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George Carlin Dead of Heart Failure

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the true-original dept.

ashamanq was one of many who noted that comedian George Carlin has died of heart failure. Most famous for his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine which resulted in a landmark supreme court ruling, he was a true voice against censorship, and also one of the funniest men ever. He was 71.

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  1. Re:Smiling down. by cayenne8 · · Score: 5, Informative
    "Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck."

    --George Carlin

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    Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
  2. Re:Semantics by Alzheimers · · Score: 5, Informative

    Good choices, though I was always a fan of the Baseball vs. Football routine.

    And he's right on about Hockey:

    Hockey comes to mind. People think hockey is a sport. It's not. Hockey is three activities taking place at the same time: ice skating, fooling around with a puck, and beating the shit out of somebody.

    RIP man.

  3. Re:Smiling down. by sorak · · Score: 4, Informative

    Um, I think you mean. May his body decay into the earth as nicely as fucking possible.

    Anyone who mentions "up there", "god", or "soul" in this article should be modded down.

    Hey, George Carlin has a bit about that phrase. GP's reference is not disrespectful.
  4. And for those who don't get the Joe Pesci referenc by oneiros27 · · Score: 5, Informative

    And here's something else, another problem you might have: Suppose your prayers aren't answered. What do you say? "Well, it's God's will." "Thy Will Be Done." Fine, but if it's God's will, and He's going to do what He wants to anyway, why the fuck bother praying in the first place? Seems like a big waste of time to me! Couldn't you just skip the praying part and go right to His Will? It's all very confusing.

    So to get around a lot of this, I decided to worship the sun. But, as I said, I don't pray to the sun. You know who I pray to? Joe Pesci. Two reasons: First of all, I think he's a good actor, okay? To me, that counts. Second, he looks like a guy who can get things done. Joe Pesci doesn't fuck around. In fact, Joe Pesci came through on a couple of things that God was having trouble with.

    For years I asked God to do something about my noisy neighbor with the barking dog, Joe Pesci straightened that cocksucker out with one visit. It's amazing what you can accomplish with a simple baseball bat.

    So I've been praying to Joe for about a year now. And I noticed something. I noticed that all the prayers I used to offer to God, and all the prayers I now offer to Joe Pesci, are being answered at about the same 50% rate. Half the time I get what I want, half the time I don't. Same as God, 50-50. Same as the four-leaf clover and the horseshoe, the wishing well and the rabbit's foot, same as the Mojo Man, same as the Voodoo Lady who tells you your fortune by squeezing the goat's testicles, it's all the same: 50-50. So just pick your superstition, sit back, make a wish, and enjoy yourself.

    --George Carlin

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    Build it, and they will come^Hplain.
  5. Re:If I were in charge of the networks by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 5, Informative

    excerpt from George Carlin's book, Brain Droppings.

  6. Re:Smiling down. by gnick · · Score: 5, Informative

    Carlin was of Irish descent and was raised in the Roman Catholic faith.[22][23][24] - Wikipedia

    Anybody who mentions athiesm in a thread about a Christian's death should be modded flamebait or troll. Have a littlke respect, for God's sake.

    I'm not sure whether that's just a weird joke or not, but here.
    From the same Wikipedia article:

    Although raised in the Roman Catholic faith, Carlin often denounced the idea of God in interviews and performances, most notably with his "Invisible Man in the Sky" and "There Is No God" routines. In mockery, he invented the parody religion Frisbeetarianism for a newspaper contest. He defined it as the belief that when a person dies "his soul gets flung onto a roof, and just stays there", and cannot be retrieved.

    Carlin also joked that he worshipped the Sun, because he could actually see it, but prayed to Joe Pesci (a good friend of his in real life) because "he's a good actor", and "looks like a guy who can get things done!"[40]

    Carlin also introduced the "Two Commandments", a revised "pocket-sized" list of the Ten Commandments in his HBO special Complaints and Grievances, ending with the additional commandment of "Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself."[41]

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    He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.