THE “KING” IS REALLY GONE… GEORGE CARLIN, AMERICAN ICON…by THE BUDMAN

THE “KING” IS REALLY GONE… GEORGE CARLIN, AMERICAN ICON…
GEORGE CARLIN, my hero, is dead…

What NOW?
Where do we go from here?

Who will be able to show us the humor in our “everyday” lives, now that “The King” is gone? A “genius”, who was SO much more than any of his routines, ALWAYS found the insanity in the “true-isms” of just being part of this “thing called life”.

NO one could make me laugh at the “insanity of it all”, like George Carlin. He had a mind like no other, and ALWAYS left you saying, “Why didn’t I think of that?” George was more of an “observer of life”, rather than a “jokester”. He could take ANYTHING and make it funny, just by “observing” it. Sure, he’s inspired a lot of comedians, but more importantly, he’s inspired millions of ordinary PEOPLE to find the humor in just “living”.

George Carlin was more than Al Sleet, “The Hippy Dippy Weatherman”, “The Seven Words…”, the routine on “Shit”, the airline routines “Prepare for a water-landing”, and “It was a near-miss”…(F— THAT, a near-miss is a HIT!)”, the “Gotta find a place for your STUFF”, the “birth control” commercials, the “Door #1, Door #2, OR Door #3?… WHAT WERE THE DOORS AGAIN, MONTE?” routine, and on and on and on… George Carlin would NEVER have run out of material, cause his humor was based on “The Human Condition”… he always managed to SAY what everyone FELT… THAT’S where his “Genius” lied.

He will live on forever in MY heart, and if you are lucky, he will in yours, as well. The world is a less funny place today with him gone, and at a time when the world needs as much humor as it can find, we NEED George Carlin quite possibly more TODAY than EVER BEFORE… George, please look down on us from up above (cause THAT’S where you are) and send us some hope, that one day we can ALL get along and LAUGH, TOGETHER… If ANYONE can do it, YOU can…

I would like to share a few words with you that have been emblazoned in my mind for decades now…

“I’m aware that some stare at my hair
In fact to be fair, some really despair of my hair,
But I don’t care, for they’re not aware,
Nor are they debonair.
They see hair down to there, say “Beware”,
And run off in a tear…
I say, “No fair!”
A head that is bare, is really nowhere,
So be fair with your hair, show it you care.
Wear it to there, or there, or there, if you dare.
My wife bought some hair at a fair, to use as a spare,
Did I care? Oh, contraire…
Spare hair is fair, in fact, hair can be rare.
Fred Astaire has no hair,
Nor does a chair, or a chocolate éclair,
And where is the hair on a pear?
Nowhere, “mon frere”…
Now that I’ve shared this affair of my hair,
I think I’ll repair to my lair, and use “Nair”,
Do you care?…”

Rest in peace George, YOUR job is done…