The IQ of the country has fallen
Some of the things he came up with were pure brilliance. Some are tossed around today by people who hear it somewhere. I can still recite his Seven Words routine from memory from 30 years ago... well, probably most of it. Maybe I'll break that routine out for a run at some niece or nephew's wedding. 
His intelligence and wit made him the only comedian I've ever gone to see live in concert. I took a friend and we had seats so far away I could barely see him. I knew all but 2 of his bits which was er... a bit disappointing. Listening to George Carlin made me think about what was going on in the world, and helped me to learn to look at things from many different angles, never accepting the "accepted wisdom" and thinking issues through for myself. Good luck George wherever you go, you old Hippie Dippy weatherman from Wonderful WINO. |
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| He was a remarkable talent who made me really think about things and made me laugh , especially when he said " I think it's the duty of every comedian to find where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately. " |
| I can't say the entire seven words routine but I can say the 7 words! George had his moments of brillance, but unfortunately my impression of him was ruined when I saw him in Vegas a few years back. Every other word was "F."
Forecast for tonight, dark, with continued dark until morning. Now that is funny! |
| I agree, George in person was just too raw, but George on tv was wonderful, thought provoking. Thank heavens for the 7 Word ban....I don't want to hear them. Good by George. |
| I saw George live in the Catskills many years ago.
I was a teenager at the time. Got bored about halfway through the show and got up to walk out. I got yelled at by George.   |
| In his concert, the sounds system wasn't working perfectly and some people in the back yelled: "Louder!!" and he said:
"And there's the Louder family. They always like to announce their presence." After the intermission, same problem, same yelling... "There's the Louder family again. Nice to see you, too" |
| I loved George Carlin, loved his intelligent comedy. Funny as hell, but also things that make you go hmmmm....
Said things lots of people think but don't have the guts to say. |
| Do you have a hot water heater in your house?
Why? You could have a cold water heater, or a warm water heater, but hot water is already there, man! |
| I always enjoyed George!! Made me laugh and think at the same time!!! HA HA HA
Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen can look for them while they deliver the mail? ~ George |
| My favorite George Carlin appearance is as Cardinal Ignatius Glick in the Kevin Smith movie Dogma.
As comedy bits go, his bit on Stuff is hysterical. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac |
| Whenever I saw George, I'd think, "how does he come up with that stuff!" He was brilliant. (I think the same about watermelon bustin' Gallagher) Unfortunetly, I saw his HBO special a few years ago, and it came across very bitter. But...I often get the email of his sayings and marvel at his thought process. Rest in peace, George...rest well... |
Ron, maybe we could honor George Carlin here on the forum, by actually letting us TYPE his Seven Words.  |
You may have seen these, but they're worth sharing anyway. 
Jokes from George Carlin When cheese gets it's picture taken, what does it say? When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny? If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted? When someone is impatient and says, "I haven't got all day," I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day? I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks? If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled? Is a vegetarian permitted to eat animal crackers? What if there were no hypothetical questions? Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to? Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin with. I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it. May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2? I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories. Electricity is really just organized lightning. Women like silent men, they think they're listening. "I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence? Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting? Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they? Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy. I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building . I felt better right away. Why is the man (or woman) who invests all your money called a broker? I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death. There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past. At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom. As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything. The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time. Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that. I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately. On euphemisms for aging and death: "'Older' sounds a little better than 'old,' doesn't it? Sounds like it might even last a little longer. ... I'm getting old. And it's OK. 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. On "things you never see": "You never see a Rolls-Royce with a bumper sticker that says '(Expletive) happens.' You never see a really big, tall, fat Chinese guy with red hair." On his disdain for "soft names": "I'm getting really sick of guys named Todd. ... Where are all these goofy (expletive) boys' names coming from? Taylor, Tyler , Jordan , Flynn — these are not real names. You wanna hear a real name? Eddie." On abortion: "How come when it's us it's 'an abortion,' but when it's a chicken it's an omelet?" On religion:Something is wrong here: War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed. Results like these do not belong on the resume of a supreme being. This is the kinda (expletive) you'd expect from an office temp with a bad attitude. You know who I pray to? Joe Pesci. ... Two reasons: first of all, I think he's a good actor, OK? To me that counts. Second, he looks like a guy who can get things done. Joe Pesci doesn't (expletive) around. The only good thing ever to come out of religion was the music. Religion convinced the world that there's an invisible man in the sky who watches everything you do. And there's 10 things he doesn't want you to do or else you'll go to a burning place with a lake of fire until the end of eternity. But he loves you! ...And he needs money! He's all powerful, but he can't handle money! This is a little prayer dedicated to the separation of church and state. I guess if they are going to force those kids to pray in schools they might as well have a nice prayer like this: Our Father who art in heaven, and to the republic for which it stands, thy kingdom come, one nation indivisible as in heaven, give us this day as we forgive those who so proudly we hail. Crown thy good into temptation but deliver us from the twilight's last gleaming. Amen and Awomen. |
| Oh those seven words........
Marty has certainly told me about those tonight! Just a tribute!
Find peace George.... |
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