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Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :

Saw him live here in gboro.

He was Amazing. Freaking hilarious. Just as dirty as can be. Everyone's gonna split spleens laughing when his next special comes out.

[ROFL]

Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :

envies odouls268.

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

Yeah, because agreeing with someone's political views is absolutely necessary in enjoying their sense of humor.

[Roll Eyes]

Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :

Nice, Lalo.

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

Eddie, that was way out of line.

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

shhhh....be vewy, verwy qwite....wes hwunting twolls....

Carlin is amazing, even if he is a bloody bleeding heart liberal like what's his face says...

[Evil]

Kwea

Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :

*finds it mildly amusing that anything is considered "out of line" in a discussion regarding Carlin, who wanted to erase all the lines*

Love his ideas, but just don't think he's funny for some rason. [Dont Know]

His bit about inventing a new religion around the sun is especially pertinent to our recent discussions. [Smile]

[ April 18, 2004, 01:15 AM: Message edited by: Beren One Hand ]

Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :

The only Carlin routine I've ever found that engaging was the "stuff" one. That was bordering on the brill.

fallow

Posted by slacker (Member # 2559) on :

I love listening to some of Carlin's works, and have to admit that I read Eddie's post as something like a Carlin rant.

I checked, and lusti can be happy - there won't be any Carlin events in Phoenix in the foreseeable future. [Cry]

Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :

*pat pat*

If it makes you feel better, I can litter this post with the seven dirty words. [Smile]

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

has anyone else seen Carlin live? I've seen a few of his specials on HBO, and he was one of the only good things about Jersey Girl, but I've never seen him live.

I bet he is even funnier live...

Kwea

Posted by slacker (Member # 2559) on :

I've gotten most of the 7 words monolouge memorized (I especially loved the "replace the word love with f$%k).

But yes, this would be the bad place for it (save it for hatrack chat instead). [Evil]

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

We made a point of seeing Carlin every time he came to central Florida. He was hilarious, and then he disappeared for a couple years and came back pissed. His next two albums just weren't as funny, for my tastes -- too much anger for me to laugh at what he was saying -- but his last ones have been great.

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

I think George Carlin is hilarious. Have never seen him live, though...

Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :

My favorite Carlin bit is the one about unidentifiable food in the fridge. "Is this meat or is it cake? It's meat-cake!"

[ April 18, 2004, 01:47 PM: Message edited by: LadyDove ]

Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :

I liked his seven words monologues in which he replaced the word "Kill" with "F***".

Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :

quote:
But hey, maybe I was wrong about the positions you hold.

Frankly, no one around here knows anything about the positions I hold. Often, that includes me. My actual positions are almost without fail very gray and without definite lines, because one of my only firm defined beliefs is that very few issues have firm defined lines of right and wrong. However, the poistions that I defend on Hatrack are very firm, rigid, black or white, and almost completely unbending. That's how I choose to debate here.

For instance, my stance on smoking: Around here I assert that smoking is a disgusting horrible cancer causing habit. Which, while true that it does cause cancer, and while true that it makes my eyes burn a bit, if it really bothered me all that much, I wouldn't work in clubs and bars for a living like I do. Truly, I don't give a shit if people smoke, except my loved ones. And even then, I don't bother with those who have smoked all my life, only the ones who are starting smoking now.
(Yes, a rare moment of frankness from odouls)

And to be honest, I'd like to see some linkage or quotes referring to when I put forth ideas as a homophobe (because I know for certain that in the homosexuality threads I make it clear that 'This is not my view, but Id like to ask...') as pro-life (because I can't remember posting non-fluff in an abortion thread. I won't even talk about that one in person) or as sympathetic to the plight of the suffering white man (because I am hispanic and give less than a shit about the plight of the whiny white man).
If you've got links to those threads or quotes from them, I'd really like to see that and see if they are posts from 1996 which was the last time I was a homophobe.

Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :

Comedy Central ranked him second behind Pryor in their 100 greatest stand-ups show (for what it's worth).