Monday, June 23, 2008

Dammit.

I was very sorry to hear George Carlin died yesterday.

Years ago, I drove through the icy rain with my friends to see him in concert in Poughkeepsie, NY. I’m really glad I did.

But he wasn’t only a comedic genius; his dramatic role as the neighbor in The Prince of Tides was a very complicated performance that really surprised me.

I was listening one night to a talk radio show in L.A., on which George was a guest. A guy called in and said that he had dated George’s daughter, and found him to be the nicest man.

George Carlin was a stud.