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George Carlin Dead

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michaelshiloh

You wanna talk about life after radio?

I always loved former KXOL-Ft. Worth radio host George Carlin for his standup comedy in the years after he got out of radio, because like him or not, his comedy was 'way ahead of its time.His ear for the incongruities and ironies of life was phenomenal.

But he was really ahead of his time with his reason for getting out of radio...as I heard him say in an interview with Bob Costas back in the '90s, he felt radio had become too much "formula;" creativity, he said, was becoming less valued.

Sound familiar? And that was 1959-60.

His first bits were making fun of broadcasters: WINO Radio and Al Sleet, your hippy-dippy weatherman.

Eventually, there was no way of quantifying his influence on generations of comics, comedians and radio folks.

Man, I hate it that he's gone.

George Denis Patrick Carlin 1937-2008.
 
What a incredible mind he had, he gave hope to all that wanted to be a star and started in radio. He became a HUGE star, who is doing his stand up before God right now. I think God has a sense of humor! Keep em laughing George.
 
He was the definition of a trailblazer. He went where no one had gone before and showed what was possible.

Every standup comedian who followed him and every comedian now working today owe their success to him.

I have to say though that his material from his early days was very funny stuff. Wonderful WINO. The Indian Sergeant. My favorite comedy album of all time is his Class Clown LP. His memories of growing up in an Irish Catholic neighborhood in NYC are just hysterical.

By the way you can listen to Carlin's early albums in their entirety on YouTube. They're still great. Pour yourself a glass of your favorite, sit back, and enjoy them again.
 
One of the best. I remember the first time I heard one of his albums - FM & AM - it was 1972 and I was 10 years old. My older sister (12 years older than I) put it on and let me listen to it. I'm listening to it as I write this - found it in youtube. I haven't heard it since 1972 - funny now as it was then - all had to to with the culture at the time. Of course, for a lot of people, they'll remember his HBO special "A place for my stuff". Man, he was something else - RIP George Carlin.
 
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