George Carlin dead at 71

[Ragone]

Alls i can say is bleh :(

[Kodos]

Wow. Lot's of people dropping recently. His "real sport" bit was great.

[Chief Rum]

That sucks.

He was a very liberal, political comic whose views didn't usually match mine, but damnit all, he was funny as heck. I'll miss having him around.

And to be honest, I am surprised he was as young as 71. Always thought he was older.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

:(

[ColtCrazy]

Wow, wikipedia had it before cnn.

I'll miss Carlin, he was a very funny comedian. I have two of his books around here, funny stuff.

[Shkspr]

Fuck.

[JediKooter]

Damn. One of my favorites. World is now even more less funny.

[-apoc-]

BOOOOOOOO now I am sad :(

[Galaril]

Shit everyone seems to be dropping (knocks on wood)

[SackAttack]

Shit everyone seems to be dropping (knocks on wood)

Sooner or later, everybody does.

The key is to delay the exit (stage right) as long as possible, or if you can't do that, have as much fun as you can before you shuffle off the mortal coil.

Carlin always seemed to be the guy who found a laugh in anything, so I guess you can say 'mission accomplished' to the latter.

[Axxon]

Hit me like a gut shot. :(

Gonna miss you George.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I'm on my third LP now.

You never realize how much someone talks of death until they're dead themselves.

[mckerney]

Wow, wikipedia had it before cnn.

Well, John Goodman's death was on Wikipedia before CNN.

Just sayin'.

[Lathum]

To bad, he was one of a kind

[Karlifornia]

Definitely a legend of comedy. RIP

[MacroGuru]

I am in a state of mourning now...He is, will be one of my favorite comedians.

I was not into comedians at all until my mom remarried. My step brother played a George Carlin LP one night in our bedroom and I could not stop laughing (I was 12). Ever since, he he has always been one of my favorites.

RIP George, you will be missed.

[Neon_Chaos]

Well, John Goodman's death was on Wikipedia before CNN.

Just sayin'.

John Goodman's dead?

[MacroGuru]

John Goodman's dead?

I think it was more a long the lines of Wikipedia being reputable...


The Princess and the Frog (2009) (filming (http://pro.imdb.com/r/legacy-inprod-name/inproduction/)) (voice) .... Louis
Bunyan and Babe (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331314/) (2009) (filming (http://pro.imdb.com/r/legacy-inprod-name/inproduction/)) (voice) .... Paul Bunyan
Confessions of a Shopaholic (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1093908/) (2009) (post-production (http://pro.imdb.com/r/legacy-inprod-name/inproduction/))
Gigantic (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1176251/) (2008) (post-production (http://pro.imdb.com/r/legacy-inprod-name/inproduction/))
In the Electric Mist (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910905/) (2008) (completed (http://pro.imdb.com/r/legacy-inprod-name/inproduction/)) .... Julie 'Baby Feet' BalboniI don't think he is that dead....

[SirFozzie]

In honor of the man, all I can say is...

shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits.

[A-Husker-4-Life]

RIP one of the best..

[Raiders Army]

And the world got a little less funny...

[ISiddiqui]

RIP, George.

[CleBrownsfan]

:( I saw him in Vegas - a couple years ago... very sad to see him go

[Eaglesfan27]

My favorite comedian. RIP, George. :(

[sterlingice]

:(

SI

[gkb]

Sucky. :(

[Rizon]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :(

[Rizon]

:( I saw him in Vegas - a couple years ago... very sad to see him go

I had the chance to see him there a couple years ago ... we decided to wait until next time :(

[sachmo71]

:(

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

And to be honest, I am surprised he was as young as 71. Always thought he was older.

Welcome to the world of drug use.

[Lorena]

Aww man :(

[Tekneek]

I know it makes no sense, but it just seemed like he would be with us forever. Hopefully his works will be available forever, at least. :)

He will be missed. A guy who was able to touch people of multiple political and social views.

[Coffee Warlord]

:( I saw him in Vegas - a couple years ago... very sad to see him go

As did I, about 5 years ago. He didn't look so hot even then.

RIP - One of my favorite comedians.

[MikeVic]

:(

[Maple Leafs]

Wow.

Was just listening to his stuff on the way in to work this morning. Literally twenty minutes ago I was listening to the end of his "Jammin in New York", about how human life is temporary and the world will just keep spinning on without us.

[Buccaneer]

A lot of memories of Carlin while I was in high school.

My favorites were his two famous ones: seven words and the sports differences. I thought the latter was very clever but I have never personally agreed with it and slowly grew to dislike football because of it.

[Noop]

One of my favorite comedians. His last two specials on HBO were about death but he was still great. I will miss him.

:(

[Kodos]

I love the "driving 500 miles in circles doesn't impress me" line he had when talking about racing. And how real sports require the chance of an injury. In the end, football is the only real sport. Thanks to George for setting us straight. :)

"In football, you are penalized. In baseball, you make an error. 'Oopsie, I made an error.' "

[MikeVic]

Hahaha that sports one is great.

[Bad-example]

Damn...the man was a comedic genius. I especially loved when he would rant on about religion. The man knew bullshit when he smelled it.

[ColtCrazy]

A friend and I were talking about comedians we wanted to see live. Carlin was #1 on the list. :(

[MacroGuru]

Some of my favorites


Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man…living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn’t want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you and he needs money.



One of the better ones on Sin

“If you woke up in the morning and said I’m going down to 42nd street and commit a mortal sin, save your car fare: you did it, man! It was a sin for you to want to feel up Ellen. It was a sin for you to plan to feel up Ellen. It was a sin to figure out a place to feel up Ellen. It was a sin to take Ellen to the place to feel her up. It was a sin to try to feel her up. And it was a sin to feel her up. There were six sins in one feel, man!”

[ShaneTheMaster]

RIP. The one comedian who proved it was okay to be intelligent and raunchy. :(

[Izulde]

Wow, I never expected this. :( Bummer news. :(

[PackerFanatic]

Very sad. He will be missed - one of the truly great comedians of all-time.

[korme]

This is just terrible... RIP George.

[JediKooter]

Gonna fire up Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure tonight.

[Mike1409]

RIP He was the best. Loved his religion rants.

I just moved him into my deleted file!

[korme]

I've got to bust out some of my Carlin DVDs today.

[path12]

RIP. The one comedian who proved it was okay to be intelligent and raunchy. :(

Don't forget Prior in that list. Was a big fan of Carlin though. He had a nice run.

[st.cronin]

I actually almost went to see him last week in Vegas. He was performing at The Orleans, I think.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

I actually almost went to see him last week in Vegas. He was performing at The Orleans, I think.

Yep, his last performance was in Vegas a week ago.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Don't forget Prior in that list.
I have to admit that I've found Mark Prior's injury history to be somewhat comical.

[JediKooter]

I have to admit that I've found Mark Prior's injury history to be somewhat comical.

And the Padres are paying his lame ass too.

[Neuqua]

This sucks.

I heard this on the way to work today and really got bummed out. Carlin was easily my favorite and had a great deal of influence in my own amateur standup. I really regret not having seen him perform live.

RIP :(

[MizzouRah]

Oh man... sad news! :(

Come home to read this...

[cthomer5000]

Joe Pesci doesn't fuck around.

[EagleFan]

At least he gets to rejoin his act, which had been dead for a couple decades.


RIP to the guy, never want to hear about this happening to someone.

[Mustang]

George will finally get all his stuff back that he lost.

[Pumpy Tudors]

At least he gets to rejoin his act, which had been dead for a couple decades.
Hm. I thought he had done some pretty decent stuff over the past few years.

[cartman]

Clear out some space on your DVRs. HBO is going to show all 14 of his specials over the next two nights. Here's the schedule:

http://www.hbo.com/events/george-carlin/tribute.html?ntrack_para1=feat_main_image

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Clear out some space on your DVRs. HBO is going to show all 14 of his specials over the next two nights. Here's the schedule:

http://www.hbo.com/events/george-carlin/tribute.html?ntrack_para1=feat_main_image

I'm wondering if they may repost the episodes on "HBO On-Demand" as well.

[Eaglesfan27]

Looks like SNL is showing the very first SNL tonight which Carlin hosted. I've never seen this episode and am looking forward to it.