Remembering George Carlin
Carlin was uncompromising, knowing that his audience trusted him not to be afraid of offending them. Who else would have asked "Why are there no recreational drugs in suppository form?"
Carlin was uncompromising, knowing that his audience trusted him not to be afraid of offending them. Who else would have asked "Why are there no recreational drugs in suppository form?"
Susan Braudy | Posted 07.03.2008 | Entertainment
Jerry Seinfeld has heart -- a totally unexpected commodity in his business or in any business for that matter. Read his essay on the passing of George Carlin.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.02.2008 | Media
George Carlin, who died on Sunday at the age of 71, is being remembered as a pioneer, iconoclast and legend, but he was also a part of television hist...
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 07.01.2008 | Entertainment
After one of George's hilarious shows, we talked about my theories on the meaning of vulgar language. I was struck by what a calm, deep-thinking person he was off-stage.
David Hochman | Posted 07.01.2008 | Entertainment
When I interviewed him a few years ago for Playboy, he told me, "The best afterlife for me would be to be able to sit comfortably and watch the world on a kind of heavenly CNN."
Michael Terry | Posted 07.01.2008 | Entertainment
Carlin's comedy has always had anger underlying it; anger that people are so stupid and self-righteous. I'm embarrassed to see his career simplified into a thirty second sound bite.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
Comedian George Carlin, best known for his scabrous, unflinching style and his rivetingly observant social satire, died of heart failure Sunday night ...
AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 07.01.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — When he shucked the coat and tie for black T-shirts and jeans, grew his hair long and began to riff about those "Seven Words You C...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media
Carlin was a comedy giant, a legend and a pioneer for his sharp observations and wicked, fearless commentary -- the kind that occasionally got him in trouble, like, say, getting arrested for violating FCC obscenity laws.
Paul Krassner | Posted 07.05.2008 | Entertainment