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George Carlin
Born
12th May 1937
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died
22nd June 2008
Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Occupation
Stand-up comedian
Social critic
Actor
Author
Years Active
1959-2008
1991-1996 (T&F)
Parent(s)
Patrick Carlin, Sr. and Mary Bearey
Sibling(s)
Patrick Carlin, Jr. (brother)
Spouse(s)
- Brenda Hosbrook (1961-1997; her death)
- Sally Wade (1998-2008; his death)
Children
Kelly Carlin (b.1963)
- "The morals of these stories were never jammed down the kid's throat, they weren't blatant. They weren't in capital letters. They were gently massaged into the framework of the show."
- ― George Carlin on Shining Time Station and Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends[1]
George Denis Patrick Carlin (12th May 1937 - 22nd June 2008) was a five-time Grammy-winning American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor, and author. He was known for his dark comedic humor, his c
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George Carlin
George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American actor, comedian and writer. He was known for his dark comedy and jokes about politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and taboo.
Early life
[change | change source]Carlin was born and raised in Manhattan, New York City. Carlin said that he started to appreciate effective use of the English language because of his mother, though they had a difficult relationship and he often ran away from home. He grew up on West 121st Street in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, which he and his friends called "White Harlem" because it "sounded a lot tougher than its real name".
His mother had a television, which was a rare and new technology at the time, and Carlin became a fan of the late-night talk show Broadway Open House during its short run.[1]
Carlin joined the U.S. Air Force and trained as a radar technician. During his time in the Air Force, he had b
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George Catlin
American painter and adventurer (1796–1872)
For other people named George Catlin, see George Catlin (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with George Carlin.
George Catlin (July 26, 1796 – månad 23, 1872)[1] was an American lawyer, painter, author, and traveler, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the American frontier. Traveling to the American West five times during the 1830s, Catlin wrote about and painted portraits that depicted the life of the Plains Indians. His early work included engravings, drawn from nature, of sites along the rutt of the Erie Canal in New York State. Several of his renderings were published in one of the first printed books to use lithography, Cadwallader D. Colden's Memoir, Prepared at the Request of a Committee of the Common Council of the City of New York, and Presented to the Mayor of the City, at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals, published in 1825, with early images of the C