The Life and Times of George Carlin

NPR All Things Considered;  March 30, 1996 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Comedian George Carlin talks with Daniel Zwerdling...ZWERDLING, Host: Has George Carlin really been making Americans...you can't say on TV.' George Carlin joined us earlier this...mixture of pity and wonder. GEORGE CARLIN, Comedian: Well, the...don't learn. You ...

A CONVERSATION WITH...GEORGE CARLIN.(News)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  May 30, 2006 ;     415 words ...George Carlin credits his Irish roots for his language...the pursuit of profit and ownership. I think both the country and the species have...rewarding. CAPTION(S): Photo Comedian George Carlin keeps the jokes and observations about...

Interview: George Carlin discusses comedy and his new book

NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  April 29, 2001 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Interview: George Carlin discusses comedy and...the 1970s transformed George Carlin into the bearded controversial...everyone else on the planet. George Carlin joins us from our bureau...Angeles. Welcome. Mr. GEORGE CARLIN (Comedian): Hi. How are...CARLIN: No, I ...

GEORGE CARLIN'S BRAIN

ABC Good Morning America;  June 4, 1998 ;     700+ words ......brilliant mind of George Carlin has been making...and making us think. And now it's...happy to have George Carlin here with us...in some ways. GEORGE CARLIN: It is, it's...redundant, I think. GEORGE CARLIN...McREE: Sixty-one? GEORGE CARLIN: ...

Where's George Carlin?

Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  June 29, 2008 ;     83 words ...Thirty years ago, the late great comedian George Carlin said, "I think your soul goes to a garage in Buffalo." He was talking about what happens if you die: You go where you think you're going to go. So is it too early to start looking...

GEORGE CARLIN

ABC 20/20;  February 5, 1999 ;     700+ words ......act, in presenting it. GEORGE CARLIN: Right. Sanitize is...that OK with you or... GEORGE CARLIN: That's like the strip...guess, is the word. GEORGE CARLIN: Yes. Yeah, yeah. Expurgate...Harlem in New York City. GEORGE CARLIN: And I would imitate...him to focus on words. ...

George Carlin fights authority, and authority doesn't always win....

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  February 21, 1994 ;     700+ words ......far back as he can remember, George Carlin has been colliding with authority...television. But Fox's ``The George Carlin Show'' is really 90 percent...that too,'' says Carlin. ``To think for yourself, don't let people...said, `You know what? I don't think I'm right for the part.' ...

FATHER GEORGE; COMIC GIANT GEORGE CARLIN'S HUMOR WAS RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE,...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  June 29, 2008 ;     597 words ......first Tim Russert and now George Carlin. George Carlin was an American litmus...way we saw the world. George Carlin was more than a comic...It's odd to say, but I think of George Carlin as a theologian. His routines...body. Progressives owe George ...

The joke's on us George Carlin doesn't aim to change the world, he just...

The Gazette;  September 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ...George Carlin is not an angry man. He's...to make fans laugh -- and think -- for 50 years now. It didn...wasn't until the 1970s that the George Carlin we now know and love (or loathe...wisdom of it having one. "I think people aren't very smart...But tell us what you really think, ...

George Carlin, RIPGeorge Carlin cut through doublespeak

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  June 29, 2008 ;     473 words ......announcement of the death of comedian George Carlin. I wonder what Carlin would think of someone like me using the...he ever commented on it, I think of Carlin every time I hear...thoughtful laughter." I can't think of a better characterization...

Hour Two: Remembering George Carlin

NPR The Bryant Park Project;  June 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Hour Two: Remembering George Carlin Time 8:00-9:00 AM Play...music) SGMT: Remembering George Carlin MARTIN: Overlooking historic...away last night. MARTIN: George Carlin. PESCA: Actually, it...you're right, it was George Carlin I loved. Carlin always...always fantastic. ...

Life, death, laughter Up through final CD, George Carlin's comedy always...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  August 12, 2008 ;     350 words ...Byline: Mark Brown, Rocky Mountain News George Carlin It's Bad for Ya Eardrum Records Grade...same applies to comedy, and the late George Carlin was one of the best at it. The back...Hear a sample of Just Enough B.S. from George Carlin's comedy album It's Bad for Ya at ...

George Carlin likes to challenge audiences' assumptions.(Knight Ridder...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: James Mayse George Carlin says he never set out to be...that's one of the tasks, I think, of humor, to turn the world...humor ever. It bores me, I think it's easy to do, it's for amateurs...know, the whole, the way we think, the way we feel, the values...

Role call for the versatile George Carlin

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  August 2, 2002 ;     398 words ......00-0000 Role call for the versatile George Carlin By ED CONDRAN, Special to The Record...Two Star P. One Star B Biographical: GEORGE CARLIN Better late than never, they say. George Carlin has spent his life doing stand-up, with...

George Carlin Honored with Mark Twain Prize

NPR Morning Edition;  November 11, 2008 ;     427 words ...George Carlin Honored with Mark Twain Prize Host...the Kennedy Center to honor comedian George Carlin with this year's Mark Twain Prize for...were on hand to honor their friend George Carlin. The night was not just a celebration...