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George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor and author. Regarded as one of the most important and influential comedians of all time, he was dubbed "the dean of counterculture comedians".
The George Carlin estate has filed a lawsuit against Dudesy, the media company behind the recent viral AI-generated hour-long comedy special “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead,” which ...
George Carlin’s estate has settled a lawsuit over an AI-generated imitation of the late comedian, with the creators agreeing to remove it from their YouTube channel and podcast feed. In January ...
Chase's fiancé, Jacqueline Carlin (played by Kaia Gerber), appeared as an extra throughout SNL's first three seasons (even though Chevy himself left the show less than halfway through season 2 ...
George Carlin has been credited for his role in this turning point for the law. In 1997, Pacifica Radio host Larry Bensky prefaced an interview with Carlin by saying: "George Carlin, you're a very unusual guest for Pacifica Radio. You're probably the only person in the United States that we don't have to give The Carlin Warning to about which ...
Sally Wade, Carlin's second wife; Kelly Carlin, Carlin's daughter; Patrick Carlin Jr., Carlin's elder brother; Kliph Nesteroff, author and comedy historian; Jerry Hamza, Carlin's manager from 1980 until his death; Bette Midler; Rocco Urbisci, executive producer of Carlin's HBO specials from Playin' with Your Head onward
In the 1970s, a complaint about George Carlin's "seven dirty words you can't say on television" routine led to a Supreme Court ruling allowing the FCC to regulate "obscene, indecent, and profane ...
Comedian George Carlin's "seven dirty words" monologue was deemed indecent by the FCC. The majority decision, written by Justice Antonin Scalia, reversed the lower appellate court's decision that the FCC's move was "arbitrary and capricious." "The commission could reasonably conclude," he wrote, "that the pervasiveness of foul language, and the ...