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(Some Depressed Motorist) NewsFlash A comedy legend has died. We'll miss you, George Carlin   (etonline.com) divider line
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Forced Perspective
2008-06-23 12:48:33 AM  
I got excited until I clicked and it wasn't Bush.
 
BetterThomas
2008-06-23 12:49:36 AM  
He was a great comedian.

shiat, piss, fark, coont, cocksucker, motherfarker and tits.
 
shaggenstein
2008-06-23 12:50:20 AM  
Dam that sucks
 
DarthBrooks
2008-06-23 12:51:21 AM  
I'm sticking my bent ring finger up my nose as I type.

Goodnight Funnyman.
 
kitryne
2008-06-23 12:51:25 AM  
No farking way.
 
GrahamManning
2008-06-23 12:52:27 AM  
Wow, bummer. Thanks for all the laughs.
 
SoothinglyDeranged
2008-06-23 12:52:36 AM  
well, that really sucks.
 
MixxMaster
2008-06-23 12:53:55 AM  
NOOOOOOOO!!!!
 
RobertBruce
2008-06-23 12:54:18 AM  
Motherfarker. :(
 
Bildo
2008-06-23 12:54:20 AM  
...and tits doesn't even belong on the list!

I was just listening to an interview with him on XM this afternoon.
 
Wanebo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-06-23 12:55:16 AM  
Goodnight you true funnyman.
 
Tanqueray [TotalFark]
2008-06-23 12:55:28 AM  
Did he die from swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time?
 
shaggenstein
2008-06-23 12:55:28 AM  
Only place reporting this is ET, not on his Wiki yet, or any google news results coming up. And that ET site is painful on the eyes.
 
MindlessStonedIndulgence
2008-06-23 12:56:17 AM  
Crapflood in 3...2...1...

/RIP
 
JPJ007
2008-06-23 12:56:44 AM  
Well damn.

Anyone see confirmation from anywhere else? Google News has only one article, which cites this one as its source.

Apparently only a couple days ago he was chosen to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
 
oldebayer
2008-06-23 12:56:47 AM  
Although he had grown very bitter in recent years, he was still funnier than almost anyone around. I will miss him greatly.

I will never, ever get a piece of bread out of a bag without thinking of his "I'm taking the GOOD bread! I'm looking out for Numero UNO!" bit.
 
bulldg4life
2008-06-23 12:59:54 AM  
=(

/all I got
 
Tanqueray [TotalFark]
2008-06-23 12:59:59 AM  
He didn't die - he passed away.

/A true great
 
Wanebo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-06-23 1:01:03 AM  
Totally appropriate. ^^
 
bales
2008-06-23 1:01:44 AM  
that sucks. i just saw him a few months ago and he was in his best form in years. :-(
 
ActualFarkal
2008-06-23 1:01:47 AM  
This is a sad day for comedy.

Good night, hero.
 
AprillaDeVille
2008-06-23 1:01:48 AM  
good night funny man.
 
Farxist Marxist
2008-06-23 1:01:49 AM  
Serious bummer.
 
RoyBatty
2008-06-23 1:01:52 AM  
One of the few people who truly understood that my free speech means putting up with your ugly speech too.
 
never odd or even
2008-06-23 1:02:06 AM  
"If God had intended us not to masturbate he would've made our arms shorter. "

"The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. "

"I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it."

"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist"
 
E5K1M0
2008-06-23 1:02:12 AM  
fark. Thanks for the laughs.
 
brian7dog [TotalFark]
2008-06-23 1:02:36 AM  
Damn, that sucks. A truely funny farker.
 
Forced Perspective
2008-06-23 1:02:52 AM  
Forced Perspective: I got excited until I clicked and it wasn't Bush.

Headline edit makes my comment a complete non sequitir. *shakes fist weakly*.
 
DarthBrooks
2008-06-23 1:02:53 AM  
Sucks in so many ways. Carlin was about to be awarded the Mark Twain Award at the Kennedy Center Honors in November.

But what TRULY sucks is this means, of course, that the news all day on Monday will be Carlin retrospectives and endless "tributes" from celebs for like the next three days.

People, Time, Us Weekly, and Newsweek get a bye week on politics and we'll relive the 70's on Entertainment tonight. Oh, and all the go-to-commercial bumpers will be "George Carlin 1937-2008" and Incredible Hulk TV Show piano.

/Really REALLY don't want to hear Diane Sawyer's fond memories of watching Carlin on the Ed Sullivan Show.

/RIP Mr. C. Keanu Reeves owes you a career.
 
CncertLuvr
2008-06-23 1:02:58 AM  
A sad day for comedy indeed... Goodnight funny man... You will be missed!
 
BigSnatch
2008-06-23 1:02:59 AM  
:-(
 
Papa Rotsy
2008-06-23 1:02:59 AM  
Dang... good night, swearyman.
 
tbaughm
2008-06-23 1:03:03 AM  
We'll miss you George...
 
BabyShaker
2008-06-23 1:03:04 AM  
how sad. you'll be missed funny man. you opened my eyes on more than one occasion. :-(
 
CaptainJuan
2008-06-23 1:03:08 AM  
Ssssssssssssss. Damn.

Good night, funny man.
 
LonghornJ
2008-06-23 1:03:09 AM  
Wow... just, wow.

Goodnight funnyman indeed.
 
Barbecue Bob
2008-06-23 1:03:19 AM  
Best of the farking best.
 
CmdrRat
2008-06-23 1:03:21 AM  
fark
 
The Urge
2008-06-23 1:03:31 AM  
are you farking kidding me? wtf
 
gund
2008-06-23 1:03:41 AM  
Damn he was going to be president too this election year.
 
NYZooMan
2008-06-23 1:03:47 AM  
Who gets all his shiat?
 
sneako
2008-06-23 1:03:49 AM  
goodnight funnyman 8(
 
harakiri2k
2008-06-23 1:03:54 AM  
God damnit. He was always the guy I wanted to meet before he died. RIP and thanks for hours of laughs.
 
Lee Harvey Osmond
2008-06-23 1:04:03 AM  
He was very funny.

I saw him perform about 15 years ago. He launched into a vile anti-American spew at the beginning of the show, which ruined the whole thing for me. I never looked at him the same way.
 
Cameron_Talley
2008-06-23 1:04:04 AM  
:(

Goodbye, Rufus. :(
 
bambi121899
2008-06-23 1:04:05 AM  
Still no word from other news outlets.

Hmm...
 
ParadeCam
2008-06-23 1:04:15 AM  
Oh man... I told him those church reforms were a bad idea. :(
 
Oobleck
2008-06-23 1:04:20 AM  
fark
 
Forced Perspective
2008-06-23 1:04:24 AM  
DarthBrooks: But what TRULY sucks is this means, of course, that the news all day on Monday will be Carlin retrospectives and endless "tributes" from celebs for like the next three days.


Unfortunately, this. I'd love to see somebody compile a pie chart comparing Monday news coverage of Carlin's death to coverage of Iraq and Zimbabwe put together. It would be very depressing.
 
Grumblecakes
2008-06-23 1:04:29 AM  
Why oh why did I decide to check Fark before I went to bed?!?!?!?

:'( times a billion
 
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