George Carlin, the originator of the original Seven Dirty Words (upped to eleven as time went on if I remember correctly), the one comedian that’s followed me throughout the my entire life–is gone.
This is the end of an age indeed.
He broke all the rules and made us laugh while he did it. He showed us that it was alright to be ourselves, showed us that we shouldn’t take life so seriously, not to sweat the cheapshit so to speak.
He was “Al Sleet” the Hippy Dippy Weatherman, playing his sax (badly), predicting never ending rain for the Netherlands, increasing dark towards evening and showing nothing but lows all over the country while stating “…what this country needs is a good high“.
So goodbye to an old and dear friend. You’ve had me laughing all the way.
Note: one of the most impressive routines I’ve ever seen or listened to him do was his “I’m a Modern Man” routine at the beginning of his “Life is Worth Losing” HBO special which I was lucky enough to find online. “Modern Man” is the opening bit of the show so you won’t have long to wait once you start watching it. You’ll probably have to listen to it more than once to catch all the cliches.
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