George Carlin Net Worth

George Carlin's Quotes

• Most people are not particularly good at anything. [from the book "Brain Droppings"]
• If acting was hard for me, I wouldn't do it; it is something that I like to do.
• If you love someone, set them free; if they come home, set them on fire. [from the book Brain Droppings, 1997]
• When evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve.
• Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second best policy. Second is not all that bad. [from the book "Brain Droppings"]

Interesting Facts about George Carlin

1. Has received two Grammys: for his albums "FM & AM" (1972) and "Jammin' in New York" (1993).
2. Starred in 14 HBO specials from 1977 until his death in 2008.
3. He was the first-ever host of Saturday Night Live (1975) on 10/11/75, as well as the first-ever host of Fridays (1980), an ABC show fashioned after "SNL".
4. Inducted into the Comedy Hall of Fame in November 1994.
5. Received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in January 1987. It's located at the corner of Vine and Selma Streets, between Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards. Milton Berle presided over the ceremony.
6. Jack Burns and Carlin were a comedy team from 1960-1962. When they parted ways in 1962, Burns joined the Second City comedy group in Chicago, and Carlin pursued a solo stand-up comedy career.
7. The radio broadcast of an uncensored version of his routine "Seven Dirty Words You Can't Say on Radio or Television" became the center of a debate over censorship and FCC legislation over profanity.
8. Was educated mostly in Catholic schools in New York City.
9. Some of his comedy influences include Spike Jones, The Marx Brothers, Danny Kaye, Jerry Lewis, Lenny Bruce, and Bob Newhart.
10. His wife, Brenda Carlin, died one day before his sixtieth birthday.
11. Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 91-93. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
12. Chosen as #2 in Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time (April 2004).
13. His list of the Seven Words You Can't Say on TV are referenced in Private Parts (1997).
14. Appeared in The Simpsons (1989) episode "D'oh-in' in the Wind," playing a former hippie. In a previous episode of the show, Krusty the Clown is told he's being sued by Carlin for stealing the "Seven Words You Can't Say on Television."
15. Daughter, Kelly Carlin-McCall, was born in 1963.
16. Irish-American.
17. Attended (but was expelled from) Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, New York--the same alma mater as Regis Philbin, Martin Scorsese, George Dzundza, Jamal Mashburn and Don DeLillo.
18. Has many popular writings on the Internet being falsely attributed to him, such as the anonymous commentaries "I Am a Bad American" and "The Paradox of Our Time," along with several lists of one-liner jokes. Carlin states on his website that he did not write them, and "nothing you see on the Internet is mine unless it came from one of my albums, books, HBO shows, or appeared on my website.
19. Just before Christmas 2005, he experienced significant shortage of breath and other heart-related symptoms. On Christmas Day he entered Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Beverly Hills. During an eight-day stay he was treated for a lung infection and narrowed arteries. He received antibiotics and an angioplasty that included the placement of a double stent. The procedure was successful, but he was advised to take things slowly in the New Year.
20. Awarded the 2008 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.