happy trails George

George Carlin died today at age 71. I never thought the man to be funny personally, but I do give him credit for being a comedy pioneer of sorts. My personal all-time favorite comedian was Richard Pryor, who basically was so much better than anyone else without even trying to be. You weren't funny to me for the same reason Lenny Bruce wasn't funny to me: I've seen your routine long before I ever seen you do your routine. My maternal grandmother was funnier than Lenny Bruce or George Carlin, and far more profane than either. I can remember a joke my grandmother told me.It goes like this: what is a humdinger? A humdinger is a woman who can throw her left tit over her right shoulder and squeeze buttermilk up her ass. Yes, Ma was something else.

No George, I see no difference between your material from the first time I heard you back in the early 70s and the humor I've seen you put forth this century. And no, none of it was funny to me. For other people you may have been piss your pants funny, but to me, your material wasn't unique. Maybe to the people who haven't been around old hippies or druggies you might seem one of a kind but I've seen people that were doing your routine without ever listening to you.

Comic success it seems comes because one person might say something in a review the someone reads and relates to friends, etc. or a comic might shock someone because they say things that a person may have always wanted to but never did. Another way for comic success is to be a Jew trying to be funny. Sienfeld, Sandler, Bruce, all weak comedians but Jewish. Therefore, the media does everything to sell these fuckers. Mo, Shemp, and especially Jerome Howard-very funny Jews. The Marx Bros.-again, very funny. Bill Maher is funny but he's got a habit of trying to sneak in racial shit shots way too much. Bruce wasn't even comedy-he was just a foul mouthed fucker that wasn't funny. Foul mouth-boy that's comic genius. I can remember in 1992 getting kicked out of a biker bar in Sacramento called Club Bob Les for bad language.

At any rate I'm sure your loyal family, friends, and of course, fans will miss you dearly Mr. Carlin.