Legendary stand-up comedian George Carlin has died at the age of 71 after a long battle with heart problems:He produced 23 comedy albums, 14 HBO specials, three books, a couple of TV shows and appeared in several movies, from his own comedy specials to "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" in 1989 — a testament to his range from cerebral satire and cultural commentary to downright silliness (and sometimes hitting all points in one stroke).What will be your longest-lasting memory of Carlin? For me, it will be his Baseball and Football routine.
"Why do they lock gas station bathrooms?" he once mused. "Are they afraid someone will clean them?"
He won four Grammy Awards, each for best spoken comedy album, and was nominated for five Emmy awards. On Tuesday, it was announced that Carlin was being awarded the 11th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which will be presented Nov. 10 in Washington and broadcast on PBS.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that
And perhaps this clip will give you a sense of what he was like:
It is because of Mr Carlin that my neurons have expanded.
loved his HBO specials and his books are good-they show a bit more of his dark
side