RIP George Carlin

One thing about Carlin: No standup comedian's work translated to print as well as his did. His books are hilarious.

RIP to an American original.

 

I kid you not when I say that I'm about halfway through reading Brain Droppings for the second time, and it's classic stuff.

I mean, yeah, he lived past 70 and we should all be so lucky, but this sucks ass man.

Well, I hope they find a place to put his stuff.

 

Beat me to it. RIP, indeed.

 

I just heard it on the radio and then saw it was on E!'s website. I don't think the publicist broke it until about 12.

 

Man. I'm just stunned.

I'll just say this - I always liked the man for his no-holds-barred, everyone's fair game, approach to comedy. Sure, he'd step on my toes a little with some stuff he poked fun about, but then he'd also offer up commentary on some stuff that left me sobbing. Like saying we should use the words "cornhole" and "dingleberry" more often. I loved him cause he never was P.C., I loved him cause many times he was very on target, and I loved him cause he kept finding new, odd things to ridicule and talk about.

There will never be another like him. Ever.

 

Because we're a sports journalism site:

 

I saw him perform this

in Vegas. The show I saw was one of the first times he ran through it. He was prepping for this HBO special. It was AWESOME live, even though he slipped up a few times.

He was one fucking angry man. And I loved it.

Here's another piece from the show:

And another part:

Jesus, this man is angry.

 

Fuck, fuck, fuck. My all-time favorite comedian.

Anybody see anything on the wire yet? Trying to rip up a page here ...

 

Still not on AP.
Can't they confirm it?
No story on Reuters too.

 

Your sentiments -- and your premonition -- are dead-on nails, Trey.

Put aside the fact that he was a comedic genius of the first order. Any way you care to define the term, George Carlin was one of the seminal social commentators of the 20th and early 21st centuries.

His evisceration of everything from the hypocrisy of the anti-drug movement to the double-standard of the media to the abomination of George W. Bush's presidency was brilliant, biting and absolutely hysterical.

I was fortunate enough to see his stand-up routine in 1991. Before my wife and I were married, we'd always go to Vegas at least once or twice a year. And it seemed we'd always miss Carlin by about a week either way.

Before Thing 1 and Thing 2 came along, we kept the Vegas tradition going. Lo and behold, in '91, Carlin was playing Bally's when we were there.

We couldn't get there fast enough. The best part was we had some of our friends along on that trip. So about 8 of us had dinner at the Italian restaurant at Bally's, then saw Carlin.

Worth. Every. Dollar. One of the best stand-ups I've ever seen.

RIP to someone who Got. It.

 

I saw a Reuters story picked up on MSN.com. Short one, but a story nonetheless.

 

I hope he's with his wife, Brenda, again, though based on his recent work, he didn't believe they'd be reunited someday.