George Carlin, RIP
Hey! The man who played “Rufus” in the Bill and Ted movies is…
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Okay, you understand that if OJ Simpson were to die, I would chime in here with the “Star from the Naked Gun franchise”.
That being said, George Carlin, of Tommy the Tank Engine fame, has passed away.
Actually strike that. Carlin did a bit on the “softening of language” and the preponderance of euphemisms, and euphemisms for euphemisms. (Several, actually). George Carlin did not pass away; George Carlin died. And, devout Atheist that he is, that be it. To honor Carlin, maybe dig up his predictions on what will greet the death of Bob Hope, and pause away gently.
I guess I have a mental list of notables to be bummed at when they die. Carlin was on the list, and now I am bummed. I don’t know who is on that list, really (Daniel Pinkwater, I guess), so maybe that list doesn’t exist. There is also a competing list of notables who I shall be dancing on the grave. Fred Phelps, I am looking right at you.
The other list… figures of a “Meh” quality — Tim Russert, Johnny Carson. I guess, by definition, not worth compiling.
Anyway, George Carlin. George Carlin. George Carlin. I’m bummed to a degree I have not been since the passing away of Johnny Cash, if not even further in time to Richard Nixon. (Wait… Was I really depressed with Nixon?)