Comedian George Carlin dies in Los Angeles at 71
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 problems, died at St. 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 about seven dirty words you could not say on television. A regulatory battle over a radio broadcast of his "Filthy Words" routine ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court
From 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 problems, died at St. 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 about seven dirty words you could not say on television. A regulatory battle over a radio broadcast of his "Filthy Words" routine ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court
From Reuters
His routine on baseball and football, most appropriate for this forum:
<TABLE class=boxed cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="90%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD class=header vAlign=top align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>Baseball and Football
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=middle bgColor=#4d3201>[SIZE=-1]by George Carlin[/SIZE]</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=middle bgColor=#f3e9ce>[SIZE=-1]Baseball is different from any other sport, very different. For instance, in most sports you score points or goals; in baseball you score runs. In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in play, and only the defense is allowed to touch the ball. In fact, in baseball if an offensive player touches the ball intentionally, he's out; sometimes unintentionally, he's out.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Also: in football,basketball, soccer, volleyball, and all sports played with a ball, you score with the ball and in baseball the ball prevents you from scoring.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In most sports the team is run by a coach; in baseball the team is run by a manager. And only in baseball does the manager or coach wear the same clothing the players do. If you'd ever seen John Madden in his Oakland Raiders uniform,you'd know the reason for this custom.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Now, I've mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]I enjoy comparing baseball and football:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.
Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball you wear a cap.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Football is concerned with downs - what down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In football you receive a penalty.
In baseball you make an error.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In football the specialist comes in to kick.
In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...
In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we've got to go to sudden death.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there's not too much unpleasantness.
In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you're capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home![/SIZE]
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE class=boxed cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="90%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD class=header vAlign=top align=middle bgColor=#ffffff>Baseball and Football
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=middle bgColor=#4d3201>[SIZE=-1]by George Carlin[/SIZE]</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=middle bgColor=#f3e9ce>[SIZE=-1]Baseball is different from any other sport, very different. For instance, in most sports you score points or goals; in baseball you score runs. In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in play, and only the defense is allowed to touch the ball. In fact, in baseball if an offensive player touches the ball intentionally, he's out; sometimes unintentionally, he's out.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Also: in football,basketball, soccer, volleyball, and all sports played with a ball, you score with the ball and in baseball the ball prevents you from scoring.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In most sports the team is run by a coach; in baseball the team is run by a manager. And only in baseball does the manager or coach wear the same clothing the players do. If you'd ever seen John Madden in his Oakland Raiders uniform,you'd know the reason for this custom.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Now, I've mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]I enjoy comparing baseball and football:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.
Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball you wear a cap.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Football is concerned with downs - what down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In football you receive a penalty.
In baseball you make an error.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In football the specialist comes in to kick.
In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...
In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we've got to go to sudden death.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there's not too much unpleasantness.
In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you're capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home![/SIZE]
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
I'll never forget the 7 dirty words you can't say on television: shit, piss, cu&nt, fuck, cocksu ker, motherfu ker and 
.
"Tits. That is such a friendly sounding word. It sounds like a nickname, right? "Hey, Tits, come here, man. Hey Tits, meet Toots. Toots, Tits. Tits, Toots." It sounds like a snack, doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is a snack. I don't mean your sexist snack. I mean New Nabisco Tits!, and new Cheese Tits, Corn Tits, Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits. "Betcha Can't Eat Just One."
This was the first record we had in our household that had swearing on it.
."Tits. That is such a friendly sounding word. It sounds like a nickname, right? "Hey, Tits, come here, man. Hey Tits, meet Toots. Toots, Tits. Tits, Toots." It sounds like a snack, doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is a snack. I don't mean your sexist snack. I mean New Nabisco Tits!, and new Cheese Tits, Corn Tits, Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits. "Betcha Can't Eat Just One."
This was the first record we had in our household that had swearing on it.
George Carlin
I grew up listening to George, I used to buy his comedy ablumns back in the 60s when I was in high school. His 12 minute "Filthy Word" monologue ended up before the supreme court in a suit filed by the FCC back in the 60s.
In a narrow 5 to 4 decision, the Court upheld the FCC's authority to channel broadcasts containing indecent words to late-night broadcast hours when children are unlikely to comprise much of the audience. The Court based its holding on the lower level of First Amendment protection extended to broadcasting, the ability of broadcasts to zap listeners without warning in the privacy of their own living rooms, and the need to protect children from harmful speech.
George a definite pioneer of free speech in the media and one funny son of gun made millions laugh over the last 50 years.
RIP. George Carlin
wil.
PS. I really do feel old myself for some reason now.
I grew up listening to George, I used to buy his comedy ablumns back in the 60s when I was in high school. His 12 minute "Filthy Word" monologue ended up before the supreme court in a suit filed by the FCC back in the 60s.
In a narrow 5 to 4 decision, the Court upheld the FCC's authority to channel broadcasts containing indecent words to late-night broadcast hours when children are unlikely to comprise much of the audience. The Court based its holding on the lower level of First Amendment protection extended to broadcasting, the ability of broadcasts to zap listeners without warning in the privacy of their own living rooms, and the need to protect children from harmful speech.
George a definite pioneer of free speech in the media and one funny son of gun made millions laugh over the last 50 years.
RIP. George Carlin
wil.
PS. I really do feel old myself for some reason now.
Mine too. Probably 1971, 72
Can't remember where I got it..Maybe my older brother brought it in.
But I do remember going up to the nearest hometown record shop (the big shops in Dallas were maybe ten miles away) on my bike to try and buy another one of his records and the little old lady who ran it told me, "We don't carry that kind of dirty material. Try some Bill Cosby"
Which was also pretty damn funny, so I don't hold a grudge against her.
i hope HBO does a marathon with all 14 of his specials...now that would be awesome...
now see he did release a box set called all my stuff in 2007...wow 180 bucks...
i'll pass and wait for a marathon,it is the right thing to do...he won't be needing the money now...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000RPCJBG/bookstorenow19-20
now see he did release a box set called all my stuff in 2007...wow 180 bucks...
i'll pass and wait for a marathon,it is the right thing to do...he won't be needing the money now...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000RPCJBG/bookstorenow19-20
