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- mrzeero, on 06/24/2008, -5/+162One 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." -- George Carlin - johlorax, on 06/23/2008, -3/+110"If there's ever a golden age of mankind, it will not include men over two hundred pounds beating children who are less than one hundred pounds, and it will not include the deliberate killing of people in a formal setting."
...yeah. What George said. - tj241, on 06/23/2008, -2/+82Great article. George was a one-of-a-kind. He'll be missed!
- asus2000, on 06/30/2008, -7/+82Smoking pot probably helped him achieve clarity... The man was a genius at getting through to people. He was a stand-up philosopher more than a comic, but used comedy as the catalyst. George made a great impact on me and on the world. R.I.P. George.
- inactive, on 06/24/2008, -5/+73There will never be another George Carlin. I just find it horribly depressing that we now live in a world without George, Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks or Johnny Carson.
And yet Ryan Seacrest still lives. - halosniper7, on 06/24/2008, -1/+54last night when i heard he died, i remembered one of his shows where he said:
"do you get a warning when your about to die, like: 'two minutes left' "
i wondered if he got one. - coltrane68, on 06/23/2008, -3/+48I already miss him. He understood human nature much better than I ever will.
- elpayo, on 06/24/2008, -0/+36HBO will be showing a marathon of Carlin's specials starting on Wednesday and continuing on Thursday:
Wednesday, June 25
8:00 p.m. George Carlin at USC (1977)
9:30 p.m. George Carlin Again! (1978)
11:00 p.m. Carlin at Carnegie (1983)
midnight Carlin on Campus (1984)
1:00 a.m. Playin’ with Your Head (1986)
Thursday, June 26
8:00 p.m. What Am I Doing in New Jersey? (1988)
9:00 p.m. Doin’ It Again (1990)
10:00 p.m. Jammin’ in New York (1992)
11:00 p.m. Back in Town (1996)
12:05 a.m. You Are All Diseased (1999)
1:00 a.m. It’s Bad for Ya (2008) - Gnome1300, on 06/23/2008, -3/+33He was indeed the greatest,,, He will be greatly missed!
- VitriolAndAngst, on 06/24/2008, -1/+26I've felt the same way but George Carlin had a way of putting things so that you could really see the absurd in them.
The "torture for eternity" always got me in the Christian religions. You cannot possibly love someone and yet want to do that for eternity. That's a long time. Most people are deluding themselves anyway -- so is that help them get time off for good behavior? "And he needs money" is the perfect punch line, because it brings you back to the "message of peace and love backed by a threat of permanent torture" to really bring in the funds. - STPZ, on 06/24/2008, -2/+26The last train is leaving the station, and this time Mr. Conductor won't be coming back.
What was left for this man to accomplish? Comedic Legend, TV Star, Supreme Court Case, Loved by millions and countless awards, shaping America and the world for generations to come does not come easy but he did it and put a smile on our faces in the process. Thanks you. - inactive, on 06/24/2008, -2/+23His humour was rich in substance which can't be said for many of the newer comics. ie: Dur-dur-dur..
- mCanada, on 06/24/2008, -3/+24The first show I ever went to of his started like this: This older man (who could have looked like anyone's grandfather) calmly walks out onto stage and briefly glances out into the crowd. The crowd starts applauding at him, but he lets it subside somewhat. With a complete dead pan face, he asks the question: Do you know what people NEVER talk about? *silence throughout the 10,000 audience members* Pussy farts! Nobody ever talks about pussy farts. Why is that? Laughter like you've never heard before.
- Purin, on 06/24/2008, -6/+26No.
- inactive, on 06/24/2008, -1/+18He was a teacher, every time he got on stage he had something to teach us, and he made it funny as hell. He changed my life, he practically made me the person I am.
- Obzerva, on 06/24/2008, -0/+16George Carlin is not in Heaven OR Hell. As he said himself, "religion is *****."
- mrzeero, on 06/24/2008, -3/+17Go over to Fox New's blog about it. Most of the people there are posting that they pray he is burning in hell and hope that he took a few of his fans with him. Disgusting.
- time4evacuation, on 06/24/2008, -0/+11I didn't just dig this article... I setup my old printer so I could print it out and keep it. RIP George Carlin.
- HotBaconSauce, on 06/24/2008, -0/+11I just listened to that cd last week, freaky...
"...But such a warning does exist, and I suggest that when it comes, you use your two minutes to entertain and go out big. If nothing else, deliver a two-minute speech. Pick a subject you feel passionate about, and just start talking. Begin low-key, but, with mounting passion, build to a rousing climax. Finally, in the last few seconds, scream at those around you, "If these words are not the truth, may God strike me dead!" He will. Then simply slump forward and fall to the floor. Believe me, from that moment on, people will pay more attention to you." - Dotcommer, on 06/24/2008, -8/+18Wait a minute. Hold on right there. You mean to tell me... that you saw this thread, concerning George Carlin, and here you are, someone who doesn't like him, and you decided to jump in here, and ask that ***** blind question, disregarding the possibility that the only kind of people who would be in this kind of thread in the first place are those who like George Carlin?!
You *****-headed *****. Get the hell out of here. - cdhill, on 06/24/2008, -4/+14Funny and smart, he opened the door the same way Lenny Bruce did for the next generation of comics. Political humor takes a lot from his likes, and I'm glad to see him getting recognized for the genius he was, even if it was after his death.
- bosssmiley, on 06/24/2008, -0/+9I would gladly exchange most of Hollywood for one more year of George Carlin.
- charbo187, on 06/24/2008, -2/+11you're doing it wrong.
- alaric41586, on 06/24/2008, -2/+11"Smoking pot probably helped him achieve clarity"You need to hook me up to your connection because my pot does the exact opposite.
- crapmatic, on 06/24/2008, -0/+9The man was an influence on me when I was eight years old. I remember back in the 1970s playing his tapes and hearing him enumerating all the weird political and sociological ***** about the world we live in. That was really deep and left an impression on me.
- timewarp424, on 06/24/2008, -7/+15It's not an insult to the man. It's just a question. People like different kinds of humor; his just didn't rub me right. geesh a bunch of comic supremacists.
- inactive, on 08/11/2008, -1/+9I like him, but I think that the majority of America wouldn't like him if they heard him. So no, you're not alone.
- inactive, on 06/24/2008, -1/+9ALL religion is *****... he didn't use the word organized
- Yage2006, on 06/24/2008, -4/+12Zeitgeist is a piece of ***** of a movie.
And here is why.
http://webskeptic.wikidot.com/zeitgeist
BTW I'm not a fan of religion but that movie is terrible. - Katzenbach, on 06/24/2008, -3/+10Geeze I'm gonna miss this man! He made me laugh so friggin' hard and was so spot on with soooooooo many things in life it's scary! I'm really glad I got to see his last HBO special.
- FadieZ, on 06/24/2008, -1/+8"Sex with love is OVER 9000 times better" - George Carlin
R.I.P you old ***** ='( - Rikkochet, on 06/24/2008, -1/+8Oh, I think it was more than pot that opened his mind... I would suspect LSD, and probably quite a bit of it, is what came him his clarity of focus.
And then probably a lot of alcohol so he could froth at the mouth and really sell it to the audience. - elfuego, on 06/24/2008, -3/+10You know, I happened to be in Las Vegas this past weekend, and was considering seeing Carlin if I did well enough at the tables to buy a ticket to see him Monday the 16th at The Orleans.
Even though I won so much money I was able to buy a ticket on a heli-tour to the Grand Canyon instead that evening, I'm not sure if lucky really describes that turn of events. Rest In Peace George. - inactive, on 06/24/2008, -0/+7It's a damn shame he didn't have Dick Cheney's heart surgeons working on him. He could have lived to 100.
- Pittance, on 06/24/2008, -1/+7Actually he was probably just that intelligent by himself, without any drugs.
- aussieNickuss, on 06/24/2008, -2/+8I only discovered George Carlin AFTER he died......I didn't have a clue who he was before a day or two ago. I've watched a few of his videos on YouTube and he was/is really funny!
Just like Mitch Hedberg.....I only discovered his comic genius after he died. - iLEZ, on 06/24/2008, -0/+6And Barry Manilow (*checking*) cooooontinues to put out albums!
/Hicks - asus2000, on 06/30/2008, -1/+7I'm not a fan of Robin Williams.. People think I'm nuts. They think I don't get it. Oh, I get all his jokes, and I recognize his genius, I just don't find it funny....
To each his own.
For me Carlin was brilliant and made an impact on my life and what I believe... - hypodan, on 06/24/2008, -5/+10"Blacks are deliberately kept down. Poor communities are deliberately underfunded."
This man spoke the truth. - str1fe, on 06/24/2008, -3/+8I'm young too (at least by digg's apparent standards), and I've heard of him plenty. Are you just uncultured?
- Rikkochet, on 06/24/2008, -1/+6Get started then. That man shaped my teens.
- MrSarcasm, on 06/24/2008, -0/+5It'll be a goood time to fire up uTorrent!
- crazytaxi, on 06/24/2008, -0/+5agreed, crapmatic.
When I was a pre-teen in the mid-70s's, this man's appearances on television were prolific, stimulating, and a little overwhelming.
He never really made me "laugh" per se.... but then, his schtick was not about cutting off flannel-shirt sleeves and going for the lowest common denominator with some stupid catchphrase like "git er done," or "you might be..."
He was all about questioning values, rules, and even perception. As a previous poster said, he was more about stand-up philosophy than stand-up comedy.
The laughter he inspired was most often the self-conscious giggle of an expanding mind.
I wouldn't lie and say that he was tops on my watch-list of comedians these past 15 years or so.. in fact, I'm more in tune with later comics who have followed in the Bruce/Carlin mode.
But on the occasion of his death, surfing through the many YouTubes of his performances, I'm once again overwhelmed.
What a great life. Well done, George. - faizal5k, on 06/24/2008, -4/+9Also heard in the beginning of Zeitgeist.
- AKBryant54, on 06/24/2008, -1/+6I agree with its overall message though, which is that critical thinking is an important skill, and is currently highly undervalued.
- Pittance, on 06/24/2008, -0/+4People who already have HBO wont make HBO any more money by watching these shows. And HBO doesn't really advertise that much on regular cable, so I doubt theyll get many other subscribers just for this. They arent really getting anything extra, mostly just letting people see all of his shows since a lot of people will want to see them when his memory is still fresh in their minds.
- VitriolAndAngst, on 06/24/2008, -2/+6What did you expect? The guy just died.
Look I didn't think Martin Luther King could have gotten all the support he did if white people weren't scared about the Black Panthers. "Oh, we better pick the nice one while most of them are still nice..."
But I'm not going to bring that point up at the memorial service. I can see how someone wouldn't find him funny -- he uses a sledge hammer at times and its more thoughtful funny and occasionally, just shock value funny. I think he is brilliant but I can see how he isn't funny for some. But don't expect not to get a rock tossed at you right now. - ubrikkean, on 06/24/2008, -0/+4While George Carlin was alive, I knew very little of his work, mostly because it was before my time. But I didn't hear people talk about him. People knew who he was when he made a cameo in a movie or something like that. Now that he has died, the whole Digg community is fawning over how great he was. After watching some clips of his stand-up, I like it a lot. Only now, after he has died, is he significantly quoted; only now am I hearing these great things about him. I feel like a lot of the people who are saying these great things about him entirely forgot him in recent years. I guess that's just what we do in our society. It still bothers me.
That being said, I'm glad to have learned of a great comedian, I do like his jokes. - inactive, on 06/24/2008, -0/+4John Candy? RIP
- RoccoMcTaco, on 06/24/2008, -1/+5For real, it's kind of insulting to say otherwise.
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