George Cariln, 1937 - 2008

George Carlin's dead, and like Bill Hicks his presence will be greatly missed. Mr. Carlin taught me certain truths about life, religion, semantics and dicks. Most people remember him for his routine "Seven Words You Can Never Use on Television" -- shit, piss, cock, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits -- but fans will know him for his anti-establishment tirade on semantics and political correctness.

"Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky, who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of 'TEN THINGS HE DOES NOT WANT YOU TO DO', and if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish where he will send you to live, and suffer, and choke, and scream and cry till the end of time.

But he loves you. He loves you.

And he needs MONEY! He ALWAYS NEEDS MONEY. He's all powerful, all perfect, all knowing and all wise, but somehow... just can't handle money!"

A good comedian can make you laugh, and on occasion, will make you think.

Carlin was a great comedian. None of his observations are essentially funny, but he always found a way to sneak in a dick joke while making us laugh. RIP, George Carlin.