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George Carlin

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Comedian

The Resume

    (May 12, 1937-June 22, 2008)
    First host of 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Friday'
    Won Grammys for 'FM & AM' (1972), 'Jammin' in New York' (1993) and 'Brain Droppings' as a book-on-tape (2001)
    Member of the Comedy Hall of Fame (1994)
    Received a Comedy Central Lifetime Acheivement Award (2001)
    Famous routines include: the difference between baseball and football, seven dirty words, hippy dippy weather man, stuff, and religion wants your money
    Appeared in 'Dogma,' 'With Six You get Eggroll,' 'Car Wash,' 'Outrageous Fortune' and 'Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure'
    Starred in 'The George Carlin Show'
    Wrote 'Braindroppings' and 'Napalm & Silly Putty'
    12 HBO standup comedy specials
    Atheist

Why he might be annoying:

    He experimented with drugs.
    His seven dirty words routine was considered obscene and was involved in the landmark supreme court case 'US Government vs. Pacifica Radio.'
    He narrated 'Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends' (1984).
    He's a high school drop out.
    He was arrested for being obscene in public (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).
    He used to walk off stage early if the audience didn't laugh at his routine.
    He was kicked out of the Boy Scouts.
    He checked himself into drug rehab to rid himself of his dependency of Vicodin and wine (December 27, 2004).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He served in the U.S. Air Force.
    His career has inspired most of the younger stand-up comedians.
    He broke down many FCC barriers.
    He served as a radar technician in the United States Air Force (1954).
    He said: 'If there is a God, may he strike me dead.'
    He said: 'The planet is fine, the people are fucked.'
    He appeared on 'Comic Relief.'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 124 Votes: 32.26% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 114 Votes: 46.49% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 506 Votes: 58.50% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 295 Votes: 45.76% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 195 Votes: 43.08% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 117 Votes: 52.99% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 360 Votes: 53.89% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 223 Votes: 65.47% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 465 Votes: 56.56% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 64 Votes: 51.56% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 122 Votes: 52.46% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 128 Votes: 54.69% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 217 Votes: 56.22% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 112 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 186 Votes: 52.15% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 1952 Votes: 35.19% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 789 Votes: 42.59% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 305 Votes: 44.26% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 538 Votes: 49.81% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 1705 Votes: 42.52% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1481 Votes: 41.73% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1471 Votes: 42.42% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 4713 Votes: 47.40% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 15750 Votes: 24.98% Annoying