George Carlin

George Carlin

Like so many people, I grow up listening  to George Carlin – yes listening to George on the radio and his albums, all long before TV and cable.  After hearing of his death, I started going through my old LP’s.  Sure, I also went to his web site, which I suggest you do, but after finding one of the old albums, I scanned as much of the cover the machine allowed and tweaked it in Photoshop.  The cover image dates back to 1972, when he was a young 35 years old and of course, had all that hair.

Carlin was able to take things people do, most of which is crazy, but considered normal, and tell us how crazy they are.  He had many funny routines, all centered on the things we say, do, or think, like “Have A Nice Day,” “The 11 O’clock News,” “A Place for My Stuff” and “Interview with Jesus.”  One of my favorite recent routines is “Modern Man.” George will be missed.

Kenne