Mr Carlin died today June 22 around 6:30pm in Los Angeles of heart failure. His heart gave out after having had heart problems for years according to The International Herald Tribune report.
George Carlin, arguably, was the greatest comedian to hit the stage after Lenny Bruce. Carlin became the most influential stand-up comedian of all time. An Irish Catholic born and raised in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City, Carlin started out as a conventional comedian and had...Read Full Story
Talk about irony. George Carlin spent decades pushing the bounds of free speech by saying the seven words you can never say on television , but not one of them made it into an FBI file on him. Among the 12 pages in a file recently released by Carlin's family are a couple of letters from outraged citizens who complained that the comedian had made fun of the FBI and its director, J. Edgar Hoover, during TV appearances in 1969 and 1970. There's also a letter from Hoover himself thanking one of...Read Full Story
12 Nov, 2008
| by Brendan McLaughlin
Stand-Up
George Carlin’s vast influence on comedy continues to be celebrated in the wake of his June passing. Comedians gathered in Washington DC this week to present him posthumously with the Mark Twain Prize, one of America’s highest honors for writers and humorists. Denis Leary, Joan Rivers, Jon Stewart, Gary Shandling, and Lily Tomlin were among those paying tribute.
“For all his anti-establishment cred, he was a working man. He...Read Full Story
4 Dec, 2008
| by Punchline Magazine
Stand-Up
Last night, CBS broadcast a live special wherein the Grammy nominations for this February’s actual Grammy award show were announced. And of course with the usual music-related nominees, came this year’s nods for Best Comedy Album. The nominees are:
Lewis Black, Anticipation
Flight of the Conchords, Flight of the Conchords
Kathy Griffin, For Your Consideration
George Carlin, It’s Bad For Ya
Harry Shearer, Songs of the Bushmen...Read Full Story
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is about Kelly Carlin. Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article!Read Full Story
"The Kelly Carlin Show" debuts at 6 p.m. today on the SiriusXM satellite radio Raw Dog Comedy channel, which is #99. On the first Sunday of every month, Kelly will interview a famous comedian about life, careers and the end of the world according to the Mayan calendar. First up today is Robin Williams
NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that Kelly Carlin, daughter of George Carlin, one of the most influential comedians of all time, will host a new monthly show on Raw Dog Comedy, channel 99, and on Carlin's Corner,...
George Carlin's daughter Kelly Carlin is taking her talents to Sirius XM with a new monthly radio show, the New York Times reports. Carlin will be the host of "The Kelly Carlin Show," in which she'll converse with a variety of comics about their industry as well as their lives. "I'm always curious about their [...]
COMEDY: George Carlin's daughter, author/storyteller Kelly Carlin, will talk about the span of her dad's career from straight comic to culture hero and social commentator at A Carlin Home Companion: Life, Love and Laughter with George ...
At a time when it seems that everyone and his brother has a show or podcast about comedians, Sirius XM believes it has found a new wrinkle on the format: a program hosted by Kelly Carlin, the daughter of the famous stand-up George Carlin. On Thursday the satellite radio broadcaster is expected to announce that [...]
Overview. Date of Birth: 15 June 1963, Dayton, Ohio, USA more. Trivia: Niece of Patrick Carlin. more. NewsDesk: Legendary Comedian George Carlin Dies at 71 (From PEOPLE.com. 23 ...
advertisement. Overview. Date of Birth: 15 June 1963, Dayton, Ohio, USA more. Trivia: Stepdaughter of Sally Wade. more. NewsDesk: Legendary Comedian George Carlin Dies at 71
LOS ANGELES - George Carlin got the last laugh, winning a posthumous Grammy for his final album "It's Bad for Ya." It was released in July, a month after the comedian died of a heart attack at 71. Kelly Carlin-McCall accepted her father's fifth ...