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The World Is a Sadder Place Today....

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:20 am
by Minimalist
http://apnews.excite.com/article/200806 ... KS800.html

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) - George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71.

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:43 am
by MichelleH
Rest in Peace George......you will be greatly missed. :(

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:16 am
by Minimalist

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:06 pm
by Forum Monk
George Carlin and Sam Kinison were two of the funniest men of our generation. They could literally cause me to laugh until my stomach ached.

Rest in peace, George.

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:59 am
by Digit
We have his twin brother, I'm delighted to say, but those of a delicate nature should give this a miss.
To our American friends may I introduce Billy Connely!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXit0FTx ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuUpShuC ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNIet4nX ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqnUceOI ... re=related

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:37 pm
by Minimalist
:D


I used the tail end of the first one to describe labor negotiations for my union, one time.

He is a funny bastard.

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:58 pm
by Digit
Yep!