Goodbye George Carlin, 71

[BDBopper]

Another legend gone. George Carlin has passed away (http://www.yahoo.com/s/904778) at the age of 71.

2008 is now hereby known as the year of celebrity death. :( What a huge loss. He will be missed.

[Capt Jack]

oh no!

:( :(

[mousepod]

How sad. He never really lost his edge, either. Just got a helluva lot nastier the past few years. His sensibility will be missed.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Oh sh*t.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Its official - there are no more funny people left alive.

He was my first dirty comedian - though the first time I saw him was on the Tonight Show back in the 1983 and he did his infamouse "Place for My Stuff" bit. I laughed so hard I could not breath.

Damnit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac

[BarTopDancer]

fvck :(

I love Brain Droppings and his Place For My Stuff skit.

[CoasterMatt]

7 Words - 1978 version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTyzTJTNhNk) - NSFW

George Carlin on Countdown with Keith Olbermann (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UVXj8F9Fmk)

[Snowflake]

Damnation...
RIP George.
His Baseball v Football sketch was funny, too. For a clean piece of work.

I just said the 7 words you can't say on TV, in his memory. :(

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

"****, Piss, ****, ****, **********, Mother****er, and Tits"
:cheers:

[Tref]

Damn, that is sad. I expected Carlin to be around for a long time more. GC was one of the very, very best; few comics can touch the level of that guys work. And he never lost it, Carlin was as sharp in his sixties as he was in the twenties.

[Chernabog]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I loved George Carlin so much, his books are laugh-out-loud funny.... omg he will be missed :(

[BDBopper]

My absolute favorite George Carlin sketch (on TV). Wonderful WINO (http://youtube.com/watch?v=emGe0oF2ZM4) Which came natural to George because he was actually a Top 40 DJ in Louisiana. Here's how the sketch sounded (http://youtube.com/watch?v=_0DpQrs4dUU) on record.

[RStar]

Oh no. Tonights forcast......dark. Continued dark until we see him again in the next world.

[Gemini Cricket]

Losing your favorite comedian hurts.
:(

R.I.P., you crazy mother f*cker.
:)

[Motorboat Cruiser]

I am just so sad. He was one of my all-time favorites and someone who I just thought would always be around. What an immense loss.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Fvck. Fvck fvck fvck!

Celebrity deaths don't usually upset me, but fvck! George Carlin!

Goddammit.

[Morrigoon]

But did he ever find a place for all his stuff?

He must've eaten the meatcake.

[blueerica]

F***

[flippyshark]

My favorite - :(

[wolfy999]

Saw him "live" in Vegas once, funniest show ever! Never heard the fvck word quite so many times in two hours.

He will be missed greatly!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

:( To think that his voice is silenced....sigh.

[innerSpaceman]

Ok, this is now officially getting to me. Celebrity deaths happen all the time ... but rarely has there been such a spate of celeb passings of those I really admire and who's talents I've enjoyed for a lifetime.


George Carlin - - omfrelling G. Sigh. Rare comic genius.

[flippyshark]

For the time being, George's final HBO special, It's Bad For Ya (http://youtube.com/watch?v=aRCKoT1HY3U), can be seen here on YouTube. His comments on getting old and on things people say after someone dies are now especially poignant (and still trenchantly funny). This was first broadcast only months ago. As swan songs go, this is good stuff, and precious now that there will be no more.

Edited to add: I will wait a lot more than six weeks before I scratch you out of my book, George!

[cirquelover]

Another great one lost to us. I'm thankful that I have been able to catch his show a few times. He was great live and I will cherish my cd collection too!

It's going to be a bad year for losing great people.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Well fück, this sucks!
I am stunned.

Just stunned....

[CoasterMatt]

This could well be George Carlin's own eulogy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PiZSFIVFiU)... NSFW

[innerSpaceman]

I don't know about you, but watching that made me feel a whole lot better about him dying.

[Kevy Baby]

This Saturday, Saturday Night Live will be playing the very first episode of SNL featuring George Carlin as the Guest Host (with Billy Preston and Janice Ian musical guests).

This weekend, HBO will be playing most or all (I've heard conflicting stories) of the 14 George Carlin HBO specials.

[innerSpaceman]

Various HBO Channels have been playing those virtually around the clock. I was perturbed to find one I was watching the other night was, omg, not at all funny. But, whew, another one was one a different HBO channel and, to my relief, it was hysterical.

[blueerica]

This Saturday, Saturday Night Live will be playing the very first episode of SNL featuring George Carlin as the Guest Host (with Billy Preston and Janice Ian musical guests).

And it was quite different than how we've come to view guest hosts since. Some many years ago I went to the Museum of Radio & Television and pulled up the first SNL episode (along with a few other choice shows), and watched it for the first time. I'd love to see it again, so it's a part of our Saturday night plan.

[BarTopDancer]

Gotta remember to set the TiVO