George Carlin was an influential man in many of our lives has died at the age of 71. He shaped my appreciation of humour. His view on current life will be greatly missed, but thankfully he was one of the great timeless comics and his words of wisdom will continue to stay relevant. In a twisted bit of mashable humour “George’s Carlin: A Youtube obit”
Known as the guy who took black humor and beat the crap out of it, then introduced it to drugs and porn, and then took it around the country for a series of unbelievably insulting stand up shows, Carlin also left a footprint on the media. Having ridiculed television for the seven dirty words you can’t hear on TV (and getting arrested for obscenity several times), he reached unprecedented fandom on the Internet, where thousands of kids were delighted to hear the dirty old man telling it like it is.
Here’s a short selection of George Carlin’s best YouTube flicks. If you’re a fan, I know you’ll enjoy them; if you’re one of the uninitiated, well, better late than never.