The Stuff

George Carlin is dead. Word is a flight attendant told him to get on the plane, and he literally got on the plane, slipped off and fell to his death somewhere over Union New Jersey. Just kidding, he died of heart failure.

Carlin, counterculture comedians’ dean, dies at 71.

Wikipedia article about George Carlin.

George was always funny and entertaining, and appropriately depressing. He was also, like “one minute she’s laughing, the next minute she’s crying and that’s the end of your date” depressing. Oh well. If your date can’t make it through a Carlin special without crying — that’s a good sign of things to come…