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I saw that when I woke up, and it sucked all the fun and flavor out of my day. His sense of humor was a huge influence on Little Justin.
;_;
What was everyone’s favorite Carlin jokes? I’ve always loved this one:
Religion convinced the world that there’s an invisible man in the sky who watches everything you do. And there’s 10 things he doesn’t want you to do or else you’ll go to a burning place with a lake of fire until the end of eternity. But he loves you! …And he needs money! He’s all powerful, but he can’t handle money!
No surprise that I like all his jokes about religion. He was insightful and funny about it but wasn’t as malicious and flailing about it as say Bill Maher is.
I think my favorites were his old classic riffs on airline-related wordplay. I was a little kid sitting on the floor and hearing someone funny pull apart the difference between “Near Miss” and “Near Hit” rocked my brain. Language is imprecise! People aggressively warp phrases into banality for the sake of comfort! None of this was new to me, really, but watching him goofily yank these concepts apart finally sunk them properly into my brain.
Kinda amused me that Yahoo’s main source seemed to be a Playboy interview.
I think in tribute I will now listen to a 2 1/2 minute clip of “Usage of Fuck”
Such a bum out. You could definitely see this coming, though. The man’s health had been declining really rapidly over the past couple of years.
“The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.”
NYTimes Headline:
George Carlin, 71, Irreverent Standup Comedian, Is Dead
By MEL WATKINS 11:35 AM ET
Mr. Carlin was hailed for his poignant observations on the absurdities of everyday life in routines like “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.”
My question is: Poignant? When I think “George Carlin,” the adjective “poignant” is about the last thing to come to mind…
I absolutely think poignant. Look up his whole “bullshit” routine from start to finish.
George Carlin on one of my favorite subjects: Food.
Seriously, one of the few ‘heroes’ or ‘idols’ that I have. The guy was not only funny, but also so on point on the human nature and all the bullshit in society. I would say rest in peace, but he’d tell me to go fuck myself if I did.
His soul is on some rooftop now and it will never be retrieved. Like a frisbee.
His soul is on some rooftop now and it will never be retrieved. Like a frisbee.
That’s beautiful, man.
From an article by someone who interviewed Carlin a couple months back:
Since we were on the subject, I thought I’d ask what he’d like his tombstone to say. Carlin didn’t miss a beat.
“I’m thinking something along the lines of, “Jeez, he was just here a minute ago.”
Made me laugh.