George Carlin (1937-2008)

"People have these amorphous things they call values they bring to the seat in the theater when they sit down.  And i like to find out where their line may be and deliberately cross it, disturb them a little, make them uncomfortable, then bring them with me, across the line, and make them glad they came.  That's what I do.  I'm an entertainer.  I'm not a doomsayer.  I'm not here to preach.  I don't do political tracts, but I do entertain, I do a lot of jokes, but I want you to feel a little endangered along the way."

That's a quote from George Carlin's 1996 conversation with Charlie Rose.  You'll be seeing a lot of clips and tributes online and on television in the coming days about the great deconstructor of mores and language.  Here's one more:

 

 
 
 
 

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