# Damn. George Carlin is dead. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890 "2008-06-23T06:22:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/1 "2008-06-23T06:22:45Z")
He can’t do that, can he? [Link](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/us_nm/carlin_dc) ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/2 "2008-06-23T06:29:32Z")
I would appreciate it if someone would ask that this thread be closed. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/3 "2008-06-23T06:32:48Z")
Reported. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/4 "2008-06-23T06:41:14Z")
Shit, Piss, Cunt, Fuck, Motherfucker, Cocksucker, Tits! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/5 "2008-06-23T06:59:41Z")
Tits shouldn’t even be on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/6 "2008-06-23T07:19:23Z")
That was deeply moving, **Argent**. Exactly the right thing to say. I can thank a student for turning me on to Carlin. I laughed till I was sick and the student and I became lifetime friends. Thanks, Mac! I’m going to miss the old geezer’s word jazz. And even the way he could always find something to piss me off. He’s doing it again… ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/7 "2008-06-23T07:55:12Z")
Pardon me, I do not want to ruin the tribute thread. But this is the Pit. Comeon. The guy had not been funny for more than 20 years. He was a master of wordplay as a young man, but became a nasty, grouchy old man. He cursed at his audience. Have you seen him perform in the last fifteen years? A shadow of his former self. There are worse things than death that can happen to an entertainer, he can stay on stage too long. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/8 "2008-06-23T11:51:51Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] There are worse things than death that can happen to an entertainer, he can stay on stage too long. [/QUOTE] A fate which did not befall Dick Shawn! God bless George Carlin & I hope He laughed heartily at Carlin’s sputtering apologies & welcomed him in. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/9 "2008-06-23T12:28:33Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] Comeon. The guy had not been funny for more than 20 years. [/QUOTE] I’ll take his rants against the nanny state over that “Wonderful WINO” schtick any day. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/10 "2008-06-23T12:39:02Z")
NOOOOOO! Mr. CONDUCTOR! The paintings on the wall just won’t be the same… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/11 "2008-06-23T13:18:35Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Tits shouldn’t even be on the list. [/QUOTE] It’s something out of a more innocent (i.e., dumbass) time. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/12 "2008-06-23T13:35:57Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] He can’t do that, can he? [Link](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/us_nm/carlin_dc) [/QUOTE] Carlin was known for doing things people thought he couldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/13 "2008-06-23T13:37:30Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Tits shouldn’t even be on the list. [/QUOTE] I wonder whether the list is even comprehensible to a generation that has never known fewer than 200 channels, and can’t remember a time without South Park and Skinemax. I tend to side with **Paul** ; I’m torn between admiring Carlin for working right up until his death and disdain because he should’ve retired at least 10 years ago. His later performances degenerated into pure misanthropy (with occasional gems scattered throughout the dungheap), and his obviously ailing health was becoming a distraction in itself, _à la_ Dick Clark. Each of the last two or three shows of his on HBO I was sure would be his last. Nonetheless, he has some impressive laurels upon which to rest. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/14 "2008-06-23T13:38:52Z")
I’m starting to think I should have called in today. Sick is just how I feel about this. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/15 "2008-06-23T14:00:17Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] I’m torn between admiring Carlin for working right up until his death and disdain because he should’ve retired at least 10 years ago. His later performances degenerated into pure misanthropy (with occasional gems scattered throughout the dungheap) [/QUOTE] Agree. I tend to think he left the role of funnyman for that of dark folk philosopher. Carlin abhorred bullshit, and cynicism is a shelter from an awful lot of it. In accordance with his wishes, I hope he’s nowhere right now, doing, thinking and feeling nothing, just Fuckin’ Dead. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/16 "2008-06-23T14:05:00Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Tits shouldn’t even be on the list. [/QUOTE] I think that people above missed that this was the next line in that bit. “New Nabisco Tits!” RIP. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/17 "2008-06-23T14:13:48Z")
[QUOTE=Risha] I think that people above missed that this was the next line in that bit. “New Nabisco Tits!” RIP. ☹ [/QUOTE] “There’s Corn Tits, Onion Tits, Sesame Tits . . . Tater Tits [audience roars] . . . Betcha can’t eat just one!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/18 "2008-06-23T14:18:08Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] “There’s Corn Tits, Onion Tits, Sesame Tits . . . Tater Tits [audience roars] . . . Betcha can’t eat just one!” 🙂 [/QUOTE] “That’s true… I usually switch off.” ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/19 "2008-06-23T14:34:38Z")
I liked him but found his humor only good in small does, lest I start desiring to cut myself in despair. RIP dude. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-george-carlin-is-dead/453890/20 "2008-06-23T15:13:29Z")
Closed per request of the OP.