REST IN PEACE: George Carlin (1937 - 2008)
The first LP record anyone ever gave me was a gift from my grandmother of Carlin's 1973 "Occupation Foole." I was 14. My grandmother hadn't listened to the record; she just knew Carlin from his appearances on The Tonight Show. Man, was she shocked... And I was hooked.
George: Please let us know how farts smell in heaven...
Seriously though, George was incredibly good at sniffing out and exposing the hypocrisy in all things social and political.
Here's an essay you may appreciate from the World Socialist Website:http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jun2008/carl-j24.shtml
[Not every historical fact is accurate in the article. "Seven Dirty Words..." for example, appeared on "Class Clown" not "FM & AM." But the writer's focus is on Carlin's criticism of the power structure in America, something not being openly talked about as much by the Carlin eulogists.]
"Carlin’s passing deserves to be noticed"