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06-23-2008, 05:33 AM
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Legendary comedian George Carlin dies
............71 years of age. I hate to be the bearer of bad news here, yet again.  Man, I loved George! He was my favorite, and in my opinon the best, stand up comedian ever. I can't believe he's gone!! 
I'm not going to work today. Fuck that shit.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25322638
LOS ANGELES - 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 Sunday, a spokesman said. He was was 71.
Carlin, who had a history of heart problems, died at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica about 6 p.m. PT 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.
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06-23-2008, 10:51 AM
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Re: Legendary comedian George Carlin dies
I enjoyed his "I tell it like it is you fools" routine as they did make me laugh. Ironic as I was just watching a whole bunch of his routines recently on youtube.
Good thoughts to his family.
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06-23-2008, 02:08 PM
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Re: Legendary comedian George Carlin dies
Damn, sad news.
He was a great comedian and quite daring and visionary for his time.
He will be missed.
And so it goes. . . .
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06-23-2008, 03:06 PM
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06-23-2008, 03:07 PM
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Re: Legendary comedian George Carlin dies
Gutted.
What a legend 
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06-23-2008, 03:15 PM
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Re: Legendary comedian George Carlin dies
Listening to youtube, I searched "George Carlin." --The hit at the top: "George Carlin is Dead," seems to have been posted a year ago. Poor audio quality, yet it is [in part] Mr. Carlin...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL5c-LGtHQU
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Last edited by Richard_from_Cal : 06-23-2008 at 07:59 PM.
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06-23-2008, 03:50 PM
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Re: Legendary comedian George Carlin dies
I remember he had a qualm, about appearing in a dress in that movie starring Shelley Long & Bette Midler: Outrageous Fortune.
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"Who Owns You Americans?" - George Carlin
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06-23-2008, 04:06 PM
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Re: Legendary comedian George Carlin dies
vv--vv--vv-- for George--vv--vv--vv
Leon Russell's "Magic Mirror'
(I wonder if George spun any of Leon's work, as a DJ?....)
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06-23-2008, 08:02 PM
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Re: Legendary comedian George Carlin dies
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...062300818.html
^^--Google had this story, in the same section as --^^
the news about Mr. Carlin's death. Two hyperlinks down. 
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06-23-2008, 09:57 PM
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Re: Legendary comedian George Carlin dies
Very sad. I loved his stuff. I am kind of mad at myself for missing his show at a nearby theater last year. |
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Legendary comedian George Carlin dies
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FERNANDO GONZALEZ 
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