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George Carlin Dies

George Carlin and "The Aristocrats": A Best Movie By Farr?

John Farr | Posted 01.30.2009 | Entertainment

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John Farr

By focusing on the power of words to affect us, George Carlin may have done more to advance the Lenny Bruce legacy than anyone else, with the possible exception of Richard Pryor.

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Complaints & Grievances

August J. Pollak | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

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August J. Pollak

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....

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Jerry Seinfeld's Heart

Susan Braudy | Posted 06.25.2008 | Entertainment

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Susan Braudy

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.

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A Green Room Memory of George Carlin

Lea Lane | Posted 06.24.2008 | Entertainment

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Lea Lane

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.

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A Tribute to George Carlin

Jeffrey Jena | Posted 06.24.2008 | Entertainment

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Jeffrey Jena

I am taking a break from my usual ranting to pay tribute to one of my comedy heroes and influences, George Carlin who passed away on Sunday.

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George Carlin's SNL Monologue

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

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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...

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George Carlin Remembered By Jerry Seinfeld, Joan Rivers, Ben Stiller And More

Huffington Post | Posted 06.24.2008 | Entertainment

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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. ...

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George Carlin's "Sympathetic Contempt"

Dennis Perrin | Posted 06.23.2008 | Entertainment

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Dennis Perrin

He's the only comic I've ever seen who could tell Americans how full of sh*t we are without joking it up. By the end, he simply expressed the truth, no frills attached.

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Death Be Not Proud

Richard Belzer | Posted 06.23.2008 | Entertainment

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Richard Belzer

George Carlin is in the rarefied pantheon of the few, too few, truly great stand-up comedians.

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George Carlin -- Genius, Inspiration & Hard Working Motherfucker

Michael Terry | Posted 06.23.2008 | Entertainment

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Michael Terry

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.

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The Seven Dirty Words You'd Never Hear Today

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 06.23.2008 | Entertainment

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Allison Kilkenny

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.

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George Carlin: Crossing the Line

Jamie Kilstein | Posted 06.23.2008 | Entertainment

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Jamie Kilstein

The good news is this: The comics he did influence will take this art form even further and find more lines to cross.

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George Carlin's Soul Irretrievably Resting On a Rooftop

Mike McCready | Posted 06.23.2008 | Entertainment

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Mike McCready

George Carlin defined his mock religion Frisbeetarianism as the belief that when a person dies "his soul gets flung onto a roof, and just stays there, "and cannot be retrieved.

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Jason Linkins

George Carlin Dies: Video Highlights From His Career

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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Comedian George Carlin, best known for his scabrous, unflinching style and his rivetingly observant social satire, died of heart failure Sunday night ...

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George Carlin Dies At 71

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 06.23.2008 | Entertainment

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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...

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George Carlin Dead At 71: "It's A Wonderful Feeling To Have Found Something You're Good At, That You Love To Do"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.23.2008 | Media

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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.

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George Carlin

Harry Shearer | Posted 06.23.2008 | Entertainment

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Harry Shearer

One of the unalloyed joys (really) of being in show business is getting to meet and know people you've admired. While his comedy was dark, his spirit with his peers was generous.

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