R.I.P. George Carlin

A little rant about baseball v. football to remember the man by.
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Shocking...but I guess he was getting up there in years.

Yeah, he looked in pretty bad shape in his HBO special from last year.

I just came across this, first reported just a few days ago (June 17). Carlin was supposed to receive the 2008 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor this November:

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b143148_george_carlins_mark_of_distinction.html

Very funny man. RIP

One of the Best!

"In football, the object is for the quarterback--otherwise known as the "field general"--to be on-target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack, which punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.

"In baseball, the object is to go home! And to be safe! I hope I'll be safe at home! Safe at home!"

Rest in peace, my man. I thought he had lost an edge in recent years, but he was still spot on in most of his observations. I was just thinking about him last night; his views have influenced mine greatly. I will miss him.

Nice Harvey - this was one of the 1st bits I ever heard from Carlin and it got me completely hooked. I repeated it to anybody who would listen (still do).

My hero.

RIP.

Mine to, greatest comic ever!

I found out about this last night. i was so bummed. His realist views and the satire that he spit out was genious. A little eye opeining too.

He will be missed .

RIP

Just watched his bit on the 7 dirty words you can't say on tv, the other day, funny guy,
RIP man!

First i heard of it he was my favorite guy.....never will forget him........Carlin at Carnegie Funny as HELL!

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