# George Carlin: RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885 "2008-06-23T05:00:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/1 "2008-06-23T05:00:17Z")
No link yet, but a banner at MSNBC. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/2 "2008-06-23T05:00:25Z")
Breaking news on MSNBC - no link yet. George Carlin has died. I really liked him, and just watched a special he did a few weeks ago. He still had the fire and brimstone in him, and he was certainly a guy who didn’t mince words! Sorry to hear this news. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/3 "2008-06-23T05:04:45Z")
What?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/4 "2008-06-23T05:05:15Z")
Banner on FOX News: Comedian George Carlin Dies at 71 in Los Angeles Hospital Seems to be confirmed. ---
**Author:** ![anamnesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/5 "2008-06-23T05:06:15Z")
Just heard as well, about a moment ago. So many legends are leaving us lately, and now George. I knew this day would come, I just didn’t think so soon. I’m heartbroken. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/6 "2008-06-23T05:06:57Z")
Oh, wow. Wasn’t expecting that. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/7 "2008-06-23T05:07:26Z")
And [here’s the story on MSNBC](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25322638/). > [@](#): > > Carlin, who had a history of heart problems, died at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica about 6 p.m. PT after being admitted earlier in the afternoon for chest pains, spokesman Jeff Abraham told Reuters. ---
**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, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/8 "2008-06-23T05:07:50Z")
There aren’t enough ☹ . ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/9 "2008-06-23T05:09:35Z")
Dammit. ☹ ---
**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, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/10 "2008-06-23T05:12:37Z")
At least we can be sure he won’t go to Irish Catholic Heaven! 🙂 ---
**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, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/11 "2008-06-23T05:12:56Z")
I hope he’s nowhere right now. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/12 "2008-06-23T05:13:13Z")
One of the greatest of all time. The first thing my dad got the courage to say to my mom back in high school was, “do you like George Carlin?” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/13 "2008-06-23T05:16:22Z")
Whoah. Bummer. 71 isn’t a bad run, but last I saw him doing anything (granted, some time ago), he looked pretty damn healthy for his age. Hell, he looked pretty damn healthy for MY age. So, this is a sad surprise. ---
**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, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/14 "2008-06-23T05:16:41Z")
Oh NO! This is terrible news. He was one of the great funny men of all time. I hope he’s surrounded by beer and pussy, and lots of it. ---
**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, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/15 "2008-06-23T05:19:53Z")
If you break a crumb in half, you don’t have two halves of a crumb, you have two crumbs! ---
**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, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/16 "2008-06-23T05:24:12Z")
How about a feminine deodorant spray named “Sprunt”? Well, you’d never forget the name! It’d always be on the tip of your tongue! ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/17 "2008-06-23T05:27:00Z")
Oh, this is surprising news! We were just invoking his “Seven Dirty Words” bit an hour ago! Well, wherever he ends up, I hope there’s a place for his stuff. ---
**Author:** ![anamnesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/18 "2008-06-23T05:30:22Z")
Why does his rant on the nobility of not staying on life support spring to mind? “And don’t go pulling any plugs on me, either. That’s another bunch of macho bullshit floating around. People talkin’ bout “aw, just pull the plug on me if I’m comatose and lying there like a vegetable”. And I say FUCK YOU, LEAVE MY PLUG ALONE! Get an extension cord for my plug. I want everything, tubes, cords, plugs, electrodes, probes … you find an orifice that isn’t being used, stick a fuckin’ plug in it. Vegetable? I don’t care if I look like an artichoke! Saaaaave _my_ ass.” ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/19 "2008-06-23T05:31:05Z")
“Anyone could have bad breath, Marge, but you’d knock a buzzard off a shit wagon!” AM-FM, one of my all-time favorite comedy albums. RIP, George. ---
**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, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885/20 "2008-06-23T05:31:45Z")
“Just give me ice cream every two hours, morphine every . . . five minutes, and turn on the TV!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-rip/453885.md?page=2)