George Carlin, the first ever host of Saturday Night Live and the author of the "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television", has died at the age of 71. He checked into a Santa Monica, CA, hospital on Sunday complaining of chest pains and subsequently died later that evening. He had a history of heart trouble.
Carlin is probably best known for his "Seven Words" routine that actually led to a Supreme Court ruling that said the government has oversight to fine broadcasters that broadcast offensive material during hours when children could be listening.
He was the first host of Saturday Night Live which debuted in 1975. He produced almost two dozen comedy albums, was on the Tonight Show over a hundred times, had several HBO specials and acted in numerous movies as well.
Carlin was born May 12, 1937. He is survived by his second wife, a daughter, son-in-law, brother, and sister-in-law.
Here are a couple of clips of George Carlin's stand-up material. Predictably it contains explicit language. Enjoy. RIP George Carlin...
Seven Words...
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I love George Carlin. He always cracked my ass up. I also really like Bill Hicks, though I found out about him postmortum.
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