Comments on: Kevin Smith Remembers George Carlin

By: The Dude

The Dude — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:36:50 +0000

I give it 24 hours before the inheritors of the “Carlin estate” starts yanking all his vids off youtube.

Stay tuned for the ultimate Carlin box sets.

By: jonny

jonny — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:40:33 +0000

Joe Pesci has a lot of splain’n to do.

By: G-Man

G-Man — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:58:44 +0000

I hope his tombstone reads ‘Be Excellent to Each Other’.

The world is missing its common sense…

By: JFK

JFK — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:52:23 +0000

Didn’t “blow up”? Who else could’ve filled Ringo’s shoes on Shining Time Station?

Carlin got his start playing characters on television, Hippy Dippy Weather Man, etc on the Flip Wilson Show. and I’m not sure it wasn’t just a willingness to tackle ‘thet microphone rather than get bogged down in ‘parts’ but he certainly preferred it. Carlin was superb at being himself but even sough understood the abilities of a character driven approach. He could have gone anywhere in the industry he wanted; at worst.. the Richard Pryor route and made a few excellent flicks then eventually relied on his own formula to earn the dough. In short, sure he was great on screen but if it is choice between more films or less shows by the man I think I know where my vote should go.

By: Captain Awesome

Captain Awesome — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:57:26 +0000

“Just do me a favor: Write me my dream role one day.” When I inquired what that’d be, he offered, “I wanna play a priest who strangles children.”

haha, classic Carlin indeed.