 George Carlin |
With the timely shedding of this mortal coil, the fantastically irreverent and always inspiring George Carlin rejoins the likes of Sam Kinison and Bill Hicks, philosophers all, now exchanging dirty jokes around the proverbial lake of fire if even a fraction of people they mercilessly mocked were in any way correct about the afterlife. Of course, George was a lifelong critic of religion which made it into and became a common theme among much of his biting social commentary. Probably why he made the perfect Cardinal in Kevin Smith's movie, Dogma. Wherever George transcended or not, he made this world a better place if only by putting it into an unfucked perspective that tickled your brain and made you gasp.
My sister was good enough to gift me one of his books, When Will Jesus Bring The Porkchops? And I think it's only appropriate that an excerpt be read from it in his honor:
I think the warning labels on alcoholic beverages are too bland. They should be more vivid. Here are a few I would suggest: ...
"Men: When emptying your pockets aftera night of using this product, you may come across a human fingers, a wad of Turkish money and a snapshot of a naked ex-convict named Dogmeat. The photo will be inscribed, 'To Dave, my new old lady.'"
"Women: Drink enough of this and you will spend the rest of your life raising malnourished children in a rusting trailer with a man who sleeps all day. Except for the rapes."George Carlin
I suspect that his genius was only just tapped in his lifetime and, at the risk of sounding dickishly selfish, George will be dearly missed.
