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Thomas' Pixelated Pickle: Or The Year in Thomas

Artw — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:51:02 -0800

Just over sixty years ago the Reverend W. V. Awdry told his sick son a series of stories based on real life incidents with trains, which he later wrote up as the Railway Series. Now Thomas the Tank Engine and the other engines of the Isle of Sodor (somewhere between Barrow-in-Furness and the Isle of Man) are a global phenomena, with toys, books and of course the TV series - filmed using model trains on more than 70 1:32 scale 16-by-20-foot sets, and voiced by the likes of Ringo Starr and Alec Baldwin. 2008 has been a rough year for Thomas: George Carlin, who voiced the series in the US up until 1998, passed away (previously), as did David Mitton, who had written and directed over 180 episodes (and who has previously worked on the special effects for Thunderbirds). There's changes ahead for Thomas as well - this year saw the faces of the engines, which had previously been cast in silicone and attached with double sided tape, replaced by CGI faces, and from 2009 onwards Nitrogen studios in Canada will be taking over production with an entirely CGI Thomas. Meanwhile a group of British students continues the tradition of model engine-based storytelling with their YouTube based British Railway Series.

George Carlin, 1957 - 1970.

mediocre — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:17:54 -0800

George Carlins early career is often overlooked, though every veteran comedian worth his salt will tell you that it takes years, sometimes a decade or longer, until you have amassed enough stage time to fully develop your character, act, and jokes. Comedian and award winning podcaster Jimmy Pardo says that no one will come out of the other side of that initial period of self discovery the same. It takes years to find your rapport with the audience and the niche for your views. George Carlin was no exception to this rule. Before he was the t-shirt and jeans wearing cynical everyman opening your eyes to his world, he was another square in a suit, and had he never moved past that stage the world would likely have forgotten like so many before them. (Act II, specifically)

George Carlin Dead at 71

Del Far — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:14:11 -0800

George Carlin Dead at 71 Not sure if I really want to make a joke out of this one, but why not post your favorite quotes and routines of his.

The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.

miss lynnster — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:01:35 -0800

Thirty years of George Carlin specials. (Yep, NSFW. Duh.) Yeah, this is the post where people can listen to his stuff and debate whether he stopped being funny ages ago, wasn't funny in the first place, never stopped being funny, or was brilliant but then sucked but then did some funny stuff here and there. Blah blah blah. Knock yourselves out. | Previo usly. On Location: George Carlin at USC 1977 Carlin at Carnegie 1982 Carlin on Campus 1984 Playin' With Your Head 1986 What Am I Doing In New Jersey 1988 Doin' It Again 1990 Jammin' In New York 1992 Back In Town 1996 You Are All Diseased 1999 Complaints & Greivances 2001 Life Is Worth Losing 2005 And in closing... here he is performing at the 2007 Narcotics Anonymous World Convention in San Antonio. His 14th HBO special (apparently taped at this show) will be shown on cable in March '08.

@#^&, %$!, @%#, &!$, @$#%@&!#@#!, @!#&$%@#!&$# and @%$.

miss lynnster — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:13:23 -0800

"I find it kind of funny to be hassled for using [them] when my intention is to free us from hassling people for using them." Thirty five years later, George Carlin's seven dirty words still aren't forgotten by his arresting officer. "I couldn't believe my ears," Elmer Lenz remembers. "I couldn't see why nobody was doing anything about it."

Why is Red Peters not famous

growabrain — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:18:04 -0800

Why is Red Peters not famous like George Carlin, for example? When you hear his famous songs "Ballad of a Dog Named Stains" or "Blow Me (You Hardly Even Know Me)", you know he’s an unrecognized genius. More on "I Laughed, I Cried, I Fudged My Undies”. Short Amazon introductory clips here

NSFW?

MrMoonPie — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:10:52 -0800

The (new) 7 (8, really) words you can't say on television. Carlin must be proud.

Rastafari — Tue, 28 Aug 2001 22:00:26 -0800

Remember George Carlin's 7 words you can never say on tv? Well, make that three, because four of TV's seven dirty words have now become part of the television lexicon. What's your favorite word?