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As a massive fan of stand-up comedy, I'm very saddened to hear this. George Carlin was one of my favorites, and today, June 22nd, he passed away due to heart failure.

You were a great inspiration to me, and you made a huge impact on the world of comedy. Definitely one of my favorites.

Sucks, man. You came a real #####ing long way.

Rest in peace, George.

And here's a gift for those who haven't witnessed his comedy. Take some time to watch, if only out of respect. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o)

EDIT:
And now, today, on August 9th, another comedian has died. Say goodbye to Bernie Mac. Dead at the age of 50. Holy shmoley.

EDIT2:
And now, today, on August 10th, another celebrity has died. Say goodbye this time to Isaac Hayes, famous musician and best-known to us younger folks as the voice of Chef on South Park. He was 65. Ugh. Link. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26125699/)

Yeah, I just heard about this too.

He was 71, but could have lived another 15 years.

It's a damn shame.

He probably died laughing his ass off, laughing that it had finally happened, probably died with his middle finger raised in one final act of defiance.

He at least had that cocky grin on his face, I promise you that.

Flying spaghetti monster bless the man.

That is.... Extremely upsetting.

I will miss watching him.

Damn, I've seen at least 5 of his videos and read some of his books...

Great comedian.

Well, it's official now. All my favorite comedians are dead.

And I'm willing to bet they're all still laughing at the sad state of things.

Though it IS sad that they're no longer around to point those things out.

Yeah I heard that on my mom's alarm radio this morning while I was 3/4 asleep so I thought I'd dreamed it until this afternoon.

Sad stuff, but that's how it goes. At least it wasn't violent or anything.

Yeah, heart attacks aren't violent at all.

Well, he was going to go at some point. Still, he was only as old as my granpa.
Great man, great man. Left his impact on many lives.

Hopefully we all laughed a lot and learned a little about the world from him.

Heart failures and heart attacks are different. So which was it?

I remember it being a heart attack.
May have heard wrong, though...

... but that doesn't answer the question.
*reads news* It was failure. So right, peaceful.

what a lame way to die

The magic of Carlin is that not only was he funny, but he was truly insightful.

And yes, heart failure was what I read.

I know you guys won't believe me. But I'll put it on mi abuelo's grave this is the truth.

I went to camp with the great-niece of George Carlin.

I believe you, but only because that's believable.

I know you guys won't believe me. But I'll put it on mi abuelo's grave this is the truth.

I went to camp with the great-niece of George Carlin.

There's a hidden message there....

you guys won't believe me.
I am the great-niece of George Carlin.

I remember reading an article early this year from October of last year.

Because my memory is rough sometimes, I don't remember the quote verbatum, But it addressed the thought that George Carlin was "angry at the world."

He stated something to the matter of "I'm not angry, Just observant. I don't know why more people aren't. Sure, the things I base my jokes on bother me, but what's worse is the lack of response to those things."

He was one of the most influential men in America, as far as I'm concerned. I just hope the feeling that he passed to all of us isn't forgotten any time soon.

I've been watching a George Carlin marathon on HBO.

Beautiful stuff.

Sucks that he died; his stuff from the 60s and 70s is classic. Nothing beats Al Sleet, the Hippy-Dippy Weatherman "And tonight we'll be getting a Canadian low, which is not to be confused with a Mexican high." "It's 70 degrees over at the airport, which is stupid, 'cause I don't know anybody that lives at the airport." lol. Good stuff.

It's just that not only is he funny, but he's insightful and interesting to listen to.

Truly a shame.
He was definitely one of my favorites.

(I would've replied to this sooner if I had joined sooner.)

(I would've replied to this sooner if I had joined sooner.)

I think you just won July's Cap'n Obvious award.

*shoots off the graffiti*

Bernie Mac died today, at the age of 50. What the #####.

Whaaaaaaat?

...
wat?

John Pinette is the only one I have left...

famous peeps die in threes...

Here's hoping the next one is Eddie Murphy!
*crosses fingers*

Bernie Mac, in my opinion, died too young. This is sad news.

I didn't mark him as a favorite comedian though. He was alright.

But after hearing this, it made me realized that it'd really suck if Frank Caliendo died. He's one of my favorites I guess...

"Here's a man who's honest."

Bernie Mac was a little younger than my mom is.

George Carlin was older, so his death wasn't as unexpected (though still a great loss), but it's always weird to have someone so familiar die.

Pneumonia is apparently one of the most peaceful ways to die, because your lungs are essentially flooded, and you don't have much pain.

Frank Caliendo isn't so much funny as he is talented. Great impressions are already funny, and he doesn't throw much more to the table than that... but he DOES do great impressions. Especially John Madden and Bush. Plus, he's got, like, an endless supply, and those Scooby Doo/Shaggy bits he does are awesome.

Anyway, Bernie Mac was a pretty good comedian, but I never really watched him specifically. George Carlin was personal to me because he's one of my favorites, and Bernie Mac is personal because he's just one year older than both my parents.

I was never a fan or Burnie Mac.
No huge loss to me.

Another day, another death. Today, Isaac Hayes died. You all probably know him as the voice of Chef on South Park, as I do.
First Chef dies, now Isaac. Yuck.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26125699/

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Hurray death!

Another day, another death. Today, Isaac Hayes died. You all probably know him as the voice of Chef on South Park, as I do.
First Chef dies, now Isaac. Yuck.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26125699/

That's exactly what I thought... "What? First Chef and now his voice actor?"

I just saw this on the news about 20 minutes ago. Too many deaths.

He was a scientologist anyway, so he hasn't died, he's just voluntarily ascended to another plane of existance.

I would've made a low-blow scientology comment if I didn't like the guy so much.

When Tom Cruise dies, I'll be spewin' 'em.

And yet, no Heath in this topic.

Heath has his own topic!

Whatever!

Anyway I think it sucks they both died. I liked them both. Bernie Mac, one of the kings, and Isaac Hayes made great music.

And yet, no Heath in this topic.

HEATH LEDGER ISNT DEAD!!!!

D:<

Why so serious?

CAUSE PEOPLE THINK HES DEAD BUT HES NOT!!!

How is he not dead? If you're serious, I mean.

He is still alive and out there somewhere, I just know it.

She likes Heath. She doesn't like it when I remind her that he is dead.

DECEASED.

KICKED THE BUCKET.

MET HIS MAKER.

NO. NO. NO. NO.


HES STILL ALIVE I TELL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!H .GGKN
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If Elvis is alive then Heath can be alive.

Everyone knows that Elvis is alive. He lives under the sand at the beach. I know cause The Fairly Odd Parents told me so, and that show never lies.

Elvis didn't die. He just went home.

Thanks, K.

Hitchhiker's Guide explained Elvis' disappearance better than anyone else has.

Never seen it, but Back to the Future is best.

Well, the movie did nothing about Elvis, it's the books that cover it. Mostly Harmless, I believe, though unbelievably I can't remember if it was that one or So Long.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is also pretty amazing.

No, No. I believe the movie did reference it... If only for a moment.

I promise you the movie didn't reference Elvis at all.

If it happened in So Long And Thanks For All The Fish or in Mostly Harmless, then why would it be in the movie?

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

The movie mixes some things from all over, but they're always very tiny and very subtle, more like homages to the other books. It's very different than the first book, anyway, so it's not like it matters. The movie is its own incarnation, anyway. I just know that it never references Elvis.

I checked, and the Elvis bit happens in Mostly Harmless. He gets pretty much his own chapter and I'm pretty sure they never even say his name.

Does the movie do the story of the whole series, more or less? Or just the first book?

Jess and I were originally racing to read the books but she's tried before and for whatever reason just can't get into them. She said she likes the movie though.

The movie is a re-imagining of the first book, if it were an extremely Hollywood-ified movie.

Douglas Adams himself wrote the original draft of the script, and several versions of it I might add, but they hired someone else to revise it once more before they finally made it into a real movie.

I personally don't know how much of the movie was Douglas and how much was rewrites, but overall it has a really different flavor.

There's obligatory Hollywood-style romantic-comedy romances, and it follows a generic movie formula flow, but it's still Hitchhiker's Guide.

Just covers the events of the first book, with an ending that wraps it up right there and doesn't leave anything open for more. Well, it does, but it wouldn't be the same.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

It's an awesome movie about a car that can fly and go on the water and it super funny and GREAT!

I know what it is, but I don't know how it relates to the conversation.

Cause I said it was an awesome movie which relates to how I said that Back to the Future is an awesome movie which relates to Elvis being alive which relates to Heath Ledger being alive which is really the main point of this whole thing.

How many roads must a man walk down?

One? Or as many as he feels fit?

Forty-two.

Forty-two roads.

No. If you want to be a real man you must walk down a road made of your memories and the memories of your companions leading up to a massive galaxy that extends further to a single isolated star.

it is the road it is the rainbow road it is a road that you gooooo

It's forty-two. Everyone knows it's forty-two. Stop it. This is getting very silly.

GOD BLESS YOU

Is one of those roads the golden bricked road?

No it's the yellow brick road.

Well, the movie did nothing about Elvis, it's the books that cover it. Mostly Harmless, I believe, though unbelievably I can't remember if it was that one or So Long.

Mostly Harmless was the worse of all the books.

Life, the Universe, and Everything was the best.

LUE was definitely the best, I've always advocated that. However, I always said So Long was the worst.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ROADS, JUST HOW MANY!

There's probably grody black chewing gum blobs on most of those roads...

Yeah, just like at my school...

Public school, yeah?

Very old public school.

Over 100 years. Coincidentally, I graduated on the 100th year mark.

Public school rocks.

Having been to a private military school for a year and a half, I definitely have to agree with the above statement.

Very old public school.

Over 100 years. Coincidentally, I graduated on the 100th year mark.

Dont't rub it in, I wanted to graduate on the 100th year mark...

Try for the 200th year mark then. That's double his jargon.

Oh, good idea. I've already had a drink out of the Fountain of Youth so I should be able to pull that off.

F.Y.I....it was really nasty.

Not it wasn't! I remember. It tastes kind of like breast milk, which tastes kind of like cantaloupe juice.

....

No, it tastes like iron and metal. xD

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And how do you know what breast milk tastes like?

>.>

I'm sure his mother breast fed him when he was a baby.

Or Mike has a thing for pregnant women.

I'm sure his mother breast fed him when he was a baby.

He has a pretty good memory...

Or I watch Friends.

Chandler Bing is the greatest #####ing name on the face of the planet.

I LOVE JOEY! AND MOKUBA!

Wait...did you mean Friends? I thought we were talking about Yu-Gi-Oh!

LOL

Chandler Bing is the greatest #####ing name on the face of the planet.

"Actually it's MISS Chinandler Bong."

Really though, if you think his name is that good wait until you find out his middle name.

I only got into Friends near the end of the series.

I was only kind of into it until the near end, and the near end is the best, but I still like the reruns of it all.

Yeah, I only got into the series when it finally ended. TBS still runs it every weekday and I catch it whenever I get home from school.

: preventerWIND  24 August 2008, 04:18:49

Chandler Bing is the greatest #####ing name on the face of the planet.

"Actually it's MISS Chinandler Bong."

Really though, if you think his name is that good wait until you find out his middle name.

Bong, eh?

Its Muriel. I know.

"Ms. Chinandler Bong" is the name on Chandler's subscription to TV Guide.

I thought that the earliest episodes were the best.

WRONG.

Ross isn't funny until he's a complete goof, and it's better once the rest of the characters are finally solid.

Plus Paul Rudd is in later episodes, so you're done sir.

You two are now Women.

Us MEN are going to watch SEINFELD.

Dumbass, I've been a fan of Seinfeld since it was NEW. I know jokes by heart, pitch and tone completely. I know trivia you couldn't answer.

I started watching it right when it ended.

I deliberately DIDN'T watch the finale because I was convinced that I needed to watch every episode before I would allow myself to watch the finale. Even as a kid I was like that.

I eventually broke that rule, though. Even though I bought the whole DVD collection later and watched it all in succession.

But yeah, I love Seinfeld. Let's talk about that for a bit.

About NOTHING.

I don't watch Seinfeld. Never really gotten into it. Although I've found one or two episodes I liked...

I would certainly get a good laugh if someone imitated Jerry or Kramer. Definitely Kramer.

I at least watched enough Seinfeld to know the whole "SERENITY NOW!" deal.

Frank Caliendo did a GREAT sketch where he played the roles of all four major Seinfeld cast members, plus Neuman. It really was a GREAT sketch.

Which sadly let me to believe that the rest of his show would be good.

It seems like he pitched TBS his show using nothing but the sketch, which I personally would've been like "That's all we need to see. You can have your show."

But nobody could've predicted the rest would've been so bad.

He is an ace impressionist, though. The best out there.

I know the sketch you're talking about and was thinking about it. It is gold.

There's a reason ASR doesn't work for TBS.

I'd just spend all day greenlighting everyone who comes up to me with a show idea because I like doing anything with the word "green" in it.

I'd also sentence Frank Caliendo to two full seasons of RE-ENACTING entire episodes of Seinfeld.

And maybe some movies.

Actually, that's not a bad idea. Not a parody, just Frank Caliendo re-enacting movie scenes word-for-word, exactly as they're supposed to be... just everybody is Frank Caliendo.

I would also air porn in the daytime. Opposite Oprah and Ellen.

Don't think that's legal in the US (or here for that matter) but otherwise that would be the most popular TV exec move ever.

I'm positive there's a way to legally do such a thing if somebody actually wanted to do something like that.