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A Note On George Carlin….With A Mention Of Sir Tom (Appropriate On A Tom Jones Website)
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Note: We hope you scroll down to the post directly below and listen to Emma Lanham’s version of Sexbomb but we were so pleased to come across this photo of Tom and George Carlin that we wanted to post it right away.
Yes, this is a website devoted to Tom Jones. Thus, we were wondering how we could pay tribute to George Carlin, who died of a heart attack on June 22 in New York.
He was a groundbreaker. In fact, he was unafraid to tread on new ground. Irreverent, insightful, trenchant and very, very funny — Carlin often said what many of us want to but lack the nerve to say.
His approach to everything was mordant, which made him all the sharper. Just check the first two lines of his bio from his website:
“August, 1936 - Conceived, Curley’s Hotel, Rockaway Beach, NY.
“May 12, 1937 - Born. God winces.”
His death is a loss.
So, we wondered how to write about him and someone told us about this photo. Yes, from This Is Tom Jones, here’s Tom and George Carlin. We’ve made the TJ connection!
(Now, we wish we could do the same for Tim Russert.)
June 24th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Glad you posted about Carlin. He was great. Check out Herman Matthews’ journal entry about him. But don’t do it if you are easily offended:)
June 24th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Perhaps we’ll get to hear Carlin’s monologue and his interplay with Tom on a future volume of This is Tom Jones. Thank you for posting the picture.
June 25th, 2008 at 7:49 am
George Carlin was a genius who made me laugh until I cried. I wonder what was on that cake to make him look like that?? His interplay with Tom Jones would be priceless to see and hear. He will be missed.