Regarding the commentary about whether 71 was/was not a reasonable lifespan, I am reminded of something Woody Allen once said (paraphrasing): "I don't want to live forever through my art, I want to live forever by not dying."
R. T. POTEET wrote: Pardon me, but George Carlin was seventy-one years old! can someone please explain to me what is so horrible about dying at the age of seventy-one years especially when you have had a twenty year history of heart ailments?
Pardon me, but George Carlin was seventy-one years old! can someone please explain to me what is so horrible about dying at the age of seventy-one years especially when you have had a twenty year history of heart ailments?
Not only heart ailments - he was not exactly a "drug free zone"!!
ndbprr wrote:And what this all has to do with trains is????
I believe, other than general discussion, the tie in to trains/model trains is that George played Mr. Conductor on the kids show "Shining Time Station"/ Thomas the Tank.
Rotor
Jake: How often does the train go by? Elwood: So often you won't even notice ...
He was Mr. Conductor! (Don't you watch Thomas??)
hi
I wouldn't go so far as to say horrible, but indeed very sad...
I'd seen Carlin on TV as a kid and really never paid much attention to who he was. I always considered him to be that funny hippy guy until the late 70s when my brother-in-law told me who he was while watching an HBO special. After that I was hooked.
I know we all eventually have to go and I realize he had heart problems but I wish he could have been with us just a little longer...
Rest in peace George, and thanks a trillion for all of the laughs. There won't ever be another like you.
Tracklayer
I grew up with GC but I fail to see what this has to do w/model railroading (not that I'm complaining).
Guess the mods who are so quick to jump on the seven dirty words are George fans after all!
Craig
DMW
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To quote another famous entertainer:
A couple of people in here have a heart two sizes too small.
I didn't realize that 71 years should be enough for anybody with health problems.
I also noticed that the complaint about his shortcomings was worth mentioning, but the fact that turned his life around and was no longer a drug and alcohol abuser was not.
And last, but not least, it amazes me that some people think calling someone left leaning or a liberal is an insult.
George:
Thomas and I will both miss you.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
twhite wrote:I was sorry to hear of this--I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Carlin several times in the 1970's through a mutual friend of ours, the jazz drummer Joe Belardino. Carlin was a very, VERY funny man and a really nice guy. You're right, he'll be missed.Tom
I was sorry to hear of this--I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Carlin several times in the 1970's through a mutual friend of ours, the jazz drummer Joe Belardino. Carlin was a very, VERY funny man and a really nice guy. You're right, he'll be missed.
Tom
Tom, Joe Belardino is my late uncle and George was a friend of the family for many years. It's nice to see that people still remember Joe.
Rest in Peace George & Joe!