Biting the hand

Gonz

Gonz

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As he ages, he's getting more bitter & less funny.

December 7, 2004 -- GEORGE Carlin ended his relationship with the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with a devastating diss the other night. The caustic comic finished his four-year run with a dark set that included riffs on suicides and beheadings, and made it clear that he couldn't wait to get out of "this [bleeping] hotel" and Sin City. The Las Vegas Review-Journal's Norm Clarke reports that Carlin told the crowd of 700 that he was looking forward to going back east "where the real people are." He added, "People who go to Las Vegas, you've got to question their [bleeping] intellect . . . Traveling hundreds and thousands of miles to essentially give your money to a large corporation is kind of [bleeping] moronic. That's what I'm always getting here is these kind of [bleeping] people with very limited intellects." When a woman yelled something that sounded like "stop degrading us," Carlin fired back, "Thank you very much, whatever that was. I hope it was positive; if not, well, [bleep] me," using slang for oral sex. Strangely, though, Carlin isn't ready to leave town yet: He's jumping to the Stardust in February after a falling out with the MGM Grand.
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I still think he has some good routines but even that was a bit much. But I do agree he is not as funny and is certainly much more cynical and bitter
 
He has a brilliant mind and a stinging intellect when he chooses to use them. Sadly, of late he does seem to stray more into bitterness and personal agendas.


Maybe he is becoming another of those "poor suffering bedraggled celebrities". I hate those types. Paul Stanley, lead singer from KISS, put it best. "I say we take all these miserable celebrities who no longer have time to be famous, and let's give 'em what they want. Anonimity. Let's quit buying their albums, quit watching their movies, stop reading their books or whatever it is that made them fabulously wealthy. Let 'em be happy for a change...ignore them completely. Fame and celebrity come with a price. If you don't want to pay it, shut up sit down and let somebody else be rich and famous. Myself, I thank God every day for my fans. Without them, I couldn't live like this. Evereything I have, I owe to KISS fans."
 
I saw him perform on the Jay Leno show a few weeks ago. I tried to laugh, I really did. I've stolen a whole bunch of his comedy routines on Napster and Kazaa Lite over the years, and liked what I heard... but I wouldn't pay to see him live if his routine is going to be more like the above mentioned, or like it was on Jay Leno, and less like "farting in public," "airline announcements" or "things you don't want to hear."
 
SouthernN'Proud said:
He has a brilliant mind and a stinging intellect when he chooses to use them. Sadly, of late he does seem to stray more into bitterness and personal agendas.


Maybe he is becoming another of those "poor suffering bedraggled celebrities". I hate those types. Paul Stanley, lead singer from KISS, put it best. "I say we take all these miserable celebrities who no longer have time to be famous, and let's give 'em what they want. Anonimity. Let's quit buying their albums, quit watching their movies, stop reading their books or whatever it is that made them fabulously wealthy. Let 'em be happy for a change...ignore them completely. Fame and celebrity come with a price. If you don't want to pay it, shut up sit down and let somebody else be rich and famous. Myself, I thank God every day for my fans. Without them, I couldn't live like this. Evereything I have, I owe to KISS fans."
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Would be nice if more celebrities thought that way
 
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