Posted by Hibernian Psycho on May 29, 2001 at 17:13:09:
In Reply to: Re: Oh how it could be! posted by Dynamo on May 29, 2001 at 16:51:08:
George Carlin, born May 12, 1937 in New York.
Height
5' 10"
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Spouse
'Brenda Hosbrook' (3 June 1963 - 11 May 1997) (her death); 1 daughter
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Trade mark
A comedian with three comedy styles: 1, words we have in the dictionary; 2, the little world, which includes little things we have in common; and 3, the big world.
Salty standup comedy monologues with a strong content emphasis on social commentary and language.
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Trivia
Has received two Grammys for his albums "Fm & Am" (1972) and "Jammin' In New York" (1993).
Has starred in 11 HBO specials since 1977.
George Carlin was the first ever host of "Saturday Night Live", as well as the first ever host of "Fridays" a show fashioned after "SNL", on another network.
Inducted into the Comedy Hall of Fame in November of 1994.
Received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in January of 1987. It's located at the corner of Vine and Selma Streets, between Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards. Milton Berle presided over the ceremony.
Jack Burns and Carlin were a comedy team from 1960-1962. When they parted ways in 1962, Burns joined the Second City comedy group in Chicago, and George Carlin pursued a solo standup comedy career.
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Personal quotes
"religion has actually convinced people that there is an invisible man living in the sky, and he has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these things he will send you to a place full of fire, and smoke, and burn and torture forever and ever 'till the end of time.... but he loves you. And he needs money."
"Someday we'll all have hats."
"In a country full of idiots, we got Ross Perot who is a political idiot."
"Why is it that most of the people who are against abortions are people you really wouldn't want to f*** in the first place, huh?"
"A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff. A house is just a pile of stuff with a cover on it."
"In football, you wear a helmet. In baseball, you wear a cap."
"I never f****d a ten, but one night I f****d five twos."
"I wanna live, I don't wanna die. That's the whole meaning of life: not dying! I figured that out by myself in the third grade."
"Most people are not particulary good at anything."
"If there is a god, may he strike me dead."
"I used to be Irish Catholic now I'm an American, you know you grow."
"Don't get run over."
"People like it when you're topical."
"If acting was hard for me, I wouldn't do it, it is something that I like to do."
"If someone loves you and they leave and don't come back, it was never meant to be. If someone loves you and they leave and come back, set them on fire."
"If we don't like something in this country, we declare war on it; we don't do anything about it, we just declare war on it."
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Where are they now-
George is still performing around the country and has completed his second novel.
George Carlin in 1999 had a new HBO comedy special- George Carlin: You Are All Diseased and in the fall he released a 7-cd package with all of his Little David comedy recordings. Also in 1999, he starred in the Kevin Smith film Dogma. This year (2001) he is still performing in the stand-up circuit and has written a new book, the bestseller "Napalm & Silly Putty".
Thank you IMDB for the bio...