We’ll miss you, George.
Carlin’s the kind of guy I disagreed with in at least 2/3rds of all the cases and statements he spewed during a stand-up routine. It might’ve been more than 2/3rds but I was laughing so hard at the bits I disagreed with that I couldn’t hear the rest.
Outside of paternal influence, he was probably the first time I’d heard filthy language, and he was almost assuredly — with Dennis Leary — one of the first times I’d heard “fuck” used as a noun, verb, exclamatory, etc. etc. by someone who obviously had a brain in their head and wasn’t just cursing to piss someone off.
Daring Fireball linked out to two of his awesome routines. Here’s Modern Man, which is surprisingly clean but I’m not guaranteeing it won’t get you in trouble at work:
And here’s a link to Seven Words you can’t say on television which is behind a link because IT’S ABSOLUTELY NOT WORK SAFE.
Here’s hoping that wherever you are, George, you’ve got a comfy chair and a good view — and that we’re all able to prove you wrong.
June 24th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Thanks for this - I, shamefully enough, knew little of Carlin’s work, but it is clear just how important he is.