Comedy & Australia

George Carlin died. My introduction to the comedy of George Carlin was a comedy album he put out in the early 70's. The album was full of expletives and talked about his being fired from a job as a comedian for saying certain words which were prohibited at the time. The irony of the routine was the fact that he had been fired from a job in Las Vegas for using words on stage which were being used by gamblers in the casino next door. At the time, George Carlin was doing a routine which used a lot of curse words and drug use references. For a group of young teenagers, that was really hot.

Of course, it was only a few years later that Richard Pryor came on the scene and really stretched the boundaries of this stuff. I know Flip Wilson had a variety show and he was very funny. But then he had Richard Pryor on the show and he took it even further. Of course, in those days, comedy albums were the cutting edge on those routines. That is, if you weren't going to the actual shows of the comedians.

I guess the real place for this stuff is on the internet or in books. Steve Martin, who I saw at the Great Southeast Music Hall, as the underside of a two comedian act with Martin Mull, has become pretty big with books and plays and other assorted things.

Anyway, it is kind of sad when someone like George Carlin passes. In his honor, I would like to say that the weather in Griffin is clear today, followed by scattered darkness. A partial score on the College World Series: Fresno State 4.

That's what I remember. In that regard, my Aunt Meg is still mentally confused about her whereabouts. She still thinks she is in Australia. She "saw" a dead kangaroo on the side of the road. After going to get an MRI, she requested the 'A' book of the encyclopedia so she could look up St. Petersburg, Australia. She is apparently in good health, other than her mental problems. I suppose thinking you are in Australia is not that bad.