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One of the great lights of comedy has gone out. In many ways Carlin was one of the true developers of stand up comedy as we know it now. His seminal "the 7 words you can't say on TV" bit remains one of the gold standards of stand up comedy that remains as brilliant today as when he first uttered it. Though the development of pay cable has largely enabled those words to be uttered on TV now(mostly on the show Deadwood), it was still relevatory stuff at its time.

On a personal note, my college senior trip to Las Vegas was highlighted by a Carlin show at the then Bally's Casino. I got hammered, rolled at the tables and laughed my ass off at his show; it was in short one of the greatest nights of my life and for that Carlin will always have a place in my heart. May he forever play to the big crowd in the sky. Here is Carlin's bit on the differences between football and baseball another classic...