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Sigh. I'm sad about Carlin. Watching his HBO specials with my younger brother is one of my favorite memories growing up. Of course my parents had no idea we were watching them, otherwise my bad-influence-of-a-babysitter's ass would still be grounded.

Jared Padalecki and Jewel Staite go together like chocolate and ... Something else delicious that goes good with chocolate.

...more chocolate?

Jewel Staite has good vibes from me; she's one of the few Nickelodeon/Disney kids that actually made something of herself. Although I've seen better pics of her. She's better w/ red hair.

RIP, George Carlin. He was also Mr. Conductor from Shining Time Station. Few people can say they're known for their dirty mouths and being on a kid's TV show. He was cool as shit. I'll miss him.

That robotic doll is scary as hell. Just put the fur back on him!

That Mightygodking post is hysterical..."Type II Diabetics from Mars" had me HOWLING.

Does the twittering teddy have anything to do with why Teddy Ruxpin's showed up on the left today?

And why aren't there more cool toys like that today? I mean, it was Audio-Animatronics: The Home Version! I have not been anywhere near as impressed with what my niece and nephew have.

Also, I put my talking Edna Mode doll in front of my niece's Furby, hoping they'd set off a perpetual conversation.

It did NOT happen.

I was very disappointed.

Oh man Jay, it would have been so very awesome if Edna had taught the Furby how to properly dress a superhero whilst trilling daaaahling.

George Carlin's gone and yet, Paris Hilton, Uwe Bowle, Michael Bay, Tila Tequila, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Quentin Tarantino, Brandon Davis, Lindsay Lohan, Ally Lohan, Dinah Lohan, Dr. Phil, Ashton Kutcher, Wilmar Valderama, Spencer Pratt, Heidi Montag, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olson, Dane Cook, Fergie, Ann Coulter, Carlos Mencia, Kim Kardashian, Eli Roth, Perez Hilton, Tucker Carlson, Heather Mills, Chris Angel, Nickelback, Tyra Banks, The Pussycat dolls, Sean Hannity, Pete Wentz, Mischa Barton, Harmony Korrine, Joe Francis, Nancy Grace, All the "Super Sweet Sixteen" cunts, Tom Green, Kimora Lee Simmons, and the dipshit kid who fucked up both my sandwich and my bill at lunch are all still alive...

Just ain't right. RIP, you dirty sumanabatch...

So the other day Mr. PaddyDog was reading some Sunday Mirror story about Amy Winehouse that featured a close-up of her face when all of a sudden he said "you knw, you could totally be her for Halloween this year".
Quick Pajiba Poll: Does this mean
a) Mr. PaddyDog is always looking out for you and hoping your costume will be awesome
b) Mr. PaddyDog thinks you look like a coked out crater-faced petri dish and you need to start checking out divorce lawyers before he does

There are so many moments when I visit Pajiba and am simultaneously comforted and discomfited to find that I'm not alone in my myriad little neuroses and foibles. But I have NEVER, in either Pajibaland or elsewhere, had a more profound "thank god it's not just me" moment ever than "Is there anyone else out there who gets way too creeped out by ghosts for someone who purports themselves to be an atheist?"

...tory about Amy Winehouse that featured a close-up of her face when all of a sudden he said "you knw, you could totally be her for Halloween this year".

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

...cough...cough...

Ummm....Paddy? Maybe he meant it as a compliment? Somehow?

I'm so gonna miss George. Every last one of his standups always had me rolling...and his movie appearances were well-timed nuggets of foul-mouthed gold.

I'm chalking any image of Jewel with {insert star here} the same way...she's simply too nice and humble to reject anyone. It's the basis to my plan to woo her away from her husband to form my Firefly harem.

I dunno Shadows.

In what way is being likened to Amy Winehouse a compliment? I fear the worst.

Heh. Paddy, with the beehive and the eyeliner and the facial sores and the skanky clothing, Winehouse is easy to immitate...it seems your husband wants you to have the most standout costume he can think of. Or he has a fetish for syphillis.

Paddy, I choose option a. Winehouse is so crazy that a Halloween costume based on her would be awesome.So much material to work with. Be sure to send pictures!

Cool! I'm gonna be Amy Winehouse too! SKUH-WEEEEE! And Minimus is gonna be Blake (or Doherty)! Skuh-WEEEEE! Now all I gotta do is buy some crack! Skuh-WEEEEE!

Anyone know where I can get a size 11 ballet slipper? I think the stuffed raccoon I found in my Grandparent's basement will work for the beehive, but I still need shoes...

Or he has a fetish for syphillis

Or crack-whores...

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I choose Option A as well. It's the safest all around.

My english teacher showed the George Carlin skit where he talks about all the words you can't say on TV. All I could think about while watching it was, "I want to be like him when I grow up". The man was a fucking pioneer. He will be missed. Fuck Baise Bumsen scopata 性交 성교 foda cogida.

Here's to you, Mr. Carlin.

I was Amy Winehouse for Halloween last year! Although at my 130 lbs I was faaaaar too heavy to play her convincingly. It was fun though, and most people would look at me and immediately crack up.

"Jared Padalecki and Jewel Staite go together like chocolate and ... Something else delicious that goes good with chocolate."

...bacon?

Amen, Skit, amen. The circle of life makes no freakin' sense sometimes.

PaddyDog, I can only laugh...and presume that the kind of fella you'd marry is not the kind of fella who would compare you to Amy Crackhouse.

Well, Paddy, I mean... um... she's got a great voice.

Or used to.

Never mind. I'll be over here if anyone wants to smack me.

I am also afraid of ghosts. And the dark. I think it stems from dreaming about a burning witch standing behind my bedroom door when I was a kid. I woke up and she was still there! Oh, and Poltergeist. Poltergeist fucked my shit up.

I'm sad about George Carlin. He seemed to have lived a full life, and he certainly never held back. I hope someone can say that about me someday.

And "Attack of the Impractical Hordes" needs to be made into a movie. Right away.

Thank you all for the vote of confidence. It makes the dark places in my brain a little brighter to think that you all chose Option A. Shit, even TK tried to look on the bright side. My misanthropic little heart loves you all. On the other hand, my sister (when asked by phone) cackled for about five minutes and said "oh, yeah, brilliant! you wouldn't even have to do too much make-up".

"I'm sad about George Carlin....he certainly never held back. I hope someone can say that about me someday."

Kolby:

We say that about you now!

Paddy, Paddy, Paddy.....this is not the point.

The point is "Turn Left"!!

Jay - did you think Catherine Tate did pretty damn good in that one? I did.
I've surprised myself by actually liking Donna, consdering that her original appearance was like nails down a blackboard to me.

Um, bit of a nitpick, but what does not believing in god have to do with not believing in ghosts? Even if you believe God does not exist you could still believe in an externalisable soul (if ghosts are dead people that continue after the brain is gone). Come to that you could also believe in *a* God and still not believe that we have souls. Moreover if we allow ghosts to include interdimensional beings (not just dead people) who can pass through our walls then you could believe in them even without believeing in God OR souls.

did you think Catherine Tate did pretty damn good in that one?

Thus it was really interesting and fun to watch her revert for a while. Yes, I was terrified (me and a couple million others who are happily surprised) that the "fish wife" was coming back. I really really like the shot where she was almost whited out (to be slightly vague), there's just her mouth and eyes and she completely put it across. The alternating closeups at the end was a great setup, watching the conversation shift in the Doctor's face as she kept talking. And then...and then...and THEN!! GAAAHHH!!!! CLOISTER BELL!!!

(Yes, they've really made Donna a full, interesting character and Catherine has run with it)

The passing of George Carlin has affected me in a way that no other "celebrity" death has. I stared at my screen in pure disbelief yesterday morning. He is connected to my teenage 70's memories as stongly as the music and movies of the era. I was fortunate to see him perform in the early 90's in Lancaster, PA of all places. He was still relevant and funny as hell. We have lost a truly talented man.

Something else delicious that goes good with chocolate.

Peanut butter! remember it's two great tastes that taste great together!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfGQmotCIN0

Re: Carlin's death.

MEH.

For the last 15+ years, Carlin had been nothing but a bitter, angry old man.

That's it.

That was his whole act.

It was the worst possible combination of Andy Rooney at his crankiest and the stereotypical "You Goddamn kids with your Goddman rock music!!!!! get the hell off my lawn."

He was nothing but a crank, and not in an amusing way.

Good fucking riddance.

Jay & Tarn:

I'll accept you both have come to like her. I just can't get past the fact that I find her own "comedy" show so un-funny and offensive. I feel it has taken British comedy back 30 years to the shameful racist days of Dick Emery pretending to be a Punjabi shopkeeper.

I just can't get past the fact that I find her own "comedy" show so un-funny and offensive

Well, the few bits I've seen seemed a bit hacky, like she's the UK's MAD TV, or the other UK MAD TV, as it were, along with "Little Britain", which I liked (they've obviously worked in customer service) until I realized they do the same sketches with the same characters on every single episode. It's a stunning example of why it's good to miss recurring characters a bit and why Saturday Night Live, even when not great, is at least better in their restraint. So, between schticky sketches and ignorant harridan--I was NOT looking forward to Donna's return.

(mind you, I adore the phrase "rubbish transvestite")

So I'm grateful I don't have the annoyance weighing on me like you do, as I do understand the problem (and I can carry grudges against actors like nobody's business).

Aw, Ben, tell us how you really feel...

Me too, Jay. I've never seen any of her comedy stuff, and Donna's absolutely grown on me. 'Turn Left' was a brilliant fucking episode, and I can't wait for the final two of the series.

"...bacon?" Marry me, BrianM

"Good fucking riddance."

And you, sir, can go get raped.

Welcome back, Ben...we missed you.

Skitt...check the targeting computers on the MurderTank™..I think Minimus smeared jam all over em again

I'm just here to second the whole "Ben can go get raped" thing. I'd also like to throw in the suggestion, taken from a Carlin routine fittingly, that we smeared him down with brown gravy and lock him in a room with a rabid wolverine that's high on Angel Dust. The little fucking pile of phlegm and twat deserves nothing less.

He was nothing but a bitter, angry old man.

That's it.

That was his whole act.

It was the worst possible combination of Andy Rooney at his crankiest and the stereotypical "You Goddamn kids with your Goddman rock music!!!!! get the hell off my lawn."

He was nothing but a crank, and not in an amusing way.

Good fucking riddance.

Wow. Anyone else want to call the fucking irony police, or should we just etch this in advance on Ben's douchestone?

Guess who can be added to the list of people George Carlin can do without?

hatemail,

Way to take my post completely out of context.

Bra-fucking-vo.

If any of you are at all honest with yourselves, you know that I'm right, that for the last 15+ years Carlin's standup was him coming on stage and being a cranky bitter old man.

That was it.

There was no glee in it, like the days of Class Clown.
It was 100% undiluted bitter crank.

It's pitiful that y'all have to cling to that "Look at what a hipster doofus cool cuntsack I am" phony bullshit and you can't be honest.

'Course I'm willing to bet that none of you were born before 1983, so all you really know of Carlin is of him as a bitter old crank and SWYCNSOT, which is sadly pathetic.

We liked George Carlin, but that must be a lie? We are being dishonest, because we must guard the true nature of our feelings for Carlin. Um, because...
No, there's no sane way to end that thought.

Ben, I've seen recent stuff of Carlin's, and it just wasn't "100% undiluted bitter crank". It was awesome and funny, however.
I find your snarling rage-filled demands that we all kneel and confess and presumably also sob and beg and apologise for offending you with our CarlinLove, very disturbing. To say the least. You're unpleasant and foolish. Of course that's just my opinion, and I could very well be lying.
By the by, child of the 60's here.