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**feeshyLew** · 06-23-2008, 04:10 PM

I didn't choose my avatar by some random method.When I saw that Carlin was available,I did an 'Oh BOY" and I adapted it.
He was my avatar in many more ways than just visual.

I was an instant fan.The first time I ever heard his "Al Sleet--The Hippy-Dippy Weatherman" routine,I was HIS.
It was the '60s,drugs were all over,hippies ruled.TV--and radio--were just awakening to the trends and beginning to pander to stoned Boomers.Carlin--a true Pioneer-- blazed the humor trail for us and brought us drug comedy.I bought all his records and went to two of his "concerts".

The early routines were hilarious--he punned his way through a phony TV weather report as a stoner in a tie making sly faux-pas and smoky metaphors (ie; "And now, tomorrow's weather today,man",he would leer--"Sunny...and Cher"..."high today--and higher tomorrow"..."Here's a few quick ball scores--four to three,seven-zero,and five,that's a halftime,man"...),then he'd roll his eyes and blissfully pass out.

Later,he came up with the "Seven Words You Can't Say on TV",then he said them and got busted for it.THAT was funny in itself.
It went to the Supreme Court,who decided that the Seven Words were indeed indecent,but not obscene.But they were also Free Speech,so from that day Carlin fashioned every one of his routines around "dirty words".On one of his HBO shows,he had a list that had to be ten feet long containing every dirty word he could think of,from "booger" to "MF".The last ten minutes of the show,he sat on a stool and said them ALL.
(Even though it was a great decision for free-speaking libertarians, you still can't use those words EVERYWHERE,like here.If I wrote out the 7 words,all you'd see is lots of little stars).

I loved the way he played with language and how insightful some of his references were.
I always laughed when George was around,and I loved his New York accent.
I wanted to BE him,to be able to come up with funny,thought-out replies to ridiculous questions or situations,to have the same irony in my voice,to have the rubbery body and the long face,to be just like him-- but of course I couldn't do that.That would be neurotic...

The only way I could even be close to being Carlin was to make him an Avatar.

Thanks for the laughs,man.

06-23-2008, 04:10 PM	#4
feeshyLew Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 445 Senior Member	I didn't choose my avatar by some random method.When I saw that Carlin was available,I did an 'Oh BOY" and I adapted it. He was my avatar in many more ways than just visual. I was an instant fan.The first time I ever heard his "Al Sleet--The Hippy-Dippy Weatherman" routine,I was HIS. It was the '60s,drugs were all over,hippies ruled.TV--and radio--were just awakening to the trends and beginning to pander to stoned Boomers.Carlin--a true Pioneer-- blazed the humor trail for us and brought us drug comedy.I bought all his records and went to two of his "concerts". The early routines were hilarious--he punned his way through a phony TV weather report as a stoner in a tie making sly faux-pas and smoky metaphors (ie; "And now, tomorrow's weather today,man",he would leer--"Sunny...and Cher"..."high today--and higher tomorrow"..."Here's a few quick ball scores--four to three,seven-zero,and five,that's a halftime,man"...),then he'd roll his eyes and blissfully pass out. Later,he came up with the "Seven Words You Can't Say on TV",then he said them and got busted for it.THAT was funny in itself. It went to the Supreme Court,who decided that the Seven Words were indeed indecent,but not obscene.But they were also Free Speech,so from that day Carlin fashioned every one of his routines around "dirty words".On one of his HBO shows,he had a list that had to be ten feet long containing every dirty word he could think of,from "booger" to "MF".The last ten minutes of the show,he sat on a stool and said them ALL. (Even though it was a great decision for free-speaking libertarians, you still can't use those words EVERYWHERE,like here.If I wrote out the 7 words,all you'd see is lots of little stars). I loved the way he played with language and how insightful some of his references were. I always laughed when George was around,and I loved his New York accent. I wanted to BE him,to be able to come up with funny,thought-out replies to ridiculous questions or situations,to have the same irony in my voice,to have the rubbery body and the long face,to be just like him-- but of course I couldn't do that.That would be neurotic... The only way I could even be close to being Carlin was to make him an Avatar. Thanks for the laughs,man.
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