Posts: 1694
Threads: 24
Joined: August 28, 2008
Reputation:
22
RE: To the Late George Carlin
November 27, 2008 at 1:04 am
I agree,he will be sorely missed.I have been a Carlin fan since the 80's and was saddened at the news of his passing.If you get a chance Faith listen to as much as you can on youtube.He was a very outspoken atheist comedian with a sharp tongue and the best at his craft.
Posts: 4807
Threads: 291
Joined: October 29, 2008
Reputation:
35
RE: To the Late George Carlin
November 27, 2008 at 5:59 am
There's a lot of stuff I like about Carlin's work like the simplification of the 10 commandments, and of course his praying to Joe Pesci bit. But specially in his later work he tended to become more bitter, and sounded more and more like just another cranky guy which I thought was unnecessary.
Still, he has left us a lot of great material, and showed that religion is something you can make fun of and live to a ripe old age in this era. 100 years ago he would have been killed.
Best regards,
Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
Posts: 43162
Threads: 720
Joined: September 21, 2008
Reputation:
133
RE: To the Late George Carlin
November 28, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Yeah George Carlin's later stuff is very good indeed*. I have only known about him earlier this year. A few months AFTER he died. Before that I only knew him from 'Bill and Ted' would you believe! I've seen dogma too now and he's featured in that.
That's true about the youtube thing. I have seen 7 of his stand ups now. ALL from youtube. I went backwards from latest to more recent actually. I will buy all his stand ups in due time. And his book brain droppings. I have seen dogma on TV but I want to buy it also because I love it.
EDIT: Oh I read it as you saying his later stuff was his best. But you actually said the opposite. Oops.
