great comedian.
r.i.p.
maybe the greatest comedian ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YphEUa5LPjM
good stuff
It's sad. I <3 this guy. Was soooo funny. RIP.
too bad.
i love the fact that he was such a great, foul-mouthed comic, but at the same time was on Shining Time Station when i was a kid
he's in a glorious conscience now
wtf happened. he seemed to be in pretty good shape earlier this year.
Constant heart problems throughout his life.
goodnight sweet prince
rip
"You know why they call it the American dream? Because you'd have to be fucking asleep to believe it."
Quote from: ImperfectCircle on Jun 24, 2008, 03:55 AM
"You know why they call it the American dream? Because you'd have to be fucking asleep to believe it."
hahaha
rip
rip
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Jun 23, 2008, 05:16 PM
i love the fact that he was such a great, foul-mouthed comic, but at the same time was on Shining Time Station when i was a kid
Haha, exactly what I was gonna say... I wonder who casted that role, that was a huge risk...
hes my god
And no one cares.....
If there is a hell
I'll see you there...
check out the the '7 words' you can't say on t.v
Quote from: endoeleven on Jun 28, 2008, 05:38 AM
check out the the '7 words' you can't say on t.v
yeah classic
RIP
"There are 400,000 words in the English language, and there are seven you can't say on television. What a ratio that is! 399,993 to 7. They must really be baaaad. They must be OUTRAGEOUS to be separated from a group that large. "All of you words over here, you seven....baaaad words." That's what they told us, right? ...You know the seven, don't ya? That you can't say on TV? Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits."
"I don't have pet peeves — I have major psychotic fucking hatreds!"
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that. "
AND HIS BEST QUOTE EVER.....
"We're so self-important. So self-important. Everybody's going to save something now. "Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails." And the greatest arrogance of all: save the planet. What? Are these fucking people kidding me? Save the planet, we don't even know how to take care of ourselves yet. We haven't learned how to care for one another, we're gonna save the fucking planet?
I'm getting tired of that shit. Tired of that shit. I'm tired of fucking Earth Day, I'm tired of these self-righteous environmentalists, these white, bourgeois liberals who think the only thing wrong with this country is there aren't enough bicycle paths. People trying to make the world save for their Volvos. Besides, environmentalists don't give a shit about the planet. They don't care about the planet. Not in the abstract they don't. Not in the abstract they don't. You know what they're interested in? A clean place to live. Their own habitat. They're worried that some day in the future, they might be personally inconvenienced. Narrow, unenlightened self-interest doesn't impress me.
Besides, there is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are fucked. Difference. Difference. The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. Been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We've been here, what, a hundred thousand? Maybe two hundred thousand? And we've only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years. Two hundred years versus four and a half billion. And we have the CONCEIT to think that somehow we're a threat? That somehow we're gonna put in jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that's just a-floatin' around the sun?
The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles...hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worlwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages...And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet...the planet...the planet isn't going anywhere. WE ARE!
We're going away. Pack your shit, folks. We're going away. And we won't leave much of a trace, either. Thank God for that. Maybe a little styrofoam. Maybe. A little styrofoam. The planet'll be here and we'll be long gone. Just another failed mutation. Just another closed-end biological mistake. An evolutionary cul-de-sac. The planet'll shake us off like a bad case of fleas. A surface nuisance.
You wanna know how the planet's doing? Ask those people at Pompeii, who are frozen into position from volcanic ash, how the planet's doing. You wanna know if the planet's all right, ask those people in Mexico City or Armenia or a hundred other places buried under thousands of tons of earthquake rubble, if they feel like a threat to the planet this week. Or how about those people in Kilowaia, Hawaii, who built their homes right next to an active volcano, and then wonder why they have lava in the living room.
The planet will be here for a long, long, LONG time after we're gone, and it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself, 'cause that's what it does. It's a self-correcting system. The air and the water will recover, the earth will be renewed, and if it's true that plastic is not degradable, well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new pardigm: the earth plus plastic. The earth doesn't share our prejudice towards plastic. Plastic came out of the earth. The earth probably sees plastic as just another one of its children. Could be the only reason the earth allowed us to be spawned from it in the first place. It wanted plastic for itself. Didn't know how to make it. Needed us. Could be the answer to our age-old egocentric philosophical question, "Why are we here?" Plastic...asshole.
So, the plastic is here, our job is done, we can be phased out now. And I think that's begun. Don't you think that's already started? I think, to be fair, the planet sees us as a mild threat. Something to be dealt with. And the planet can defend itself in an organized, collective way, the way a beehive or an ant colony can. A collective defense mechanism. The planet will think of something. What would you do if you were the planet? How would you defend yourself against this troublesome, pesky species? Let's see... Viruses. Viruses might be good. They seem vulnerable to viruses. And, uh...viruses are tricky, always mutating and forming new strains whenever a vaccine is developed. Perhaps, this first virus could be one that compromises the immune system of these creatures. Perhaps a human immunodeficiency virus, making them vulnerable to all sorts of other diseases and infections that might come along. And maybe it could be spread sexually, making them a little reluctant to engage in the act of reproduction.
Well, that's a poetic note. And it's a start. And I can dream, can't I? See I don't worry about the little things: bees, trees, whales, snails. I think we're part of a greater wisdom than we will ever understand. A higher order. Call it what you want. Know what I call it? The Big Electron. The Big Electron...whoooa. Whoooa. Whoooa. It doesn't punish, it doesn't reward, it doesn't judge at all. It just is. And so are we. For a little while."
~ George Carlin
^amen
A definite legend and comedic genius. I was seriously hurt when he died because we NEED people like him.
Quote from: 13hourstoparadise on Jun 25, 2008, 02:19 PM
Quote from: deafnotes on Jun 25, 2008, 08:14 AM
hes my god
Bummer, your god is dead.
george carlin is now beating up god's ass in heaven lol
i discoered george when i was 18 and now im almost 22. george re aligned my brain
hehe
Quote from: Inkblades on Jun 30, 2008, 12:24 AM
A definite legend and comedic genius. I was seriously hurt when he died because we NEED people like him.
i definitely see what you mean. and most people(especially comedians in this case) today are nowhere near him.
i mean he literally goddamned changed the country back in the 70s
Quote from: Tuck on Jun 28, 2008, 02:19 PM
RIP
It's been over a month and since I heard this, and saw the '7 words' clip I've been watching bits, pieces (were I realized I heard some of this before in the opening of the movie documentary Zeitgeist) and full shows. George Carlin was indeed a great man. Great sense of humor, great sense of style and a great view on things, even when I don't agree.