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George Carlin passed away of heart failure Sunday, June 22nd at age 71. Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, went to St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, CA Sunday afternoon complaining of chest pain and died later in the evening, according to his publicist, Jeff Abraham. His last performance was just last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas.

George Carlin was a prolific comeidian and actor, appearing in at least 29 different TV shows and movies. Many may remember his apperance in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. George was also famous for “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” on the 1972 album Class Clown. Those seven words are:

Shit
Piss
Fuck
Cunt
Cocksucker
Motherfucker
Tits

A full transcript of this comedy routine is located here.

Angry George was the bearded iconoclast of the 1970s who shot to heroic counterculture status by picking up Lenny Bruce’s mantle as a scathing social critic. During the Vietnam War, Angry George left no hypocrisy unturned. He sprayed comic acid on whatever moved across the front page: religion, politics, feminism, sex, manners, environmentalism, drugs, death.

–washington post

The counterculture hero’s jokes also targeted things such as misplaced shame, religious hypocrisy and linguistic quirks — why, he once asked, do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?

–AP

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http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/331953
http://www.georgecarlin.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carlin
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137506/

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A man calls the Animal Control in his town, because there is a crazed gorilla on his roof, and he can’t figure out how to get it down safely. Soon, a van pulls up, and an old man gets out, carrying a small dog, a baseball bat, and a gun. He hands the man the gun.

“Okay, here’s what we do. I’m going to go up onto your roof, and threaten the gorilla with this baseball bat until he falls down. When he falls down, this little dog will bite him in the balls until he’s incapacitated.”

“Great,” says the man. “But what’s the gun for?”

“In case I fall down instead of the gorilla — shoot the dog.”

Advice columnist “Dear Abby” admitted she was at a loss to answer the following:

• Dear Abby, A couple of women moved in across the hall from me. One is a middle-aged gym teacher and the other is a social worker in her mid-twenties. These two women go everywhere together and I’ve never seen a man go into or leave their apartment. Do you think they could be Lebanese?
• Dear Abby, What can I do about all the Sex, Nudity, Fowl Language and Violence On My VCR?
• Dear Abby, I have a man I can’t trust. He cheats so much, I’m not even sure the baby I’m carrying is his.
• Dear Abby, I am a twenty-three year old liberated woman who has been on the pill for two years. It’s getting expensive and I think my boyfriend should share half the cost, but I don’t know him well enough to discuss money with him.
• Dear Abby, I’ve suspected that my husband has been fooling around, and when confronted with the evidence, he denied everything and said it would never happen again.
• Dear Abby, Our son writes that he is taking Judo. Why would a boy who was raised in a good Christian home turn against his own?
• Dear Abby, I joined the Navy to see the world. I’ve seen it. Now how do I get out?
• Dear Abby, My forty year old son has been paying a psychiatrist $50.00 an hour every week for two and a half years. He must be crazy.
• Dear Abby, I was married to Bill for three months and I didn’t know he drank until one night he came home sober.
• Dear Abby, My mother is mean and short tempered. I think she is going through mental pause.
• Dear Abby, You told some woman whose husband had lost all interest in sex to send him to a doctor. Well, my husband lost all interest in sex and he is a doctor. Now what do I do?

(via email)

For some strange reason the number two most searched item on Google this morning is “Dr. Phil divorce.” Apparently the Globe’s website started this rumor by posting this:

TV shrink Dr. Phil McGraw is cracking up under the stress of a string of scandals, career setbacks and mounting marital woes, sources reveal. This week’s GLOBE exclusive details why friends fear for Oprah’s former prodigy and why a psychologist insists the TV host needs to see a shrink! Read the surprising inside story - only in GLOBE! — Globe Magazine

Newsoxy.com writes that:

We dug out our list of contacts and found a number of a close friend to Robin McGraw who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity.

We noted the GLOBE’s story and immediately her initial response was laughter, “Are you kidding me? Now that’s funny.” The friend then telephoned the couple and confirmed that the divorce claims are false.

Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw have been married for 31 years. Here’s wishing them happiness for another 30+ years!

In round one, Cook and Archuleta received awesome reviews — Cook for his version of U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” and Archuleta for Elton John’s “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.” But Simon Cowell declared Archuleta the winner, a theme that would be continued.

Cook strapped on his white Gibson Les Paul and picked up the pace for the second round, really rocking his way through “Dream Big,” which he chose from among finalists in the songwriting competition. But Archuleta countered well, bringing chills through his choice, the inspirational ballad “In This Moment.”

Born on todays date in 1883 Walter Gropius, a famous German-born architect is celebrated by Google with a special logo today. Gropius founded Bauhaus, a German school.

In 1923, Gropius aided by Gareth Steele, designed his famous door handles, now considered an icon of 20th century design and often listed as one of the most influential designs to emerge from the Bauhaus. — Wikipedia

Other info:

• Walter Gropius
• Google Celebrates Bauhaus B’Day With “Broken” Logo

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A Canadian man who asked his lover to carve a heart-shaped symbol on his chest during a rough sex game almost died when she accidentally pressed too hard and punctured his heart, a newspaper said on Thursday.

The Winnipeg Free Press said the 25-year-old woman had been sentenced to three years’ probation after she pleaded guilty to assaulting the man in February 2007.

The 24-year-old man was initially given little chance of survival but made a full recovery and is backing the woman. Both had been drinking heavily and engaging in rough sex when he asked the woman to carve the symbol, the paper said.

Canadian pierces lover’s heart in botched sex game

A filthy rich Carolina man decided that he wanted to throw a party and invited all of his buddies and neighbors. He also invited Leroy, the only redneck in the neighborhood. He held the party around the pool in the backyard of his mansion.

Leroy was having a good time drinking, dancing, eating shrimp, oysters and BBQ and flirting with all the women.

At the height of the party, the host said, ‘I have a 10 ft man-eating gator in my pool and I’ll give a million dollars to anyone who has the nerve to jump in.’

The words were barely out of his mouth when there was a loud splash and everyone turned around and saw Leroy in the pool!

Leroy was fighting the gator and kicking its ass!

Leroy was jabbing the gator in the eyes with his thumbs, throwing punches, head butts and choke holds, biting the gator on the tail and flipping the gator through the air like some kind of Judo instructor.

The water was churning and splashing everywhere. both Leroy and the gator were screaming and raising hell.

Finally Leroy strangled the gator and let it float to the top like a dime store goldfish. Leroy then slowly climbed out of the pool. Everybody was just staring at him in disbelief.

Finally the host says, ‘Well, Leroy, I reckon I owe you a million dollars.’

‘No, that’s okay. I don’t want it,’ said Leroy.

The rich man said, ‘Man , I have to give you something. You won the bet How about half a million bucks then?’

‘No thanks, I don’t want it,’ answered Leroy.

The host said, ‘Come on, I insist on giving you something. That was amazing. How about a new Porsche and a Rolex and some stock options?’

Again Leroy said no.

Confused, the rich man asked, ‘Well, Leroy, then what do you want?’

Leroy said, ‘I want the name of the sumbitch who pushed me in the pool!

John Philip Law, age 70 passed away in his Los Angeles home on Tuesday. The cause of death is as yet unknown. John Law was known for playing the blind angel in Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy. He also was in

• Ray of Sunshine
• Vic
• Curse of the Forty-Niner
• Bad Guys

He also appeared in many other television shows like “The Young and the Restless”. He was also a frequent and favored visitor to the Playboy mansion.

John is supposed to appear in the as yet unreleased film: Chinaman’s Chance. He plays the part of Foreman Dan in this look at the 1870s where a chinaman is accused of murdering a white woman.

Rest In Peace.
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