Rockinghorse Winner <rockinghorse@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>In alt.religion.christian.roman-catholic, Wombat had the audacity to say
that:
>
>> On 30 Jun, 04:16, John Baker <nu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:20:50 +0200 (CEST),
>>>
>>> nonscrivet...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
("Non scrivetemi") wrote:
>>>
>>> Sure, Danny. What Carlin would likely have had to say to you for even
>>> suggesting he might believe in your sky pixie would be too much even
>>> for cable.
>>>
>>> You're a moron, Min.
>>
>> It's strange, but I had never heard of George Carlin before the re****t
>> of his death.
>> Did he ever perform in Europe or did he only ever perform in the USA?
>>
>> Wombat
>
>Carlin was all the rage amongst me and my Junior High friends in the
early
>70's. He was one of the first comedians to reach the generation which
came
>of age after the 60's.
>
>His album, Class Clown, was virtually memorized by our group, and I can
>still remember bits and pieces of the routines to this day. I'd say
>together with Cheech and Chong, Carlin represented freedom of thought a
>break from the old style comedy of Bob Hope, Don Rickles, etc.
>
>While C&C were all about pleasure and seeking bliss, Carlin always had a
>sharp point to his routines.
>
>IMO, his comedy got sharper and better as he got older, and he was one of
>the few comedians to remain a standup figure his whole career, not
branching
>out to other show biz outlets like movies, TV, etc. Although he did try
his
>hand at TV, it did not do well. Lucky for us, since we needed his
>observational humour more than he needed the extra money!
>
>The country will be poorer because of his absence from the scene.
No one in this thread has actually posted a cite for one of his
routines. Many of them need video, or at least audio, to convey the
humor, and numerous ones abound.
But here is the routine that made him famous.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/bushbeat/archives/2008/06/say_it_aint_so.php
and here is a randomly selected collection of audios/videos of his
routines (which I have not watched) - the first is the one cited
above:
http://www.mustsharejokes.com/page/Top+George+Carlin+Bits?t=anon
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