Complaints & Grievances
An open letter to several dozen editorial cartoonists. To see more of August J. Pollak's cartoon "Some Guy With a Website," check out the archive....
An open letter to several dozen editorial cartoonists. To see more of August J. Pollak's cartoon "Some Guy With a Website," check out the archive....
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.
Lea Lane | Posted 07.02.2008 | Entertainment
Like some of the other original comics who died too soon -- Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Andy Kaufman-- George Carlin changed comedy, nudging and sometimes pushing it along.
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...
Huffington Post | Posted 07.02.2008 | Entertainment
George Carlin, who died on Sunday, has some A-list eulogizers. Jerry Seinfeld has penned an obit for Tuesday's New York Times called "Dying Is Hard. ...
Richard Belzer | Posted 07.01.2008 | Entertainment
George Carlin is in the rarefied pantheon of the few, too few, truly great stand-up comedians.
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.
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 07.01.2008 | Entertainment
Every flattering statement, every overzealous compliment about George Carlin will still be too few for one of the greatest comedians ever to shout his fearlessness into a microphone.
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.
August J. Pollak | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics