June 2009
3 posts
George Carlin: One Year Gone
A year ago today, I awoke at 2:30 in the morning to my phone ringing. It was my good friend Stephen Boatright calling. He said “I know I’m waking you up, but I figured you’d want to know immediately.” “It’s all good, what’s wrong?” “George Carlin just died.” “Thanks for telling me. I really appreciate it.” I hung up the phone. I got up and wandered into my kitchen, in a weird state of shock and...
on the current culture of comedic personas
In light of recent events, bloggings and conversations, the idea of public persona versus private self has been on my mind a lot. It’s something that everyone deals with. In some instances, people are publicly obnoxious and off putting, while privately they couldn’t be more calm and caring. Others are publicly well liked, while they’re really tearing their families apart. I could go on about this...
On Sarah Palin and David Letterman
WARNING! ADULT LANGUAGE CONTAINED WITHIN! DO NOT READ IF EASILY OFFENDED! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED, SO DONT COMMENT ON MY USAGE OF LANGUAGE. THAT IS ALL. CONTINUE.
I consider myself a student of comedy, as well as a lover of politics. Since high school, my heroes have been Andy Kaufman and George Carlin. I’ve listened to every Carlin recording countless times, and seen every clip I can find of...