Tonight’s forecast: Dark
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George Carlin, who died of heart failure on Sunday, was controversial. He could offend just about everyone, even when he was agreeing with them (remember the routine on feminists?) But I remember some of his greatest routines that had nothing to do with dirty words you can’t say on radio or television, or why white people shouldn’t play the blues, or any number of subjects that sound too controversial to even mention (but they are still funny).
My favorite, though, was his discussion of baseball vs. football, especially enjoyable because I heard it when I was was with my dad, who was a huge football fan. Me, I prefer baseball. But we both got the routine. And, my kids knew who he was because he wason the TV show, “Shining Time Station,” playing it straight as the miniature Mr. Conductor. My kids didn’t know my dad, but the same guy made them laugh, in very different ways.
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