Jun 23 2008George Carlin Dies at 71
George Carlin, the controversial funny-man rumored to have said as many as seven bad words, died Sunday of heart failure at the age of 71. He will be remembered as a great comedian, an actor, and a guru who time-traveled from the year 2688 to help Bill and Ted with their history report. Shit, piss, and fuck.
Reader Comments
1. Underwhelmed - June 23, 2008 12:11 PM
The world just got a lot less funny...RIP George
2. thatgengirl - June 23, 2008 12:14 PM
This hurts. I saw him in Vegas a few years ago, and I was in awe of his intelligence and wit. I've loved him since Bill and Ted's, and the world will be a different place without his biting-satire.
3. Matt - June 23, 2008 12:26 PM
"Be excellent to each other."
4. MOSkito - June 23, 2008 12:30 PM
dick piss shit fucking asshole
just fillin the void
5. pdrunk - June 23, 2008 12:32 PM
Now who's going to let me know the finer points of places to put my stuff?
6. Anthony - June 23, 2008 12:51 PM
This isn't fair. I wish he'd held out another decade. :/ RIP
7. Elmo - June 23, 2008 2:17 PM
I'm so depressed right now- I can't believe he's dead!
He was the last real comedian, now the entertainment world is fucked.
he didn't get enough cred for what he did
8. gffasdf - June 23, 2008 4:46 PM
your RIP entry could have been a bit longer for such a great legend like this! Man its so sad, he was amazing. Watch his last HBO special on youtube, while its online.
9. Brock - June 23, 2008 5:55 PM
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10. A. Decker - June 23, 2008 6:10 PM
Shit, piss, and fuck, indeed.
11. tmhs - June 23, 2008 7:29 PM
It's a damn religion war over in the superficial board somehow. I never found the guy that funny and he got even less funny when he started getting preachy. Why do I comment here... mostly everyone here is a dumbass.
12. The JuRK - June 23, 2008 9:18 PM
He was a great comedian and a fierce intellect. He hosted the very first "Saturday Night Live" in 1975. I saw him in '83 and he was absolutely hysterical (the difference bewteen cats & dogs and his take on driving are classics).
But tmhs, while perhaps inappropriate and inarticulate ("religion war"?), has a point about the "preachiness." Carlin's HBO "Jersey" special was a lame anti-Reagan rant that came a couple of years after Reagan left office. And his bitter tirades against religion were angry and unfunny.
But when he connected...home runs.
13. Joey - June 23, 2008 10:59 PM
I really hate it when the good ones die. I felt bad when I heard that John Ritter and Phil Hartman were gone, but this one is much worse. George Carlin was one of the first comedians I remember growing up. When I saw his first HBO special it was nothing short of an eye-opening experience. His way of thinking, of challenging established beliefs was quite simply amazing. He was a true philosopher and a revolutionary and he will be deeply missed.
On a side note, I never found him to be particularly preachy. If anything he challenged religion the same way that he challenged any other useless tradition he came across. If he recognized the underlying belief of being good to each other that most religions pretend to stand for, well, that's just a general philosophy of peace, and I can't understand faulting anyone for that. I think his passing would be better mourned by remember him for what he tried to do, which is to wake people up, and not for any personal religious beliefs he may have held.
Goodbye, George. I hope you've found peace at last.
14. Brandon - June 23, 2008 11:03 PM
I'm stunned.
15. Richthegringo - June 26, 2008 9:56 AM
"I know things you never see....like someone taking a shit while running at full speed!"
RIP