# I Miss George Carlin **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 16, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721 "2012-08-16T22:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/41 "2012-08-18T02:35:25Z")
Christopher Hitchens. ---
**Author:** ![goonhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@goonhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goonhead)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/42 "2012-08-18T02:45:27Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Christopher Hitchens. Definitely concur on this one, I miss reading Christopher Hitchens’ columns. I would add **Graham Chapman** to the mix, thought of that as I was watching Eric Idle sing some Monty Python tunes at the Olympics closing ceremonies. ---
**Author:** ![Tad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tad)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/43 "2012-08-18T02:52:41Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Also, Joe Strummer. [Amen on that one.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPevjIl1Lz0) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/44 "2012-08-18T02:56:05Z")
I miss Ed Bradley. 60 Minutes just hasn’t been the same since he’s been gone. Also, whenever I happen to catch Diane Sawyer on the evening news, I realize how much I miss Peter Jennings. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/45 "2012-08-18T03:02:05Z")
He lived to be fairly old, 84. And he suffered from depression. So I hate to be selfish and wish he had lived even longer. But we could use a few more books by Kurt Vonnegut. ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/46 "2012-08-18T03:20:11Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Gilda Radner One of the first that came to mind. Under-appreciated in the light of guys like Belushi/etc who she could go stride for stride with, and unlike many (most?) comedians in the so-called modern era, could be funny without being nasty, vulgar etc. Remember those days? Carlin was so sharp and did some incredible stuff, but his “angry man” and political rants at the end got old. > [@VernWinterbottom](#): > > Jim Henson Another outstanding and far too often overlooked choice. Guy was brilliant IMO. I’ll add Walter Cronkite. The news media need integrity beyond words. Dean Martin was another great choice as was Johnny Carson. ah the greats. Musically, Buddy Holly and Jim Croce. Holly especially - he could have continued to profoundly influence rock. On a more “minor” note the Caldwell brothers (of Marshall Tucker fame). ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/47 "2012-08-18T12:08:13Z")
I was going to say Johnny Cash but he seemed like he was ready to go, he wasn’t in great health at the end. Still sad that he’s gone, he died the same day as my grandfather. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/48 "2012-08-18T12:21:49Z")
Phil Hartman. Thinking about still makes me want to kick something. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/49 "2012-08-18T20:35:37Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > Phil Hartman. Thinking about still makes me want to kick something. I agree. I had the flu, was sleeping on my couch, and woke up in a NyQuil hangover to this news. I hoped I was hallucinating. John Ritter’s death almost made me cry. I still miss him, too. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/50 "2012-08-19T00:13:02Z")
Alan Parson Project’s [Call Up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfKgDOZxVAk) (From 1999, Spanish subtitles) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/51 "2012-08-19T00:38:54Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Mitch Hedberg. Oh, yes. This. Poor Mitch. I also wish we’d seen how much more Nirvana had to offer. Kurt Cobain. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/52 "2012-08-19T03:03:15Z")
Several already named here, and add Ray Charles. That man was a national treasure. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/53 "2012-08-19T03:48:00Z")
Steve Irwin. Dammit. (Crikey?) Seriously, the wannabe zoologist in me still chokes up thinking about it. Others mentioned that I will add a “Hear, hear!” to: Phil Hartman Madeleine Kahn (which makes me think to add Gilda Radner) Johnny Carson and the OP’s George Carlin. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/54 "2012-08-19T08:54:16Z")
William Windom, who just passed away at the age of 88. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/55 "2012-08-19T15:36:35Z")
I was just thinking about Carlin when i heard they might make a Bill and Ted [sequel](http://www.vulture.com/2012/08/bill-ted-may-ride-again-for-a-third-film.html) and that both Keanu and Alex Martins are going to star. It just won’t be the same without Rufus though. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/56 "2012-08-19T18:54:47Z")
Steve Jobs. Jim Henson. Eric Woolfson (Alan Parsons’ partner in the Project) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/57 "2012-08-19T19:46:51Z")
Steve Allen. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/58 "2012-08-19T20:32:06Z")
I see no one has mentioned Gene Roddenberry yet. He created characters that still resonate with us today. Kirk. Spock. Bones. Scotty. And an entire universe of possibilities that still inspires people after more than 45 years. And along with him I’ll miss DeForest Kelley and James Doohan. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/59 "2012-08-19T21:28:23Z")
George must be glad he’s dead. The state of the nation at present would surely render him incapable of doing much besides writhing in a heap screaming **BLOW IT OUT YER ASS! BLOW IT OUT YER ASS!! BLOW IT OUT YER ASS!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Troutsqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Troutsqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troutsqueezer)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/60 "2012-08-19T23:47:43Z")
Michael Crichton. He was almost like a Hitchens who could write good stories. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721.md?page=4)