Seven dirty words...anybody?
Of course the beauty of grassroots production is that we're able to bypass TV, which still would bleep out all the naughty bits. Here on the blogosphere we at least get to hear the routine normally and share it amongst fellow travelers. Fucking FCC.
With Carlin's passing, I think back to the Vietnam era, and the TV war coverage then versus what we have now. Don't you think if networks had access to the horrors of war in Iraq or Afghanistan, and were allowed to (gasp!) show American flag-draped coffins coming home, that our activities abroad would have been, erm, curtailed? Maybe that's wishful thinking, but damn. Fuck the Bush Administration.
NPR is running a series on parents who've meet at "Section 60," the area in Arlington National Cemetery where soldiers from Iraq & Afghanistan are buried. It's moving stuff--part one was today (Monday), and not sure how many more days they'll do, but at least tomorrow. Fuck commercial radio.
If you've not seen this yet, spend a few minutes by clicking on this interactive from the NY Times. Then come back for a Monty Python palate cleaner, below.
Monday, June 23, 2008
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3 comments:
Do you remember when he was on "Thomas the Tank Engine?" I thought I was seeing things! He's great, always very funny. He had a routine that I think was called "stuff" that was pretty good. They should put one of his sayings on his headstone, maybe "farts are shit without the mess" that would be very George Carlin. RIP
He'll be missed... My favorite is his rant on "stuff"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JLoge6QzcGY
Bjorn Boss, I read this and then went and watched a tribute to him on HBO for hours. He is absolutely hilarious, I don't think I stopped laughing the entire time. Good stuff.
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