Comedian and satirist George Carlin has died at age 71. He had a knack for skewering some of our worst points, while leavening it by amusing himself with the less important but hilarious aspects of America–“Why is it that something everyone does, but never talks about, is funny, ma-a-an?”
Carlin is probably best known for his bit, “Seven Words You Can’t Say on TV”:
Funny though it is, it isn’t my favorite. This is: