Today is comedian George Carlin’s 87th birthday. However, he died back on June 22, 2008, so he’s not around to do much celebrating these days.
Despite that fact, we’ve got six links to online articles about the legendary and irreverent comedian, actor and author below, plus a video of him discussing hosting the very first episode of Saturday Night Live, in honor of his birthday today.
Below that are the MBIP Coming Attractions for next week’s series of posts!
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SUNDAY LINKS
George Carlin Biography (1937-2008) - A nice succinct biography from the TV channel of the same name.
The Best of George Carlin: Ranking Every Album - George Carlin pretty much reinvented the comedy album, this is a good list of the entire batch.
You Can’t Say That at Sunmerfest: The City of Milwaukee v. George Carlin - George Carlin got arrested for saying the “seven words you can’t say on TV” at the Summerfest in Milwaukee, but in the end the judge had a sense of humor and declared Carlin not guilty.
10 Surprising Facts About George Carlin - I don’t know if these are “surprising,” but they are interesting.
George Carlin’s Last Interview - George Carlin says at the end of the interview that it’s the most complete interview he ever did. Kind of fitting since this was the last one he would ever do.
George Carlin, irreverent comedian, dies at 71 - The New York Times obituary.
George Carlin on hosting the first episode of Saturday Night Live - I agree with him, it was weird that SNL never asked him to be featured in one of their anniversary shows.
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MBIP COMING ATTRACTIONS
Monday: I traveled to Knoxville, Illinois last night with my friend Artie behind the wheel and we went to Big Catz BBQ and we had a delicious dinner and you can see that post and those photos tomorrow.
Tuesday: Chad Wallace came into town from Springfield, Illinois, so we’re featuring him on not one, but two posts this week. The first one happened on our Mac and Cheese tour and I sampled the Mac and Cheese side dish at the Country Club BBQ on Farmington Road.
Wednesday: Chad Wallace makes his second appearance on Wednesday as we do the yearly count of the gumball machines at Northwoods Mall!
Thursday: We’re heading out for a Scott Turley Road Trip today and you can find out where we went by tuning in this Thursday!
Friday: We’ll be spotlighting another bar this Friday with our weekly MBIPTGIF Happy Hour post!
Saturday: It’s back to the past next Saturday for another Meanwhile, Back In Peoria’s Past post.
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SUNDAY COMIC
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Related Posts: Sunday Links: The Kent State Shootings, “Heart Of Glass” and Joey Ramone.