George Carlin, RIP
The great comedian passed away Sunday at the age of 71. May he rest in peace. In lieu of a tribute, I will merely point the reader to Jerry Seinfeld’s well-written, funny and meaningful elegy.
I couldn’t even count the number of times I’ve been standing around with some comedians and someone talks about some idea for a joke and another comedian would say, “Carlin does it.” I’ve heard it my whole career: “Carlin does it,” “Carlin already did it,” “Carlin did it eight years ago.”
And he didn’t just “do” it. He worked over an idea like a diamond cutter with facets and angles and refractions of light. He made you sorry you ever thought you wanted to be a comedian. He was like a train hobo with a chicken bone. When he was done there was nothing left for anybody.
After you’re done reading that, I’ll leave you with this:
