The Hippy-Dippy Weatherman is no more

Monday, June 23, 2008 Filed in: Current Events, Humor

Those of you who remember that character will be saddened to hear that George Carlin has died.

Carlin, aside from being side-splittingly funny, was the comedy touchstone for my generation. Even when I didn't agree with his politics, I had to laugh at his observations. Most of the time, though, he was simply the insightful man who poked fun at some of our fattest sacred cows. Even when he was profane he was funny, which is something most other comedians couldn't do on their best day. Heck, even my Dad liked the guy!

Everyone has their favorite Carlin routine. Mine was his observation about how Americans accumulate clutter in their lives: "Have you ever noticed that everyone else's stuff is crap, but your crap is 'stuff' ?"

RIP, George.

-=[ Grant ]=-
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