A Pioneer in stand up comedy, as well as the inspiration for thousands of comedians, George Carlin is with us no more. He was a personal hero, and a big part of the reason I got into comedy in the first place.
Irreverent comedian George Carlin, whose profanity-laced skewering of US political and social conventions made him a counter-culture hero, has died of heart failure at the age of 71.
Carlin died on Sunday evening at the Saint John’s Health Centre in Santa Monica, California, just hours after complaining of chest pains, publicist Jeff Abraham said. Carlin had a history of heart problems and underwent rehab in 2004 for addictions to alcohol and prescription painkillers.
He died just days after it was announced he had been awarded the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for “American Humour” by the Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts in Washington. The award would have been presented this November.
“In his lengthy career as a comedian, writer and actor, George Carlin has not only made us laugh, but he makes us think,” said Stephen A Schwarzman, the Kennedy Centre chairman. “His influence on the next generation of comics has been far-reaching.”
“I’ve always been sort of anti-authoritarian and I really don’t like arbitrary rules and regulations that are essentially designed to get people in the habit of conforming,” Carlin said in a National Public Radio interview in 2004.
Born in New York in 1937, Carlin started out as a radio DJ and stand-up comedian and went on to make 23 comedy albums, 14 television specials, and win four Grammy Awards. He was famously against religion and politicians.
“I’m completely in favour of the separation of church and state,” he once said. “My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.”
But his most lasting impact dates from 1972 and his bawdy routine: The Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.
When he uttered all the words at a stand-up show in Milwaukee he was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace, but was later exonerated when a judge ruled he was protected by the Constitution’s guarantee of freedom of speech.
However, when a New York Radio station played the routine the Supreme Court ruled in 1978 that the government had the right to censor radio stations.
Last year Carlin was voted the second-best comedian of all time behind Richard Pryor in a Comedy Central cable television station poll of network executive and industry veterans.
Carlin is survived by his second wife Sally Wade, daughter Kelly Carlin McCall and brother Patrick. His first wife, Brenda, died of cancer in 1997, and he himself had long ruminated on the end of life.
“Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time,” he said.
A fierce critic of modern civilisation, Carlin told Playboy in 2005 that his vision of the afterlife included a “heavenly CNN”.
“The world is a big theatre-in-the round as far as I’m concerned, and I’d love to watch it spin itself into oblivion,” he told the magazine. “Tune in and watch the human adventure. … That’s what I want heaven to be.”
Its official! Scientists in Southern California concluded their research this last week, and were medically able to prove that erectile disfunction could be cured forever, in men of all ages, all genders, races, and no matter what the past problem was, with one fix. Having a MEGAN FOX Clone.
Mass Production will begin in the next three to four weeks, and your own personalized Megan Fox Clone will be hand delivered within 6-8 weeks of ordering. Megan was humbled to learn that she would be saving the world. To See what life with a clone might be like, click the picture, and take a walk on the virtual side!
The race for the next fuel, whether it be bio fuel, water vapor, steam, or vegan farts, has really picked up over the last few months due to a heavy increase in gas prices. Dr. Emmett Brown, known for his past work in speaker modifications, has created what many feel is the next way our society will get around, and help the environment. When asked for comment Dr. Brown said “Great Scott!, gas is 5 bucks a gallon?”
His plutonium based car might be radioactive, but it gives off no exhaust, and truly is a cleaner, more effective car. Many companies are looking into his design, expect to see it sometime in the near future.
After a day of rolling black outs, and 114 degree weather most of Southern California was on edge. We were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of Paris Hilton topless down on Melrose outside of a popular eatery. When asked why she was topless, she responded with a coy smile, and “its so hot”.
Just another example of a frivolous lawsuit,
Macrida Patterson, 52, alleges that she was hurt last May by a defective “low-rise v-string” from the Victoria’s Secret “Sexy Little Thing” line, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Los Angeles Superior Court.
If she wins, then I will follow with a series of lawsuits against the lingerie giant as well. First off I am nearsighted now because every time I get a Victoria’s Secret magazine, I examine it for weeks on end. Not only does this effect my eyes, but it has been known to chafe my skin as well. And secondly I have a serious neck condition, from visiting the store around christmas time for my wife. When I see women modeling the sexy stuff, I tend to get whiplash, looking back at forth at them.
All Joking aside, a 52 year old beast of a woman has no business wearing a g string in the first place, that in and of itself should be a crime. But secondly if you require instructions on how to use one, you shouldn’t be shopping for one in the first place. Stick with the Granny panties Macrida Patterson, you are a perfect example of EPIC FAIL.
A side note to Victoria’s Secret. If you need a G string specialist to come in and run tests on models for you please contact me!
Miley Cyrus, AKA Hannah Montana has an enormous fan base. How utterly ridiculous would it be if her number 1 fan was a thirty year old man? Media Monster Miley had this one coming. Hip Hop, meets Hannah Montana. Click the picture to see what all the hype is about!
Hip Hop meets Halo 3, in this ode to Matchmaking Rap that has swept the internet. Gotta be a Gamer, or Halo player for this even to make sense, but if you do play, its freaking hilarious!
