<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs and dirty words, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital on Sunday, a spokesman said. He was 71. Carlin, who had a history of heart and drug-dependency problems, died at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica about 6 p.m. PDT (9 p.m. EDT) after being admitted earlier in the afternoon for chest pains, spokesman Jeff Abraham told Reuters. Known for his edgy, provocative material, Carlin achieved status as an anti-Establishment icon in the 1970s with stand-up bits full of drug references and a routine called "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television." A regulatory battle over a radio broadcast of the routine ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court. In the 1978 case, Federal Communications Commission vs. Pacifica Foundation, the top U.S. court ruled that the words cited in Carlin's routine were indecent, and that the government's broadcast regulator could ban them from being aired at times when children might be listening. Carlin's comedic sensibility often came back to a central theme: humanity is doomed.</div> Source: Yahoo! News No way in hell .. the man was a stand-up comedic genius. I will truly miss him a lot. R.I.P. George.
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He'll never really die. He'll be making people laugh for generations. A teenager in 2100 will find some clip of him and laugh his ass off. A real genius and a great loss. I'll really miss him.
They say these things come in threes. First Russert, now Carlin. He was a really big deal when I was growing up, and I really enjoyed his comedy. R.I.P.
Can anybody else just envision him in the afterlife telling God to F off? I wish I wasn't at work, because I really want to watch some of his old clips again.
aw damn, i just made a topic. I didn't see this, someone delete mine. Anyways, i'm truly saddened to see my favorite comedian go. .. "Whose cruel idea was it for the word “Lisp” to have a 'S' in it?" R.I.P
He wasn't really sick per se, he just had a lot of heart issues and went in because he simply had chest pains. Anyways, comedy has officially lost one of its true geniuses and will likely be greatly missed. RIP George
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Jun 23 2008, 10:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Can anybody else just envision him in the afterlife telling God to F off?</div> Well, most of his stand up act was basicly saying there was no God, so im thinking God is flippin him off. Im not saying this to be a ass, but becouse of his stand up.
<div><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xrGWooNDPiE&"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xrGWooNDPiE&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350" /></embed></object></div> After this movie, Carlin became a hero of mine. Love the dude, his stand up is hilarious. RIP
