I’m sure he wouldn’t take offense to that.
To the man whose album Occupation: Foole I can rattle off by heart simply because at the age of 12 I listened to it so much and who died Sunday in Los Angeles of heart failure: we’ll miss you.
On a long ride in my brother Gordon’s pick-up truck between Calgary and North Battleford, Saskatchewan in the summer of 2005 the hours became shorter and the laughs louder with every single track on the George Carlin MP3s he’d downloaded and burned onto CD.
Who says downloading is draining off artists’ sales? I was so happy to hear George Carlin again, I went out and bought two of his books when I got back to Vancouver: Brain Droppings and Napalm and Silly Putty. Still laugh when I take them off the shelf for another look.
Not his most famous routine, but a good one:
The banner photograph shows the town of Britannia Beach, BC, Canada, where I grew up. It's home. But I don't live there anymore.
one of the few human beings who used most of his brain capacity and the whole of his heart to promote comedy and rationale.
RIP! the only true legend and the supreme master of the English language!
I guess Jesus finally brought the pork chops. Vale, George.
Perhaps the words really were deadly? OK, will stop now.
OMG… wow… R.I.P Best Comedian EVER… wow.
The guy was a fascinating talker, as well as a great comedian. RIP George
George was the original thinking person’s comedian whose best routines were social commentary with a backhand slap. Hope he’s laughing his a$$ off wherever he is.
George Carlin hosted the first Saturday Night Live broadcast in 1975 – we just watched it on DVD some weeks ago. But other than his most famous routines I never knew much about him. Contemporary US culture was often rather scarce in Germany, especially before the Internet-era.
RIP, George. You will be missed.