‘A God Who Cussed’

i am sorry that carlin died, in the 60s and 70s he was a great comic. however, later in his career, after his usefulness in vegas was long gone, his comedy turned bitter. he did HBO specials, college campus work, where is appeal as an old, bitter comic was considered legendary, was a big fall from his headline days in vegas. he was a leftover hippie, and didn't keep up with his generation as we changed, which is why he was bitter. but, i must say, in his early days, he was one of the best.

Great to see a tribute to prior influiences. Someday a greate director may give Kevin Smith a similar trib workute for his inspiring

dunno how i screwed up the url like that
http://eswhy.com/wp/2008/06/23/george-carlin-woke-me-up/

It seems me and Kevin have near identical experiences in our introductions to George Carlin. The Carnegie show was brilliant and eye opening, and I think I aged 4 years by the end of it heh. http://eswhy.com/wp/2008/06/23/george-carlin-woke-me-upgeorge-carlin-woke-me-up/

Obviously jed_clampett missed the entire point of that statement. It would great to hear Carlin's response to such idiotic remarks. Carlin was a comical genius in the likes of others that paved the way that are all gone now. This would include Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce to name a couple. Carlin was an inspiration on so much of what most people enjoy today. His observational and polticially slanted humor can be imitated, but never recreated. As a final note on Smith's article, Carlin's performance in "Jersey Girl" really proved that there was an untapped side of the comic. He was not only believable as Pop, but a truly likable and geniune character. If anyone watches that film and does not get choked up by his final line they are without heart. Fortunately, for a man so beloved like Carlin there was never a chance that he would die alone.