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'MIS MIMI EATS POOP{{Infobox Comedian | name = George Carlin | image = Jesus is coming.. Look Busy (George Carlin).jpg | caption = George Carlin in [[Trenton, New Jersey]] on April 4, 2008 | pseudonym = | birth_name = George Denis Patrick Carlin | birth_date = {{birth date|1937|5|12}} | birth_place = {{city-state|Manhattan|New York}}, [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|6|22|1937|5|12}} | death_place = {{city-state|Santa Monica|California}}, [[United States|U.S.]] | medium = [[stand-up comedy|Stand-up]], [[television]], [[film]], [[book]]s, [[radio]] | nationality = American | active = 1956&ndash;2008 | genre = [[Character comedy]], [[Observational comedy]], [[Wit]]/[[Word play]], [[Satire]]/[[Political satire]], [[Black comedy]] | subject = [[American culture]], [[American English]], [[everyday life]], [[recreational drug use]], [[death]], [[philosophy]], [[human behavior]], [[American politics]], [[religion]], [[profanity]] | influences = [[Danny Kaye]],<ref name="MurrayJ">{{cite news|url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/42195|title=Interviews: George Carlin|last=Murray|first=Noel|date=November 2, 2005|publisher=''[[The Onion]]''|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|accessdate=2008-06-23}} </ref><ref name="playboy"/> [[Jonathan Winters]],<ref name="playboy"/> [[Lenny Bruce]],<ref name="NPR">{{cite news|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4136881|title=Comedian and Actor George Carlin|last=Carlin|first=George|date=November 1, 2004|publisher=[[National Public Radio]]|accessdate=2008-06-23}}</ref><ref name="comedy">Carlin, George, ''[[George Carlin on Comedy]]'', "Lenny Bruce", Laugh.com, 2002</ref> [[Richard Pryor]],<ref name="bravo"/> [[Jerry Lewis]],<ref name="playboy"/><ref name="bravo"/> [[Marx Brothers]],<ref name="playboy"/><ref name="bravo"/> [[Mort Sahl]],<ref name="comedy"/> [[Spike Jones]],<ref name="bravo"/> [[Ernie Kovacs]],<ref name="bravo"/> [[Ritz Brothers]]<ref name="playboy"/> | influenced = [[Chris Rock]],<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,20210534,00.html|title=Chris Rock Salutes George Carlin |author=Rock, Chris|authorlink=Chris Rock|publisher=[[EW.com]]|date=2008-07-03|accessdate=2008-07-04}}</ref> [[Jerry Seinfeld]],<ref>{{cite video| people = Seinfeld, Jerry| title = Jerry Seinfeld: The Comedian Award| medium = TV| publisher = [[HBO]]|date = 2007-04-01}}</ref>, [[Bill Hicks]], [[Dane Cook]], [[Louis C.K.]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisck.net/2008/06/goodbye-george-carlin.html|title=Goodbye George Carlin|author=C.K., Louis|authorlink=Louis C.K.|publisher=LouisCK.net|date=2008-06-22|accessdate=2008-06-23}}</ref> [[Bill Cosby]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-et-joketheft24jul24,1,6252669,full.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=5&cset=true|title=Funny, that was my joke|publisher=''[[The Los Angeles Times]]''|author=Welkos, Robert W.|date=2007-07-24|accessdate=2008-06-26}}</ref> [[Lewis Black]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://origin.avclub.com/content/node/49217|title= Lewis Black|publisher=''[[The Onion]]''|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|author=Gillette, Amelie|date=2006-06-07|accessdate=2008-06-23}}</ref> [[Jon Stewart]],<ref>{{cite video| people = Stewart, Jon| title = George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy | medium = TV| publisher = [[HBO]]|date = 1997-02-27}}</ref> [[Stephen Colbert]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/44705|title= Stephen Colbert | publisher=''The Onion''|work=The A.V. Club|author=Rabin, Nathan|date=2006-01-25|accessdate=2006-06-23}} </ref> [[Bill Maher]],<ref>{{cite episode|title=episode 38|airdate=2004-10-01|series=Real Time with Bill Maher|serieslink=Real Time with Bill Maher|network=[[HBO]]|season=2|number=18}}</ref> [[Patrice O'Neal]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/comedians/browse/o/patrice_oneal.jhtml |title=Comedians: Patrice O'Neal |publisher=Comedy Central |date=2008-10-30 |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref> [[Adam Carolla]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adamradio.wordpress.com/2007/10/ |title=2007 October « The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog |publisher=Adamradio.wordpress.com |date= |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref> [[Colin Quinn]],<ref>{{cite web|title = Colin Quinn |publisher=''The Onion''|work=The A.V. Club|url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/22529 | author=Rabin, Nathan |date=2003-06-18|accessdate=2008-06-23}}</ref> [[Steven Wright]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/54975 |title=Steven Wright | publisher= ''The Onion''|work =The A.V. Club|author=Rabin, Nathan|date=2006-11-09|accessdate=2008-06-23}}</ref> [[Russell Peters]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Alan Cho, Gauntlet Entertainment |url=http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/a/story/9549 |title=Gauntlet Entertainment - Comedy Preview: Russell Peters won't a hurt you real bad - 2005-11-24 |publisher=Gauntlet.ucalgary.ca |date=2005-11-24 |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref> [[Jay Leno]],<ref name="People">{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,20208460,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn |title=Carlin Remembered: He Helped Other Comics with Drug Problems | publisher= Time Inc.|work =People|author=Breuer, Howard, and Stephen M, Silverman|date=2008-06-24|accessdate=2008-06-24}}</ref> [[Ben Stiller]],<ref name="People" /> [[Kevin Smith]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/142975/page/1|title=‘A God Who Cussed’|author=Smith, Kevin|authorlink=Kevin Smith|publisher=''[[Newsweek]]''|date=2008-06-23|accessdate=2008-07-27}}</ref> | spouse = '''Brenda Hosbrook'''<br/>(August 5, 1961 — May 11, 1997) 1 child <br/> '''Sally Wade'''<br/>(married June 24, 1998 — June 22, 2008)<ref name="obit2"/> | notable_work= ''[[Class Clown]]''<br/>"[[Seven dirty words|Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television]]"<br/>'''[[Mr. Conductor]]'''<br/>in ''[[Shining Time Station]]''<br/>'''Narrator'''<br/>in ''[[Thomas and Friends]]''<br/> [[HBO]] [[television specials]]<br/>'''Rufus''' in ''[[Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'' and ''[[Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey]]'' | signature = George Carlin Signature.svg| | website = [http://www.georgecarlin.com/ www.georgecarlin.com] | | footnotes = | | grammyawards = '''[[Best Comedy Recording]]''' <br/>1972 ''[[FM & AM]]''<br/>2009 ''[[It's Bad For Ya]][posthumous]''<br/>'''Best Spoken Comedy Album'''<br/> 1993 ''[[Jammin' in New York]]''<br/>2001 ''[[Brain Droppings]]''<br/>2002 ''[[Napalm & Silly Putty]]'' | americancomedyawards ='''Funniest Male Performer in a TV Special '''<br/> 1997 ''[[Back in Town|George Carlin: Back in Town]]''<br/>1998 ''[[George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy]]''<br/>'''Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy''' 2001 | britishcomedyawards = }} '''George Denis Patrick Carlin''' (May 12, 1937 &ndash; June 22, 2008) was an American [[stand-up comedy|stand-up comedian]], [[social criticism|social critic]], actor, and author, who won five [[Grammy Award]]s for his comedy albums.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE5171UA20090208 |title=Comedian George Carlin wins posthumous Grammy |date=February 8, 2009 |accessdate=2009-02-08 |publisher=Reuters }}</ref> Carlin was noted for his [[black humor]] as well as his thoughts on [[politics]], the [[English language]], [[psychology]], [[religion]], and various [[taboo]] subjects. Carlin and his "[[Seven Dirty Words]]" comedy routine were central to the 1978 [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] case ''[[F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation]]'', in which a narrow 5–4 decision by the justices affirmed the government's power to regulate indecent material on the public [[Radio waves|airwaves]]. The first of his 14 stand-up comedy specials for [[HBO]] was filmed in 1977. In the 1990s and 2000s, Carlin's routines focused on the flaws in modern-day America. He often commented on contemporary political issues in the United States and satirized the excesses of [[American culture]]. His final HBO special, ''[[It's Bad for Ya]]'', was filmed less than four months before his death. Carlin placed second on the [[Comedy Central]] cable television network list of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians, ahead of [[Lenny Bruce]] and behind [[Richard Pryor]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.comedy-zone.net/standup/comedian/index.htm | title = Stand Up Comedy & Comedians | accessdate = 2006-08-10 | publisher = Comedy Zone }}</ref> He was a frequent performer and guest host on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson|The Tonight Show]]'' during the three-decade [[Johnny Carson]] era, and hosted the first episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. ==Early life== Carlin was born in [[New York City]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Set/3881/9carlin_geo3.gif|title=Milwaukee Police Department Report (date of birth)}}</ref> the second son of Mary Beary, a secretary, and Patrick Carlin, a national advertising manager for the ''[[New York Sun (historical)|New York Sun]]''.<ref name="filmr">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/52/George-Carlin.html |title=George Carlin Biography (1937-) |publisher=Filmreference.com |date= |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref> Carlin was of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent and was raised a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite video| people = Carlin, George| title = [[It's Bad for Ya!]]| medium = TV| publisher = [[HBO]]|date = 2008-03-01}}</ref><ref>''[[Class Clown]]'', "I Used to Be Irish Catholic", 1972, [[Little David Records]].</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.cnn.com/cnn/archive/archive/detail/80004/full|title=George Carlin knows what's 'Bad for Ya'|publisher=[[CNN.com]]|author=[[Associated Press]]|date=2008-02-28|accessdate=2008-05-24}}</ref> Carlin grew up on West 121st Street, in a neighborhood of [[Manhattan]] which he later said, in a stand-up routine, he and his friends called "White [[Harlem]]", because that sounded a lot tougher than its real name of [[Morningside Heights]]. He was raised by his mother, who left his father when Carlin was two months old.<ref>[http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/brainstorm/200806/george-carlins-last-interview ''Psychology Today: George Carlin's last interview'']. Retrieved August 13, 2008.</ref> After three semesters, at the age of 15, Carlin involuntarily left [[Cardinal Hayes High School]] and briefly attended [http://www.bishopdubois.org Bishop Dubois High School] in Harlem.<ref name=timeshs>Gonzalez, David. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/nyregion/24hayes.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin George Carlin Didn’t Shun School That Ejected Him]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. June 24, 2008.</ref> Carlin had a difficult relationship with his mother and often ran away from home.<ref name="playboy">{{Citation| title = Playboy Interview: George Carlin | newspaper = [[Playboy]]| author=Merrill, Sam|date=January 1982}}</ref> He later joined the [[United States Air Force]] and was trained as a [[radar]] technician. He was stationed at [[Barksdale Air Force Base]] in [[Bossier City, Louisiana]]. During this time he began working as a [[disc jockey]] on KJOE, a radio station based in the nearby city of [[Shreveport]]. He did not complete his Air Force enlistment. Labeled an "unproductive airman" by his superiors, Carlin was discharged on July 29, 1957. ==Career== In 1959, Carlin and [[Jack Burns]] began as a comedy team when both were working for radio station [[KMNY|KXOL]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasradiohalloffame.com/georgecarlin.html|title=Texas Radio Hall of Fame: George Carlin}}</ref> After successful performances at Fort Worth's beat coffeehouse, The Cellar, Burns and Carlin headed for California in February 1960 and stayed together for two years as a team before moving on to individual pursuits. ===1960s=== Within weeks of arriving in California in 1960, Burns and Carlin put together an audition tape and created ''The Wright Brothers'', a morning show on [[KDAY]] in Hollywood. The comedy team worked there for three months, honing their material in [[beatnik]] coffeehouses at night.<ref name=bio60s>{{cite news|url=http://www.georgecarlin.com/time/time3B.html|title=Timeline - 1960s|work=George Carlin Biography|accessdate=2008-06-25}}</ref> Years later when he was honored with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], Carlin requested that it be placed in front of the KDAY studios.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entity_id=19830&source_type=A |title=Biographical information for George Carlin |publisher=Kennedy Center |date= |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref> Burns and Carlin recorded their only album, ''[[Burns and Carlin at the Playboy Club Tonight]]'', in May 1960 at Cosmo Alley in Hollywood.<ref name=bio60s/> In the 1960s, Carlin began appearing on television variety shows, notably ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' and ''[[The Tonight Show]]''. His most famous routines were: * The Indian Sergeant ("You wit' the beads... get outta line") * Stupid disc jockeys ("Wonderful WINO...") — "The Beatles' latest record, when played backwards at slow speed, says 'Dummy! You're playing it backwards at slow speed!'" * Al Sleet, the "[[hippie]]-dippie [[weather forecasting|weatherman]]" — "Tonight's forecast: Dark. Continued dark throughout most of the evening, with some widely-scattered light towards morning." * Jon Carson - the "world never known, and never to be known" Variations on the first three of these routines appear on Carlin's 1967 debut album, ''[[Take Offs and Put Ons]]'', recorded live in 1966 at The Roostertail in [[Detroit, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgecarlin.com/home/home.html |title=George Carlin's official site (see Timeline) . Retrieved August 14, 2006 |publisher=Georgecarlin.com |date= |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref> During this period, Carlin became more popular as a frequent performer and guest host on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'', initially with [[Jack Paar]] as host, then with Johnny Carson. Carlin became one of Carson's most frequent substitutes during the host's three-decade reign. Carlin was also cast on ''Away We Go'', a 1967 comedy show. His material during his early career and his appearance, which consisted of suits and short-cropped hair, had been seen as "conventional", particularly when contrasted with his later anti-establishment material.<ref>''[[ABC World News Tonight]]''; June 23, 2008.</ref> Carlin was present at [[Lenny Bruce]]'s arrest for obscenity. As the police began attempting to detain members of the audience for questioning, they asked Carlin for his identification. Telling the police he did not believe in government issued IDs, he was arrested and taken to jail with Bruce in the same vehicle.<ref>{{cite episode | title = Profanity | episodelink = List of Bullshit! episodes | series = Penn & Teller: Bullshit! | serieslink = Penn & Teller: Bullshit! | network = [[Showtime]] | airdate = 2004-08-12 | season = 2 | number = 10 }}</ref> ===1970s=== Eventually, Carlin changed both his routines and his appearance. He lost some TV bookings by dressing strangely for a comedian of the time, wearing faded jeans and sporting long hair, a beard, and earrings at a time when clean-cut, well-dressed comedians were the norm. Using his own persona as a springboard for his new comedy, he was presented by [[Ed Sullivan]] in a performance of "The Hair Piece," and quickly regained his popularity as the public caught on to his sense of style. {{Rquote|left|[[Shit]], [[Urine|Piss]], [[Fuck]], [[Cunt]], [[Cocksucker]], [[Motherfucker]], and [[Breast|Tits]]. Those are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that'll infect your soul, curve your spine and keep the country from winning the war.|George Carlin, ''Class Clown'', "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television"}} <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Georgecarlinmugshot.jpg|thumb|George Carlin's 1972 mugshot.{{deletable image-caption|Friday, 13 November 2009}}]] --> In this period he also perfected what is perhaps his best-known routine, "[[Seven dirty words|Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television]]", recorded on ''[[Class Clown]]''. Carlin was arrested on July 21, 1972 at [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee's]] [[Summerfest]] and charged with violating [[obscenity]] laws after performing this routine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=626471 |title=Carlin's naughty words still ring in officer's ears |author=Jim Stingl |publisher=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |date=June 30, 2007 |accessdate=2008-03-23 }}</ref> The case, which prompted Carlin to refer to the words for a time as, "The Milwaukee Seven", was dismissed in December of that year; the judge declared that the language was indecent but Carlin had the freedom to say it as long as he caused no disturbance. In 1973, a man complained to the [[Federal Communications Commission]] after listening with his son to a similar routine, "Filthy Words", from ''[[Occupation: Foole]]'', broadcast one afternoon over [[WBAI]], a [[Pacifica Foundation]] [[Frequency modulation|FM]] [[radio station]] in [[New York City]]. Pacifica received a citation from the FCC, which sought to fine the company for violating FCC regulations which prohibited broadcasting "obscene" material. The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] upheld the FCC action, by a vote of 5 to 4, ruling that the routine was "indecent but not obscene", and the FCC had authority to prohibit such broadcasts during hours when children were likely to be among the audience. (''[[F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation]]'', 438 U.S. 726 (1978). The court documents contain a complete transcript of the routine.)<ref name="EFF">{{cite web|url=http://w2.eff.org/legal/cases/FCC_v_Pacifica/fcc_v_pacifica.decision|title=FCC vs. Pacifica Foundation|date=July 3, 1978|publisher=[[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]|accessdate=2008-06-23}}</ref> The controversy only increased Carlin's fame. Carlin eventually expanded the dirty-words theme with a seemingly interminable end to a performance (ending with his voice fading out in one HBO version, and accompanying the credits in the ''[[Carlin at Carnegie]]'' special for the 1982-83 season), and a set of 49 web pages<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgecarlin.com/dirty/2443.html |title=BBS |publisher=George Carlin |date= |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref> organized by subject and embracing his "Incomplete List Of Impolite Words". Carlin was the first-ever host of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', on October 11, 1975.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = Geoffrey Hammill, The Museum of Broadcast Communications | url = http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/S/htmlS/saturdaynigh/saturdaynigh.htm | title = Saturday Night Live | date = no date |accessdate = May 17, 2007}}</ref> He also hosted ''SNL'' on November 10, 1984, where he appeared in sketches. The first time he hosted, he only appeared to perform stand-up and introduced the guest acts. The following season, 1976-77, Carlin also appeared regularly on [[CBS]] Television's ''[[Tony Orlando & Dawn]]'' variety series. Carlin unexpectedly stopped performing regularly in 1976, when his career appeared to be at its height. For the next five years, he rarely appeared to perform stand-up, although it was at this time he began doing specials for HBO as part of its ''[[On Location (TV series)|On Location]]'' series. His first two HBO specials aired in 1977 and 1978. It was later revealed that Carlin had suffered the first of three non-fatal [[myocardial infarction|heart attacks]] during this layoff period.<ref name="bravo">{{cite episode| title = George Carlin| episodelink = Inside the Actors Studio| series = Inside the Actors Studio| serieslink = Inside the Actors Studio| network = [[Bravo (television network)|Bravo]]| airdate = 2004-10-31| season = 1| number = 4}}</ref> ===1980s and 1990s=== In 1981, Carlin returned to the stage, releasing ''[[A Place For My Stuff]]'' and returning to HBO and New York City with the ''[[Carlin at Carnegie]]'' [[TV special]], videotaped at [[Carnegie Hall]] and airing during the 1982-83 season. Carlin continued doing HBO specials every year or every other year over the following decade-and-a-half. All of Carlin's albums from this time forward are the HBO specials. [[File:Carlin.jpg|thumb|left|In concert at [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], PA]] Carlin's acting career was primed with a major supporting role in the 1987 comedy hit ''[[Outrageous Fortune (film)|Outrageous Fortune]]'', starring [[Bette Midler]] and [[Shelley Long]]; it was his first notable screen role after a handful of previous guest roles on television series. Playing drifter Frank Madras, the role poked fun at the lingering effect of the 1960s psychedelic counterculture. In 1989, he gained popularity with a new generation of teens when he was cast as Rufus, the time-traveling mentor of the titular characters in ''[[Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'', and reprised his role in the film sequel ''[[Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey]]'' as well as the first season of the [[Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures|cartoon series]]. In 1991, he provided the narrative voice for the American version of the children's show ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends]]'', a role he continued until 1998. He played "Mr. Conductor" on the [[PBS]] children's show ''[[Shining Time Station]]'', which featured Thomas the Tank Engine from 1991 to 1993, as well as the Shining Time Station TV specials in 1995 and ''[[Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales]]'' in 1996. Also in 1991, Carlin had a major supporting role in the movie ''[[The Prince of Tides]]'', which starred [[Nick Nolte]] and [[Barbra Streisand]]. Carlin began a weekly [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] [[sitcom]], ''[[The George Carlin Show]]'', in 1993, playing New York City [[taxicab]] driver "George O'Grady". He quickly included a variation of the "Seven Words" in the plot. The show, created and written by ''[[The Simpsons]]'' co-creator [[Sam Simon]], ran 27 episodes through December 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgecarlin.com/time/time3E.html |title="1990-1999" |publisher=GeorgeCarlin.com |date= |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref> In his final book, the posthumously published ''Last Words'', Carlin said about ''The George Carlin Show'': "I had a great time. I never laughed so much, so often, so hard as I did with cast members [[Alex Rocco]], [[Chris Rich]], [[Tony Starke]]. There was a very strange, very good sense of humor on that stage. The biggest problem, though, was that Sam Simon was a fucking horrible person to be around. Very, very funny, extremely bright and brilliant, but an unhappy person who treated other people poorly. I was incredibly happy when the show was canceled. I was frustrated that it had taken me away from my true work."<ref>''Last Words', Simon & Schuster, 2009'</ref> In 1997, his first hardcover book, ''[[Brain Droppings]]'', was published, and sold over 750,000 copies as of 2001.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} Carlin was honored at the 1997 [[Aspen Comedy Festival]] with a retrospective ''[[George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy]]'' hosted by [[Jon Stewart]]. In 1999, Carlin played a supporting role as a satirical [[Roman Catholic]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] in filmmaker [[Kevin Smith (film maker)|Kevin Smith]]'s movie ''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]''. He worked with Smith again with a [[cameo appearance]] in ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'', and later played an atypically serious role in ''[[Jersey Girl (2004 movie)|Jersey Girl]]'', as the [[blue collar]] father of [[Ben Affleck]]'s character. ===2000s=== In 2001, Carlin was given a [[Lifetime Achievement Award]] at the 15th Annual [[American Comedy Awards]]. In December 2003, California U.S. Representative [[Doug Ose]] introduced a bill (H.R. 3687) to outlaw the broadcast of Carlin's seven "dirty words," including "compound use (including hyphenated compounds) of such words and phrases with each other or with other words or phrases, and other grammatical forms of such words and phrases (including verb, adjective, gerund, participle, and infinitive forms)." (The bill omits "[[tit]]s," but includes "[[asshole]]," which was not part of Carlin's original routine.) This bill was never voted on. The last action on this bill was its referral to the [[United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties|House Judiciary Committee on the Constitution]] on January 15, 2004.<ref>Library of Congress THOMAS Website, [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h3687:]. Retrieved July 20, 2008.</ref> The following year, Carlin was fired from his headlining position at the [[MGM Grand Hotel]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] after an altercation with his audience. After a poorly received set filled with dark references to suicide bombings and beheadings, Carlin stated that he could not wait to get out of "this fucking hotel" and Las Vegas, claiming he wanted to go back East "where the real people are." He continued to insult his audience, stating: <blockquote>"People who go to Las Vegas, you've got to question their fucking intellect to start with. Traveling hundreds and thousands of miles to essentially give your money to a large corporation is kind of fucking moronic. That's what I'm always getting here is these kind of fucking people with very limited intellects."</blockquote> An audience member shouted back that Carlin should "stop degrading us", at which point Carlin responded "Thank you very much, whatever that was. I hope it was positive; if not, well blow me." He was immediately fired by MGM Grand and soon after announced he would enter rehab for alcohol and prescription painkiller addiction.<ref name="tagreviewj">{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Dec-04-Sat-2004/news/25407915.html |title=reviewjournal.com |publisher=reviewjournal.com |date=2004-12-04 |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref> For years, Carlin had performed regularly as a headliner in Las Vegas. He began a tour through the first half of 2006, which culminated in his thirteenth HBO Special on November 5, 2005 entitled ''[[Life is Worth Losing]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hbo.com/events/gcarlin/?ntrack_para1=insidehbo3_text |title=Carlin: Life is Worth Losing |publisher=HBO |date= |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref> which was shown live from the [[Beacon Theatre]] in [[New York City]] and in which he stated early on "I've got 341 days of sobriety", referring to the rehab he entered after being fired from MGM. Topics covered included [[suicide]], [[natural disaster]]s (and the impulse to see them escalate in severity), [[cannibalism]], [[genocide]], [[human sacrifice]], threats to [[civil liberties]] in America, and how an argument can be made that humans are inferior to animals. On February 1, 2006, Carlin mentioned to the crowd, during his ''Life is Worth Losing'' set at the Tachi Palace Casino in [[Lemoore, California]], that he had been discharged from the hospital only six weeks previously for "[[heart failure]]" and "[[pneumonia]]," citing the appearance as his "first show back." Carlin provided the voice of Fillmore, a character in the [[Disney]]/[[Pixar]] animated feature ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'', which opened in theaters on June 9, 2006. The character Fillmore, who is presented as an anti-establishment hippie, is a [[VW Microbus]] with a [[psychedelic]] paint job, whose front license plate reads "51237", Carlin's birthday. Carlin's last HBO stand-up special, ''[[It's Bad for Ya]]'', aired live on March 1, 2008, from the [[Wells Fargo Center for the Arts]] in [[Santa Rosa, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/dvd/2007-09-24-carlin-collection_N.htm|title=George Carlin reflects on 50 years (or so) of 'All My Stuff'|author=Wloszczyna, Susan|publisher=''[[USA Today]]''|date=2007-09-24|accessdate=2007-10-08}}</ref> The themes that appeared in this HBO special included "American Bullshit," "Rights," "Death," "Old Age," and "Child Rearing." Carlin had been working on the new material for this HBO special for several months prior in concerts all over the country. On June 18, 2008, four days before his death, the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] announced that Carlin would be the 2008 honoree of the [[Mark Twain Prize for American Humor]],<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/17/AR2008061702519.html Trescott, Jacqueline; ''"Bleep! Bleep! George Carlin To Receive Mark Twain Humor Prize"''; washingtonpost.com; June 18, 2008]</ref> which was awarded on November 10, 2008. Carlin thus became the award's first posthumous recipient, a decision the Kennedy Center made after consulting with both Carlin's family and [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] (which aired the ceremony).<ref name="posthumous-award">{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2328397920080623?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews|title=George Carlin becomes first posthumous Mark Twain honoree|date=June 23, 2008|publisher=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=2008-06-25}}</ref> The comedians who honored him at the ceremony included [[Jon Stewart]], [[Bill Maher]], [[Lily Tomlin]] (a former Twain Humor Prize winner herself), [[Lewis Black]], [[Denis Leary]], [[Joan Rivers]], and [[Margaret Cho]]. ==Personal life== In 1961, Carlin married Brenda Hosbrook (August 5, 1936 - May 11, 1997), whom he had met while touring the previous year. The couple had a daughter, Kelly, in 1963.<ref>{{cite book |title=Last Words |last=Carlin |first=George |authorlink= |coauthors=[[Tony Hendra]] |year=2009 |publisher=[[Free Press (publisher)|Free Press]]|isbn=9781439172957 |page= |pages=150–151}}</ref> In 1971, George and Brenda renewed their wedding vows in Las Vegas. Brenda died of [[liver cancer]] a day before Carlin's sixtieth birthday, in 1997. Carlin later married Sally Wade on June 24, 1998, and the marriage lasted until his death, two days before their tenth anniversary.<ref>{{Citation |title=George Carlin's Loved Ones Speak Out |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/06/62841/index.html|publisher=''Entertainment Tonight'' |date=2008-06-23 |accessdate=2008-06-23}}</ref> In December 2004, Carlin announced that he would be voluntarily entering a drug rehabilitation facility to receive treatment for his [[addiction]] to alcohol and [[Vicodin]].<ref>{{Citation |last= |first= |title=George Carlin enters rehab |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/12/27/george.carlin/index.html |publisher=''CNN'' |date=2004-12-29 |accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> Carlin did not vote and often criticized elections as an illusion of choice.<ref>{{cite web|author=April 06, 2008 |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOWe4-KXqMM |title=1:37 |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2008-04-06 |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref> He said he last voted for [[George McGovern]], who ran for President in 1972<ref>{{cite web | url = http://althouse.blogspot.com/2004/11/george-carlin.html | title = George Carlin.}}</ref> against [[Richard Nixon]]. ==Religion== Although raised in the [[Roman Catholic]] faith (which he describes anecdotally on the albums ''[[FM & AM]]'' and ''[[Class Clown]]''), Carlin became an [[atheist]] and often denounced the idea of a God in interviews and performances, notably with his "Religion" and "There Is No God" routines as heard in ''[[You Are All Diseased]]''. Carlin also joked in his first book ''[[Brain Droppings]]'' that he worshiped the [[Sun]], one reason being that he could see it. This was later mentioned in ''[[You Are All Diseased]]'', along with the statement that he prayed to [[Joe Pesci]] (a good friend of his) because "He's a good actor," and "looks like a guy who can get things done!"<ref>"There Is No God", ''[[You Are All Diseased]]''</ref> In his HBO special ''[[Complaints and Grievances]]'', Carlin introduced the "Two Commandments," a revised "pocket-sized" list of the [[Ten Commandments]] ending with the additional commandment of "Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself."<ref>George Carlin Quotes. [http://www.skeptic.ca/george_carlin_ten_commandments.htm George Carlin On The Ten Commandments]</ref> ==Themes== Carlin's material falls under one of three self-described categories: "the little world" (observational humor), "the big world" (social commentary), and the peculiarities of the English language (euphemisms, doublespeak, business jargon); all sharing the overall theme of (in his words) "humanity's bullshit", which might include murder, genocide, war, rape, corruption, religion and other aspects of human civilization. He was known for mixing observational humour with larger, social commentary. His delivery frequently treated these subjects in a [[misanthropy|misanthropic]] and [[nihilism|nihilistic]] fashion, such as in his statement during the ''Life is Worth Losing'' show: {{cquote|I look at it this way... For centuries now, man has done everything he can to destroy, defile, and interfere with nature: clear-cutting forests, strip-mining mountains, poisoning the atmosphere, over-fishing the oceans, polluting the rivers and lakes, destroying wetlands and aquifers... so when nature strikes back, and smacks him on the head and kicks him in the nuts, I enjoy that. I have absolutely no sympathy for human beings whatsoever. None. And no matter what kind of problem humans are facing, whether it's natural or man-made, I always hope it gets worse.}} [[File:Carlin does Trenton.jpg|thumb|upright|George Carlin in [[Trenton, New Jersey]] April 4, 2008]] Language was a frequent focus of Carlin's work. Euphemisms that in his view seek to distort and lie and the use of language he felt was pompous, presumptuous, or silly were often the target of Carlin's routines. When asked on ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'' what turned him on, he responded "Reading about language". When asked what made him most proud about his career, he said the amount his books have sold, close to a million copies. Carlin also gave special attention to prominent topics in [[American Culture|American]] and [[Western Culture]], such as obsession with fame and celebrity, [[consumerism]], [[Christianity]], political alienation, corporate control, hypocrisy, child raising, [[fast food]] diet, news stations, [[self-help]] publications, [[patriotism]], sexual taboos, certain uses of technology and surveillance, and the [[pro-life]] position,<ref>"Abortion" in the HBO Special ''[[Back in Town]]''</ref> among many others. Carlin openly communicated in his shows and in his interviews that his purpose for existence was entertainment, that he was "here for the show". He professed a hearty ''[[schadenfreude]]'' in watching the rich spectrum of humanity slowly self-destruct, in his estimation, of its own design, saying, "When you're born, you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front-row seat." He acknowledged that this is a very selfish thing, especially since he included large human catastrophes as entertainment. In his ''[[You Are All Diseased]]'' concert, he elaborated somewhat on this, telling the audience, "I have always been willing to put myself at great personal risk for the sake of entertainment. And I've always been willing to put ''you'' at great personal risk, for the same reason!" In the same interview, he recounted his experience of a California [[earthquake]] in the early-1970s as: "An amusement park ride. Really, I mean it's such a wonderful thing to realize that you have ''absolutely'' no control and to see the dresser move across the bedroom floor unassisted is just exciting." A routine in Carlin's 1999 HBO special ''[[You Are All Diseased]]'' focusing on [[airport security]] leads up to the statement: "Take a fucking chance! Put a little fun in your life! Most Americans are soft and frightened and unimaginative and they don't realize there's such a thing as dangerous fun, and they certainly don't recognize a good show when they see one." Along with wordplay and sex jokes, Carlin had always included politics as part of his material but by the mid-1980s he had become a strident social critic in both his HBO specials and the book compilations of his material, bashing both [[conservative]]s and [[liberal]]s alike. His HBO viewers got an especially sharp taste of this in his take on the [[Ronald Reagan]] administration during the 1988 special ''[[What Am I Doing In New Jersey?]]'' broadcast live from the Park Theatre in [[Union City, New Jersey]]. ==Death and tribute== On June 22, 2008, Carlin was admitted to [[Saint John's Health Center]] in Santa Monica, California after experiencing chest pains. He died later that day at 5:55 p.m. of [[heart failure]]. Carlin was 71 years old. His death occurred one week after his last performance at [[The Orleans Hotel and Casino]] in Las Vegas, and he had further shows on his itinerary.<ref name="obit2">Entertainment Tonight. [http://www.news4jax.com/entertainmenttonight/16681434/detail.html George Carlin Has Died] </ref><ref name="obit1">ETonline.com. [http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/06/62841/index.html George Carlin has died]</ref><ref name="Carlindies">{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,370121,00.html|title=Grammy-Winning Comedian, Counter-Culture Figure George Carlin Dies at 71|date=2008-06-23|accessdate=2008-06-23|publisher=[http://www.foxnews.com Foxnews.com]}}</ref> According to his wishes, Carlin was [[cremation|cremated]], with his ashes scattered, and no public or religious services of any kind were held.<ref>[http://www.georgecarlin.com/home/home.html George gets the last word] Retrieved on June 28, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9708481 |title=Private services for Carlin |publisher=Dailynews.com |date= |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref> Two of the networks he performed on changed their schedule in tribute to Carlin. HBO devoted several hours to broadcast eleven of Carlin's fourteen HBO specials from June 25 to June 28, 2008, including a twelve-hour marathon block on their ''HBO Comedy'' channel. Meanwhile, NBC scheduled a rerun of the premiere episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' which Carlin hosted.<ref>[http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/1021949,carlintv062408.article ''HBO,'SNL' to replay classic Carlin this week''] Retrieved on June 24, 2008</ref><ref>[http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/23/george-carlins-televised-stage/ George Carlin Televised] Retrieved on June 23, 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.hbo.com/apps/schedule/ScheduleServlet?ACTION_TODAY=TODAY HBO schedule] Retrieved on June 27, 2008</ref> Both [[Sirius Satellite Radio]]'s "Raw Dog Comedy" and [[XM Satellite Radio]]'s "XM Comedy" channels ran a memorial marathon of George Carlin recordings the day following his death. Another tribute was the "Doonesbury" comic strip on Sunday, July 27, 2008.<ref>[http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20080727 Doonesbury comic strip, 27 July 2008]. Retrieved 27 August 2008.</ref> [[Louis C. K.]] dedicated his stand-up special ''Chewed Up'' to Carlin. [[Lewis Black]] dedicated his entire second season of ''[[Lewis Black's Root of All Evil|Root of All Evil]]'' to Carlin. An episode of ''[[Larry King Live]]'' paid tribute to Carlin, featuring comics [[Jerry Seinfeld]], [[Bill Maher]], [[Roseanne Barr]] and [[Lewis Black]]. Carlin's daughter and brother were also interviewed by King. The next day, ''[[The New York Times]]'' published a tribute to Carlin written by Jerry Seinfeld.<ref>{{Citation |last=Seinfeld |first=Jerry |title=Dying Is Hard. Comedy Is Harder. |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/opinion/24seinfeld.html?hp |publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' |date=2008-06-24 |accessdate=2008-08-09}}</ref> An oral history, edited by Carlin's daughter, Kelly, was scheduled to be published in 2009. The book will contain stories from Carlin's friends and family, and cover the considered high points of his career, as well as the considered low, including his drug and alcohol addiction.<ref>''USA Today'' "Daughter to shed light on Carlin's life and stuff.'' Wloszczyna,Susan. November 4, 2008.</ref> For a number of years prior to his death Carlin had been compiling and writing his autobiography, planning to release it in conjunction with a second long worked on project, a one man Broadway show tentatively titled ''New York City Boy'' covering essentially the same topics. After his death his collaborator on the projects, [[Tony Hendra]], edited the autobiography for release as ''[[Last Words (book)|Last Words]]'' (ISBN 1439172951). The book covers Carlin's life up to around ''Life is Worth Losing'', with the final chapter detailing would-be future plans, including the planned one man show. The book was released one year and four months after Carlin's death. ==Collection of works== ===Discography=== ;Main *1963: ''[[Burns and Carlin at the Playboy Club Tonight]]'' *1967: ''[[Take-Offs and Put-Ons]]'' *1972: ''[[FM & AM]]'' *1972: ''[[Class Clown]]'' *1973: ''[[Occupation: Foole]]'' *1974: ''[[Toledo Window Box]]'' *1975: ''[[An Evening with Wally Londo Featuring Bill Slaszo]]'' *1977: ''[[On the Road (album)|On the Road]]'' *1981: ''[[A Place for My Stuff]]'' *1984: ''[[Carlin on Campus]]'' *1986: ''[[Playin' with Your Head]]'' *1988: ''[[What Am I Doing In New Jersey?]]'' *1990: ''[[Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics]]'' *1992: ''[[Jammin' in New York]]'' *1996: ''[[Back in Town]]'' *1999: ''[[You Are All Diseased]]'' *2001: ''[[Complaints and Grievances]]'' *2006: ''[[Life Is Worth Losing]]'' *2008: ''[[It's Bad for Ya]]'' ;Compilations *1978: ''[[Indecent Exposure(album)|Indecent Exposure: Some of the Best of George Carlin]]'' *1984: ''The George Carlin Collection'' *1992: ''[[Classic Gold (George Carlin album)|Classic Gold]]'' *1999: ''[[The Little David Years (1971-1977)]]'' ===Filmography=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Year || Movie |- | 1968 || ''[[With Six You Get Eggroll]]'' |- | 1976 || ''[[Car Wash (film)|Car Wash]]'' |- | 1979 || ''[[Americathon]]'' |- | 1987 || ''[[Outrageous Fortune (film)|Outrageous Fortune]]'' |- | 1989 || ''[[Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'' |- | 1990 || ''[[Working Trash]]'' |- |rowspan="2"| 1991 || ''[[Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey]]'' |- | ''[[The Prince of Tides]]'' |- | 1999 || ''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]'' |- | 2001 || ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]' |- | 2003 || ''[[Scary Movie 3]]'' |- | 2004 || ''[[Jersey Girl (2004 film)|Jersey Girl]]'' |- |rowspan="2"| 2005 || ''[[Tarzan II]]'' |- | ''[[The Aristocrats (film)|The Aristocrats]]'' |- | 2006 || ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' |- | 2007 || ''[[Happily N'Ever After]]'' |} ===Television=== *''[[The Kraft Summer Music Hall]]'' (1966) *''[[That Girl]]'' (Guest appearance) (1966) *''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' (multiple appearances) *''The [[Smothers Brothers]] Comedy Hour'' (season 3 guest appearance) (1968) *''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]'' (writer, performer) (1971-1973) *''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'' (Guest) (February 18, 1972) *''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (Host, episodes [[Saturday Night Live (Season 1)|1]] and [[Saturday Night Live (Season 10)|183]]) (1975 & 1984) *''[[Justin Case (film)|Justin Case]]'' (as Justin Case) (1988) [[TV movie]] directed [[Blake Edwards]] *''[[Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends]]'' (as American Narrator) (1991-1998) *''[[Shining Time Station]]'' (as Mr. Conductor) (1991-1993) *''[[The George Carlin Show]]'' (as George O'Grady) (1994) [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] *''[[Streets of Laredo]]'' (as Billy Williams) (1995) *''[[The Simpsons]]'' (as Munchie, episode [[D'oh-in in the Wind|209]]) (1998) *''[[The Daily Show]]'' (guest on February 1, 1999; December 16, 1999; and March 10, 2004) *''[[MADtv]]'' (Guest appearance in episodes [[MADtv (season 5)|518 & 524]]) (2000) *''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'' (2004) *In 1998, Carlin had a cameo playing one of the funeral-attending comedians in Jerry Seinfeld's HBO special ''[[I'm Telling You For The Last Time]]''. In the funeral intro (the only thing being buried is Jerry Seinfeld's material) Carlin learns that neither friend [[Robert Klein]] nor [[Ed McMahon]] ever saw Jerry's act. Carlin did, and enjoyed it, but admits "I was full of drugs." ===HBO Specials=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Special !! Year |- | ''[[George Carlin at USC]]'' || 1977 |- | ''[[George Carlin: Again!]]'' || 1978 |- | ''[[Carlin at Carnegie]]'' || 1982 |- | ''[[Carlin on Campus]]'' || 1984 |- | ''[[Playin' with Your Head]]'' || 1986 |- | ''[[What Am I Doing in New Jersey?]]'' || 1988 |- | ''[[Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics|Doin' It Again]]'' || 1990 |- | ''[[Jammin' in New York]]'' || 1992 |- | ''[[Back in Town]]'' || 1996 |- | ''[[George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy]]'' || 1997 |- | ''[[You Are All Diseased]]'' || 1999 |- | ''[[Complaints and Grievances]]'' || 2001 |- | ''[[Life Is Worth Losing]]'' || 2005 |- | ''[[It's Bad for Ya]]'' || 2008 |} *"[[All My Stuff]]", a boxset of Carlin's first 12 stand-up specials (excluding ''George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy'') with bonus material was released in September 2007 ===Bibliography=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Book !! Year !! Notes |- | ''[[Sometimes a Little Brain Damage Can Help]]'' || 1984 || ISBN 0-89471-271-3<ref>{{cite book | last = Carlin | first = George | title = Sometimes a Little Brain Damage Can Help | publisher = Running Press Book Publishers | location = Philadelphia | year = 1984 | isbn = 0894712713 }}</ref> |- | ''[[Brain Droppings]]'' || 1997 || ISBN 0-7868-8321-9<ref>{{cite book | last = Carlin | first = George | title = Brain Droppings | publisher = Hyperion | location = New York | year = 1998 | isbn = 0786883219 }}</ref> |- | ''[[Napalm and Silly Putty]]'' || 2001 || ISBN 0-7868-8758-3<ref>{{cite book | last = Carlin | first = George | title = Napalm & Silly Putty | publisher = Hyperion | location = New York | year = 2001 | isbn = 0786887583 }}</ref> |- | ''[[When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?]]'' || 2004 || ISBN 1-4013-0134-7<ref>{{cite book | last = Carlin | first = George | title = When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? | publisher = Hyperion | location = New York | year = 2004 | isbn = 1401301347 }}</ref> |- | ''[[Three Times Carlin: An Orgy of George]]'' || 2006 || ISBN 978-1-4013-0243-6<ref>{{cite book | last = Carlin | first = George | title = Three Times Carlin | publisher = Hyperion | location = New York | year = 2006 | isbn = 9781401302436 }}</ref> A collection of the 3 previous titles. |- | ''[[Watch My Language]]'' || 2009 || Posthumous release |- | ''[[Last Words (book)|Last Words]]'' || 2009 || ISBN 1439172951 |} For several years before his death, Carlin had been working on a memoir, ''Last Words'', in collaboration with writer [[Tony Hendra]]. Hendra secured permission from Carlin's family to go ahead with the book. It was published by [[Simon & Schuster]]'s [[Free Press (publisher)|Free Press]] imprint on November 17, 2009.<ref>{{Citation| last = Deahl| first = Rachel | title = Free Press Acquires Posthumous Carlin Memoir| newspaper = [[Publishers Weekly]]| year = 2009| date = July 14, 2009| url = http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6670970.html}}</ref> ===Audiobooks=== * ''[[Brain Droppings]]'' * ''[[Napalm and Silly Putty]]'' * ''[[More Napalm & Silly Putty]]'' * ''[[George Carlin Reads To You]]'' * ''[[When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?]]'' ==Internet hoaxes== Since the birth of [[spam email]] on the internet, many chain-forwards, usually rant-like and with blunt statements of belief on political and social issues and attributed to being written (or stated) by George Carlin himself, have made continuous rounds in the junk email circuit. The website [[Snopes]], an online resource that debunks historic and present [[urban legend]]s and myths, has extensively covered these forgeries. Many of the falsely-attributed email attachments have contained material that runs directly opposite of Carlin's viewpoints — with some being especially volatile toward racial groups, gays, women, the homeless, etc. Carlin himself, when he was made aware of each of these bogus emails, would debunk them on his own website, writing to his readers that "Nothing you see on the Internet is mine unless it comes from one of my albums, books, HBO specials, or appeared on my website", and "it bothers me that some people might believe that I would be capable of writing some of this stuff."<ref name=SnopesAging>[http://www.snopes.com/glurge/aging.asp Barbara Mikkelson. "George Carlin on Aging" [[snopes.com]]; June 27, 2008]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/paradox.asp |title=Barbara Mikkelson. "The Paradox of Our Time" snopes.com; November 1, 2007 |publisher=Snopes.com |date= |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/carlin.asp |title="The Bad American" snopes.com; October 2, 2005 |publisher=Snopes.com |date= |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/katrina/soapbox/carlin.asp |title=Barbara Mikkelson "Hurricane Rules" snopes.com; October 23, 2005 |publisher=Snopes.com |date= |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/carlingas.asp |title=Barbara Mikkelson "Gas Crisis Solution" snopes.com; February 5, 2007 |publisher=Snopes.com |date= |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/newrules.asp |title="New Rules for 2006" January 12, 2006 |publisher=Snopes.com |date= |accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== {{wikiquote}} {{Commons}} * {{official|http://www.georgecarlin.com/}} * {{imdb name|0137506}} * [http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/entertainers/comic/george-carlin/ Rotten Library - George Carlin] * [http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/george-carlin George Carlin Archive of American Television Interview] * {{findagrave|27758510}} {{George Carlin}} {{Mark Twain Prize for American Humor}} {{Persondata |NAME= Carlin, George |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Carlin, George Denis Patrick |SHORT DESCRIPTION= Comedian, actor, writer |DATE OF BIRTH= May 12, 1937 |PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Manhattan]] |DATE OF DEATH= June 22, 2008 |PLACE OF DEATH= [[Santa Monica, California]] }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlin, George}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2008 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from New York]] [[Category:Writers from New York]] [[Category:American atheists]] [[Category:American film actors]] [[Category:American humorists]] [[Category:American political writers]] [[Category:American stand-up comedians]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Atheism activists]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in California]] [[Category:Former Roman Catholics]] [[Category:Free speech activists]] [[Category:Grammy Award winners]] [[Category:Irish-American comedians]] [[Category:Irish-American writers]] [[Category:Mark Twain Prize recipients]] [[Category:Obscenity controversies]] [[Category:People from Manhattan]] [[Category:People from New York City]] [[Category:People self-identifying as alcoholics]] [[Category:Actors from California]] [[Category:Writers from California]] [[Category:United States Air Force airmen]] [[bg:Джордж Карлин]] [[cy:George Carlin]] [[da:George Carlin]] [[de:George Carlin]] [[es:George Carlin]] [[fr:George Carlin]] [[ko:조지 칼린]] [[id:George Carlin]] [[is:George Carlin]] [[it:George Carlin]] [[he:ג'ורג' קרלין]] [[la:Georgius Carlin]] [[nl:George Carlin]] [[ja:ジョージ・カーリン]] [[no:George Carlin]] [[pl:George Carlin]] [[pt:George Carlin]] [[ro:George Carlin]] [[ru:Карлин, Джордж]] [[simple:George Carlin]] [[sk:George Carlin]] [[sr:Џорџ Карлин]] [[fi:George Carlin]] [[sv:George Carlin]] [[tr:George Carlin]] [[uk:Джордж Карлін]] [[ur:جارج کارلن]] [[zh:喬治·卡林]]'