nice post about this…..

I liked George in the 80’s…that’s when he was at his best.

I dunno, Mary: I don’t think Wonderful WINO compares with, say, the seven-words spiel or some of his more biting stuff. And he certainly got better at chronicling the open absurdities of language that we use every day.

Not all of the newer stuff was great, but I found some of the earlier stuff fairly ho-hum.

To each their own, I guess.

Um, dumbass, Carlin is dead. I suggest you actually know what the thread is about before making yourself look foolish even more.

“The only reason “he got less funny as you/he got older” is that he started holding up a mirror to you and that didn’t bode too well, did it?”

Phuck you, Phleefer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvImP6P_czc&feature=related

I agree with Regular..I used to love Carlin, but as he got older he was less funny and much more cynical and angry.”

You never loved Carlin Mary. And from his post, neither did “Regular”

Carlin was ALWAYS cynical and angry.

And if you find yourself agreeing with “Regular”?

I’ll just let that stand. And I’ll stand a little further away from you.

Favorite Carlin schtick?

Golf.

What is golf? Hitting a ball with a crooked stick, following it, and then….hitting it again! I say you’re lucky finding the thing! Pick it up and go the f*(^ home!

He will be missed, and of all people, he is most deserving of a prize named for Mark Twain.

A real life take on that in Wichita is to take those free complimentary Genesis memberships that the Stevens’ hand out for “tips” and give them to homeless people.

Free showers, big screen TVs, coffee, and plenty of nice benches to sleep on!!

Baseball is different from any other sport, very different. For instance, in most sports you score points or goals; in baseball you score runs. In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in play, and only the defense is allowed to touch the ball. In fact, in baseball if an offensive player touches the ball intentionally, he’s out; sometimes unintentionally, he’s out.

Also: in football, basketball, soccer, volleyball, and all sports played with a ball, you score with the ball and in baseball the ball prevents you from scoring.

In most sports the team is run by a coach; in baseball the team is run by a manager. And only in baseball does the manager or coach wear the same clothing the players do. If you’d ever seen John Madden in his Oakland Raiders uniform, you’d know the reason for this custom.

Now, I’ve mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.

I enjoy comparing baseball and football:

Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.

Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.

Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park. The baseball park!

Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.

Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.

Football begins in the fall, when everything’s dying.

In football you wear a helmet.

In baseball you wear a cap.

Football is concerned with downs — what down is it?

Baseball is concerned with ups — who’s up?

In football you receive a penalty.

In baseball you make an error.

In football the specialist comes in to kick.

In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.

Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.

Baseball has the sacrifice.

Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog…

In baseball, if it rains, we don’t go out to play.

Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.

Football has the two minute warning.

Baseball has no time limit: we don’t know when it’s gonna end — might have extra innings.

Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we’ve got to go to sudden death.

In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there’s kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there’s not too much unpleasantness.

In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you’re capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.

And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:

In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy’s defensive line.

In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe!

1. Cynical
2. Observational
3. Permanently Strung out on Anger
4. Witty with strings of brilliance
5. Got less funny as he or (we) got older
6. Avoided the moniker of shock comic successfully.
7. Profane