elegantlion Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,370121,00.html Very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I saw that on my home page this morning. Very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Oh, no! He worked at my father's ad agency back in the dark ages as a mail boy and told jokes about it later. I'm not a comedy kind of guy, but I've always had a soft spot in my heart for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen sn Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Bummer. He was awesome! I love his humor and matter of fact way of looking at our insanities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Very sad. I guess I must really be a grown up now, because so many famous people who I've "known forever" are dying. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Very sad.I guess I must really be a grown up now, because so many famous people who I've "known forever" are dying. :( Up, seems like they are coming a couple a week now. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Here is lesson for all of us: Do you feel like you've accomplished what you want to accomplish during your time on Earth? Yes, I have. There's a quote from Pablo Casals -- that probably shows up in research on my stuff, but -- Pablo Casals, he was a past master of the cello. He was the virtuoso in the 20th century. He was in his 90s and he was still practicing three hours a day, and one of his friends said to him, "Senor Casals, you are such a past master, a virtuoso of this instrument, everyone knows it and acknowledges it. Why do you practice three hours a day?" and he said, "Well, I'm beginning to notice some improvement." When I read that I said, "What a wonderful thing to file away as a kind of attitude to have." Yes, I've accomplished all the things I've wanted to and way more, I couldn't have really predicted some of the paths. But I know that there's a restlessness, you know, artists are never finished. There's this vague sense of being incomplete, of not having done it yet. You know they say a poem is never finished; it is abandoned. You just kind of move on. There's this restlessness. "OK, that's finished, what am I going to do next? Oh, here's a good thing, I'll do that." You can read the entire interview here. ETA: Language warning on the above. Should have mentioned this in the first go around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 My DH really liked him. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E_Edgerton Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 :sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFJ Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Very sad. My dh, too, loved him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashleen Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Very sad. Even my kids know of him: as the better of the voices on the Thomas DVDs (other readers include Ringo Starr and Alec Baldwin, but Carlin's readings are their favorite). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Very sad.I guess I must really be a grown up now, because so many famous people who I've "known forever" are dying. :( :iagree: And was thinking 71 isn't that old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Some of my favorite quotes of his: "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things." "When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat." "Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time." Farewell, dude. You rocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Genie you summed it up well. I was introduced to George Carlin when I was about 12 years old by my then 20 y/o and 16y/o aunts. He has been my favorite comic since. I loved that his comedy really made you think about things. I just recently watched one of his HBO specials and laughed just as hard as the first time I saw it. Farewell old friend, you definitely ROCKED!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wundermom Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 :iagree: And was thinking 71 isn't that old. Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kribby Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 so sad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Oh, no! I just watched George Carlin Again on HBO. He narrates a Thomas the Tank Engine video and part of me is always waiting for him to say, "Thomas you *&%^&$# engine!!" or "Look at the *@*$ on that boxcar!" ;) I feel so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollyM Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 When I was about 20 years old I went to see Carlin live (at the Roxy or the Whisky-a-go or some other Wilshire Blvd club) with my date, my friend and a guy we were trying to fix up my friend WITH. We went to the first show at 9pm and laughed so hard we decided to stay for the 2nd show that didn't start until 11pm - so we were home WELL AFTER my friend's curfew. She was 19 but still living at home with "her dad's rules." We were all worried about getting her home well after 2am - and doubly worried that it would reflect even worse on the guy-friend we'd set her up with (the two of them had hit it off well that night.) When we got her home and the lights were STILL ON (2am??) she insisted we all go WITH her inside - her dad - a big guy with a strong protective attitude toward his first-born - was spitting mad that we'd kept her out so late. Immediately we started telling Mr. Dad all about the Carlin show - retelling the funniest bits and laughing (hard!) all over again. I remember that night my face actually hurt from being forced into the pertpetual wide-mouth grin for literally HOURS (we watched Carlin from 9pm to 1am.) Anyway, in the end we calmed Mr. Dad's anger, the "guy-friend" bonded with his future father-in-law and all was well. I'll never forget that night. Carlin was a comic genius - he could take a lame line such as, "what do you imagine that a dog does on vacation ... he can't lay around ... that's his JOOOOBBBBBB!!!" and make me laugh remembering his delivery ... 30+ years later. Rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I saw that this morning. That is very sad. He was so funny. He actually made me rethink "stuff" and reduce my "stuff." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I'm so sad. I have tears streaming down my face. My dad loved him and looked just like him. My dad died three years ago so whenever I would see or think of George Carlin, I would think of my dad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamagistra Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 :( ^%!#$*&^%@, *%@&^, @%$#^, %@*&^, *&(, &^@*&, and ^@&@#!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1cat2ferrets Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I remember him on the Ed Sullivan show and when he did the Hippy dippy weatherman...priceless!! He was a comic genius and will always live in my heart. Rest in peace, George. You rock!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 So sad. Carlin was quite a character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle T Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 DH and I still ask each other that when contemplating leftovers! And of course, his routine about "Stuff". When it's someone else's things, it's "wow, they have a lot of sh#t" But our own things, "hey, that's my stuff!" And we loved him on Thomas the Tank Engine, back when DS was small. Michelle T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 ...was very little and LOVED all things Thomas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I don't know if it's been posted yet, but here's the 2004 interview Terry Gross did with George Carlin that they replayed on Fresh Air tonight. I've been away from home all day today and only heard part of this in the car this evening. The bit about how his mom instilled a love for language in him was very interesting. In all my running around today, I think I heard the news of his death announced about 7 times. What do you say to a listing of the seven words you can't say on television in his honor? Just kidding. Hey, can you still not say those words or are some of them now okay? ____________ Oh, I see Mamagistra has beat me to it:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabola Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I love that guy, he did some great stuff. So sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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