Monday, June 23, 2008

Fuck You, George. RIP

George Carlin, one of the best comedians ever, has died. One of the few comedians I actually liked because he originally funny. His voice was instantly recognizable. His humor was smart.

When I was in college, I had to take a speech class. During this class, we were asked to give speeches on various things. There was this one girl, who annoyed the hell out of me. She was a wannabe hippy...didn't use soap, dressed in hemp, and all that other crap. For our comedic speeches, she chose to do hers on swear words. Basically, she just stood in front of the class and spewed "fuck" and "shit" in no context whatsoever. It just wasn't funny, and the laughter heard in the classroom was more of the embarrassed variety. Most everyone was embarrassed her speech sucked something awful. I felt bad for the Muslim girl who sat in front of me.

Number one rule of public speaking...know your audience.

I, however, was incensed. As far as I was concerned, only one person could speak solely on swear words, and it actually be funny...George Carlin. I wanted to walk to the front of the class and smack her upside the head, then take a metal comb through her dreadlocks. That would teach her for defecating on an American Icon.

So, the as the world wakes up today, it will find itself a less amusing place to live because George is gone. Prudes everywhere may breathe a sigh of relief. Today, I challenge every one of you, in honor of his memory, to drop the "f-bomb" in conversation.

Godspeed, George Carlin. Heaven just got a whole lot more interesting.

5 comments:

Nuke said...

He's chillin with "Buddy Christ" and we... we are missing him already.

Faith said...

Dude, that so isn't a challenge for me. In fact, I'd dare say it'd be a challenge for George to keep up with ME when it comes to dropping the F-bomb in normal conversation. Jeezy...

I never liked him much, but my older sister did. I still think it's shocking that he's gone at so young an age.

Melinda said...

I did my part for the day, even adding in the mother and the shyt. 71 does seem young now, doesn't it? RIP, George.

Rachel said...

My favorite bit from him was talking about keeping up with Richard Pryor. He said that Richard had a heart attack, so he had one himself. Then Richard set himself on fire. George said, "Fuck THAT!" and had another heart attack instead. RIP George.

bobbie said...

Amen!!! I'm hoping HBO will re-air all his shows.
He'll be missed...