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Joan Rivers on Johnny Carson Feud, Comedy Sexism
Tonight Show." "My group was Woody [Allen] and George [ Carlin ] and Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby. Rodney Dangerfield to do their own shows. Bill Cosby. David Brenner. George Carlin . Everybody. I stuck around for 18 years. And they
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Ellen DeGeneres Receives Mark Twain Prizetalk show. "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" is now in its 10th season. Previous recipients of the Mark Twain Prize include Richard Pryor, Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Martin, Billy Crystal, George Carlin , Bill Cosby, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell.
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Supreme Court Hearing on Indecency Leaves One Justice Blushing
34-year-old precedent in a case called FCC v. Pacifica Foundation. At issue in that case was a broadcast of comedian George Carlin 's "Filthy Words" monologue which was aired on a radio broadcast in the middle of the afternoon. After complaints
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The Supreme Court Takes on Cher's Use of the F Word
34-year-old precedent in a case called FCC v. Pacifica Foundation. At issue in that case was a broadcast of comedian George Carlin 's "filthy words" monologue, aired on a radio broadcast in the middle of the afternoon. After complaints from
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Oct. 11: National Coming Out Day; Apollo 7 Launch; Clarence Thomas Hearings
Walter Cunningham. 1975 ‘SNL’ Debuts NBC premiered the sketch comedy show “ Saturday Night Live ” with host George Carlin . The cast in the first year included Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi and Chevy Chase. 1984 First American Woman to
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Summer's Eve Ads Miss the MarkIn 1972, the late comedian George Carlin released an album that contained a skit called the Seven Words you Can't Say on Television. The skit contains the seven words , still pretty much considered obscene and not printable here. Carlin was
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Eight Movies That Are Randomly Getting Sequels in 2011
that was as kind of genuine in spirit as the originals and without falling prey to kind of retro cynicism." Too bad George Carlin won't be around to resurrect the role of Rufus. "Scream 4." "Scream" reinvented the horror movie, and Drew
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Before Stephen Colbert, There Was Bob Hopepolitical humor and explores the 1960s surge of mainstream political satire through entertainers like Elaine May and George Carlin . The exhibit observes that "For better or worse, politicians and entertainers have dominated the public life in
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High Voltage: GM's New Hybrid Requires Special Handling
The late comedian George Carlin once observed that "electricity is really just organized lightning." When you're dealing with lightning, however, it is
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History Shapers We Lost This Decade
Edmund Hillary / Explorer Charlton Heston / Actor William F. Buckley / Conservative Commentator Bo Diddley / Musician George Carlin / Comedian Michael Crichton / Author and Producer 2007 Merv Griffin / Talk Show Host Lady Bird Johnson / First Lady
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What's Next for the Smothers Brothers?
for much sharper monologues, and Tommy Smothers is envious. "Every day I think, 'Gosh, I wish I could be like George Carlin , Bill Maher, I want that edge. But every time I start to get that edgy thing, I get kind of mean." But that pointed
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A ‘Moderate’ Problem for Republicans, Democrats and Palin
moderate” Republican or Democrat or is the word itself antithetical to the political philosophies of both parties? The late George Carlin might have joked, “Oh, they’re moderates -- they’re semi-pro choice.” Joking aside, for some
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'Dangerously Funny' by David Bianculliand Medgar Evers in history-making confrontations in Montgomery and Selma. Still another was George Carlin , whose infamous " Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" and "Filthy Words" comedy album routines sparked a free-speech
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Just last week George Carlin was selected to receive the Mark Twain prize for comedy at the Kennedy Center in Washington. He will still get the award posthumously in November with other comedians paying tribute. Carlin died yesterday of heart failure He left his unique imprint on a generation of comedians and the rest of us. My dad George carlin's early comedy was almost conventional and not always successful. He tried impressions during the Kennedy years. Be off the attorney general. To -
George Carlin Dies at 71And George Carlin died of heart failure on Sunday at a Los Angeles area hospital. He material filled with drug references and he's famous routine about seven words you can't say on television. The He became the subject of a regulatory
And George Carlin died of heart failure on Sunday at a Los Angeles area hospital. He had a history of heart problems and had been admitted to the hospital earlier in the day after suffering chest -- and -- was known for his edgy provocative -- that material filled with drug references and he's famous routine about seven words you can't say on television. The -- He became the subject of a regulatory battle after a radio broadcast of the routine -
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In Memoriam: Reflecting on Lives of Note
Recalling George Carlin , Wilbur Hardee, and Kermit Love.
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In Memoriam: Reflecting on Lives of Note
Recalling George Carlin , Wilbur Hardee, and Kermit Love.
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'American Pickers': Trash to TreasureThe meaning of life according to the late great George Carlin is finding a place to keep your stuff. We love our stuff in this country we Some of the stuff we set aside because it's been
The meaning of life according to the late great George Carlin is finding a place to keep your stuff. We love our stuff in this country we -- Some of the stuff we
