George Carlin's SNL Monologue
Published 6/24/2008 by The Huffington Post News Team at Entertainment on HuffingtonPost.com
George Carlin , who died on Sunday at the age of 71, is being remembered as a pioneer, iconoclast and legend, but he was also a part of television history as the very first host of "Saturday Night Live." Here are highlights from his monologues from that show. Fodder for a biopic starring Russell Crowe ? Just asking. Actually, a biopic would be a wonderful idea. But maybe not Russell Crowe.
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