KOEB 6-23-08 - RIP George Carlin edition

[SharonRB]

[bleever]

1. RIP, George Carlin.

You were funny, because you were true.

:hug:

[SeattleGirl]

11. Hi bleever.

Yes, he was true.

I got to see him live in Vegas twice, and it was great.

[Patsy Stone]

15. Hi, SG

I'd only seen him once, and I loved every minute of it. RIP, George.

[bleever]

39. I'm jealous.

I first heard one of his albums when I was 12, and my life was never the same after that.

I heard a great interview on Fresh Air where he said that he wasn't afraid of dying because everything that exists was, before the Big Bang, the inside of a star.

[SeattleGirl]

43. He was so great, wasn't he?

Someone over in GD, in a post about him, took offense to Carlin's views on religion.

I said, when you listen to Carlin, you'd best leave your sensitivities at the door, because George had something to offend everyone!

And that was one of the best things about him.

[Berry Cool]

48. You know, for someone who didn't like religion, Carlin seemed to have a much better idea

of what, say, Jesus was about, than a lot of Christians. Like he said to Keith when he was on Countdown.

[SeattleGirl]

50. Yep, he did.

He recognized that most religions eventually get all messed up, because they are invented by flawed people.

[Botany]

62. the single best line ever

G. Carlin "Tonight's forecast is for dark followed by more dark ... with a less dark
pattern in the morning."



Sleep well George you were one of the good ones.

[bleever]

86. The Hippy Dippy Weatherman.

And who could forget sportscaster Bif Barf: "Here's a partial score: Stanford 27."

[SharonRB]

2. "The first rule of October surprise

is that you don't talk about October surprise."

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

7. That got a chuckle from the crew.

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

14. Hi Sharon!

That cracked me up too!

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

3. Keith's Emo Glasses Edition

:hi:, Shar!

One of my favorite Carlin jokes: "And now a word from the Apple Growers' Association of America: Fuck Pears."

[SharonRB]

6. Hey, Pats

OMG -- I hadn't looked at KO because I was busy typing. Those specs have got to go!

[Berry Cool]

12. Don't they, though?

But you know they must be his favorites, because he wears them ALL THE TIME when he's not on the air. Yecch. :scared:

Anyway, I have to forgive him because he's wearing one of my favorite suit combos again. I love the subtle striped black suit with the white shirt and pink tie... :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

16. Hi Patsy!

I always liked his routine about dogs and cats.

"Fucking meow!" :rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

21. "I tried to make the window

from the couch..." And the description of the cats with the little walkers. :rofl:

"Not me; fuck that. I'm a cat. Blame it on the dog."

[SeattleGirl]

27. Oh yeah!

:rofl:

[SharonRB]

22. I loved his routine about "stuff"

and how you had to take your "stuff" with you everywhere.

[Patsy Stone]

29. And when you go on vacation

you need an even smaller version of your stuff. What if you go on a day trip while on vacation? Then you need to pack an even smaller mini sub-version of your stuff. Supply lines are getting longer and harder to maintain.

Why is it that your shit is stuff and other people's stuff is shit?

LOL

[SharonRB]

36. Yeah, that one cracked me up whenever I heard it

It's so true!

[WolverineDG]

34. wasn't he also the one who wondered why

the car radio's volume sounded fine when you got out of the car but when you got back in, it was too loud?

:shrug:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

47. Absolutely

Was I listening to it that loud? :rofl:

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

51. Rick Moranis on SCTV also did hilarious impressions of him.

I laugh just thinking about them. He always concluded his "Carlin" questions with: "Weird!!!!"

[RevCheesehead]

69. I stole that for one of my sermons.

Some of them church people keep refering to it as one of my best sermons ever. BTW, I DID give him credit!

[Patsy Stone]

71. Unlike Mike Barnicle?

:hi:, Rev!

[RevCheesehead]

73. Dear Mike, I believe,

is one of the best-named people I know. :hi:

[Patsy Stone]

107. One of his natural enemies:

:hi:

[bleever]

115. And:

[Patsy Stone]

120. On the plus side, however,

According to Wiki:

"To facilitate genetic transfer between isolated individuals, barnacles have extraordinarily long penises, up to 15cm in length: the largest penis to body size ratio of the animal kingdom."

So, maybe being a small hermaphroditic crustacean isn't all that bad. :shrug:

[RevCheesehead]

121. He always did strike me as a dick.

Sorry I disappeared... computer issues. :grr:

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

123. I want to buy you a new computer

so badly. :mad:

And not just a dick, but a really big one. :)

[RevCheesehead]

124. Bless you!

I was thinking the same thing. I guess I'll go computer looking soon. :)

[Patsy Stone]

126. Get something with XP

Do not, I repeat do NOT get Vista. :)

[RevCheesehead]

127. I heard there's already a revised version of Vista out.

I do not trust it. Nope. Na. Ga. Do.

I'm looking at maybe a Dell Inspiron 530. It was highly rated in the Computer World reviews.

[Patsy Stone]

128. I have a Dell Inspiron laptop

and I love it. IIRC, MIcrosoft is going to stop selling XP very soon. :scared:

[RevCheesehead]

129. I just bought a copy of XP from Target yesterday!

Sadly, Dell is no longer offering XP on its laptops, and will stop offing it on home PC's soon. So this way, I can order a lappy-toppy and load it w/the good stuff. :)

The Inspiron is one of the ones I was looking at. Which version do you have?

[Patsy Stone]

130. I have an 8600

which I bought from the Dell site a couple of years ago. It was refurbished, so it was tricked out (extra RAM, bigger hard drive, wireless, etc.) and the whole thing cost me just about $1100. But I'm sure you can find them for less now.

[RevCheesehead]

49. Every time I look at your post, I swear it says "Elmo glasses."

BTW, have you seen "GITMO" on The Daily Show?
Hope the link works: http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=174300&title=guantanamo-baywatch-supreme

[ralps]

4. Hi SharonRB, Hi Everyone!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :grouphug:

[SeattleGirl]

19. Hi ralps!

Love today's kitty gif!

:hi:

[ralps]

26. Hi SeattleGirl!! Thanks!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Berry Cool]

5. Hi Sha-Sha and everybody.

:hi: Nice picture of George.

Oh well, guess it's Buddy Holly Night at 30 Rock.

[SharonRB]

8. That explains it!

:rofl:

[Berry Cool]

17. If he wears them again from now on

we'll be forced to say "'Everyday' is Buddy Holly Night at 30 Rock!"

[SeattleGirl]

Hi Berry!

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

9. Hi Sharon! Howdy all!

RIP, George.

[SharonRB]

10. Hi, SG

:hi:

He definitely will be missed.

[SeattleGirl]

23. No kidding!

I've been listening to him since he put his first comedy album out.

[WolverineDG]

13. Evening, all!

:hi:

wow, color me :wow: when I heard the news today about George Carlin. Or, as he might say, damn, shit, fuck, piss.

:cry:

dg

[SharonRB]

18. It was the first thing I heard when my radio woke me this morning

So sad.

:hi:

Are you coming to Netroots?

[WolverineDG]

25. Probably not

for various & sundry work-related reasons. However, I am not opposed to heading up there for the weekend. :)

:loveya:

dg

[SharonRB]

33. I wonder if you can get a day pass

for just Saturday if you decide to come up. At least you could party Saturday night.

[WolverineDG]

37. Like it's 1999, babee!

:party:

dg

[Berry Cool]

20. We can say whatever we want about it.

We're not on the air.

[Berry Cool]

24. "Bells" around his neck?

I think you mean "albatrosses," Keith.

[Berry Cool]

30. The crew has a bit of a reflective-glass problem tonight.

Ah, there they go, they fixed whatever the problem was.

On the last Special Comment, it was easy to see the teleprompter reflection behind Keith. They'll have to watch that.

[SeattleGirl]

32. Hi Wolvie!

I saw it last night about 10:00, and was shocked! George was the kind of person I thought would always be around! (And of course, he will be, thanks to youtube, CDs, albums, etc.)\\

[Patsy Stone]

52. He's up there laughing right now

With Lenny Bruce, Bill Hicks, and Richard Pryor. O8)

[GigiMommy]

74. MAN, WHAT A LINEUP!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[Patsy Stone]

80. Hi, GGM!

Best news: in heaven, all the drinks are on the house.

:hi:

[GigiMommy]

87. Hi Patsy!!!

:hi: Who's left to tell it like it is NOW!?!

[SharonRB]

28. I just checked the Netroots Nation schedule and

Richard Clarke will be doing a session. I'm going to try to go to that one for sure. Of course, there were about five sessions at one time that I want to go to.

[WolverineDG]

63. And then there will be another hour with lots of offerings

& you don't want to see any of them. Such is the way of the world.

dg

[SharonRB]

70. For sure

Happens everytime. I'm kind of deciding which sessions to go to based on who is on the panels rather than the subject matter. John Dean, Sam Seder and Cenk, Richard Clarke, Paul Krugman, Jeff Feldman and George Lakoff, A Siegel and Marcy Wheeler are some of them. I know 3:00 on Friday had a bunch of conflicts.

[RevCheesehead]

31. Keith, I'm surprised to see ya.

But I guess you caught Berry's excellent post, and felt you needed to be here, out of sheer loyalty.

PS - I'll forgive your Ted Baxter glasses, since when you wear them, you avoid unfortunate tie incidents.

:hi: Hi, everyone!

[SeattleGirl]

38. Rev!!!

How's it going? :hi: :loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

53. Slow and lazy!

I made today a day off, since I didn't get one on Friday OR Saturday. :hi: :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

Good on ya!

I have a little over a week off. Turned my cases in to my now-former boss today, so I'm free free free!!!

[RevCheesehead]

76. That calls for a celebration!

:toast: :party: :woohoo: :party: :toast:

[Berry Cool]

79. Great!

Congratulations! :bounce:

[SeattleGirl]

111. Drinks are on me!

[ralps]

45. Hi RevCheesehead, How are you all doing & Hi to Oreo, CC & lil' Keith!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :hug:

[RevCheesehead]

55. Hi ralps!

LOL - that kitty is still skinnier than CC! :)

:hi: to you and Crook from the Gang o'Three.

[Berry Cool]

54. You think Keith showed up tonight just for ME??

:blush: I wish...

Glad to see ya, girl. :hug:

[RevCheesehead]

60. why wouldn't he?

:hug:

[Berry Cool]

77. Because I look like this?

http://graphics.boston.com:80/bonzai-fba/AFP_Photo/2007/08/21/1187726370_2481.jpg

[Patsy Stone]

35. Superman!

Thanks for taking off those horrible glasses, KO.

[SharonRB]

41. I wonder if he has his cape and costume on under his shirt

It's so rare for him to take his glasses off.

[Berry Cool]

42. OOH!!!! Take it off, baby, take it ALL OFF!!!!!

:loveya: Those glasses must be bothering him. Or maybe he has eye probems today.

What a bonus--naked Keith. :loveya: ...KLUNKKKK.

[SharonRB]

46. Or maybe he's reading us

and read that we hate them.

[Berry Cool]

61. He's such a tease.

Took them off twice just to drive me crazy.

[bleever]

44. LOL.

"For the last time, Lance Hunt wears glasses; Captain Amazing DOESN'T wear glasses."

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

66. Nice new avatar.

I almost didn't recognize you. It makes you look so thin!

[SharonRB]

72. Makes him look a lot like DG, doesn't it?

[Patsy Stone]

82. That's exactly who I thought he was

GMTA.

[WolverineDG]

92. um, WHO?

dg

[bleever]

84. I've got something in my eye.

It's hope!

[Patsy Stone]

98. Then DU is not the place for you, my friend.

They'll beat it right out of you if you get close enough. :)

[GigiMommy]

106. Yeah, I read that other thread you posted...

talk about MEAN AND NASTY!

[Patsy Stone]

112. Me?

I think you meant Berry. Unless you're referring to the Scott Kalitta thread where someone called me a pussy. That was a new all-time personal low at DU. :eyes:

[Berry Cool]

116. DU sadly showed its true colors this past weekend.

George Carlin is lucky they all worship him as much as they do. Otherwise they'd be playing the Six Degrees of Rightwing game with him too, trying to find some excuse to denigrate him and say they were happy he died.

[GigiMommy]

119. That's the ONE!

I couldn't believe what I was reading. HOW RUDE!

[Patsy Stone]

125. He was charming.

After I cooled down, I wrote it off to alcohol poisoning. Thankfully, the Mods 86'd that whole sub-thread, which got much uglier later. That exchange was between people other than us, but I was thankful it was deleted regardless.

[ralps]

40. Well Richard Clarke, IMO McCain will ask for Charlie Black's resignation/or fire

him when Pigs Fly!! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :grr:

[Berry Cool]

58. "Kos Call"

How important is this, Keith? Obviously you haven't spent much time lately on this guy's Web site...

[SharonRB]

56. Markos!

[ralps]

57. Markos!!!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[GigiMommy]

59. Hi All!!! Goodbye Mr. Carlin!

Yet another wonderfully gifted and talented person gone from us.:cry:

[SeattleGirl]

65. Hi Gigi!

And HI HI Cassie!

:hi:

[GigiMommy]

83. HI SG!!!

:hi: My Brother's flying to Seattle this Sunday. Will be there all week. Won't be home for the 4th.

[SharonRB]

75. Hi, Gigi and Cassie

:hi:

[GigiMommy]

90. Hi Sharon!!

:hi: Lovely weather today. I got drenched.

[SharonRB]

91. I was inside at work for the whole storm

It had stopped by the time I left the office.

[GigiMommy]

64. Markos!!!

:loveya: (OK I'm late)

[rocktivity]

68. VERY nice to see him.

:headbang:
rocknation

[GigiMommy]

93. Hi Rocknation!!!

:hi:

[bleever]

67. Hey Markos: THE REPUBLICANS DIDN'T WIN!!

Geez, dude, get a freakin' clue.

[Berry Cool]

81. I can't blame him for feeling this is important.

It IS. It's the Constitution.

It's not going to be a fun week.

[Berry Cool]

85. This may be the first and last time the Hokey-Pokey is ever used on Countdown.

Oh boy, it's Viagra's 10th anniversary. Let's all celebrate. :puke:

[Patsy Stone]

78. Not one, but two, of the Oddball stories are Florida stories.

:loveya:

[Berry Cool]

89. And we're surprised because?!?

I guess this means Keith loves you too. Oh well!

Oh, and I guess we now all know what Keith was doing yesterday. Watching a ballgame at Yankee Stadium. Could've knocked me over with a feather. :rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

88. Looks like Grampy McSame

had his three hairs cut recently.

[WolverineDG]

94. They're the only ones he has left nt

[SharonRB]

95. And he's wearing his (old) Navy hat again

Don't get us started...

[Berry Cool]

96. Speaking of hair...

...what lovely KOOS we're getting tonight. :loveya:

This is DEFINITELY a good night for Keef-lusters to be watching, despite the glasses.

[Berry Cool]

100. Keith keeps making fun of Michelle Bachman's comment about the caribou

cozying up to the Alaska Pipeline for their coffee klatches.

Come on, Keith, haven't you ever heard of Caribou Coffee??

[Patsy Stone]

103. She is such a tool

And, meanwhile, so is Monica Crowley. She never says these ridiculous things on The McLaughlin Group. I think John would reach over and flick her on the forehead if she did.

[GigiMommy]

97. HA HA HA HA HA...

:rofl:

[GigiMommy]

99. He took his glasses off AGAIN

as it was fading to black. Man, Berry. What's he trying to do to you!?!:shrug:

[Berry Cool]

101. Either his glasses are REALLY bugging him

or he's really getting a charge out of teasing me. :loveya:

[Patsy Stone]

104. Well, they're bugging me.

:)

[Berry Cool]

105. And he makes Monica Crowley WPITW

for her crap about Obama being a Muslim. Perfect! When Randi Rhodes mentioned it today, she played her sound drop of Keith yelling "SHUT. THE. HELL. UP!"

Cracked me up laughing.

[RevCheesehead]

122. He's teasing you.

Why else does the promo show him flying? Hmmmm??

Face it, Berry. You fell in love with Keith Kent, Clark's younger brother.

[ralps]

102. Today's worst person in the world is Monica Crowley for still Pushing the meme

that Barack Obama is a Muslim! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

108. Great choice for a rerun, Keith.

I watched this again on YouTube today. George was such a big fan of Keith's.

[SeattleGirl]

113. I watched it last night.

[Patsy Stone]

118. Indeed, an excellent choice.

Steph was talking about him this morning and in a discussion with his agent they mentioned he thought she was funny. She asked if they would say that again, and if possible if she could get it recorded so she could hear it over and over.

Again, RIP, George. :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

109. I have GOT to get Carlin's career retrospective!

He's always been one of my favorite comedians.

[Berry Cool]

114. In retrospect, his timing on issuing that set was perfect.

Dan Patrick is probably watching this tonight and emailing Keith: "At least you could get him on your show. I couldn't."

Dan was on the radio today saying George was a big fan of his radio shows too, and would frequently contact him with advice and ideas. Dan kept trying to get him to call in, but he wouldn't do it. Said he didn't feel qualified to talk about sports.

[SharonRB]

110. George loved KO's show!

I knew he had good taste.

I think I missed the original airing of this show.

[Berry Cool]

117. Nice interview, eh?

It was one of Keith's better #1 stories.