So Long George Carlin
George Carlin, irreverent, offensive, and totally entertaining. I enjoyed his one-liners a lot, though I am definitely not a fan of his digs at religion. I’m a Catholic, go figure. Bah. Seriously, I think one’s religion is one’s own and shouldn’t be messed with. Go find your own. Or not and just listen to George.
He passed away from heart failure yesterday (Sunday) in Santa Monica (California). His brand of stand up comedy is Bad-A**. Not for the thin-skinned. Nu uh. If you get easily offended, specially if you’re an American, you must have given him a wide berth.
One of my favorite George Carlin one-liners go something like “may the forces of evil become confused on its way to you …” and “if you’re alive you have a ticket to the freak show and if you’re an american, you get front row seat”, probably not the exact words but close enough.
After decades of stirring up controversy and hard core stand up comedy, George has succumbed to what he didn’t want to do. He once said, I want to live. I don’t want to die. That’s the whole meaning of life. Not dying … I wonder what he would have said about the “other side”.
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