first heard him.



I feel like I have lost a friend. And knowing there will be no 4th book is sad.

evince
06-23-2008, 12:37 PM
He was our generations Mark Twain.

Norman Paperman
06-23-2008, 01:03 PM
Gee, he was here just a minute ago.

FUCK THE POLICE
06-23-2008, 01:55 PM
"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. "

I HATE ALL OF YOU! ANTI-SEMITES ABOLISHED!

Damocles
06-23-2008, 01:58 PM
I HATE ALL OF YOU! ANTI-SEMITES ABOLISHED!
Start setting up the concentration camps. We'll get to work on that.

uscitizen
06-23-2008, 02:16 PM
he will be back, he just stepped out for a bit.

Crashk
06-23-2008, 06:17 PM
he will be back, he just stepped out for a bit.

like elvis, he didn't die, he just went home.

we'll miss the hippie dippy weatherman

uscitizen
06-23-2008, 06:21 PM
Start setting up the concentration camps. We'll get to work on that.
I thought we were constructing some of those around the country already ?

Mott the Hoople
06-23-2008, 06:22 PM
I like Gallagher a bit better, Carlin do open up some peoples eyes to a different way of looking at things though.

Hey I was in Celina, Ohio when Gallagher had his heart attack!

Mott the Hoople
06-23-2008, 06:25 PM
Anyone who thought Carlin wasnt that funny just did not get the majority of his humor.

Naaa, you're wrong Desh. Not thinking Carlin wasn't funny means one of two things. You comprehend zero english or you're completely devoid of a sense of humor.

Mott the Hoople
06-23-2008, 06:26 PM
Or they got it and thought it wasn't funny.

It's like somebody who really loves lasagna saying that if you don't like it, it is because you don't have a palate. Sometimes people just like things differently than you do.

No, I have to disagree with you. Said as it is to admit. There are far to many people with no sense of humor. Many of them post here!!!

uscitizen
06-23-2008, 06:27 PM
Hey I was in Celina, Ohio when Gallagher had his heart attack!

I went to one of Gallagher's shows was great.

The guy makes you think in a humerous manner.
Ie. why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways ?

Mott the Hoople
06-23-2008, 06:29 PM
He was our generations Mark Twain.

That's another pisser. He was the Honoree for this years Mark Twain prize at the Kennedy center, which now, to state the obvious, will be awarded posthumously.

Mott the Hoople
06-23-2008, 06:41 PM
I went to one of Gallagher's shows was great.

The guy makes you think in a humerous manner.
Ie. why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways ?

Carlin was not only thought provoking but he had exquisite timing and rhythm. My personal favorite was his comparison of Baseball vs. Football. I come squarely down on Carlin's side on this one. Go Reds!

"Baseball is different from any other sport, very different. For instance, in most sports you score points or goals; in baseball you score runs. In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in play, and only the defense is allowed to touch the ball. In fact, in baseball if an offensive player touches the ball intentionally, he's out; sometimes unintentionally, he's out.

Also: in football,basketball, soccer, volleyball, and all sports played with a ball, you score with the ball and in baseball the ball prevents you from scoring.

In most sports the team is run by a coach; in baseball the team is run by a manager. And only in baseball does the manager or coach wear the same clothing the players do. If you'd ever seen John Madden in his Oakland Raiders uniform,you'd know the reason for this custom.

Now, I've mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.

I enjoy comparing baseball and football:

Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.

Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.

Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.
Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.

In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball you wear a cap.

Football is concerned with downs - what down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?

In football you receive a penalty.
In baseball you make an error.

In football the specialist comes in to kick.
In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.

Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.

Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...
In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.

Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.

Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we've got to go to sudden death.

In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there's not too much unpleasantness.
In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you're capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.

And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:

In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.

In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home!"

Look's like George is safe at home now. Good-bye George.

Cancel3
06-23-2008, 07:21 PM
We don't have the space to go over all his great stuff.

Class Clown, Occupation Foole, and so much more.

Thorn
06-24-2008, 11:54 AM
Thanks, everybody, for all the quotes. They brought back some great memories. One of my favorites still was his routine on "stuff".

Last night, Olberman played the tape of his last interview with George, in October of last year.

I loved his humor; I'll miss him.

Cancel3
06-24-2008, 08:34 PM
I have been watching some videos of him.

To make the point, he did not pass on, he did not pass away, we didn't lose him, he didn't expire. George Carlin DIED. No euphemisms needed.

uscitizen
06-24-2008, 08:36 PM
yeah, didn't carlin have any routines about dying ?

Cancel3
06-24-2008, 08:51 PM
yeah, didn't carlin have any routines about dying ?

He had quite a few. Mainly he ranted about our use of language to cover up the things we fear.

I have been watching tributes to him. But I saw one in which they just posted a pic of him and played "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton. No humor, just sad music. Talk about a tribute by someone who didn't get George Carlin.

If I wanted to remember him I would trash the establishment, laugh at religion, smoke a joint, laugh some more, say whatever people said I couldn't say, then laugh again.

Not some sappy song and a picture.

Socrtease
06-24-2008, 11:49 PM
Was looking at the tags. Do the non fans KNOW we are talking down to them?

Mott the Hoople
06-25-2008, 04:31 AM
Was looking at the tags. Do the non fans KNOW we are talking down to them?

Well, to answer your question, if they weren't fans of Carlin, they either grew up in a shoe box or have no sense of humor. Since lacking a sense of humor is equivalent to lacking intelligence, then the chances of the non-fans getting the fact that were patronizing them are slim.

Or, as Carlin probably would have said "I fucking doubt it!"

Cancel3
06-25-2008, 11:01 AM
I found these tidbits in an article quoting one of Carlin's recent inetrviews. I thought they were worth sharing.



I was in my mother's belly as she sat in the waiting room of the abortionist's office. Dr. Sunshine was his code name. I was fifty feet from the drainpipe, and she saw a painting on the wall that reminded her of her mother, who had recently died. She took that as a sign to have the baby. That's what I call luck.

My father drank and was a bully. For the first five years of my brother's life, my father beat him with a leather-heeled slipper. Had I been subjected to that kind of treatment, all bets are off. His absence saved my life.

My mother had great executive-secretarial jobs in the advertising business and raised two boys during the Second World War. She used to say, "I make a man's salary." That's heroism.

I'm sure Hitler was great with his family.

I don't like authority and regulation, and I do my best to disrespect it, but I do that for myself. It's self-expression only.

Sex without love has its place, and it's pretty cool, but when you have it hand in hand with deep commitment and respect and caring, it's nine thousand times better.

If it's morally wrong to kill anyone, then it's morally wrong to kill anyone. Period.

It's amazing to me that literacy isn't considered a right.

I was arrested for possession and cultivation of marijuana in the early '70s, and it was thrown out. The judge asked me how I felt about it, and I said, "I understand the law, and I want you to know I'll pay the fine, but I cannot guarantee I will not break this law again." He really chewed me out for that.

Censorship that comes from the outside assumes about people an inability to make reasoned choices.

The first thing they teach kids is that there's a God -- an invisible man in the sky who is watching what they do and who is displeased with some of it. There's no mystery why they start that with kids, because if you can get someone to believe that, you can add on anything you want.

I would die for the safety of the people I love.

I wish that we could measure how much the potential of the mind to expand has been stunted by television.

Because of my abuse of drugs, I neglected my business affairs and had large arrears with the IRS, and that took me eighteen to twenty years to dig out of. I did it honorably, and I don't begrudge them. I don't hate paying taxes, and I'm not angry at anyone, because I was complicit in it. But I'll tell you what it did for me: It made me a way better comedian. Because I had to stay out on the road and I couldn't pursue that movie career, which would have gone nowhere, and I became a really good comic and a really good writer.

I stopped voting when I stopped taking drugs. I believe both of those acts are closely related to delusional behavior.

There's no morality in business. It doesn't have a conscience. It has only the cash register. They'll sell you crappy things that you don't need, that don't work, that they won't stand behind. It's a glorified legal form of criminal behavior.

If everybody knew the truth about everybody else's thoughts, there would be way more murders.

There's nothing wrong with high taxes on high income.

Lenny Bruce opened all the doors, and people like Richard Pryor and I were able to walk through them.

Given the right reasons and the right two people, marriage is a wonderful way of experiencing your life.

I think that the assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King showed that all of the wishing and hoping and holding hands and humming and signing petitions and licking envelopes is a bit futile.

Blacks are deliberately kept down. Poor communities are deliberately underfunded.

I don't think people should get credit for being honest and brave. I think there's a lot of genetic sh** going on there.

Someday they'll find a gene for putting on your overcoat.

There's a pulse in New York, even on the quietest street, on the quietest day. It's full of potential.

If there's ever a golden age of mankind, it will not include men over two hundred pounds beating children who are less than one hundred pounds, and it will not include the deliberate killing of people in a formal setting.

I did something in a previous life that must have been spectacularly good, because I'm getting paid in this life just magnificently, more than one would dare imagine or hope for.

evince
06-25-2008, 12:54 PM
I did not realize he believed in reincarnation.

Norman Paperman
06-25-2008, 01:10 PM
For those who are interested, this Saturday night, NBC will be airing the very first Saturday Night Live from 1975. Carlin was the host.

Damocles
06-25-2008, 01:10 PM
dead comedians aren't much fun.

evince
06-25-2008, 01:13 PM
dead comedians aren't much fun.

Unless they are mimes.

Damocles
06-25-2008, 01:16 PM
Unless they are mimes.
Mimes are not comedians.

And it is killing mimes that is fun, not ones that are already dead, then they are just heavy bags of meat painted white.

Cancel3
06-25-2008, 01:26 PM
Mimes are not comedians.

And it is killing mimes that is fun, not ones that are already dead, then they are just heavy bags of meat painted white.

Yeah, and if they are just a heavy bag of meat its harder to dispose of them.

I never kill a mime that is over 150 lbs. Just too much hassle.