George Carlin dead

[CanadianChris 0]

I went to see him in Vegas six years ago, and I was dying of laughter by the end. I doubt we'll ever see another one like him.

[cd213 0]

Heaven is a funnier place to be now.

 

I heard this on Mike & Mike this morning and couldn't believe what I was hearing. This is certainly a sad day in entertanment.

 

R.I.P. George.

[Dandy 0]

This sucks. Yesterday at a cookout, I related George's thoughts on the hotness of his women over the years:

 

"Here's something you probably don't know about me...I have never fucked a ten. But one night, I fucked five twos!"

[Annabelle 0]

some of you are taking this REALLY hard

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

In one of those odd things, when I was out with friends yesterday afternoon I had the Bill and Ted DVDs with me just in case we felt like watching them. We ended up playing Rock Band and poker instead, but still a bit odd.

[Black Lushus 0]

some of you are taking this REALLY hard

 

agreed...this was hardly unexpected. If you saw his last HBO special, he looked like he was dead already. It's sad, but that's life.

[Guest Vitamin X]

This is a real shame. I saw him twice in Vegas, and he was a hell of a performer; I think I've seen every one of his shows that he's put on tape/dvd. To honor him, in his very own words:

 

"I dread the deaths of certain super-celebrities. Not because I care about them, but because of all the shit I have to endure on television when one of them dies. All those tributes and retrospectives. And the bigger the personality, the worse it is.

 

For instance, imagine the crap we'll have to endure on TV when Bob Hope dies. First of all, they'll show clips from all of his old road movies with Bing Crosby, and you can bet that some news anchor asshole will turn to the pile of clothing next to him and say, "Well, Tami, I imagine Bob's on the Road to Heaven now."

 

Then there'll be clips of all those funny costumes he wore on his TV specials, including the hippie sketch, where they'll show him saying "Far out, man, far out!" They'll show him golfing with dead presidents, kissing blonde bombshells, and entertaining troops in every war since we beat the shit out of the Peloponnesians. And at some point, a seventy-year-old veteran will choke up, and say, "I just missed seein' him at two, 'cause I got my legs blowed off. He's quite a guy."

 

Ex-presidents (including the dead ones) will line up four abreast to tell us what a great American he was; show-business perenials will desert golf courses from Palm Springs to O.J.'s lawn to lament sadly as how this time, "Bob hooked one into the woods"; and, regarding his talent, a short comedian in a check-ered hat will speak reverently about "Hope's incredible timing."

 

And this stuff will be on every single newscast day and night for a week. There'll be special one-hour salutes on "Good Morning America," the "Today" show, and "CBS This Morning." Ted Koppel will ask Henry Kissinger if it's true Bob Hope actually shortened some of our wars by telling jokes close to the frontlines. CNN will do a series of expanded "Show Biz Todays." One of the cable channels will do a one-week marathon of his movies. And it goes without saying that NBC will put together a three-hour, prime-time special called "Thanks for the Memories," but at the last minute they'll realize Bob Hope's audience skews older, and sell it to CBS.

 

Then there'll be the funeral, carried life on the Dead Celebrity Channel, with thousands of grotesque acne-ridden fans seeking autographs from all the show-business clowns who dug out their best black golfing outfits to attend "one of the hottest burials to hit this town in decades" -- Variety. And all this shit will go on for weeks and weeks and weeks. Until Milton Berle dies. And then it will start all over again. I dare not even contemplate Frank Sinatra and Ronald Reagan.

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0]

"The Christians are coming... and they're not pleasant people."

[2GOLD 0]

 

I saw him live a few years ago when he was trying out his suicide jokes so I'm cool. Guy was 71, lived a nice ass life, made himself a solid impact in comedy and gave some damn fine books.

 

Go on George and tell em to send the goblins already.

[Zetterberg is God 0]

Damn shame. I got to see him live for the first time six months ago and though he was looking a little frail I didn't think he'd be dying anytime soon.

[Gary Floyd 0]

Oh fuck. Just...fuck.

 

R.I.P.

[Red Baron 0]

I really regret passing up on seeing him two years agao when he was in Niagara Falls.

 

RIP George.

[PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH! 0]

Heaven is a funnier place to be now.

 

Hahaha

[Bruiser Chong 0]

Genuinely shocking even though he hasn't looked well in a couple of years. My brother and I saw him perform live four years ago. Phoned in performance, but still entertaining.

[BX 0]

I love how people turn into little sniveling betties anytime someone famous dies.

[bob_barron 0]

I love how there are always people ready to criticise someone for being a little sad that a person that entertained them or they admired died.

[Dandy 0]

I love brownies.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Sucks that he's dead, but he never did much for me as a comedian. I'll credit his old stuff as being funny, but as he got older he just got grouchier, and for me it wasn't really funny.

[Twisted Intestine 0]

George Carlin is rolling in his grave over the tributes that Fox News are playing.

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0]

"Sleep," "fuck."

 

"Sleep," "fuck."

 

"Sleep and fuck!" Sleep and fuck!"

[Bored 0]

"Don't he look good? Don't he look good?"

 

"You crazy, HE'S DEAD!"

 

"I know but he never looked that good."

 

"They say the nicest things when you die, your popularity goes straight up when you die."

[BX 0]

Barron, you're a celeb-obsessed mutant. You're the first person I'd expect to start crying and rolling about the floor anytime someone famous dies.

 

And there's a huge difference between "a little sad" and "Oh Fuck.. Just... Fuck."

 

And this is coming from a guy who has every Carlin DVD sitting on the shelf immediately to his left.

 

Although, to TSM's credit, the weeping in this thread is practically non-existent compared to the Heath Ledger thread.

[Twisted Intestine 0]

I think the "Shit... That's fucked... damn" is more a reaction of shock than weeping. When I came online last night it's just news I didn't expect to read and that was my initial reaction. Not like I was in tears when I typed my first post.

[BX 0]

And wouldn't George Carlin have said the same thing re: reaction to celebrity deaths?

[Black Lushus 0]

Barron, you're a celeb-obsessed mutant. You're the first person I'd expect to start crying and rolling about the floor anytime someone famous dies.

 

And there's a huge difference between "a little sad" and "Oh Fuck.. Just... Fuck."

 

And this is coming from a guy who has every Carlin DVD sitting on the shelf immediately to his left.

 

Although, to TSM's credit, the weeping in this thread is practically non-existent compared to the Heath Ledger thread.

 

the serial pillist gave George Carlin rogue medicine that ultimately destroyed his heart?

[luke-o 0]

I knew the serial pillest was behind this.

[Copper Feel 0]

One of my friends is a big fan of Carlin's and has tried to get me into his stand-up on numerous occasions, but I don't really find him to be terribly funny.

 

This is sad news regardless.

[bob_barron 0]

Barron, you're a celeb-obsessed mutant. You're the first person I'd expect to start crying and rolling about the floor anytime someone famous dies.

 

And you're an idiot just trying to troll a thread. I liked Carlin a lot as a comedian, but am pretty indifferent to his death. He was the guy to first host SNL, which is kind of cool.

 

And there's a huge difference between "a little sad" and "Oh Fuck.. Just... Fuck."

 

Of course people are going to be upset, especially when they initially hear about the guy's death.

 

Although, to TSM's credit, the weeping in this thread is practically non-existent compared to the Heath Ledger thread.

 

The Ledger thread was high comedy.

[godthedog 0]

this is exactly how i want to go. on the tail end of a VERY good run, a pretty full (though not overly long) life, still able to work, until the end comes more-or-less suddenly and painlessly.

[2GOLD 0]

Barron, you're a celeb-obsessed mutant. You're the first person I'd expect to start crying and rolling about the floor anytime someone famous dies.

 

And there's a huge difference between "a little sad" and "Oh Fuck.. Just... Fuck."

 

And this is coming from a guy who has every Carlin DVD sitting on the shelf immediately to his left.

 

Although, to TSM's credit, the weeping in this thread is practically non-existent compared to the Heath Ledger thread.

 

the serial pillist gave George Carlin rogue medicine that ultimately destroyed his heart?

 

I think the serial pillist attacked him five years ago. His immune system was just too fucking strong to go down easy.