AUTHOR | GEORGE CARLIN
George Carlin | Stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, author
Bio:
George Denis Patrick Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor, and author. Carlin was noted for his black comedy and his thoughts on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and various taboo subjects. Carlin and his 'Seven dirty words' comedy routine were central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation, in which a 5–4 decision affirmed the government's power to regulate indecent material on the public airwaves. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians: One newspaper called Carlin 'the dean of counterculture comedians.' In 2004, Carlin was placed second on the Comedy Central list of 'Top 10 Comedians of US Audiences' compiled for an April 2004 special. The first of his 14 stand-up comedy specials for HBO was filmed in 1977. From the late 1980s, Carlin's routines focused on sociocultural criticism of American society. He often commented on contemporary political issues
Born: 1937-05-12
Born in: Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Died: 2008-06-22
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All Quotes from the Author George Carlin 89
“ No matter how you care to define it, I do not identi...
“ Electricity is really just organized lightning
“ I often warn people: 'Somewhere along the way, someo...
“ How is it possible to have a civil war?
“ You know who I pray to? Joe Pesci. Two reasons: Firs...
“ I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church ...
“ I tried to believe that there is a God, who created ...
“ And here's something else, another problem you might...
“ The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly...
“ I noticed that all the prayers I used to offer to Go...
“ That's why they call it the American Dream, because ...
“ It's all bullshit, folks and it's bad for ya.
“ If everyone in the world sat quietly at the same tim...
“ And off we go, out onto the highway looking for a li...