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George Carlin, the influential comedian whose routines used profanity, scatology and absurdity to point out the silliness and hypocrisy of human life, has died. He was 71.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/23/c ... index.html

Do any of the old hags remember listening to his comedy albums on 8-tracks?

Cider Jim wrote:

George Carlin, the influential comedian whose routines used profanity, scatology and absurdity to point out the silliness and hypocrisy of human life, has died. He was 71.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/23/c ... index.html

Do any of the old hags remember listening to his comedy albums on 8-tracks?

I am a big comedy guy and I liked George. He was very smart and clever. Of course some of his views were the opposite of mine but I have managed to separate personal beliefs from Entertainment. I have been watching CNN and FOX a lot today and they say he did 14 HBO specials. Also, Amy Winehouse has emphezema and gas prices are really high right now

He was a MUCH better voice for Thomas the Tank Engine than Baldwin.

Sly Fox wrote:He was a MUCH better voice for Thomas the Tank Engine than Baldwin.

I'll take your word for it papa. I do notice that a ton of voice over work in commercials is done by Alec Baldwin, Keifer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Morgan Freeman, Forrest Whitaker etc. People don't believe me when I say that but you can recognize their voices so easily. I just heard one by Mariska Hargitay from Law and Order SVU. Ok, off topic.

You are correct in your observations of those individuals. It is an easy way to to pad their bank accounts.

Carlin could be funny at time, but he was more of a "leave it" for me. He was especially unfunny as he got older. He was more of an angry commentator.


I think the real question here is: Is the Nasonex bee really antonio banderas or just some guy who's supposed to sound like him?

LUconn wrote:Carlin could be funny at time, but he was more of a "leave it" for me. He was especially unfunny as he got older. He was more of an angry commentator.

I got sick of his holier-than-thou crap real fast. It seemed like everything he said was some variation on "why do people park in the driveway and drive on the parkway?"

One of the BEST EVER...
...classic acting in Bill and Ted.

I always found him to be very funny. Controversial and offensive, yes, but still very funny.

I walked out on him a few years ago. Way too filthy and vulgar. He made Richard Prior sound like a sunday school teacher.

Did you not know who he was when you got the tickets?

yeah what were you expecting...haha

I liked most of his stuff that I heard. Some of it was really holier than thou and annoying but for the most part, I liked him.

This is actually funny from him.

To me he will always be Rufus.

LUconn wrote:Did you not know who he was when you got the tickets?

I was actually working his show as a fireman. (they do that here in Denver). I knew he wasn't clean, but seriously he was the most offensive I've ever seen. Not just language, but other material as well. When he started to talk about a horrible car crash he witnessed and made fun of the victims, it had no humor in it for me. Just my opinion, but he was low class. He just freed up some air for someone else to breathe.

was this in the last 5 years? if so, i agree, he got horrible...

Sly Fox wrote:He was a MUCH better voice for Thomas the Tank Engine than Baldwin.

Or Ringo Starr

RubberMallet wrote:was this in the last 5 years? if so, i agree, he got horrible...

probably around 9-10 yrs ago. I saw Bill Cosby about the same time. He was funny.

bill cosby is even funny today...

i drove from lynchburg to buffalo for thanksgiving one night and i listened to about 5 hours of bill cosby on the way up....i can't tell you how many times i almost crashed because of the tears that streamed down my face...

scuzdriver wrote: I was actually working his show as a fireman. (they do that here in Denver). I knew he wasn't clean, but seriously he was the most offensive I've ever seen. Not just language, but other material as well. When he started to talk about a horrible car crash he witnessed and made fun of the victims, it had no humor in it for me. Just my opinion, but he was low class. He just freed up some air for someone else to breathe.

you would hate Lisa Lampanelli then. Don't even google her.

Who?

PAmedic wrote:

scuzdriver wrote: I was actually working his show as a fireman. (they do that here in Denver). I knew he wasn't clean, but seriously he was the most offensive I've ever seen. Not just language, but other material as well. When he started to talk about a horrible car crash he witnessed and made fun of the victims, it had no humor in it for me. Just my opinion, but he was low class. He just freed up some air for someone else to breathe.

you would hate Lisa Lampanelli then. Don't even google her.

No doubt. She's just filthy. She's always on the celebrity roasts on Comedy Central. Way over the line. Funny at times, but way over the line.