DENVER -- The Toronto Maple Leafs were guests of the University of Denver on Wednesday, which meant a lot of blue on the ice instead of the usual crimson of the local Pioneers. But wherever an NHL team goes, there is always blue coming from the mouths of players. Through the glass at the Leafs' practice that day, those who had even the most basic lip-reading skills could discern some of George Carlin's famous seven words you can't say on TV. Indeed, propane shapes the curves of hockey sticks while profane shapes the conversational tilt in a hockey rink.
By far, my greatest interests in life are words and humor. I'm obsessed with both, which is why my favorite comedian is the late George Carlin -- the funny man most obsessed with how we talk. Nothing has ever floated the boats of my two obsessions more than a good Carlin DVD or book.
Seems like you can't turn on the television nowadays without hearing someone say something you shouldn't say on television.
Earnings take center stage next week and everybody's going to be focused on how the banks will do.
A famous George Carlin observation goes, "Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"
At the time of his death, Heath Ledger had just concluded his work as the Joker in "The Dark Knight," the sequel to 2005's "Batman Begins."
Larry talks with celebrites and family members of the late George Carlin about their various remembrances of him.
CNN's John Roberts looks at the life and times of comic George Carlin.
Plus: Jerry Seinfeld and Joan Rivers recall their unsentimental friend
"Hugely influential," says Stiller, while Leno adds, "He never lost that fire"
George Carlin was "the total package of what a comedian's skills could be," Jerry Seinfeld said Monday in a "Larry King Live" tribute to the comedian.
File footage of George Carlin on "Larry King Live."
CNN: When did you first meet George Carlin?
The counterculture icon passed away from heart failure Sunday
George Carlin, the influential comedian whose routines used profanity, scatology and absurdity to point out the silliness and hypocrisy of human life, has died. He was 71.
Comedian George Carlin, known for pushing the envelope with his use of profanity and for pointing out the silliness and hypocrisy of human life, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71.
George Carlin, 71, the award-winning comic, known for his often profane, memorable monologues and routines, died Sunday of heart failure.
Appreciation: The groundbreaking stand-up comic, dead at 71, went through a transformation that helped redefine an art form
George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine, died of heart failure Sunday.
George Carlin famously joked about seven dirty words you're not supposed to say. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has apparently added a word to that list: recession.
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If you are more than about 45 years old, you probably can't forget when you first heard a 1972 monologue by comedian George Carlin titled "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television." Ordinarily w...
Kelis was charged early Friday with trying to disrupt an undercover police operation by screaming racial profanities and rushing toward two female officers posing as prostitutes, authorities said.
There's a new threat among us. It is faceless and fiendishly intelligent, with only one goal: to destroy its enemies. It feeds on technology, but also on something darker, gathering information it stores in an all-seeing nerve center.
Are broadcasters angling for a courtroom battle over smut?
Entertainer George Carlin said Monday he is going into rehab because he has an alcohol and drug problem.
The nation's top decency cops could probably use a holiday.
Funnyman George Carlin's new book "When will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops," is no laughing matter for discounter Wal-Mart.
Now would be a good time to stop and take a look at the state of comedy in film.
Comedian George Carlin was launched into the upper echelon of humorists in the '70s by uttering seven words -- seven dirty words, to be exact. At 67 he still tells it like it is, which keeps censors (and other folks in positions of power) on their toes.
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