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George Carlyn Dies At 71

Must be a link somewhere. Just saw it on tv news.

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Originally Posted by Officerpuppy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25322638/&GT1=43001
There ya go.

Thx :up:

Georgie-Boy has... died...?:o

:cry:

WAIT A ****ING MINUTE. NOW HOLD UP.

You know what? I'm not even going to add to the list anymore. I watched Scary Movie 3 just two days ago, and I'm calling it quits on TV and movies. It seems like anytime I watch one, some actor from it dies.

This is either a sign that I still watch too much TV or that I'm not supposed to enjoy films.

:o Nooo....one of my favorite Stand Up comedians,
damn, sad too see this legend go :cry:

R.I.P George Carlin.

HunterICX

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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

I think it's a sign he smoked and drank too much more than anything else...

R.I.P

I loved that guy.

Ah feck. Not a real favourite of mine, but still funny and honest.

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Originally Posted by August

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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

I think it's a sign he smoked and drank too much more than anything else...

Yeah, that's true.:rotfl: Screw the whole thing.

He was one of my favorite comedians. I hope the Afterlife has a capacity for his humor! :up:

R.I.P. George Carlin.

I have to say the news came as a bit of a shock to me. I do not keep an eye on celebreties, and i do not have any "hero" figures i look up to.

But George Carlin, i always considered my "literary hero". I always admired him for "Simple, honest, direct language" (his words), to not bull**** ones self, and i agreed with many of his viewpoints, and he always made me laugh.

I'm gonna miss that ole bastard.

In a way, he already wrote his eulogy:

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“You can’t be afraid of words that speak the truth. I don’t like words that hide the truth. I don’t like words that conceal reality. I don’t like euphemisms or euphemistic language. And American English is loaded with euphemisms. Because Americans have a lot of trouble dealing with reality. Americans have trouble facing the truth, so they invent a kind of a soft language to protect themselves from it. And it gets worse with every generation. For some reason it just keeps getting worse…

(snip....)

And we have no more old people in this country. No more old people. We shipped them all away and we brought in these senior citizens. Isn’t that a typically American twentieth century phrase? Bloodless. Lifeless. No pulse in one of them. A senior citizen. But I’ve accepted that one. I’ve come to terms with it. I know it’s here to stay. We’ll never get rid of it. But the one I do resist, the one I keep resisting, is when they look at an old guy and say, “Look at him Dan, he’s ninety years young.” Imagine the fear of aging that reveals. To not even be able to use the word old to describe someone. To have to use an antonym.

And fear of aging is natural. It’s universal, isn’t it? We all have that. No one wants to get old. No one wants to die. But we do. So we bullschitt ourselves. I started bullshchitting myself when I got in my forties. I’d look in the mirror and say, “Well…I guess I’m getting …older.” Older sounds a little better than old, doesn’t it? Sounds like it might even last a little longer. Bullschitt I’m getting old. And it’s okay. Because thanks to our fear of death in this country I won’t have to die. I’ll pass away. Or I’ll expire, like a magazine subscription. If it happens in the hospital they’ll call it a terminal episode. The insurance company will refer to it as negative patient care outcome. And if it’s the result of malpractice they’ll say it was a therapeutic misadventure.”

I posted this on a thread started by Philipp Thomsen back in April. It's from his very first album, released in 1971. I couldn't find a recording, so you'll have to read it, but it's a perfect example of his early stuff, and one of my favorites:

THE HAIR PIECE

I'm aware some stare at my hair.
In fact, to be fair,
Some really despair of my hair.
But I don't care,
Cause they're not aware,
Nor are they debonaire.
In fact, they're just square.

They see hair down to there,
Say, "Beware!" and go off on a tear!
I say, "No fair!"
A head that's bare is really nowhere.

So be like a bear, be fair with your hair!
Show it you care.
Wear it to there.
Or to there.
Or to there, if you dare!

My wife bought some hair at a fair, to use as a spare.
Did I care?
Au contraire!
Spare hair is fair!
In fact, hair can be rare.
Fred Astair got no hair,
Nor does a chair,
Nor nor a chocolate eclair,
And where is the hair on a pear?
Nowhere, mon frere!

So now that I've shared this affair of the hair,
I think I'll to repair to my lair and use Nair. Do you care?

Here's my beard.
Ain't it wierd?
Don't be skeered,
's Just a beard.