R.I.P. George Carlin

Post by **ott0bot** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:31 pm

Funk, E wrote: That said, he was (is!) my favorite comedian, and the world is worse off for having lost him. And now the entire Holy Trinity of Comedy is dead, too. Sigh.

Who does your "holy trinity" consist of?

Post by **Funk, E** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:50 pm

Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor.

Post by **ott0bot** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:37 pm

Funk, E wrote:Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor.

Pryor was amazing too. i was never a big lenny bruce fan, but i can see why most people liked him.

Post by **Funk, E** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:41 pm

Honorable mention for Bill Hicks in there, too.

Bruce is an important comic, though, because without Bruce, there'd be no Carlin. Carlin was actually arrested at a Bruce show when he was younger, too. Hah.

Post by **RadarScope1** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:03 pm

I actually got to interview Carlin over the phone at my old newspaper job. This was three or four years ago. He wasn't funny at all during the phoner, he didn't want to use any of his routine in the interview. He was just being straight, and was incredibly sharp and interesting to talk to.

Post by **ZenLogikos** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:14 pm

Despite the fact he represents my views as a whole fairly accurately, I didn't find him too funny. I like him though. Saw many HBO specials and saw him in Vegas in 2000. The observational humor guys (Carlin, Seinfeld) just don't crack me up (I did see Seinfeld live too, and he is funnier in stand-up IMO). My top 3 would have to be Dangerfield, Kinison, Black. Must be their emotional nature...

Post by **glynnahab** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:26 am

Funk, E wrote:Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor.

You've gotta put Bill Hicks as an honorable mention to that Holy Trinity, though. His stuff was very similar to Carlin's, and - in my opinion at least - just as good. They both did the social commentary thing to utter perfection.

Seeing that he died ruined my yesterday...

Post by **arion** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:25 am

glynnahab wrote:
Funk, E wrote:Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor.
You've gotta put Bill Hicks as an honorable mention to that Holy Trinity, though. His stuff was very similar to Carlin's, and - in my opinion at least - just as good. They both did the social commentary thing to utter perfection.

Seeing that he died ruined my yesterday...

oh yeah definetly. But lets not forget we still have Doug Stanhope

Post by **dudex77** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:58 pm

arion wrote:
glynnahab wrote:
Funk, E wrote:Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor.
You've gotta put Bill Hicks as an honorable mention to that Holy Trinity, though. His stuff was very similar to Carlin's, and - in my opinion at least - just as good. They both did the social commentary thing to utter perfection.

Seeing that he died ruined my yesterday...
oh yeah definetly. But lets not forget we still have Doug Stanhope

Shut up. To even to put Doug Stanhope on the same level on them is a joke. I'm not denying he's funny but still what has he contributed to comedy? Anyway I'm a big Carlin fan but it pisses me off how no one ever criticizes him for being so unoriginal as of late. Honestly since maybe the early 90's his act has degraded into borderline Lisa Lamponelli quality. HAHA FART JOKES! Either way it sort of fucked my day up since he was so amazing back in his A-day

Website · Post by **Lodestar** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:32 pm

I personally don't find Bill Hicks funny in the SLIGHTEST. I watched his skit about drugs and evolution and it was the worst thing I have ever seen.

I think I would have rather watched a "blacks do this" and "whites do that" act instead of that trash.

What I liked about Carlin was that he didn't waste any time and was straight to the point, he had real wit and I actually enjoy listening to him rant - even if I don't agree with what he's saying. Of course, my favorites were his skits about fat people, airport security, religion, the ten commandments, etc.