Comments on: Remembering George Carlin

By: Rae

Rae — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:01:30 +0000

I’m very sad that he’s gone. We were fans for a long, long time, until we saw him in concert a few months back. I thought I was really over being a fan, until hearing that he’d passed. He did many brilliant funny things over the span of his career, and I’d forgotten how much I adored his character in Bill & Ted. So sorry to hear he’s gone. =(

By: David

David — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:21:49 +0000

@Lisa — Thomas the Tank Engine was created by the Reverend Wilbert V. Awdry, who passed away in the late 1990s.

David Mitton, who directed & produced the television show “Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends” is the one who passed away recently. However, his death preceded Carlin’s by about a month.

Britt Allcroft, who created the tv show is alive.

Yes, I know WAY too much about this, but my son is just now growing out of his Thomas mania.

On topic — although I love “Stuff” and “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television”, I will always remember Carlin for his role in “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”

Party on, Rufus!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:12:30 +0000

I mourned his death by dusting off the seven dirty words I don’t normally use in front of my children.
What a mind, what a character. He will be missed.

By: X

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:44:14 +0000

I was shocked when I learn of his passing. He will be missed.

By: bobbi

bobbi — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:50:44 +0000

He will indeed be missed….

By: Cynthia Friedlob, The Thoughtful Consumer

Cynthia Friedlob, The Thoughtful Consumer — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:09:53 +0000

I had the good fortune to see George Carlin live in a small nightclub, just before he became so popular that he started packing much larger venues. He was tremendously funny. His “Stuff” routine is more timely than ever. Timeless, in fact.

By: Mer

Mer — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:56:12 +0000

His Stuff routine is a classic. Everyone should hear it and know it and love it.

By: victor

victor — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:14:41 +0000

I came across his “Religion” sketch a few years ago. This is only the second of his works I’ve seen (plus a few more on YouTube tonight). What a great guy! There aren’t enough of him in this world.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:14:43 +0000

He made an impact. I loved his work.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:07:28 +0000

George Carlin’s Stuff routine has always been my favorite even before I thought about cluuter at all. This is a great loss.

By: lana

lana — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:04:43 +0000

George Carlin was one of a kind. I cried last night when I heard the news. He was truly a national treasure.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:58:12 +0000

Carlin’s “Stuff” routine is the most appropriate remembrance I can think of for Unclutterer. I loved his work, and will miss him greatly. His humor has always resonated with me. Whenever I’ve had to deal with the loss of a pet I’m reminded of how he called them, “little tragedies”. Godspeed George, I’m hoping you’ve gone to a better place.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:33:14 +0000

My kids reminded me that he also played the kind and gentle Mr. Conductor on PBS’s Shining Time Station. The story’s creator (and that of Thomas the Tank Engine) also died yesterday - from a heart attack - at age 69. So sad.

By: Shanel Yang

Shanel Yang — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:29:38 +0000

I mourn his loss, too. I was shocked to hear the news. His excellent routine about a place for our stuff was probably my very first introduction to the problem of clutter — though I didn’t even realize it at the time. It was decades before I grasped the gravity of his jokes. And many more years still before I actually started to change my cluttering ways, thanks in part to the seeds he planted. Here’s to the memory of George Carlin and to his ability to make our problems funny enough to bear the criticisms aimed directly at us, as individuals and as a people — even if we didn’t fully get it at the time!