George Carlin dies yesterday of heart failure. Not often does the death of a celebrity elicit an "aw...how sad" from me but Carlin is one of the few people that actually touched my life. Long before Comedy Central made every comic known, Carlin was one of the greats. His yearly HBO specials were the true must-see TV and there was a time in my life where I would quote "A Place for My Stuff" from beginning to end. Unlike much of the comedy that has arisen in the last few decades, Carlin was intelligent, his words made you think, his opinions made you question and while doing all that he still made you laugh.
I don't get easily swayed by celebrities...for the most part I am unimpressed by them or their work. But Carlin was one that worked his way in...about him I truly cared. In comics we talk a lot about heroes, the sad thing is that in reality, all my heroes are slipping away. Lennon was one, Belushi was one and now Carlin. Another icon is gone and the world is a little bit darker without him.
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