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News: Recording

George Carlin's Last Dying Laugh

George Carlin's Last Dying Laugh

George Carlin laughs in the face of death His final album comes out Tuesday, may be comic's best ever Just months before he died, George Carlin was looking into the face of death -- and making it the butt of his jokes. You know what I've been doing? Going through my address book and crossing out ...

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News: Obituary

Supreme Court on George Carlin

Supreme Court on George Carlin

WARNING! The following is directly quoted from the Supreme Court Decision of FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. PACIFICA FOUNDATION, 438 U.S. 726, 98 S.Ct. 3026 (1978). Mr. Justice STEVENS (delivering the majority opinion) This case requires that we decide whether the Federal Communications Commission has any power to regulate a radio broadcast that is indecent but not ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Remembering George Carlin in Vegas

I should have written about George Carlin yesterday, but each time I tried, I was too sad to keep going. So, history will record that George Carlin's last public performance turned out to be in Las Vegas on June 15, 2008 at the off-Strip casino Orleans. Vegas was a town he told me he hated, filled ...

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News: Obituary

Carlin a Fine Troublemaker

George Carlin Tested Limits of Speech and Society. The comedian liked to cause a fuss with his observations -- and we liked him for it. It was always comforting to know that George Carlin was out there making trouble. Like Richard Pryor, he straddled the great cultural divide that was the 1960s, coming in as a ...

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News: Obituary

George Carlin Collision of Comedy and Politics Dies

George Carlin, 71; comedian tested limits of speech and society He gained notoriety for his 'seven dirty words,' but his incisive commentaries were as clever as they were vulgar. By Rich Connell and Jason Song, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers June 23, 2008 George Carlin, the acerbic, Grammy-winning comedian whose career spanned more than 50 years, ...


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