Comments on: George Carlin, 1937-2008

By: True_Q

True_Q — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:37:38 +0000

Great comic
Even here, in Poland we’ve heard of him and watched his great sketches.
Farewell Mr. Carlin, C U Nowhere!

By: terri

terri — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:40:08 +0000

Nobody is going to be able to replace George. I am still majorly bummed that he is gone and I’ll no longer get to listen to his brilliance

By: Jason Grossman

Jason Grossman — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:47:24 +0000

Barak: that’s very funny (and right).

By: Barak A. Pearlmutter

Barak A. Pearlmutter — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:09:56 +0000

George Carlin didn’t “pass away.”

He FUCKING DIED!

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:42:56 +0000

George was the first comic that really shined on stage. His ideas and his takes on life infuence me still today. I wish I could have met him in person. I know we would have been good friends.
George, May your place in heaven be a big bright light shining on you for everyone to see. And I know the Almighty will laugh at your jokes.
God Bless

By: cynic

cynic — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:58:46 +0000

Not being American, I only know of George through his role in the Bill and Ted saga. Nonetheless he created a real impression. Who can do more than ‘Be excellent (to each other)’ and ‘Party On’. A top dude by all accounts - a pity that I’ve only found out about his wider oeuvre now that he’s gone,

By: will

will — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:38:11 +0000

The ability to make me think as hard as I laugh is more than just entertainment. He actually made me feel more human by appealing to so many of my mind’s faculties. I hope that others with such talents are also inspired. If not his death really will be a loss.

George, if I know you as well as I think I do we will never meet in the after life becasue there isn’t one in the first place, but thanks for everything.

By: none-of-the-above

none-of-the-above — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:06:43 +0000

Carlin was the Jonathan Swift of our generation. Like Swift his humour was firmly grounded on an underlying bedrock of moral outrage. But there was a gentle sweetness to him that belied his feigned misanthropy [fond memories of his “hippy-dippy weatherman”]. A clear, fearless, and funny advocate for the truth, he will be missed.

Rest in peace, man!.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:50:10 +0000

in addition to being hilarious he was the finest and most insightful critic of the use of language to manipulate opinion and perception that I know of - like Noam Chomsky channeling Lenny Bruce (or Richard Pryor for ppl of my generation). His riff on the linguistic progression over time from “shell shock” through “battle fatigue” up to today’s “post traumatic stress disorder” is as fine a piece of socio-linguistic criticism as you can find in any milieu, and unlike academic criticism it’s also direct, gut-wrenchingly funny and sad (as opposed to pompous, tedious and obscure).

He was a great force in the fight for mental liberation, and according to those who knew him post-cocaine, he was also a kind and decent fellow. I already miss him.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:29:50 +0000

George was one of my all time favorite comedians. It is sad to see him leave. He WILL be missed.
And even though I was one of those church going robots when I listened to him, and was often offended, he still made me laugh and question, where few others could.
In the end, I have ditched religion, but hang on to faith.

Thank you George.