A World Without George Carlin? This is Gonna be Rough…
(FranchisePick.com The franchise blog) George Carlin died yesterday at age 71. A world without George Carlin seems like a diminished world, indeed. I had barely recovered from the loss of Kurt Vonnegut, and now this… I’m depressed.
While George could not be called a fan of franchising, he did inspire a few of the traits that fuel FranchisePick.com: a passion for honesty, a disdain for BS, an antipathy for mediocrity, a relentless appetite for sacred cow meat, an appreciation for absurdity, and a playful fascination with language.
A world without George Carlin? Thank God for CDs. Thank God I’ve committed every routine to memory ever since I first heard him both ponder the philosophical complexities and celebrate the poetry of baldness.
Where is the hair on a pear? Nowhere, mon frere!
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4 opinions for A World Without George Carlin? This is Gonna be Rough…
michael webster
Jun 23, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Carlin was a gifted social commentator, without rancor or bitterness.
Satire can be the most effective reformer’s tool - ask Jonathan Swift about that Irish problem, eh.
He was also pretty good as the narrator on Thomas the Tank.
Joel Libava
Jun 23, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Sean,
I, too, am bummed out. Carlin was one of my idols, along with Johnny Carson, and Buddy Rich.
I memorized the ENTIRE AMFM album.
Geez!
Joel Libava
{Your Hippy Dippy Cleveland Blogger}
moneypenny
Jun 25, 2008 at 3:36 pm
another good one bites the dust, he will be missed.
Kelly aka MM
Jun 25, 2008 at 6:09 pm
I loved Carlin too, surprised the hell out me when I heard him (notice I didn’t say saw him) on TV as the conductor on Thomas the Tank-I always thought it was the heighth of the ridiculous (pure Carlin) that the man who made a routine out of the words you can’t say on TV, including the F-bomb, would become a icon for children through Thomas the Tank!
He was a funny guy, I hope God appreciates him, as much as we will miss him!
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