Comedian George Carlin dies at 71

[kathy1]

i was never a fan of his comedy.

[Tango]

He was brilliant and a master of language--he was truly the William Safire of comedy. My personal favorite "lecture" was his talk about "stuff." No other comedian could tickle my brain the way he did.

[Chrislit18]

My personal favorite "lecture" was his talk about "stuff."

oh my god!!! That one is purely hilarious!!

[eclipse]

Originally Posted by Tango

He was brilliant and a master of language--he was truly the William Safire of comedy. My personal favorite "lecture" was his talk about "stuff." No other comedian could tickle my brain the way he did.

I also loved the "stuff" lecture as well as his insight into people's "driving habits."
Just from memory:

"No one can go the SAME speed you are going."
You are on the highway tooling along and someone passes you
"Did you see that idiot Martha ? Where's the fire?, He's driving like a madman!"
Next few min. you have to pass someone because they are going a slower speed
than you are:
"Did you see that idiot Martha? He's going so slow a turtle could outrun him!, What a
moron!"
It doesn't matter what speed you are doing no one can be faster or slower without being an idiot,madman and/or moran......

It's a good thing George never drove around with my husband, they both think the same way!!

[iamnotafraid]

I'm curious to where you think Carlin is RIP?

I'm basing that question on his statements about God.

[Livia]

Huge loss.

NBC is rerunning the first SNL this Sat. George hosted it.

[Tango]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

I'm curious to where you think Carlin is RIP?

I'm basing that question on his statements about God.

I think we'd have to ask Joe Pesci. Carlin lists himself as a Frisbeetarianism, so I suppose his soul was flung up on a roof somewhere.