Eu o amo.
mesmo (ou por isso mesmo) ele sendo um velho cretino e cínico, era de matar (de rir)
aqui tah uma palhinha dele:
http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o
http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=MrXvDXVhqfU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpmiLPc6g18&feature=related
"Em suas cinco décadas como comediante, escritor e ator, George Carlin não apenas nos fez rir, mas nos fez pensar", comentou o diretor do Kennedy Center, Stephen Schwarzman. "Sua influência na nova geração de cômicos é inquestionável".
Até meados da década de 1960, Carlin manteve uma imagem tradicional, com fato e cabelo curto. Depois, ao escrever novo ato, decidiu deixar crescer o cabelo e a barba, tornando-se um ícone da contracultura. Crítico acérrimo das religiões, principalmente do sentido da culpa e do controle social, defendia aparentemente valores seculares.
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George Carlin, who died of heart failure Sunday at 71, leaves behind not only a series of memorable routines, but a legal legacy: His most celebrated monologue, a frantic, informed riff on those infamous seven words, led to a Supreme Court decision on broadcasting offensive language.
The counterculture hero’s jokes also targeted things such as misplaced shame, religious hypocrisy and linguistic quirks — why, he asked, do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?
He won four Grammy Awards, each for best spoken comedy album, and was nominated for five Emmy awards. On Tuesday, it was announced that Carlin was being awarded the 11th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which will be presented Nov. 10 in Washington and broadcast on PBS.“Nobody was funnier than George Carlin,” said Judd Apatow, director of recent hit comedies such as “Knocked Up” and “The 40-Year-Old Virgin.” “I spent half my childhood in my room listening to his records experiencing pure joy. And he was as kind as he was funny.”
