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Carlin certainly needs no introduction from me or anyone else. He was iconic. He was a comedian that I think everyone knew about, even if they didn’t follow comedy (which always seemed weird to me). You’ll probably read a lot in the following days about how shocking or revolutionary he was, and maybe that’s true, but what I’ll always appreciate about Carlin was a willingness to think. A willingness to survey our surroundings and notice just how damn absurd they are.
Carlin always made a lot of sense to me and in times like these when the world doesn’t seem to make any sense, he’ll be missed a tremendous amount.
He was one of the best ever! No matter how often I saw him, he always had something new and insightful comedy routine, unlike some younger guys who repeated their schtick ad nauseum on the TV rounds. I still find it hard to believe he started out in comedy doing the straight routine, and did it for years, before hitting with his subversive comedy.
I always got a covert giggle seeing him do Thomas the Tank Engine when my son was growing up. I can’t wait to play for my son some of Carlin’s comedy routines.
May he rest in peace! And the drug of his choice, natch! Truly, one of the greats!