RIP George Carlin - Our Tribute
Yeah, I know this is a sports blog - but it’s also a place where I can say (via the podcast) or write anything I want. I am allowed to do this in no small part to George Carlin, a man who took on the established media and successfully told it to fuck off.
Carlin passed away yesterday at the age of 71.
As a small Philly SportsCast tribute, our take on the seven dirty words.
1. Shit - Pedro Feliz can’t hit for shit.
2. Piss - Remember standing in line at the Vet to take a piss?
3. Fuck - Fuck the Mets.
4. Cunt - That Mets fan in the jean shorts is a cunt.
5. Cocksucker - Go back to New York, you cocksucker.
6. Motherfucker - Seven loses in a row is a motherfucker.
7. Tits - Seven wins in a row? That is the tits.
Finally, a little piece of video that, depending on your own personal beliefs (I side with George on this one), may have the grand old man in a little trouble right about now.
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Sad, sad day. I was lucky enough to catch Carlin at the Tower a few years back thanks to
Letsgomets. It was the hardest I have ever laughed in my life.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8272482/Carlin:-The-difference-between-baseball-and-football
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:17 pm
George was great! Was lucky enough to see him twice. Forgot you were at that Tower gig strongside..
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:40 pm
He was great. Those of us who are a little to young to know all of the crap he had to go through, should really do the research.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_carlin
June 24th, 2008 at 12:59 am
I came across this GC quote, and how true and to the point it is:
” I think the human race has squandered its gift, and I think this country has squandered its promise. I think people in America sold out very cheaply, for sneakers and cheeseburgers. And I don’t think it’s fixable.”