In Praise Of George Carlin...

[arwalden]

I think he's one of the funniest comedians ever! Still!



"You can prick your finger, but you can't..."

[Beware the Beast Man]

1. "Ever notice most of the people who are against abortion,

are the people you wouldn't want to fuck in the first place? There's such balance in nature..."

He is a comic genius.

[flamingyouth]

4. One of my favorite quotes by him

:D

[Beer Snob-50]

2. I agree, I have seen him many times in concert

once he expanded his 7 words you should never say on tv to about 200. He just read them from a scroll.

[Sporadicus]

3. Yes, He's Tops!

In terms of 'observational' humor, he makes Seinfeld look positively pedestrian. I like Seinfeld and all, but George Carlin takes top honors in my book.

[Done]

5. George Carlin on Muhammad Ali refusal to go to Vietnam

"So Muhammad Ali is allowed to fight again; he wasn't there, for a while. Unusual job, anyway, beating people up, but the government wanted him to change jobs. The government wanted him to kill people.

Muhammad Ali said, "Wellllll... I'll beat 'em up , but I don't want to kill 'em."

And the government said, "Hahahahha, well, if you don't kill 'em, we won't let you beat 'em up!"

[GOPBasher]

6. LOL That's hilarious! I never heard that one. n/t

[GOPBasher]

7. "Conservatives love the unborn, but once you're born, you're on your own."

"Conservative love the unborn, but once you're born, you're on your own! No child care, no day care, no welfare, no health care, nothing! If you're pre-born, you're fine, if you're pre-school, you're fucked!"

According to Carlin, we should fight the war on drugs by putting to death white, middle-class Republican bankers. That would dry up the path for money laundering, he says.

[GOPBasher]

8. Quick point: Carlin is the best. Ever. Period.

[arwalden]

9. His Old Classic Routines Are Still Funny ...

... even when I read transcripts of them, I can hear his coarse voice and see his face contort into the hilarious expressions. They have be bursting into laughter very easily.

[Blue-Jay]

10. "In the U.S. anybody can be president. That's the problem."