[vetvetdoug]

I remember listening to Carlin living near Wichita Falls late 58' or 59' on a radio station from Wichita Falls. That is where I first heard some of the lines from the Hippy Dippy Weatherman. We used to sit out in our cars and listen to 8 track recordings of FM & AM, Class Clown; we listened to them over and over. George made us laugh and was thought provoking at times. He was always trying new angles to entertain, never backing off. Carlin was unique and whether one liked him or not, one had to admire his tenacity. The good Lord is a forgiving God and I know he has a sense of humor and will set Carlin straight as he enters the afterlife. I would love to hear a set by Carlin after he meets God.

[Southerngl]

I believe you are right.

And I wish I had been alive then.

My kids LOVE George Carlin, and I sort of adopted some of my parenting style AFTER him.

I always understood what he meant about the curse words and how could a WORD be evil?

Therefore when my children were born and started to talk, I would scold not for saying a “BAD” word, because “There are no such thing as ‘bad’ words”, but saying a “Grown up word”. This also got me out of the doghouse if I got caught saying a “Bad” word, cause it’s not bad, it’s grown up and I’m a grown up.

This is the truth, George Carlin affected my parenting and I don’t think I realized it until now.

My kids love him too, he was the voice in Tarzan II of the elder ape. He also had a little calendar with sayings on them and we would tear each one off each day to see the funny new thing he said. That one wasn’t vulgar, save for the occassional curse word, no biggie. That was the thing, he wasn’t really VULGAR with the exception of pushing boundaries of society. Not nasty or anything.