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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/us_nm/carlin_dc 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. "I don't have any beliefs or allegiances. I don't believe in this country, I don't believe in religion, or a god, and I don't believe in all these man-made institutional ideas," he told Reuters in a 2001 interview. Carlin, who wrote several books and performed in many television comedy specials, is survived by his wife Sally Wade, and daughter Kelly Carlin McCall. My favorite stand-up of all time. RIP
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We all gotta go sometime. That's too bad,he said some funny things.
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Just beat me to it. Sad to hear. He was one funny son of a gun. 
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Agreed. Considering all the drugs/heart attacks he did/had it's impressive he made it this long.
He probably had the greatest command of the english language out of any stand-up I've ever seen.
Joe Bless/RIP
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R.I.P. George.....The Hippy-Dippy Weatherman has given his final forecast..."Ladies and Gentlemen, The weather will change on and off, for a long, long time to come"........
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WOW....this is a bummer! George was one funny dude. RIP George Carlin! 
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This is your hippy dippy weather man,, Bringing you the hippy dippy weather.........man! The guy always cracked me up. He'll be missed. I think I got these questions from Carlin off of a post on this board.. not sure. Either way, they deserve repeating today.. Quote:
GOOD QUESTIONS . . . The Ramblings of George Carlin
1. Ever wonder about those people who spend $2.00 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backwards. NAIVE
2. Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?
3. If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea does that mean that one enjoys it?
4. There are three religious truths: Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith. Baptists do not recognize each other in the liquor store or at Hooters.
5. If you take an Oriental person! and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented?
6. If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?
7. Why do we say something is out of whack? What's a whack?
8. Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
9. If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
10. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
11. When someone asks you, "A penny for your thoughts" and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?
12. Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
13. Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Aren't they just stale bread to begin with?
14. When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?
15. Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a race car not called a racist?
16. Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety one?
17. "I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence?
18. If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?
19. If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP?
20. Do Lipton Tea employees take coffee breaks?
21. What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?
22. I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me. They're cramming for their final exam.
23. I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?
24. Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen can look for them while the deliver the mail?
25. If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?
26. You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
27. No one ever says, "It's only a game" when their team is winning.
28. Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn't zigzag?
29. Last night I played a blank tape at full blast. The mime next door went nuts.
30. If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose?
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I went to countless shows of his at the old Front Row Theatre back in the day. I even got a chance to meet him after one of his shows and got a program autographed as well, but it's somewhere in my parents house...I hope. He was my comedy hero and he will be missed.
Thanks for all the laughs, George. May you rest in peace.
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He was a great one. His last HBO special wasn't up to his usual standards, though.
"Walter Berkowitz, who was attempting to walk around the world......drowned yesterday".
And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.
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HO-LY . . . Wow!!! What a slap in the face on a Monday morning!!!
This guy was a comic legend.
Farewell, and thanks so much for the laughs, George.
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R.I.P. Hey, Refs, as a tribute can we freely use the Seven Words today? 
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This guy was truly one of THE pioneers for the modern comedian. In fact, it seems like when you'd hear him in recent years, he seemed less funny, but only because most comedians now have routines that seem so similar to Carlin's were.
Every year for Christmas I get a daily calendar and this year's is a Carlin thought a day. Most of the time, they are really funny.
RIP George. Without you, the comedic world of today would be a lot worse.
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I am unfamiliar with this feeling of optimism
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I can't help thinking that if Carlin were alive to witness his funeral, he'd ask the question, what's all the fuss about? 
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Whenever I see a dust storm approaching in one part of the sky and rain clouds in another, I always think of the hippy-dippy weatherman's forecast of mud.
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"I think I am, therefore I am, I think."
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Whenever I see a dust storm approaching in one part of the sky and rain clouds in another, I always think of the hippy-dippy weatherman's forecast of mud.
The other thing I thought about was Al Sleet, the hippy-dippy weather man saying "Tonight's forecast...DARK! Continuing darkness through tonight...turning into widely scattered light in the morning, man. Now if you'll take a look at our weather map, you'll see we don't have one. So, try to picture last night's, man, in your mind. Try to figure out those lines and numbers. The weather was dominated by a Canadian low, which is not to be confused with a Mexican high."
"This is Al Sleet saying, remember, if you don't like the weather...MOVE!"
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R.I.P. Funny Man I learned the 7 things ya never hear on TV from him.... 
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OMG Molly,, yes yes,, I remember that all too well,, Thanks
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Man I loved George! Sad to see him go
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A true legend, he will be missed
R.I.P.
"If it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college"
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He was a funny guy, RIP
Our honor defend, we will fight to the end, for OHIO! GO BUCKS!
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Very funny man. I think my mom took care of him when he was hospitalized while in Dayton years ago. I believe his wife was from the area.
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RIP. At my age, I will always remember him best as Mr. Conductor on PBS. A character a little out of character for him!
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RIP
He was a very funny man, will be missed.
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RIP George. Hope there is enough room for all your STUFF in the casket
I AM ALWAYS RIGHT... except when I am wrong.
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I'm happy that I got the chance to see him perform live 2 years ago. I've enjoyed every HBO show he did. I will forever miss his cynical, sarcastic, and plain nutty view of everyday life. I have laughed at many of the routines that have been mentioned in this thread but I always loved hearing him report the daily news. (also, he told the best fart jokes ever. LOL)
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HBO had a marathon of all his specials. My stomach still hurts.
He was out of the mold of Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor.
He was spot on with a lot of his observations...no comedian blasted white people better than him!
Joe bless you George, and may the sun shine on you!
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