Comments on: George Carlin on Writing

By: Darren Scott Monroe

Darren Scott Monroe — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:10:40 +0000

Been 2 years and he is still legendary. He is going to be our generations George Bernard Shaw

By: Ed Shaz/ NextInstinct

Ed Shaz/ NextInstinct — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:42:31 +0000

We got one of early records as kids. (Yes, record, as in LP).

We laughed, but we also thought because of him.

Several of his lines on that album stayed with us
through today.

The day before he died, I got an emails from old friends with these subject lines:

“That will be $2.52″ and
“You can get ‘high’ on a plane”

Think, then write in a way that makes others think.

By: charles Bayer

charles Bayer — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:51:23 +0000

G’day again, it’s always sad when a great mind dies, unfortunately one of the all-time greats of pommie advertising died recently — Paul Arden, former Executive Creative of Saatchi & Saatchi — anyway, if you want to know more, check my blog, it’s got a link to a superb piece written by another pommie ad heavyweight, Dave Trott. Cheers mate.

By: Giselle

Giselle — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:25:15 +0000

“The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.” – George Carlin … first time i saw this, i tried to read more and more about Carlin’s works. He’s a great writer,comedian and entertainer… He’d be missed by lots of people

By: Doug C.

Doug C. — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:53:58 +0000

My heart has joined The Thousand, for my friend stopped running today.

By: chartreuse

chartreuse — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:45:14 +0000

great post Brian. I really loved Carlin. My favorite of all time. You did him justice.

By: Chuck Anthony

Chuck Anthony — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:03:41 +0000

Yeah, ‘ol George mastered his craft but he certainly wasn’t born that way. He had to work at it. Still, as he shared his work with us, made us laugh hysterically and gave us a different perspective, he was humble enough to expose his own shortcomings. That’s honesty.

I read a piece yesterday that told of Carlin’s past tax troubles and how he dealt with it. Funny as it sounds, he actually credited the IRS for making him become a better comedian. Very Carlinesque, I know. The take-away was wow, necessity can truly be the mother of invention, or, as was the case with George, re-invention. We’ll miss him.

By: Sean Kelly

Sean Kelly — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:42:02 +0000

Just saw that Geoff also mentioned Vonnegut & Carlin together. Weird.

By: Sean Kelly

Sean Kelly — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:40:00 +0000

Vonnegut & Carlin… two great losses within 13 months or so.

I think this sums things up about his talent:

“Some see the glass as half-empty, some see the glass as half-full. I see the glass as too big.” George Carlin

That, and for reasons not entirely clear, I still laugh at his poem on baldness which asks and answers the important question: “Where is the hair on a pear? Nowhere, mon frere.”

Of course, marijuana does deserve some of the credit, at least for the last one.

By: NGW

NGW — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:16:10 +0000

I had the pleasure of watching him live. There was a tornado that touched down four blocks away, but no one left the theater, we all just laughed and listened to George. I had my ‘bottled water’ with me, ‘because we as a country are so thirsty.’