# George Carlin in rehab? Say it ain't so! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854 "2004-12-28T01:26:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/1 "2004-12-28T01:26:25Z")
George Carlin is going into rehab! :eek: [http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/12/27/george.carlin/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/12/27/george.carlin/index.html) Because “I use too much wine and Vicodin.” Shocking! Outrageous! Not that he has a drug problem, but that he would choose rehab! Say it ain’t so, George! The world is upside down! The bottom is out of the universe! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/2 "2004-12-28T01:36:21Z")
Hey, at least he’s still breathing. Better to have him in rehab than dead, IMHO. Wonders how long it’ll be before someone pokes their head in and tries to use this as an excuse as to why they no longer find Carlin funny. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/3 "2004-12-28T01:41:54Z")
Well, this will give him some new material. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/4 "2004-12-28T02:25:02Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Well, this will give him some new material. Worked for Richard Pryor! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/5 "2004-12-28T02:30:10Z")
Hunter S. Thonpson was going to go to rehab to get material. His agent forbid it, thinking that Thompson would die without drugs. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/6 "2004-12-28T02:52:16Z")
God bless 'im. From AM/FM: "I was fired from the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas for saying _‘shit’_…in a town where the big game is called _‘craps.’_ “Everybody uses (the word “shit”) figuratively. Nobody ever uses it literally. You never hear someone say, _‘Look at the shit, Martha, wow! Piles of shit in the street, wow!’_” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/7 "2004-12-28T05:25:11Z")
Wine and Vicodin, huh? Sounds like a very dangerous combination. I’m glad he’s getting help. Besides, now he’ll have material about twelve-step groups… ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/8 "2004-12-28T05:27:49Z")
He should go into comedy rehab to regain his sense of humor. He stopped being funny in about 1985. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/9 "2004-12-28T05:31:23Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > He should go into comedy rehab to regain his sense of humor. He stopped being funny in about 1985. Sam…this is not IMHO you know. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/10 "2004-12-28T05:36:37Z")
I think he gets funnier with age. His HBO specials always make me cry with laughter. I 'm glad he’s getting help. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/11 "2004-12-28T05:42:50Z")
I never heard Carlin suffered from chronic pain; I wonder how he came to get hooked. He’s supposedly been clean of pot and coke for years now. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/12 "2004-12-28T06:47:00Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Sam…this is not IMHO you know. What? Surely one is allowed to express opinions in CS? ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/13 "2004-12-28T06:50:39Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Well, this will give him some new material. “Rehab is more like baseball, but parole is more like football…” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/14 "2004-12-28T14:57:55Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Shocking! Outrageous! Not that he has a drug problem, but that he would choose rehab! Say it ain’t so, George! The world is upside down! The bottom is out of the universe! ☹ First of all, the bottom fell out of the universe the day they started selling those pillows shaped like a woman’s lap. Second of all, I don’t get what’s wrong with rehab. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/15 "2004-12-28T15:20:43Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I don’t get what’s wrong with rehab. It’s a matter of style. Like Hunter S. Thompson going to AA, or Jon Stewart deciding he has so much money he should become a Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/16 "2004-12-28T15:25:31Z")
So you’re telling me Carlin will cease to be Carlin without Vicodin? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/17 "2004-12-28T15:34:28Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Carlin will cease to be Carlin without Vicodin? How can you be the Class Clown with Adult Supervision? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/18 "2004-12-28T16:50:01Z")
Wrong. It’s how can you be the Class Clown without Adult Supervision. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/19 "2004-12-28T17:37:27Z")
Class Clowns with adult supervision are either boring or in D-Hall. ---
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854/20 "2004-12-28T17:37:47Z")
I’m with **Diogenes** – the last ten years he’s been funnier than ever. In fact, I think the eighties were his low point. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-in-rehab-say-it-aint-so/281854.md?page=2)