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RIP: George Carlin
Jun. 23rd, 2008 06:08 amWow.
I just sat down, checked email, and as soon as I check the news...there's the news about George Carlin's death.
Discovering George Carlin in high school was a great moment. Here was a guy that could discuss grammar, philosophy, and fake dog poop all in the same joke. "Class Clown" is such a delight of a recording, even if you decide to skip the "7 Dirty Words" routine. In college, I wrote, at least, two papers on his dirty words - once in English examining the history of the words and second in Telecommunications class when discussing the Supreme Court case.
Maybe I'll more to share later, now I'm just kinda shell-shocked...LOL...Oh, shit...of course, writing "shell shocked" reminded me of one of his routines when he discussed how "shell shocked" became "post traumatic stress disorder." The more syllables you give a term, the less it hurts.
I just sat down, checked email, and as soon as I check the news...there's the news about George Carlin's death.
Discovering George Carlin in high school was a great moment. Here was a guy that could discuss grammar, philosophy, and fake dog poop all in the same joke. "Class Clown" is such a delight of a recording, even if you decide to skip the "7 Dirty Words" routine. In college, I wrote, at least, two papers on his dirty words - once in English examining the history of the words and second in Telecommunications class when discussing the Supreme Court case.
Maybe I'll more to share later, now I'm just kinda shell-shocked...LOL...Oh, shit...of course, writing "shell shocked" reminded me of one of his routines when he discussed how "shell shocked" became "post traumatic stress disorder." The more syllables you give a term, the less it hurts.
