George Carlin dead at 71 June 23, 2008
Posted by Evil Bender in Blogging, Humor.trackback
As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, we’ve lost a truly great one: George Carlin, one of the funniest, most insightful and smartest comedians ever to grace a stage. He’ll be missed.
I was quite sad when I heard the news, but then I realized Carlin would probably want to smack me for that. So I’ll celebrate his life instead. The next time someone in power spews some bullshit, I’ll do my very best to call them on it. That was Carlin’s great gift to us–not just to be funny, but to do it in service to reminding us that nothing is sacred, and that we shouldn’t rely on conventional wisdom and what the powerful try to sell us.
And because I can, I’ll be raising a glass of Scotch in Carlin’s honor tonight; I don’t know how he felt about Scotch, but it’s how I’d like people to honor my memory.
you said it brother, one day we’ll all be eating porkchops with george and Jesus
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It’s a sad day indeed. I’m reminded of something George said;
“If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.”
And our species is further diminished today, by the loss of the “Great One.”
George was both a blessing and a curse, to those who knew and loved him. To the rest of us, he was a sage, a man filled with insight, and the backbone to “stick it to the man” every chance he got.
I couldn’t think of anything else, today. It’s like a cold, dark cloud entered my study, and lingered. You can read my thoughts here;
http://renaissanceronin.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/keep-thy-religion-to-thyself-george-carlin/
I always thought that if Keith Richards could hang with us, old George would be around to welcome Jesus back…
71 was much too young. We’ll miss him.