George Carlin Dead At 71
Posted by Ashish on 06.23.2008
Legendary comedian dies of heart failure...
Legendary comedian George Carlin died of heart failure at the age of 71 on Sunday. Carlin passed away at a hospital in Santa Monica, CA. Carlin had checked in to St. John's Hospital on Sunday afternoon, complaining of chest pain.
Carlin is one of the most influential comedians ever, pushing the envelop with his jokes and becoming an icon with routines such as "The Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV." The routine even spawned a Supreme Court ruling in 1978 to uphold the government's authority to sanction stations for broadcasting offensive language.
Posted By: SYC (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 02:33 AM
Carlin is God.
Posted By: Truth (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 02:34 AM
R.I.P. Funnyman. :(
Posted By: Michael O (Registered) on June 23, 2008 at 02:35 AM
How sad, the world has just got a little less funny.
Posted By: Kevin (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 02:40 AM
I always told my friend, "It'll be a sad fucking day when George dies."
Well, today is a very sad fucking day. RIP George.
Posted By: Dan (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 02:41 AM
Without a doubt one of the greatest comedians ever. Since George didn't believe in an afterlife, I hope he simply rests in peace.
Posted By: Rust (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 02:43 AM
Good night funny man at least he can be with his wife again
Posted By: jason (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 02:50 AM
miss em already...
Posted By: Guest#7994 (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 02:50 AM
This is devastating, I have been lucky enough to see his routine a few times in the last few years, and that man was awesome, much more than just a comedian. If you have never heard a full Carlin act, do yourself a favor and go pick up a cd of his...awesome stuff, unless you are some dumbfuck larry the cable guy type.
R.I.P George
Posted By: Rocky (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 02:55 AM
This was the first celebrity death in long time that actually made me sad, and I dunno why.
Posted By: Gerald (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 02:58 AM
This is the biggest loss to comedy since Richard Pryor. I am in a state of shock.
Posted By: Drew (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 02:59 AM
Most Non Triumphant to say the least...
RIP George
Posted By: Alec (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 03:13 AM
A damn shame. Hicks, Pryor, Barker and now Carlin.
Posted By: T.G. Corke (Registered) on June 23, 2008 at 04:05 AM
Well, this sucks.
Posted By: PHOENIXZERO (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 04:09 AM
A legend leaves us, may he r.i.p and god bless his family.
Posted By: Sam (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 04:41 AM
One of the best, RIP Mr Carlin.
(Not sure if HBO would listen, but I think a fitting tribute would be a marathon of his specials/material on one of their channels. You can send an email at this link: http://www.hbo.com/apps/submitinfo/contactus/submit.do?title=Other%20P rogramming%20Information&questiontype=general )
Posted By: G (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 04:46 AM
oh s**t,p**s,f**k,s**k, c**cksucker,motherf**ker and tits...
you knew one day it would happen , but it still gets to you...
I wish he and the Big Electron are arguing over the little things right now.
Posted By: casual_monday_mayhem (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 05:00 AM
I hope they bury him with a censored buzzer for old time sakes lol. I surely will miss his shows always intriguing and fun to watch.
Posted By: Sam (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 05:02 AM
he was the thinking man's comedian... and a legend.
Posted By: rey (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 05:12 AM
“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death! What's that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you're too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You do drugs, alcohol, you party, you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating...
...and you finish off as an orgasm.”
Posted By: OD (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 07:32 AM
RIP George Carlin!
Your contributions to humor can't be measured and you will be sorely missed.
Posted By: George Carlin + Earth (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 07:48 AM
Just remember folks, he didn't die. He passed away...or he expired like a magazine subscription. It was at a hospital, so it was "negative patient outcome" or it was a "theraputic misadventure."
Cheers to you, George!
Posted By: HolyShiitake (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 07:55 AM
Comedy will never be the same...
Posted By: Perfection (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 08:01 AM
RIP Funnyman you were and always will be THE MAN
Posted By: TheOne (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 08:23 AM
I rarely even care about celebrity deaths, but this one just seems to get to me. Goodbye George, you will be missed.
Posted By: Dave (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 08:30 AM
Man I was thinking about seeing him the next time he came on tour around here, guess thats not happening. I loved all of his books, he'll be missed greatly.
Posted By: Pat (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 09:07 AM
You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate bar.
I recently bought a book of free verse. For twelve dollars.
I think someone could make a lot of money if they set up a little stand at the Grand Canyon and sold Yo-Yos with 500-foot strings.
When Ronald Reagan got Alzheimers disease, how could they tell?
You know what's fun? Go to a German restaurant and insist on using chopsticks.
In the expression topsy-turvy, what exactly is meant by turvy?
People on a diet should have a salad dressing called 250 Islands.
I tried to give up heroin, but all my efforts were in vein.
You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.
If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
There are eleven teams in the Big Ten.
Why do they bother saying raw sewage? Do some people actually cook that stuff?
Before receiving a lethal injection, they swab your arm with alcohol.
The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept.
In Maine, in order to save energy, there are several lighthouses that are closed at night.
I think TV remotes should have a button that allows you to kill the person on the screen.
As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is.
You know who would make an interesting murder-suicide? Madeleine Albright and Yanni.
In the United States, anybody can be president. That's the problem.
Why do they bother with a suicide watch when someone is on death row? Keep an eye on this guy. We're gonna kill him, and we don't want him to hurt himself.
RIP George
Posted By: BobbyC (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 09:36 AM
Sad day. Comedy as everyone knows it wouldn't exist without him. One of a kind.
Posted By: BJC (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 09:58 AM
The greatest philosopher of our time
Posted By: KTL (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 10:01 AM
"hey if it gets me a couple of thousand miles, I'll take a shot in the mouth."
lol
Carlin will be missed. r.i.p.
Posted By: JP (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Whether you say any of the Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV (warning: they are listed on the link), George Carlin - who died this weekend at age 71 - had comedy that anyone could enjoy.
He could be as raunchy as anyone. And he could be as clean as anyone. Carlin was probably one of a few comedians who could perform before an outlaw biker group and a ladies church social and have both audiences laughing. One of my favorite Carlin routines is a skit he did comparing football and baseball.
If you've got kids, you may have seen Carlin in a very un-Carlin-esque role as Mr. Conductor on the "Thomas the Tank Engine" show.
http://40-year-oldblog.blogspot.com/
Posted By: SycamoreFan (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 10:42 AM
There is probably about 4 funny comedians left in this shitty world now..
Funny and cool guy.Hope you're in a better place george.
Posted By: Propagandhi (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 10:52 AM
Damn. Truly a sad day in the comedy world, R.I.P George.
Posted By: Latif (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Mitch Hedberg died a few years ago too.
All the great ones are leaving us, and we get stuck with Dane Cook and Carlos Mencia.
R.I.P. George
Posted By: Zack (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 11:32 AM
A sad day, indeed. We lost a pioneer in comedy and social criticism.
R.I.P., George.
Posted By: Mitch (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 11:33 AM
(Starts a Thank you Carlin chant...)
Posted By: Guest#2895 (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 12:26 PM
George Carlin wasn't "one of", he WAS the greatest comedian to ever live. He was the smartest, bravest, and edgiest comedian that we will ever see.
Posted By: Adam Pearson (Registered) on June 23, 2008 at 01:23 PM
"This is the biggest loss to comedy since Richard Pryor. I am in a
state of shock."
Couldn't have said it any better. Rest In Peace, Mr. Carlin.
MM
Posted By: Michael Melchor (Registered) on June 23, 2008 at 06:51 PM
RIP George
Posted By: John (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 07:00 PM
Not to mention he put religion into perspective for many of us. RIP George.
Posted By: fredtheimpaler (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 08:01 PM
damn shame, RIP
Posted By: William (Guest) on June 23, 2008 at 09:43 PM
Mr. Carlin, you will sorely be missed. He was a modern-day philosopher and I will regret never be able to see him live. A sad day for myself and I feel, the world. I believe the planet just got 10 IQ points dumber with him leaving us. With only the flair that George can bring, he tried to open the minds whoever took the time to listen. He tried to evolve this hoard of lemmings we call the human race and make us think outside our small little lives. Tried to bring our minds out of the dark ages, our eyes out of a 2,000 year-old book with our dicks as bookmarks. I am saddened because I was waiting to see what he could think of next, and there's not to many people that you can say that about during this time we live in. But as life goes, hopefully there will be someone that can fill his large shoes. But until then...
Thank you George, for everything.
Posted By: Evil Frenchman (Guest) on June 25, 2008 at 02:30 AM
George changed the way i looked at life, faith, polotics, and i will be forever gratefull. Thank you Mr. Carlin, FOR REAL, Thank You
Posted By: Durel (Guest) on June 29, 2008 at 05:30 PM
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