Comedian George Carlin Dies- Funny Man, Rest In Peace!
Having grown up with his humor it saddens me to know that George Carlin is dead. Carlin was one of the first observational and counter-culture comedians of the hippie generation- and his style and comedy will be missed. It was just announced that Carlin was to receive the Mark Twain Award for Humor at the annual Kennedy Honors this year. Carlin was 71.
The news broke here on the West Coast about 10:30 and Carlin would have loved how the Networks in Los Angeles used his Death to tease the 11pm News as breaking news. The story of his death- was no longer than 1:30 in length, when all 3 nets moved into the heat wave in Los Angeles, and a 4 Car Pileup on the 405 Freeway. Carlin would have a field day with the coverage.
First Reuters Report on the Death of George Carlin
Review of his June 15, 2008 Las Vegas Show
Buzzfeeds Grouping of Carlin Links
Here is a classic clip of George Carlin and his famous 7 Dirty Words
George Carlin was straight to the point in his comedy and that is what made him great, his jokes and his point of view will always be around... Thanks George..!!
Posted by: comedy | March 31, 2009 at 04:12 PM