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Dane Cook's page said that Carlin was one of his influences. Dennis Leary's said the same. Can someone add them? I don't want to screw it up. >_< ( Neosystems ( talk) 23:04, 16 April 2008 (UTC))
Yesterday I changed nationality from "American" to "United States of America". It was reverted subsequently to "American". There is no use of starting a war of editing, but let me explain my point.
I know "American" is quite common in the USA. But for all others, American refers to somebody or something originating from a continent, not one country of this continent, even not the most populous one.
See also the disussion under Demonym, "Cultural Problems", and the discussion of the article American.
The passage from Demonym runs: Quote - The demonym for citizens of the United States of America suffers a similar problem, because "American" may ambiguously refer to both the USA and North and South America. United Statian is awkward in English, but it exists in Spanish (estadounidense), French (étatsunien(ne)), Portuguese (estado-unidense or estadunidense), Italian (statunitense), and also in Interlingua (statounitese). US American (for the noun) and US-American (when used as a compound modifier preceding a noun) is another option, and is a common demonym in German (US-Amerikaner), though almost unheard of in English. Latin Americans (who are the most affected by this use of American) also have yanqui (Yankee) and the euphemism norteamericano/norte-americano (North American, which includes the USA, Mexico, Canada, and several other countries). Frank Lloyd Wright proposed Usonian (which was taken over into Esperanto: country Usono, demonym Usonano, adjective usona). In the spirit of Sydneysider, Statesider is also a possibility. See main article: Use of the word American.
The 2007 Miss Teen USA contestant Caitlin Upton, who gained international notoriety for her otherwise nonsensical response to a question posed during the pageant, referred to the people of the United States as "U.S. Americans." - End of Quote
The citizens of the USA are indeed using "American" for things or people coming from the USA and tend to believe that the whole world - except a few nuts - does the same. However, as Demonym correctly states, in many languages other than English reference is made to the USA in some way, and not just to America, which is used for the continent only. This sounds rather like the US-Americans usurping the expression "American" on their behalf and for their convenience and just purporting that everybody else does the same.
The US-Americans are free in how they call themselves at home. An international encyclopedia, however, should not be sloppy in such a matter or follow a national particularity, but try to find an internationally acceptable consensus. And this has certainly to take into consideration that for about 6 Billion people "American" refers to the continent and only 300 Million US-Americans use it exclusively for themselves. Especially all North, Central and South Americans, even if not from the USA, must feel concerned by everything "American". Internationally we should thus remain precise and explicitly specify the origin as being the USA. I am open for any suggestion, but US-Americans looks nice to me.
I am Austrian for the records. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.183.69.24 ( talk) 21:11, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Pictures. We need his scruffy face on here somewhere. Lockeownzj00 19:20, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
This is really negative about him. I don't at all agree with the historical perspective on Carlin. I'm a right wing conservative neo-con and have always found him hilarious. Most of information here really doesn't talk about the intellectual side of his comedy - he's actually really intelligent.
I'm not a Carlin expert, but I know he performed his first HBO show in 1977, followed by his first heart attack in 1978. This article says he stopped performing in 1976 because of a heart attack. I think we need to find out which is correct. The bulk of the 1980s is virtually ignored, yet he must have been performing because I knew who he was when he appeared in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
He once did a bit that I think he called the Comedian Olympics in which he said, "Richard Pryor had a heart attack so I had a heart attack. Richard Pryor had another heart attack so I had another heart attack. Then Richerd Pryor set himself on fire, man. I said fuck that, I'll have another heart attack!" That would lead me to believe he's had three but I don't know what years they were.
Also, how many HBO shows has he done? He seems to appear there almost annually these days. -- Feitclub 22:07, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)
There is also an error in 1997... the article says he did not work for a full year after his wife had died on May 11th...yet I attended one of his shows on July 24th at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom in Hampton, N.H. He had other shows on his schedule that year... George fan from Boston
Technically he was never given a dishonorable discharge, so I changed the article accordingly. - 8J5
Although you have his mugshot and copies of his 1972 arrest in Milwaukee there is no mention of it in the article.
I was flipping through channels once and I saw Carlin give the best acceptance speech I'd ever seen. He was I think getting into the Comedy Hall of Fame. I think his wife was also dying. He looked at the award for a long time, and he looked at his wife, and he said something amazing, like "'Honey, when you and I are in the middle of selling everything we own to keep going, then we'll thank all of you people for the award, and sell it too thinking, 'wasn't that nice.'" He was devastated and in tears. I've misquoted it, but it made me ready to fight a war for George Carlin if he asked me to...
Anyone have a link to that speech?
I am a huge Carlin fan (I did not discover him until a couple of years ago). I was particularly amazed by his genius on issues of language in general; playing with it and making fun of how we regard and react to language - this immediately struck a chord in me. He has given me hours of pure joy, and there are very few of his things which I don't think is hilarious. Well, enuff of reverence, and to the point:
I think the article would benefit from a "Quotes" section; in my opinion this would be a good introduction to a person who don't know of Carlin, giving hints on what he's all about. I know there are already quotes present in the article, but it would be nice with something like this format:
"I think we're already circling the drain as a species, and I'd love to see the circles get a little faster and a little shorter."
- remarking on his view of human life in a late 1990s interview with
Art Bell
I could begin on it, but it would be nice with opinions here first.
My regards, Dennis Nilsson. -- Dna-Dennis talk - contribs 17:00, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
PMS. If you like Carlin, check out Bill Hicks too. IMO, not as exquisite; he is more blunt and vulgar (and dead), but often pretty darn hilarious. One of my favorites is his comment on his visit to the JFK assassination museum in Texas: It's really accurate, you know, 'cause Oswald's not in it! DMS. -- Dna-Dennis talk - contribs 17:14, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
The quote in the quotes section starts with this: "They're superstitious, they have these beliefs, these primitive, you know, people believe in a., I mean they're just really kind of credulous, and gullible."
Umm... people believe in a what? A god? What did he actually say? - furrykef ( Talk at me) 04:06, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
I think George Carlin is great. His tone and the way he says stuff is really what sets him apart from other comedians. I was wondering if he ever said anything about "the clue being hidden under the kitchen table"? Not sure I may have heard it somewhere. Sovixeny ( talk) 08:33, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
I've looked in several online sources including IMDB, the detailed timeline on Carlin's own website, several LAUGH IN fan sites, and a couple of books about television, and I can find no indication anywhere that Carlin ever appeared on LAUGH IN. I used to watch LAUGH IN when Nik at Nite had the re-runs of it several years ago and I don't ever remember him appearing. So, does anyone have a source for this? Is there one somewhere and I'm just missing it? I think if I don't hear back from anyone or can't find a source somewhere else on my own in a few days I'm just going to delete the reference to LAUGH IN.
Will user:will1410
He definitely was in laugh in.
If anyone is familiar with the series of CKY videos, created by Bam Margera and Brandon DiCamillo, you should know the skit that George Carlin inspired on CKY. A clip is shown of Carlin saying "...there's some things you never see." and then, "You never see someone taking a shit while running at full speed". Immediately following that, the skit plays, where one of the crew who goes by the name Raab Himself, goes sprinting down the road after injesting 18 laxatives, and actually does just that. It is a hilarious skit, and I think it should be mentioned. I would work on it now, but I am in the middle of typing a project now. I shouldn't even be here right now, I'm obviously sidetracked. If anyone wants to research it and put it in, go for it! If not, I will do so myself at a later time. -- Reaper X 21:18, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
I've seen that video, but I don't think it is worth mentioning. CKY is a relatively small and unknown series of videos (although it has a large fanbase, it is very isolated). And it was just straight video from one of Carlin's routines. Not an appearance by him, just a snippit. A mention of George Carlin would be better located on the CKY video page.
George Carlin is going to be on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday, June 14th! Be sure to tune in! - Alakey2010 12 June 2006, 07:02 PM.
i searched the link attributed to Holmes and that phrase is not in the linked decision
Perhaps this is a bit much for this group to consume and perhaps this should not even be made public in this forum - but our beloved father, George, has a very special lady in his life by the name of Sally Wade. Both reside in Venice, California and have been seen frequenting several local establishments lately. I'm just glad George is doing so well. Cheers you old fart!
I own the reel-to-reel recording of George and Brenda renewing their wedding vows in 1971. The recording has been digitally mastered. It's a very emotional recording which brings back fond memories of times past. Perhaps a small sound clip of the ceromony could be embedded onto the public bio? Interested, contact me and we can work on it. punchline67@yahoo.com
Was George born in 1936 or 1937? Different sources have different dates. Hotwine8 03:02, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Why's there no mention of him as Mr. Conductor on this show? It's a nice contrast to his more profane work... 128.100.37.133 15:32, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
The {{Contradict-n}} tag on this article should be removed, the Frisbeetarianism article is in need of citation, The onus of a claim is the responsibility of the one making the assertion, not the other way around, George Carlin is known for the use of Frisbeetarianism in his act, the assertion made on September 7, 2005 that “Frisbeetarianism was created in a 1975 skit from The Jim Stafford Show” has no verifiable citation. The user who made it was asked to do so on their user page with no response. -- Sirex 98 21:27, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Carlin has repeatedly said that his introduction to LSD prompted him to abandon the impersonation-based comedy routines which defined his early career and instead perform 'as himself' ... also that it was the major turning point of his life. This should be included.
Does anyone remember, sometime last year, the report that Carlin had died? Was that vandalism on this site? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.186.80.239 ( talk • contribs) 12:43, 4 December 2006 (UTC).
There has been a bunch of back-and-forth editing regarding a title change, where the 9/11 attacks have been replaced with Hurricane Katrina, and vice versa, so I hope this clears things up... the album and show which eventually got called "Complaints and Grievances" was originally going to be called "I Kinda Like it When a Lotta People Die" (or something similar), but was changed due to the 9/11 attacks. Then, the album and show which eventually became called "Life is Worth Losing" was also going to be called "I Kinda Like it When a Lotta People Die" (or something similar), but was changed due to Hurricane Katrina. Is that clear enough? - Ugliness Man 17:53, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Instead, Back in Town or You Are All Diseased is shown instead of Complaints and Grievances when it is scheduled on HBO. 67.162.108.111 02:58, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Kst447 ( talk) 04:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I just reverted an anonymous edit and wanted to clarify why I did so. Aside from the fact that the addition of mentioning the dog was unneeded and superfluous, it used quotation marks to suggest that Carlin said something which he didn't. For the record, here's the complete quote:
So he never actually said that Pesci "shut up his neighbour's dog" or whatever variation on that idea was added to the article. - Ugliness Man 23:49, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Browsing this page I noticed a weird formatting error involving part of the biography section at the bottom of the page. I don't know enought about the formatting code, so I thought I'd bring it to the attention of those who do.
Also, might want to check on a possible neutrality issue in the 2000's section. Do we really know that Pryor was voted ahead based on a sympathy vote, if so, cite it. Cmay632 06:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
I thought he was the third, behind Bill Hicks (#1) and Richard Pryor (#2). Anyone care to share? -- MajinVegeta 21:28, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject Biography Assessment
This is very close to being a GA, if not one already.
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 21:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
According to IMDB, his next special has been announced and will be called The Parade of Useless Bullshit. The George Carlin website is down at the moment, so I can't verify anything yet. CardinalFangZERO 10:48, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
In the article, under the 1960's heading, it says ' In 1961 [emphasis mine], Carlin married Brenda Hosbrook... ' while in the information box it says spouse from July 3, 1963. I am under the impression he was married in 1961 and his daughter was born in 1963, but I don't know for sure. Hopefully someone who knows the answer to this can fix it, I see the discrepancy but am unsure of what is correct. 198.232.29.99 17:52, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Should mention his logo is of his cat fucking his dog (or is it the other way around?), which was mentioned in several acts (both pets are dead now.) JAF1970 ( talk) 06:11, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
I've never seen that logo! It's sounds hilarious though!
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Dane Cook's page said that Carlin was one of his influences. Dennis Leary's said the same. Can someone add them? I don't want to screw it up. >_< ( Neosystems ( talk) 23:04, 16 April 2008 (UTC))
Yesterday I changed nationality from "American" to "United States of America". It was reverted subsequently to "American". There is no use of starting a war of editing, but let me explain my point.
I know "American" is quite common in the USA. But for all others, American refers to somebody or something originating from a continent, not one country of this continent, even not the most populous one.
See also the disussion under Demonym, "Cultural Problems", and the discussion of the article American.
The passage from Demonym runs: Quote - The demonym for citizens of the United States of America suffers a similar problem, because "American" may ambiguously refer to both the USA and North and South America. United Statian is awkward in English, but it exists in Spanish (estadounidense), French (étatsunien(ne)), Portuguese (estado-unidense or estadunidense), Italian (statunitense), and also in Interlingua (statounitese). US American (for the noun) and US-American (when used as a compound modifier preceding a noun) is another option, and is a common demonym in German (US-Amerikaner), though almost unheard of in English. Latin Americans (who are the most affected by this use of American) also have yanqui (Yankee) and the euphemism norteamericano/norte-americano (North American, which includes the USA, Mexico, Canada, and several other countries). Frank Lloyd Wright proposed Usonian (which was taken over into Esperanto: country Usono, demonym Usonano, adjective usona). In the spirit of Sydneysider, Statesider is also a possibility. See main article: Use of the word American.
The 2007 Miss Teen USA contestant Caitlin Upton, who gained international notoriety for her otherwise nonsensical response to a question posed during the pageant, referred to the people of the United States as "U.S. Americans." - End of Quote
The citizens of the USA are indeed using "American" for things or people coming from the USA and tend to believe that the whole world - except a few nuts - does the same. However, as Demonym correctly states, in many languages other than English reference is made to the USA in some way, and not just to America, which is used for the continent only. This sounds rather like the US-Americans usurping the expression "American" on their behalf and for their convenience and just purporting that everybody else does the same.
The US-Americans are free in how they call themselves at home. An international encyclopedia, however, should not be sloppy in such a matter or follow a national particularity, but try to find an internationally acceptable consensus. And this has certainly to take into consideration that for about 6 Billion people "American" refers to the continent and only 300 Million US-Americans use it exclusively for themselves. Especially all North, Central and South Americans, even if not from the USA, must feel concerned by everything "American". Internationally we should thus remain precise and explicitly specify the origin as being the USA. I am open for any suggestion, but US-Americans looks nice to me.
I am Austrian for the records. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.183.69.24 ( talk) 21:11, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Pictures. We need his scruffy face on here somewhere. Lockeownzj00 19:20, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
This is really negative about him. I don't at all agree with the historical perspective on Carlin. I'm a right wing conservative neo-con and have always found him hilarious. Most of information here really doesn't talk about the intellectual side of his comedy - he's actually really intelligent.
I'm not a Carlin expert, but I know he performed his first HBO show in 1977, followed by his first heart attack in 1978. This article says he stopped performing in 1976 because of a heart attack. I think we need to find out which is correct. The bulk of the 1980s is virtually ignored, yet he must have been performing because I knew who he was when he appeared in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
He once did a bit that I think he called the Comedian Olympics in which he said, "Richard Pryor had a heart attack so I had a heart attack. Richard Pryor had another heart attack so I had another heart attack. Then Richerd Pryor set himself on fire, man. I said fuck that, I'll have another heart attack!" That would lead me to believe he's had three but I don't know what years they were.
Also, how many HBO shows has he done? He seems to appear there almost annually these days. -- Feitclub 22:07, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)
There is also an error in 1997... the article says he did not work for a full year after his wife had died on May 11th...yet I attended one of his shows on July 24th at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom in Hampton, N.H. He had other shows on his schedule that year... George fan from Boston
Technically he was never given a dishonorable discharge, so I changed the article accordingly. - 8J5
Although you have his mugshot and copies of his 1972 arrest in Milwaukee there is no mention of it in the article.
I was flipping through channels once and I saw Carlin give the best acceptance speech I'd ever seen. He was I think getting into the Comedy Hall of Fame. I think his wife was also dying. He looked at the award for a long time, and he looked at his wife, and he said something amazing, like "'Honey, when you and I are in the middle of selling everything we own to keep going, then we'll thank all of you people for the award, and sell it too thinking, 'wasn't that nice.'" He was devastated and in tears. I've misquoted it, but it made me ready to fight a war for George Carlin if he asked me to...
Anyone have a link to that speech?
I am a huge Carlin fan (I did not discover him until a couple of years ago). I was particularly amazed by his genius on issues of language in general; playing with it and making fun of how we regard and react to language - this immediately struck a chord in me. He has given me hours of pure joy, and there are very few of his things which I don't think is hilarious. Well, enuff of reverence, and to the point:
I think the article would benefit from a "Quotes" section; in my opinion this would be a good introduction to a person who don't know of Carlin, giving hints on what he's all about. I know there are already quotes present in the article, but it would be nice with something like this format:
"I think we're already circling the drain as a species, and I'd love to see the circles get a little faster and a little shorter."
- remarking on his view of human life in a late 1990s interview with
Art Bell
I could begin on it, but it would be nice with opinions here first.
My regards, Dennis Nilsson. -- Dna-Dennis talk - contribs 17:00, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
PMS. If you like Carlin, check out Bill Hicks too. IMO, not as exquisite; he is more blunt and vulgar (and dead), but often pretty darn hilarious. One of my favorites is his comment on his visit to the JFK assassination museum in Texas: It's really accurate, you know, 'cause Oswald's not in it! DMS. -- Dna-Dennis talk - contribs 17:14, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
The quote in the quotes section starts with this: "They're superstitious, they have these beliefs, these primitive, you know, people believe in a., I mean they're just really kind of credulous, and gullible."
Umm... people believe in a what? A god? What did he actually say? - furrykef ( Talk at me) 04:06, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
I think George Carlin is great. His tone and the way he says stuff is really what sets him apart from other comedians. I was wondering if he ever said anything about "the clue being hidden under the kitchen table"? Not sure I may have heard it somewhere. Sovixeny ( talk) 08:33, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
I've looked in several online sources including IMDB, the detailed timeline on Carlin's own website, several LAUGH IN fan sites, and a couple of books about television, and I can find no indication anywhere that Carlin ever appeared on LAUGH IN. I used to watch LAUGH IN when Nik at Nite had the re-runs of it several years ago and I don't ever remember him appearing. So, does anyone have a source for this? Is there one somewhere and I'm just missing it? I think if I don't hear back from anyone or can't find a source somewhere else on my own in a few days I'm just going to delete the reference to LAUGH IN.
Will user:will1410
He definitely was in laugh in.
If anyone is familiar with the series of CKY videos, created by Bam Margera and Brandon DiCamillo, you should know the skit that George Carlin inspired on CKY. A clip is shown of Carlin saying "...there's some things you never see." and then, "You never see someone taking a shit while running at full speed". Immediately following that, the skit plays, where one of the crew who goes by the name Raab Himself, goes sprinting down the road after injesting 18 laxatives, and actually does just that. It is a hilarious skit, and I think it should be mentioned. I would work on it now, but I am in the middle of typing a project now. I shouldn't even be here right now, I'm obviously sidetracked. If anyone wants to research it and put it in, go for it! If not, I will do so myself at a later time. -- Reaper X 21:18, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
I've seen that video, but I don't think it is worth mentioning. CKY is a relatively small and unknown series of videos (although it has a large fanbase, it is very isolated). And it was just straight video from one of Carlin's routines. Not an appearance by him, just a snippit. A mention of George Carlin would be better located on the CKY video page.
George Carlin is going to be on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday, June 14th! Be sure to tune in! - Alakey2010 12 June 2006, 07:02 PM.
i searched the link attributed to Holmes and that phrase is not in the linked decision
Perhaps this is a bit much for this group to consume and perhaps this should not even be made public in this forum - but our beloved father, George, has a very special lady in his life by the name of Sally Wade. Both reside in Venice, California and have been seen frequenting several local establishments lately. I'm just glad George is doing so well. Cheers you old fart!
I own the reel-to-reel recording of George and Brenda renewing their wedding vows in 1971. The recording has been digitally mastered. It's a very emotional recording which brings back fond memories of times past. Perhaps a small sound clip of the ceromony could be embedded onto the public bio? Interested, contact me and we can work on it. punchline67@yahoo.com
Was George born in 1936 or 1937? Different sources have different dates. Hotwine8 03:02, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Why's there no mention of him as Mr. Conductor on this show? It's a nice contrast to his more profane work... 128.100.37.133 15:32, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
The {{Contradict-n}} tag on this article should be removed, the Frisbeetarianism article is in need of citation, The onus of a claim is the responsibility of the one making the assertion, not the other way around, George Carlin is known for the use of Frisbeetarianism in his act, the assertion made on September 7, 2005 that “Frisbeetarianism was created in a 1975 skit from The Jim Stafford Show” has no verifiable citation. The user who made it was asked to do so on their user page with no response. -- Sirex 98 21:27, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Carlin has repeatedly said that his introduction to LSD prompted him to abandon the impersonation-based comedy routines which defined his early career and instead perform 'as himself' ... also that it was the major turning point of his life. This should be included.
Does anyone remember, sometime last year, the report that Carlin had died? Was that vandalism on this site? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.186.80.239 ( talk • contribs) 12:43, 4 December 2006 (UTC).
There has been a bunch of back-and-forth editing regarding a title change, where the 9/11 attacks have been replaced with Hurricane Katrina, and vice versa, so I hope this clears things up... the album and show which eventually got called "Complaints and Grievances" was originally going to be called "I Kinda Like it When a Lotta People Die" (or something similar), but was changed due to the 9/11 attacks. Then, the album and show which eventually became called "Life is Worth Losing" was also going to be called "I Kinda Like it When a Lotta People Die" (or something similar), but was changed due to Hurricane Katrina. Is that clear enough? - Ugliness Man 17:53, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Instead, Back in Town or You Are All Diseased is shown instead of Complaints and Grievances when it is scheduled on HBO. 67.162.108.111 02:58, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Kst447 ( talk) 04:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I just reverted an anonymous edit and wanted to clarify why I did so. Aside from the fact that the addition of mentioning the dog was unneeded and superfluous, it used quotation marks to suggest that Carlin said something which he didn't. For the record, here's the complete quote:
So he never actually said that Pesci "shut up his neighbour's dog" or whatever variation on that idea was added to the article. - Ugliness Man 23:49, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Browsing this page I noticed a weird formatting error involving part of the biography section at the bottom of the page. I don't know enought about the formatting code, so I thought I'd bring it to the attention of those who do.
Also, might want to check on a possible neutrality issue in the 2000's section. Do we really know that Pryor was voted ahead based on a sympathy vote, if so, cite it. Cmay632 06:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
I thought he was the third, behind Bill Hicks (#1) and Richard Pryor (#2). Anyone care to share? -- MajinVegeta 21:28, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject Biography Assessment
This is very close to being a GA, if not one already.
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 21:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
According to IMDB, his next special has been announced and will be called The Parade of Useless Bullshit. The George Carlin website is down at the moment, so I can't verify anything yet. CardinalFangZERO 10:48, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
In the article, under the 1960's heading, it says ' In 1961 [emphasis mine], Carlin married Brenda Hosbrook... ' while in the information box it says spouse from July 3, 1963. I am under the impression he was married in 1961 and his daughter was born in 1963, but I don't know for sure. Hopefully someone who knows the answer to this can fix it, I see the discrepancy but am unsure of what is correct. 198.232.29.99 17:52, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Should mention his logo is of his cat fucking his dog (or is it the other way around?), which was mentioned in several acts (both pets are dead now.) JAF1970 ( talk) 06:11, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
I've never seen that logo! It's sounds hilarious though!
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