"WHEN FASCISM COMES TO AMERICA IT WILL BE WRAPPED IN THE FLAG
AND CARRYING A CROSS." -SINCLAIR LEWIS

Monday, June 23, 2008

RIP, George Carlin

Counter-culture comedian George Carlin died yesterday of massive heart failure at the age of 71. He was known for various characters and bits from his stand up act, including the Hippie-Dippie Weatherman and the Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television, which got him arrested and led to a landmark indecency case before the Supreme Court. In November he was slated to receive the 2008 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, given by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. As I get older I'm starting to realize that I'll be doing a lot of posts like this:

1 comment:

Intrepid Californio said...

Yeah the story of everyone's life.
Seriously, we start to see the "icons" of out youth die off.

I Have always been a big fan of Carlin. He was th adept at pointing out the every day quirks of society and conveying them in a way the was funny and even informative. I never knew Hitler had one ball.

Thanks George for spending your life making our lives just a little bit better every day. May you rest in peace and if you can, please continue to make fun of us.