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Quixote1818

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3. I loved the part about the Vegas show and him going off on the Conservative audience

Reply to wendylaroux (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 7, 2015, 03:25 PM

Nov 2015

He had GUTS! A real hero! I also think that his struggling for so many years allowed him to empathize with "regular" folks. He lived out of his car for Christ sake!

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George Carlin biography (Well worth the watch!) [View all] Quixote1818 Nov 2015 OP

Ahhhhh George! wendylaroux Nov 2015 #1

I loved the part about the Vegas show and him going off on the Conservative audience Quixote1818 Nov 2015 #3

Could you imagine wendylaroux Nov 2015 #4

"it's called the american dream because u have to be asleep to believe it"- G. Carlin nt msongs Nov 2015 #2

American philosopher The Wizard Nov 2015 #5

One of my Dad's friends became an atheist because of Carlin Quixote1818 Nov 2015 #6

Lenny was first, he was the spark. Carlin was arrested as an audience member at a Lenny show in Bluenorthwest Nov 2015 #9

So true passiveporcupine Nov 2015 #7

This is what it's all about 90-percent Nov 2015 #8

That IS what we are faced with... MrMickeysMom Nov 2015 #11

He was the best at calling bull shit to our bull shit! Dustlawyer Nov 2015 #10

In addition, George was also in "Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventurre" Duckfan Nov 2015 #12