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Today? I mourn.

 “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Jesus said it.

George Carlin told it.

“George Carlin mourned as a counterculture hero”

Like it or not... George Carlin  changed our world forever.



"So my name is a footnote in American legal history, which I’m perversely kind of proud of," he told The Associated Press earlier this year.

He won four Grammy Awards, each for best spoken comedy album, and was nominated for five Emmy awards. On Tuesday, it was announced that Carlin was being awarded the 11th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which will be presented Nov. 10 in Washington and broadcast on PBS.

"We were working in Chicago, and we went to see Lenny(Bruce), and we were both blown away," (George)Burns said, recalling the moment as the beginning of the end for their collaboration if not their close friendship. "It was an epiphany for George. The comedy we were doing at the time wasn’t exactly groundbreaking, and George knew then that he wanted to go in a different direction."

That direction would make Carlin as much a social commentator and philosopher as comedian, a position he would relish through the years.

"The whole problem with this idea of obscenity and indecency, and all of these things — bad language and whatever — it’s all caused by one basic thing, and that is: religious superstition," Carlin told the AP in a 2004 interview. "There’s an idea that the human body is somehow evil and bad and there are parts of it that are especially evil and bad, and we should be ashamed. Fear, guilt and shame are built into the attitude toward sex and the body. ... It’s reflected in these prohibitions and these taboos that we have."

Keep learning. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil’s workshop." And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s. ~George Carlin

 

Rest in Peace, old friend.

 
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dllpttn
dllpttn says:
Am I the only one who remembers George Carlin as the 'Hippy Dippy Weather Man' on the old TV show Laugh~In? I saw him when I was a teen on that show and fell in love with his humor (and yes, the man, too) then and there.

He will be missed
Posted: June 28, 2008 10:41PM EDT
kendallmidge
kendallmidge says:
My friends and I grew up in the early 70's. sex drugs and rock and roll was the national athem and vietnam was the enemy of the time. we protested everything, but one person always staid tried and true and as it turns out always correct. when hero's seemed few and far between George Carlin made us laugh and think and dream. I have been a fan forever and will remain in the group of over fifty americans who held the "seven dirty words you can't say on tv" as just another kick in the tail of teenagers everwhere. Sir may you rest in peace, assured inthe fact YES there is a heaven and you earned your place. thank you for giving so much laughter to so many.
Forever a fan. holly
Posted: June 27, 2008 5:45PM EDT
JRobelen
JRobelen says:
A lovely remembrance. I hope more good people in this age range remember the good that Carlin stood for and spoke out on behalf of. And maybe be a bit more vocal in your own life now that George isn't around to do it for us any more.

And it was Jack (not George) Burns who once partnered with Carlin.

If anyone knows of plans for a memorial service in the NYC area, could you post it here? Thank you.

Peace
Posted: June 26, 2008 12:23AM EDT
JRobelen
JRobelen says:
A lovely remembrance. I hope more good people in this age range remember the good that Carlin stood for and spoke out on behalf of. And maybe be a bit more vocal in your own life now that George isn't around to do it for us any more.

And it was Jack (not George) Burns who once partnered with Carlin.

If anyone knows of plans for a memorial service in the NYC area, could you post it here? Thank you.

Peace
Posted: June 26, 2008 12:23AM EDT
paluch395
paluch395 says:
I went to a Carlin show in Cohassett Massachusetts and I purchased a couple of t-shirts with his offensive words "Simon says go "F..." yourself" but i had never had the courage to wear them, not until the news of his death. Now I know why i didn't wear them! I was refused entry into several places of business, and told i was disgusting by an elderly couple. I don't think that i'll wear that t-shirt again, but it was certainly an experiece that still gets a rise out of people and no one did that better than King George Carlin the comic. RIP my brother you will be missed and never forgotten
Posted: June 25, 2008 11:05AM EDT
coolgram6
coolgram6 says:
GEORGE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN. ONE OF A FEW GOOD COMEDIC PERFORMERS WHO WAS NEVER OBNOXIOUS. I WILL MISS YOU GEORGE
Posted: June 25, 2008 9:45AM EDT
vbrewer
vbrewer says:
I was very saddend by the news of his death. He was a great man who truly made us think along with the laughs. I'm in my thirtys and grew up on him. My mom got me hooked on him!! I never had the chance to see him live and now I regret I never will. Rest in peace George:)
Posted: June 24, 2008 6:09PM EDT
rodeosandy
rodeosandy says:
He made us think and laugh at the same time... Our generation is so lucky to have had so many life changing experiences.. Geoge Carlin was at the top of the list
Posted: June 24, 2008 2:06PM EDT
helliontazz
helliontazz says:
today and every day will be less funny we have lost one of the best comedies ever this is a great lost to general american public and we will have less comedy than we ever did this man is not a man he was a GOD he was the saint of the truth of every objectional material we should not speak of but george did and told the truth about whats wrong with this f ed uped united states and every other issues that needed to be stated and spoke about this world needs more truth spekers in it when ever i saw georges name i would watch all his comedy i could he was a knowlegable person yes george the sun is my god to lol we will always remember you george you have made our lives better just by having to have know you may the sun bless you and keep you RIP George Carlin im sure the SUN will be brighter for a few years more now that you have reached you God the SUN thank you for the good times George the Koch/Newsome families friends forever THANK YOU again (now take your bow ) George laughing out loud
Posted: June 24, 2008 12:58PM EDT
narlyman
narlyman says:
Why do they keep restroom doors locked at gas stations? What? Are they afraid that someone may go in and clean them??????? Now that is a brilliant analogy and he had one for everything you can think of. Hope to see ya in another life, George!
Posted: June 24, 2008 10:12AM EDT
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