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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, June 23, 2008 - 11:15 am
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_en_ot/obit_dody_goodman Dody Goodman has also passed. So sad!

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, June 23, 2008 - 11:33 am
I loved her voice.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, June 23, 2008 - 11:33 am
Can anyone see if there is anything on Youtube with her talking and link it here?
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, June 23, 2008 - 12:46 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8jIP5RXE6s Dody in Grease ... loved her!!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, June 23, 2008 - 1:38 pm
Oh no I loved her too!
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Monday, June 23, 2008 - 1:57 pm
One of my favorite standups of his was back in the early seventies, where he talked about going to catholic grammar school and about the rules in grammar school, like no running with scissors.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, June 23, 2008 - 2:48 pm
Vacanick, that for the link showing Dody. I miss Eve Arden.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, June 23, 2008 - 8:31 pm
I'm 2nd VP of the county supervisor's assn and one of my duties is to give a thought of the day at our monthly meetings. I figured I would add a little flair and my first thought of the day was from George Carlin!! It was such a hit that I give a funny thought and then a serious one! I gave another Carlin thought last month. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving's not for you. LOL loved him!
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 11:59 am
Op-Ed Contributor Dying Is Hard. Comedy Is Harder. By JERRY SEINFELD Published: June 24, 2008 THE honest truth is, for a comedian, even death is just a premise to make jokes about. I know this because I was on the phone with George Carlin nine days ago and we were making some death jokes. We were talking about Tim Russert and Bo Diddley and George said: “I feel safe for a while. There will probably be a break before they come after the next one. I always like to fly on an airline right after they’ve had a crash. It improves your odds.” I called him to compliment him on his most recent special on HBO. Seventy years old and he cranks out another hour of great new stuff. He was in a hotel room in Las Vegas getting ready for his show. He was a monster. You could certainly say that George downright invented modern American stand-up comedy in many ways. Every comedian does a little George. I couldn’t even count the number of times I’ve been standing around with some comedians and someone talks about some idea for a joke and another comedian would say, “Carlin does it.” I’ve heard it my whole career: “Carlin does it,” “Carlin already did it,” “Carlin did it eight years ago.” And he didn’t just “do” it. He worked over an idea like a diamond cutter with facets and angles and refractions of light. He made you sorry you ever thought you wanted to be a comedian. He was like a train hobo with a chicken bone. When he was done there was nothing left for anybody. But his brilliance fathered dozens of great comedians. I personally never cared about “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television,” or “FM & AM.” To me, everything he did just had this gleaming wonderful precision and originality. I became obsessed with him in the ’60s. As a kid it seemed like the whole world was funny because of George Carlin. His performing voice, even laced with profanity, always sounded as if he were trying to amuse a child. It was like the naughtiest, most fun grown-up you ever met was reading you a bedtime story. I know George didn’t believe in heaven or hell. Like death, they were just more comedy premises. And it just makes me even sadder to think that when I reach my own end, whatever tumbling cataclysmic vortex of existence I’m spinning through, in that moment I will still have to think, “Carlin already did it.” login
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 8:17 pm
Wow. Well written.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 8:36 pm
Very.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 6:48 am
quote:He worked over an idea like a diamond cutter with facets and angles and refractions of light.
I loved that about Carlin's humor. Just when you thought he had explored all sides of a joke, he came up with something else that had your sides splitting.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 8:07 am
Last night on Bravo (I believe the show is called "Inside the Actor's Studio") They ran an episode of George Carlin being interviewed. Hopefully, they will repeat it and it is well worth watching, if you get the chance.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 10:08 am
SNL will have Carlin stuff this weekend. He was the first host ...
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 11:33 am
oh wow! I never knew that! very cool trivia!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 11:44 am
That last line of Seinfeld's article made me LOL and also brought a tear to my eye. Maris, thx so much for sharing that article.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 11:48 am
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3PiZSFIVFiU
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 2:43 am
NEW YORK (AP) -- A European Vogue cover model fell to her death from her Manhattan apartment building Saturday in an apparent suicide, published reports said. Fashion model Ruslana Korshunova died Saturday in a fall from her apartment building in New York. Ruslana Korshunova, 20, died around 2:30 p.m. in a fall from a building on Water Street, in Manhattan's Financial District, The New York Post, the Daily News and Newsday reported. The newspapers cited unnamed officials and police. Police said the fall was under investigation. Korushnova's New York agency and a spokeswoman for medical examiners did not immediately return telephone messages. Originally from the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, the almond-eyed, flowing-haired Korshunova appeared in advertisements and on runways for such designers as Marc Jacobs, Nina Ricci and DKNY. British Vogue hailed her as "a face to be excited about" in 2005.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 7:42 am
RUSLANA KORSHUNOVA What a shame. Her parents and those who love her must be devastated.
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Jhonise
Member
07-10-2003
| Wednesday, July 02, 2008 - 12:10 pm
‘Stargate: SG1’ actor signs off By Chloe Tse 2008-07-02 Canadian Don S. Davis is dead at age 65 Army vet-turned-television star Don Sinclair Davis had a heart attack on Sunday that resulted in his death at the age of 65. Davis was most famous for his role on Stargate SG-1 as General George Hammond and on Twin Peaks as Major Garland Briggs. He also played Dana Scully’s father on the popular ‘90s sci-fi drama The X-Files. Reports say that a family friend told the Vancouver Sun that Davis had been dealing with heart problems for years and also suffered from diabetes. Not just a television actor, Davis starred in horror movies such as Beneath and short thriller film Passing Darkness. Davis leaves behind his wife, Ruby, and a son from his previous marriage.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, July 02, 2008 - 12:13 pm

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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, July 02, 2008 - 12:14 pm
Oh wow. I liked him on SG-1. 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, July 02, 2008 - 12:16 pm
I'm very sad. 
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Wednesday, July 02, 2008 - 12:19 pm
Oh, no, I loved General Hammond. 
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, July 02, 2008 - 1:30 pm
aww me, too. How sad.
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