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06/23/2008: "George Carlin...RIP"

George Carlin, the acerbic, Grammy-winning comedian whose career spanned more than 50 years, died of heart failure Sunday. Carlin constantly breached the accepted boundaries of comedy and language, particularly with his routine on the "Seven Words" — all of which are taboo on broadcast TV to this day. Carlin was a master of the observational, "Didja ever notice..." humor that is every comic's stock-in-trade now, but in his case, it wasn't just random musings; his accounting of our absurd, illogical behavioral tics all added up to a larger point about human folly, hypocrisy, and superstition. I loved his routine called "Stuff",take a peek!.