# I Miss George Carlin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721>\
**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")\
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**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 20, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/61 "2012-08-20T02:06:46Z")

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> [@terentii](#):
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> Steve Allen.

He really did become a dupe for the social conservatives in his later years, however.

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**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 20, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-george-carlin/631721/62 "2012-08-20T02:39:43Z")

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> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#):
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> He really did become a dupe for the social conservatives in his later years, however.

And George Carlin became a bitter, ranty old man in his–that doesn’t mean either of them weren’t funny in earlier days…

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