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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. (link)

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Two comic personalities seemed to coexist within George Carlin during his preposterously long and fertile career. Both Carlins could amuse and both could be trenchant, but each came at his target from wildly different angles.