71. And his heart just stopped. Fuck. He seemed like the type to beat Death back with a switch - how the fuck could he just stop living?

I'm really sad. Jesus. Not a good day for humankind.

Wow. My heart is breaking.

Shit. Not most excellent. RIP.

"There are two ways to think about this existence we have. One of them is that it's Wednesday and it's three fifteen and we're talking here in my home, and at four o'clock I have to leave for another meeting. Now, that's a reality. But there's another reality. We're in the solar system of a second-rate star, three quarters of the way out on a spiral arm of an average galaxy in a thing called the Local Group. And ours is only one of billions of galaxies, each of which has billions of stars. Some star systems are binary, and there could be a planet that revolves around a center of gravity between two binary stars. So you'd have two sunrises and two sunsets every day. One could be a red giant, the other a white dwarf; two different-sized, -shaped, and -colored suns in the sky. And there might be other planets and comets. In other words, fuck Wednesday, fuck three fifteen, fuck four o'clock, fuck the United States, fuck the earth. It's all temporal bullshit. I like thinking about being out there and not thinking about the corporate structure, not worrying about freedom, and not worrying about guns. I chose a life of ideas. That entertains me. That nourishes me."

-- George Carlin

What the fuck, I don't read the news for a day and just now am I finding out about it, thanks to this thread.

RIP, Funny Man. I don't know too much about comedy, but something tells me that you were the last and best of your breed. You will be missed.

He will be missed his sane voice was needed now as much as it ever was.

"Religion convinced the world that there's an invisible man in the sky who watches everything you do. And there's 10 things he doesn't want you to do or else you'll to to a burning place with a lake of fire until the end of eternity. But he loves you! ...And he needs money! He's all powerful, but he can't handle money! [...] I've begun worshipping the sun for a number of reasons. First of all, unlike some other gods I could mention, I can see the sun. It's there for me every day. And the things it brings me are quite apparent all the time: heat, light, food, a lovely day. There's no mystery, no one asks for money, I don't have to dress up, and there's no boring pageantry. And interestingly enough, I have found that the prayers I offer to the sun and the prayers I formerly offered to God are all answered at about the same 50-percent rate. [...] Religion is sort of like a lift in your shoes. If it makes you feel better, fine. Just don't ask me to wear your shoes. And let's not nail the lift to the natives' feet."

I just stuck a couple of Carlin albums in the Sendspace thread.

Holy Shit...

I had this weird idea that Carlin wouldn't die until 80 or so.

RIP George, you really are one of the greatest comedians we've ever had.

big john, that bit on religion is my favorite carlin thing.

rest in peace & much respect, funny funny funnyman.

you were a massive force against suck up to the end.