A Great Comic has Passed Away

The great comic George Carlin has passed away at 71 from heart failure. My condolences to all his friends and family.

I can remember a schoolteacher in 2nd or 3rd grade (mid-60's) playing some George Carlin sketches for the class. Especially Heavy Mysteries, in which Carlin asks if God is so powerful, can he make a rock so heavy that he can't lift it? And in which Carlin poses unlikely situations and asks, "Would that then be a sin, Father?"

Carlin had a keen wit and a scathing sense of humor which he unleashed on government and idiots of all stripes.

In the mid-90's I got into radio-controled helicopters, and made several trips to a hobby shop in Santa Monica, California, which was owned by a relative of George Carlin. His son-in-law? I forget exactly. But I clearly remember being pleasantly shocked when George Carlin walked in and chatted with us. He was friendly, and funny, and I'll miss him.


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