George Carlin

The Elephant in the Room at the Comedy Awards

J-L Cauvin | Posted 05.01.2012

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That is how comedy should work. You are only as good as your last show. Sure fans will give you a break because they are your fans, but should an entire industry be giving the same blind loyalty to a performer?

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VIDEO GOLD: George Carlin Loves "Stuff"

Posted 04.02.2012

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Time to Clip the Right Wing's Wings

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.06.2012

In 8th grade, I was an odd kid from Chester, PA. I listened to news (KYW) and talk radio (WCAU) as much as country music (WEEZ) and rock (WFIL and WI...

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Idiot's Guide to Belly Laughing

Anastasia Rubis | Posted 04.04.2012

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Imagine sipping a latte at your local coffee shop, and some crazy dude in the rest room throws open the door and hollers for more toilet paper. He's perched on the bowl, hairy legs spread apart. What would you do?

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An Epic George Carlin Analysis

Laughspin.com | Posted 02.02.2012

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This list ranks George Carlin's albums in terms of overall quality, with special attention paid to both straight hilarity as well as philosophical per...

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What TV Harms Children More: Seeing a Person Murdered or Seeing a Person Naked?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 03.18.2012

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I am all for protecting children where they need protection, but my view is that far more harm comes from the barrage of violent, criminal activity on TV rather than from profanity and nudity.

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35 Classic One-liners About Aging

John Blumenthal | Posted 02.03.2012

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"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work," said Woody Allen, "I want to achieve it through not dying."

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15 Most Hilarious Author Quotes

Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.26.2011

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While editing my new book, The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to the Onion, I made a discovery: "If Mark Twain had had Twitter, he would have been amazing at it. But he probably wouldn't have gotten around to writing Huckleberry Finn."

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Petition To Name Street After George Carlin

The Comic's Comic | Posted 12.07.2011

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George Carlin -- who received The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor mere days before he died at the age of 71 on June 22, 2008 -- gre...

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WATCH: George Carlin: Father Of Occupy Wall Street?

Posted 12.03.2011

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If you can believe it, the world has been without George Carlin for over three years. But his influential stand-up comedy continues to resonate with t...

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WATCH: Louis C.K.'s Emotional Tribute To George Carlin

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 11.06.2011

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After spending 15 years doing essentially the same hour of stand-up comedy, Louis C.K. decided to throw it all out and start over. Not just once, but ...

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Stephen King's New Woodshed

Pat LaMarche | Posted 10.28.2011

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Mr. King's got a vision going forward of a daily tongue-in-cheek radio broadcast where love is the central motivational force and sticking up for -- and empowering -- the little guy is the end result.

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Fatal Feathers

Toni Nagy | Posted 09.30.2011

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If you are going to wear or sell feathers that were plucked from skinned, murdered roosters then while you are at it, go crazy and wear leather, eat veal, hurt a few flies, and harpoon a whale in the face.

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Jon Stewart Is Definitely A Comedian; Chris Wallace Admits Fox's Bias

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.21.2011

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Jon Stewart is a true genius. But he's a comic genius. And without even being a true journalist he brilliantly managed to do what no one else has done: get Fox to admit that it's a politically biased television network.

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Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court To Reinstate FCC Indecency Policy

AP | By MARK SHERMAN | Posted 06.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court Thursday to reinstate a policy that allows federal regulators to fine broadcasters for ...

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WATCH: The Funniest And/Or Weirdest Tax Day Videos

Posted 06.15.2011

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Just because you pay your taxes every year without complaint, doesn't mean you don't cry yourself to sleep instead of eating dinner for the month of A...

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HuffPost Review: American: The Bill Hicks Story

Marshall Fine | Posted 06.12.2011

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There have been any number of comics who have aspired to the mantle held by comic Lenny Bruce and his obvious heir, Richard Pryor. Their successors ra...

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Government By the Rich: Is This the American Dream?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 06.04.2011

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It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it. -- George Carlin "There's a reason education sucks, and it's the same rea...

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'They Don't Make Movies About Boring People:' Two New Documentaries Tackle AIDS, Government

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

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Imagine someone with the bluntness of the George Carlin, the wardrobe of the Kinsey Sicks, and the following of Dame Edna and you'll get an idea of what kind of social catalyst Pieter-Dirk Uys became for South Africans.

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Let Us Now Bash Robin Williams... and George Carlin!

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Getting mostly cheers and applause, when not preceded by laughter, is a good indicator that what a comedian is saying may be very wise, but not funny. That, in a nutshell, is my problem with George Carlin.

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Life Is Good: Conversations With Jason Mraz and Alexa Ray Joel, Plus Alexa's New Video "Notice Me"

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview, Mraz said, "What am I up to? All kinds of things. I'm in the middle of making a record. Basically, what my life is all about is that search for inspiration. It's spirituality, art, and freedom."

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George Carlin on "Stuff"

Posted 06.18.2011

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When I was doing "That Girl," a young and buttoned-up George Carlin occasionally appeared on the show, playing my agent. One day he ...

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Insanity over obscenity

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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You could get whiplash understanding the way we deal with, shall we say, the coarseness of public discourse. On the one hand, you've got an exception...

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Will a New House Bring You Happiness?

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 11.17.2011

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Happiness doesn't come from our stuff, but the values that underlie our stuff and how it impacts the quality of our lives.

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WTF with OMG?

Dr. Cheryl Pappas | Posted 05.25.2011

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OMG!OMG!OMG! It is infinite and adamant, this brain-chipped bird-chirp au moment, in its insistent concrete sweep of yesterday's American spoken language.

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