On Jun 23, 4:04=A0pm, "HDRDTD" <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you really want to hear some outrageous comedy, tune in when Robin
> Williams and Jonathan Winters are on the same stage.
Outrageous barely touches that combo. Winters being an absolute
genius.
On Jun 23, 4:33=A0pm, Frank Boettcher <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:42:24 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >It was announced on the 11:00PM, PDST, news that George Carlin cashed
> >in his hand tonight.
>
> >He was a very funny guy.
>
> >His was the kind of humor that made you think.
>
> >Understand he had a history of heart trouble.
>
> >His lifestyle in his early adult life probably didn't help.
>
> >Lew
>
> Hate to hear that. =A0Just recently thinking about him or really trying
> to remember the routine about a place for "your stuff". =A0Since we are
> considering moving, I've been on a rant lately about getting rid of a
> large part of our "stuff". =A0Made me think about GC.
>
> Frank
The wake is on...
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=3D3687694
On Jun 23, 6:11=A0pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> Never been a better, more clever presenter of simple human foibles or
> idiosyncrasies and most likely never will be.
>
> Robert
Amen, brother, AAAmen!
"We are sorry to interrupt this message, we are going live to McCain's
proposals of going green." (A right-winger going green!!)
"Get back here, George!! We are not done here yet!!!"
r
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Jun 25, 6:59 am, B A R R Y <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:51:58 -0700 (PDT), Charlie Self
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Yeah, Lew, but...a few years ago, I passed a greenhouse that has been
> >in the same family at least four generations, and saw a sign that
> >said, "Plants 4 Sail".
>
> >Made me think I was on-line for a second.
>
> We have a local restaurant who proudly proclaims "We Delivery"!
>
Printed, as an item, on a menu in a Queen Street restaurant in
Toronto:
Peeking Duck
That one always quacked me up...
********
Is that like a voyeuristic duck?
On Jun 23, 3:39 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> He can wish! Stewart isn't even in the same league as Carlin. Colbert
> wore really thin, really quickly.
> Stewart and Colbert totally lack that 'eye' for the funny.
> Don't get me wrong, I do get my chuckles from those guys as they hit
> on the easy marks and obvious, like Hillary's pantsuits.
Today's comedians make their bones by making fun of people. When
certain comedians attack certain politicians, the war whoops start up
in the audience they go into overdrive.
As long as they attack someone up the food chain, like an unknown
comedienne attacking a stupid starlit for showing her box in public,
they are funny. You are not funny if you attack someone that is less
fortunate unless you are going for he "irreverant" or "no boundaries"
audience. Not nearly as successful.
Some of the people the make fun of might deserve it, but the comedians
that get the most mileage are the ones that cut the deepest against
different <people> or ethnic groups like Chris Rock, etc.
Most of today's are one note sambas, not the least bit clever, in turn
being not the least bit funny. They write only about certain subjects
in particular about their families, their drug problems, or
politicians and that is the depth of their writing skills. Many of
today's comics don't even write their own material. You KNEW when you
were listening to Carlin. Who else could be funny about "stuff"?
Carlin was different. He was a click off of living in our dimension,
and questioned everything in a sly way. He knocked me over with his
routine that started "do you ever wonder what your dog REALLY does
when you aren't there? Think about it... why is he always so happy...
what was he doing? How many times can he patrol the yard?"
It was his delivery.
His was an observational humor, perfected and imitated by almost
comediennes at least some time (if not all the time) in their career.
That guy pioneered dropping a line, and pausing just enough time for
us to catch up.
> It is just starting to sink in that there will never be any more off-
> the-wall observations about anything from him... ever again.
Never been a better, more clever presenter of simple human foibles or
idiosyncrasies and most likely never will be.
Robert
"Oren" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> I've enjoyed this thread. Somebody mentioned thinking they were as
> sick as George. His "shit" was funny!
>
> Not a single person mention Red Fox or even Lenny Bruce <sp>.
>
> My friend tells me about Red Fox in late '70's (?), Las Vegas. Red
> walks on center stage; looks at a women in the the front row, "Cross
> your legs bitch, your pussy stinks!."
>
> Story is, he never got any kinder...He went from there.
>
Carlin made fun of words, government, the establishment and the like. The
comedians that make fun of individual people are not very funny. Don
Rickles comes to mind.
Robin Williams can be very funny but I turned off one of his HBO special
after about five minutes. All he did was grab his crotch and use the "f"
word. He is more talented than that and seemed to be pandering to a young
audience.
At the age of 20, in about the middle of an "altered state of
consciousness", while on a Munchies Run to the nearby 7-11, I
encountered a very old man I'd gotten to know playing frisbee. The fact
that a guy who'd survived, and apparently enjoyed, his100 years so far
(he carried an old expired drivers license to verify his age), played
frisbee with a bunch of college students made him a fixture in the
neighborhood.
Anyway, he was having trouble distinguishing between the buttermilk and
regular milk cartons (non-fat, low fat, reduced fat, 2% and "Vitamin D
Enriched" hadn't been invented yet - AND 7-11s carried buttermilk back
then). He asked me to pick out the buttermilk for him, which I did.
"Thanks. You're a good kid." - he said, then leaned in and said in a
conspiratorial voice - "I'm gonna tell you something you won't
understand at your age."
I waited for Words of Widsom, an significant insight from a man who no
doubt had seen and done a lot of things in a hundred years.
"Life is absurd you know?" he said looking me right in the eye - just a
hint of a smile on his face.
Given the perceived experiences of my past few hours I whispered in his
ear "I know." and smiled back at him.
He held me at arms length, hands on my shoulders, and studied my face
and looked in my eyes for what seemed like hours. Then he stepped back,
milk carton in hand, smiled again and said "You know, I think maybe you
do." and walked out of the store.
And soon after The Draft, and A JOB, and a wife, and a son, and a
parent's death, and . . ., the things of Adulthood shoved that little
bit of insight WAY to the back burner.
But Carlin somehow managed avoid
"When I was a child I played with toys, but then I became a man and I
put away my childish things."
He saw the absurdity in many of the things we do and allow to be done TO
us, and, with humor, reminded us of just how absurd (so clearly
unreasonable as to be laughable or ridiculous) life is.
Jon Stewart - here's the torch. Try not to burn yourself - out.
R.I.P. George - ya done good.
charlie b
ps. the old man's secret of longevity
1. a shot of decent to very good bourbon a day
2. avoid marriage ; )
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:kBH7k.2309$zE6.1364@trnddc02...
> It was announced on the 11:00PM, PDST, news that George Carlin cashed in
> his hand tonight.
>
> He was a very funny guy.
>
> His was the kind of humor that made you think.
>
> Understand he had a history of heart trouble.
>
> His lifestyle in his early adult life probably didn't help.
>
> Lew
>
>
>
"Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music"
Funny guy. I saw him live in '91 at Old Dominion University. He will be
missed.
--
Brian
www.garagewoodworks.com
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."
Desiderius Erasmus
On Jun 23, 1:42 am, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> It was announced on the 11:00PM, PDST, news that George Carlin cashed
> in his hand tonight.
>
> He was a very funny guy.
>
> His was the kind of humor that made you think.
>
> Understand he had a history of heart trouble.
>
> His lifestyle in his early adult life probably didn't help.
Yup, the old white robed reaper of the 70's and 80's claims another.
I remember when he thought his heart attack from his abuses was so
funny that he worked it into his act. When the second one came along,
it was a life style changer.
And so it is with a good friend of mine. He had a lot more fun than
he should have from the sixties until about the late 80s when he had
his kid. THAT changed his life on the spot.
But he can't undo what he did for so long. He has had a couple of
minor strokes, but luckily as of now they can control his problems
with pills.
He sure has a lot of funny stories, though.
Robert
On Jun 25, 6:59=A0am, B A R R Y <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:51:58 -0700 (PDT), Charlie Self
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Yeah, Lew, but...a few years ago, I passed a greenhouse that has been
> >in the same family at least four generations, and saw a sign that
> >said, "Plants 4 Sail".
>
> >Made me think I was on-line for a second.
>
> We have a local restaurant who proudly proclaims "We Delivery"!
>
Printed, as an item, on a menu in a Queen Street restaurant in
Toronto:
Peeking Duck
That one always quacked me up...
"B A R R Y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:21:06 -0500, "Dave in Houston"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Lewis Black tops my short list.
>>
>
> I like him too!
>
I like Lewis Black also. My wife, who doesn't like a lot of comedians, loves
both George Carlin and Lewis Black.
Two things about Lewis Black I find funny. The first is simply the
outrageous rants he does. Great stuff. The other thing is when he gets to
the puch line, he holds up his little, tiny hands and waves those little,
tiny fingers around. It just puncuates the rant very well.
On Jun 26, 6:41 pm, Oren <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:42:24 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >It was announced on the 11:00PM, PDST, news that George Carlin cashed
> >in his hand tonight.
>
> >He was a very funny guy.
>
> >His was the kind of humor that made you think.
>
> >Understand he had a history of heart trouble.
>
> >His lifestyle in his early adult life probably didn't help.
>
> >Lew
>
> I've enjoyed this thread. Somebody mentioned thinking they were as
> sick as George. His "shit" was funny!
>
> Not a single person mention Red Fox or even Lenny Bruce <sp>.
>
> My friend tells me about Red Fox in late '70's (?), Las Vegas. Red
> walks on center stage; looks at a women in the the front row, "Cross
> your legs bitch, your pussy stinks!."
>
> Story is, he never got any kinder...He went from there.
Insult humor is easy, and not funny if you are close to the person
insulted. I disliked Redd Fox and Don Rickles both. Guys like that in
other venues just got smacked in the mouth.
On Jun 23, 1:27=A0pm, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, "Swingman" <k=
[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >"jo4hn" wrote
>
> >> shit.
> >piss.
>
> fuck.
cunt
On Jun 23, 2:42=A0am, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> It was announced on the 11:00PM, PDST, news that George Carlin cashed
> in his hand tonight.
>
> He was a very funny guy.
>
> His was the kind of humor that made you think.
>
> Understand he had a history of heart trouble.
>
> His lifestyle in his early adult life probably didn't help.
>
> Lew
That was one very creative and funny man. When he turned over rocks,
he'd see the funny shit. A true genius IMHO.
I went to see him every chance I had, and living between Detroit and
Toronto, that was often.
One show at Hamilton Place still stands out. He walked on, stood there
for a moment and said: "How the fuck are you doing?" The house came
down! A standing O, and he hadn't started yet.
Sad that he's gone.
Sadder yet, is that he's remembered by 'The Seven Words' which was far
from his funniest moments.
Korman and Carlin gone... we still have Steven Wright and Tim Conway..
On Jun 23, 9:13 pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "mac davis" wrote:
> > I thought that was a Gallagher line...
> > Along with "why do you have a pair of panties and only one bra?"
>
> Here in L/A, it is quite common to have a 1st generation immigrant
> operating a retail shoe store, with a sign high up on a pole, out
> front reading:
>
> "Shoe on sale".
>
> Lew
Yeah, Lew, but...a few years ago, I passed a greenhouse that has been
in the same family at least four generations, and saw a sign that
said, "Plants 4 Sail".
Made me think I was on-line for a second.
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>
> "Oren" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> I've enjoyed this thread. Somebody mentioned thinking they were as
>> sick as George. His "shit" was funny!
>>
>> Not a single person mention Red Fox or even Lenny Bruce <sp>.
>>
>> My friend tells me about Red Fox in late '70's (?), Las Vegas. Red
>> walks on center stage; looks at a women in the the front row, "Cross
>> your legs bitch, your pussy stinks!."
>>
>> Story is, he never got any kinder...He went from there.
>>
>
> Carlin made fun of words, government, the establishment and the like. The
> comedians that make fun of individual people are not very funny. Don
> Rickles comes to mind.
>
> Robin Williams can be very funny but I turned off one of his HBO special
> after about five minutes. All he did was grab his crotch and use the "f"
> word. He is more talented than that and seemed to be pandering to a young
> audience.
Eddie Murphy was the same way. Watching one of his HBO specials, I was
struck by the delivery. He would tell a raunchy joke, look at the audience
with a look like a little kid who just said something "naughty" in front of
adults, then, when the audience laughed, changed the look to "OK, they
accepted that one, let's see if I can get away with something a little
worse" and then proceed to tell something even more offensive, again,
followed by that same, "I just said @#$% in front of Mom, is she going to
slap me now?" look. It went on that way through the entire delivery.
--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough
[email protected]> wrote:
> As long as they attack someone up the food chain, like an unknown
> comedienne attacking a stupid starlit for showing her box in public,
> they are funny. You are not funny if you attack someone that is
> less
> fortunate unless you are going for he "irreverant" or "no
> boundaries"
> audience. Not nearly as successful.
>
> Some of the people the make fun of might deserve it, but the
> comedians
> that get the most mileage are the ones that cut the deepest against
> different <people> or ethnic groups like Chris Rock, etc.
For my money, two (2) of the funniest guys working today are Larry,
the cable guy, and Jeff Foxworthy.
Their stuff is not malicious, but it is funny, at least to me.
Lew
<<My kind of comedian, is one that finds funny stuff where there isn't
any. Old Cosby was like that. Pryor in his prime. Steve Martin even
had 'it' for a little while. Steven Wright still does.
Some say funny things, some say things funny. Some encompass both.
Carlin said funny stuff in a funny way. A rare combo.
Richard Jeni had 'it' as well.>>
I put Robin Williams in that category, too. And Seinfeld. And I guess you
either like him or hate him, but I think Bill Maher also has "it." Robert
Klein once had it, but he may have lost it.
The funniest live performance I ever saw was Jeni.
<<Totally un-funny people include Bob Hope, Joan Rivers , Phyllis
Diller, Whoopi Goldberg etc.>>
What? No Jerry Lewis? Sometimes I think even Carrot Top is funnier than
him.
The bottom line is Carlin was as good as it gets. He'll be missed.
Lee
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_________________________________
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http://www.leegordonproductions.com
"Oren" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:41:21 -0700, Oren <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> BTW, Saturday Night Live will re-air the first show George Carlin
> hosted, tomorrow night (6/28/08)
Thanks. The DVR has been set.
"mac davis" wrote:
> TJ sucks, Lew..
These days, it is a ghost town.
> It's pretty much like Brownsville, IMO, created by and for gringos
> looking for a
> "good time"..
So be it, but today it qualifies as a "killing field", much the same
as any US slum with a drug problem and a turf war.
> In most of the border towns, trouble is easy to find and if you're
> in the wrong
> place, it will find you.. Especially if you look like a "rich"
> gringo...
> For most people, other than service folks on weekend passes and kids
> on spring
> break, you'd never be in one of those "wrong places"
That's been SOP for ever, but things have escaluated to include car
jacking and kidnapping.
> I'm in San Felipe, about 120 miles south of the California border..
> As far as living here, security is fine, though I'm not sure we need
> it..
> We're in a huge development that has several gates off of the main
> highway, and
> pretty good security folks on them 24/7..
>
> We spend a lot of time in town, both working and playing, and I feel
> safer in
> San felipe at night than I did in Fresno during the day..
Sounds like you are pretty well insulated from the rest of Mexico.
> Just as an example, every day in Fresno the police report in the
> local paper
> listed several drive by's, robberies, car jackings, etc. a day..
Same kind of reports of local violence show up on TV news reports here
in L/A, but now they are starting to include the drug wars in Mexico
since there is a large Latino population in SoCal.
Travel warnings are being issued to leave before dark, travel in
groups, etc.
It's a shame these turf wars, fueled by US drug money, are having such
a harmful effect, but until Mexican gov't can get a handle on things,
Mexican tourism is going to continue to suffer.
Looks like you are in pretty good shape.
Lew
In article <4a94e6fa-717a-4290-8a9a-87fd51741756@
26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com>, [email protected] says...
> Yup, the old white robed reaper of the 70's and 80's claims another.
> I remember when he thought his heart attack from his abuses was so
> funny that he worked it into his act. When the second one came along,
> it was a life style changer.
He worked #2 into his act anyway -- "I now lead Richard Pryor 2-1 in the
Comedians Heart Attack Sweepstakes. Of course, Richard leads me 1-0 in
Setting Yourself on Fire. See, what happened was, first Richard had a
heart attack. Then I had a heart attack. Then Richard set himself on
fire. And I said, f*ck that, I'm having another heart attack."
evodawg wrote:
> mac davis wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:18:08 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> This is a question for Mac:
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>
>>> How is security in your part of Baja?
>>>
>>> Tourism in T/J has gone to hell in a hand basket.
>>>
>>> Drug wars will do that.
>>>
>
>>
>> We spend a lot of time in town, both working and playing, and I
>> feel safer in San felipe at night than I did in Fresno during the
>> day..
>>
>> Just as an example, every day in Fresno the police report in the
>> local paper listed several drive by's, robberies, car jackings,
>> etc. a day..
>
> Remember having to spend about 3 months in Fresno on a semi large
> job. The one thing I will never forget, a Security Guard at every
> entrance to almost every retail business. Now why would you need
> one at a restaurants? The other thing I noticed was a large number
> of Illegal Aliens and a very dirty city. I now commonly refer to
> Fresno as the armpit of California along with Santa Ana.
>
IIRC, Fresno is the chart topper in California for car theft and right up
there
for speed labs. That plus the agricultural smog and the heat....
Regards,
Edward Hennessey
"B A R R Y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:00:56 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>For my money, two (2) of the funniest guys working today are Larry,
>>the cable guy, and Jeff Foxworthy.
>
> Even though he's malicious, I really like Ron White.
>
> Other funny new guys Brian Regan, Jim Gaffigan, Pablo Francisco...
>
> I would have loved to see if Mitch Hedberg had staying power.
Lewis Black tops my short list.
Dave in Houston
"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, "Swingman"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>"jo4hn" wrote
>>
>>> shit.
>>piss.
> fuck.
shitfuck
or
fuckshit
Dave in Houston
In article <[email protected]>, evodawg <[email protected]> wrote:
>Doug Miller wrote:
>
>> In article <4a94e6fa-717a-4290-8a9a-87fd51741756@
>> 26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com>, [email protected] says...
>>> Yup, the old white robed reaper of the 70's and 80's claims another.
>>> I remember when he thought his heart attack from his abuses was so
>>> funny that he worked it into his act. When the second one came along,
>>> it was a life style changer.
>>
>> He worked #2 into his act anyway -- "I now lead Richard Pryor 2-1 in the
>> Comedians Heart Attack Sweepstakes. Of course, Richard leads me 1-0 in
>> Setting Yourself on Fire. See, what happened was, first Richard had a
>> heart attack. Then I had a heart attack. Then Richard set himself on
>> fire. And I said, f*ck that, I'm having another heart attack."
>
>I remember that one!! He in my book was one of the top 10 funniest of all
>time comic's. I like this one "Why do you Park on a Driveway and Drive on
>a Parkway"? Making fun of the English Language was his specialty.
>
"Why do women wear evening gowns to nightclubs? Why don't they wear nightgowns
to nightclubs?"
"Why do they put an expiration date on sour cream? What's it gonna do -- go
fresh?"
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
paid to do that)
>
>My kids grew up on his earlier videos, especially the ones where he talked
>about the English language..
Those were my favorites. I especially enjoyed the one about the airline people
telling you to get on the plane: "F**k that! I'm getting IN the plane with you
people in uniforms. Let Evel Knievel get ON the plane!"
"mac davis" wrote:
> Yeah, Baja is almost like it's own country... I don't know a lot
> about the
> mainland, but a lot of bad things happen there and people tend to
> lump Baja in
> with "Mexico"..
> Sort of thinking that the US sucks because of one bad city..
As long as the drug cartels don't want to have a turf war over your
part of Baja, things should be quiet.
> They don't put up with as much here.. (my area of Baja)
> You can tell when it's a drug bust, because instead of cops, the
> officers are
> agents wearing ski masks and carrying heavy weapons..
> They busted one idiot that was wanted on the mainland and registered
> as a driver
> in the Baja 500..DUH..
Been getting reports of Mexican gov't drug enforcement leaders being
executed with automatic weapons fire, including entering the house and
killing all in it.
> We try not to travel the highway after dark, but that's more of a
> safety issue..
> A lot of vehicles here don't have lights and there are a LOT of very
> slow
> drivers..
Can relate.
> We're sort of unique here because along with all the visitors from
> the States,
> this is a major vacation spot for the Mexican people living in more
> urban area
> like Mexicali..
There is safety in numbers, or so I'm told.
Lew
On Jun 23, 1:45=A0pm, charlieb <[email protected]> wrote:
=2E
>
> Jon Stewart - here's the torch. =A0Try not to burn yourself - out.
>
He can wish! Stewart isn't even in the same league as Carlin. Colbert
wore really thin, really quickly.
Stewart and Colbert totally lack that 'eye' for the funny.
Don't get me wrong, I do get my chuckles from those guys as they hit
on the easy marks and obvious, like Hillary's pantsuits. Even
Letterman and Leno have the odd good one...
My kind of comedian, is one that finds funny stuff where there isn't
any. Old Cosby was like that. Pryor in his prime. Steve Martin even
had 'it' for a little while. Steven Wright still does.
Some say funny things, some say things funny. Some encompass both.
Carlin said funny stuff in a funny way. A rare combo.
Richard Jeni had 'it' as well.
One guy who cracks me up is Gary Valentine. At least his stand-up
routine does. I haven't seen his TV show, so I can't comment on his
ability to carry a sit-com.
Totally un-funny people include Bob Hope, Joan Rivers , Phyllis
Diller, Whoopi Goldberg etc.
Carlin was hilarious in spite of his rude choice of words. He used
them like a fluorescent paint on a timid canvas. A form of
punctuation.
It is just starting to sink in that there will never be any more off-
the-wall observations about anything from him... ever again.
r
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:18:08 GMT, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>This is a question for Mac:
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>How is security in your part of Baja?
>
>Tourism in T/J has gone to hell in a hand basket.
>
>Drug wars will do that.
>
>Lew
>
TJ sucks, Lew..
It's pretty much like Brownsville, IMO, created by and for gringos looking for a
"good time"..
( dos pesos? She gets the pesos, you get the dose)
In most of the border towns, trouble is easy to find and if you're in the wrong
place, it will find you.. Especially if you look like a "rich" gringo...
For most people, other than service folks on weekend passes and kids on spring
break, you'd never be in one of those "wrong places"
I'm in San Felipe, about 120 miles south of the California border..
As far as living here, security is fine, though I'm not sure we need it..
We're in a huge development that has several gates off of the main highway, and
pretty good security folks on them 24/7..
We spend a lot of time in town, both working and playing, and I feel safer in
San felipe at night than I did in Fresno during the day..
Just as an example, every day in Fresno the police report in the local paper
listed several drive by's, robberies, car jackings, etc. a day..
Last week in San Felipe, 4 guys robbed the Baja version of a 7-11 and
yesterday's paper had the whole front page filled with the story and pictures of
the bad guys, police chief, etc.. It was big news..
I heard that there was a bank robbery in town, but that was years before we got
here..
The snow bird season is over here as the heat and humidity set in, but they've
been selling wristbands and stuff for months for the 4th of July weekend..
We usually get several hundred kids down for that, as well as Spring break..
Lots of tickets written for minor stuff that kids do anywhere but I've never
heard anything about a kidnapping, serious injury or anything like that..
Sorry for the long post.. Must have been that 3rd cup of coffee..
Come on down, it's wonderful here!
mac
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:01:22 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller)
wrote:
>
>"Why do they put an expiration date on sour cream? What's it gonna do -- go
>fresh?"
The drivers... You, the faster maniacs and slower morons! <G>
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:41:21 -0700, Oren <[email protected]> wrote:
BTW, Saturday Night Live will re-air the first show George Carlin
hosted, tomorrow night (6/28/08)
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:14:07 -0400, "Lee Michaels"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Two things about Lewis Black I find funny. The first is simply the
>outrageous rants he does. Great stuff.
A few years ago, I went to see him live. Lewis had a terrible cold,
or possibly the flu. To his credit he put on a fantastic, full length
show.
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:42:24 GMT, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>It was announced on the 11:00PM, PDST, news that George Carlin cashed
>in his hand tonight.
>
>He was a very funny guy.
>
>His was the kind of humor that made you think.
>
>Understand he had a history of heart trouble.
>
>His lifestyle in his early adult life probably didn't help.
>
>Lew
>
>
Another one that will be missed...
I understood his humor so well that I just assumed that I was as crazy as he
was..
mac
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:58:47 -0700, evodawg <[email protected]> wrote:
>Remember having to spend about 3 months in Fresno on a semi large job. The
>one thing I will never forget, a Security Guard at every entrance to almost
>every retail business. Now why would you need one at a restaurants? The
>other thing I noticed was a large number of Illegal Aliens and a very dirty
>city. I now commonly refer to Fresno as the armpit of California along with
>Santa Ana.
>
>Rich
Yep.. we actually lived in Clovis, near Fresno..
and we avoided Fresno whenever possible..
The illegal's are mostly hired by ag folks, which doesn't help the economy but
might be a necessary evil..
We had to jump through a LOT of hoops to move here, for sure..
mac
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On Jun 25, 9:44=A0am, "Lee Michaels" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:638ca52e-5ba6-4834-a639-8240fd70f3e0@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> On Jun 25, 6:59 am, B A R R Y <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:51:58 -0700 (PDT), Charlie Self
>
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >Yeah, Lew, but...a few years ago, I passed a greenhouse that has been
> > >in the same family at least four generations, and saw a sign that
> > >said, "Plants 4 Sail".
>
> > >Made me think I was on-line for a second.
>
> > We have a local restaurant who proudly proclaims "We Delivery"!
>
> Printed, as an item, on a menu in a Queen Street restaurant in
> Toronto:
>
> Peeking Duck
>
> That one always quacked me up...
> ********
>
> Is that like a voyeuristic duck?
I always thought that the duck would be peeking at you from behind a
ball of mashed potatoes..
In article <IWV7k.439$cv5.17@trnddc01>, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>For my money, two (2) of the funniest guys working today are Larry,
>the cable guy, and Jeff Foxworthy.
>
>Their stuff is not malicious, but it is funny, at least to me.
Foxworthy cracks me up. Especially when he starts talking about his redneck
relatives Uncle Doug and Aunt Rose.
My wife's name is Rose.
And some of that "you might be a redneck if ---" stuff hits mighty close to
home, which just adds to the amusement:
* own more pairs of boots than sneakers - check
* know how to milk a goat - check
* wife can field-dress a deer - check
I saw him about 7 years ago in Charlotte NC, and he did 10 minutes on
the topic of enemas, that made me laugh so hard for so long my stomach
hurt for days. He started with the thought about the guy who invented
them, and how he got his buddy to "test" the concept, and went on from
there.
I'll miss his viewpoint, I'll miss the man.....
Pig
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:50:18 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"B A R R Y" wrote:
>
>> Even though he's malicious, I really like Ron White.
>>
>> Other funny new guys Brian Regan, Jim Gaffigan, Pablo Francisco...
>>
>> I would have loved to see if Mitch Hedberg had staying power.
>
>I must be living in another world, never heard of any of them.
>
>Lew
>
Comedy Central & TiVO...
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mac davis wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:18:08 GMT, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>This is a question for Mac:
>>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>>How is security in your part of Baja?
>>
>>Tourism in T/J has gone to hell in a hand basket.
>>
>>Drug wars will do that.
>>
>
> We spend a lot of time in town, both working and playing, and I feel safer
> in San felipe at night than I did in Fresno during the day..
>
> Just as an example, every day in Fresno the police report in the local
> paper listed several drive by's, robberies, car jackings, etc. a day..
Remember having to spend about 3 months in Fresno on a semi large job. The
one thing I will never forget, a Security Guard at every entrance to almost
every retail business. Now why would you need one at a restaurants? The
other thing I noticed was a large number of Illegal Aliens and a very dirty
city. I now commonly refer to Fresno as the armpit of California along with
Santa Ana.
Rich
--
"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"
Running Mandriva release 2008.0 free-i586 using KDE on i586
Doug Miller wrote:
> In article <4a94e6fa-717a-4290-8a9a-87fd51741756@
> 26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com>, [email protected] says...
>> Yup, the old white robed reaper of the 70's and 80's claims another.
>> I remember when he thought his heart attack from his abuses was so
>> funny that he worked it into his act. When the second one came along,
>> it was a life style changer.
>
> He worked #2 into his act anyway -- "I now lead Richard Pryor 2-1 in the
> Comedians Heart Attack Sweepstakes. Of course, Richard leads me 1-0 in
> Setting Yourself on Fire. See, what happened was, first Richard had a
> heart attack. Then I had a heart attack. Then Richard set himself on
> fire. And I said, f*ck that, I'm having another heart attack."
I remember that one!! He in my book was one of the top 10 funniest of all
time comic's. I like this one "Why do you Park on a Driveway and Drive on
a Parkway"? Making fun of the English Language was his specialty.
--
"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"
Running Mandriva release 2008.0 free-i586 using KDE on i586
Lew Hodgett wrote:
>
> "mac davis" wrote:
>
>
>> I thought that was a Gallagher line...
>> Along with "why do you have a pair of panties and only one bra?"
>
> Here in L/A, it is quite common to have a 1st generation immigrant
> operating a retail shoe store, with a sign high up on a pole, out
> front reading:
>
> "Shoe on sale".
>
> Lew
I guess you pay full price for the other one, huh???
--
"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"
Running Mandriva release 2008.0 free-i586 using KDE on i586
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:51:58 -0700 (PDT), Charlie Self
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Yeah, Lew, but...a few years ago, I passed a greenhouse that has been
>in the same family at least four generations, and saw a sign that
>said, "Plants 4 Sail".
>
>Made me think I was on-line for a second.
We have a local restaurant who proudly proclaims "We Delivery"!
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:21:06 -0500, "Dave in Houston"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Lewis Black tops my short list.
>
I like him too!
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:42:24 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>His was the kind of humor that made you think.
He was one of my top five favorites.
He's also stood the test of time. RIP!
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"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Jun 23, 2:42 am, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> It was announced on the 11:00PM, PDST, news that George Carlin cashed
> in his hand tonight.
>
> He was a very funny guy.
>
> His was the kind of humor that made you think.
>
> Understand he had a history of heart trouble.
>
> His lifestyle in his early adult life probably didn't help.
>
> Lew
That was one very creative and funny man. When he turned over rocks,
he'd see the funny shit. A true genius IMHO.
I went to see him every chance I had, and living between Detroit and
Toronto, that was often.
One show at Hamilton Place still stands out. He walked on, stood there
for a moment and said: "How the fuck are you doing?" The house came
down! A standing O, and he hadn't started yet.
Sad that he's gone.
Sadder yet, is that he's remembered by 'The Seven Words' which was far
from his funniest moments.
Korman and Carlin gone... we still have Steven Wright and Tim Conway..
George will indeed be missed.
I grew up listening to George and Bill Cosby among others.
If you really want to hear some outrageous comedy, tune in when Robin
Williams and Jonathan Winters are on the same stage.
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:45:58 -0700, charlieb <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>Jon Stewart - here's the torch. Try not to burn yourself - out.
Stewart is GREAT!
But I like Colbert better... <G>
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:00:56 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>For my money, two (2) of the funniest guys working today are Larry,
>the cable guy, and Jeff Foxworthy.
Even though he's malicious, I really like Ron White.
Other funny new guys Brian Regan, Jim Gaffigan, Pablo Francisco...
I would have loved to see if Mitch Hedberg had staying power.
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:24:17 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Jun 23, 2:42 am, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> It was announced on the 11:00PM, PDST, news that George Carlin cashed
>> in his hand tonight.
>>
>> He was a very funny guy.
>>
>> His was the kind of humor that made you think.
>>
>> Understand he had a history of heart trouble.
>>
>> His lifestyle in his early adult life probably didn't help.
>>
>> Lew
>
>That was one very creative and funny man. When he turned over rocks,
>he'd see the funny shit. A true genius IMHO.
>I went to see him every chance I had, and living between Detroit and
>Toronto, that was often.
>One show at Hamilton Place still stands out. He walked on, stood there
>for a moment and said: "How the fuck are you doing?" The house came
>down! A standing O, and he hadn't started yet.
>Sad that he's gone.
>Sadder yet, is that he's remembered by 'The Seven Words' which was far
>from his funniest moments.
>Korman and Carlin gone... we still have Steven Wright and Tim Conway..
And Gallagher, if you can separate the brilliant mind from the idiot that
smashes watermelons.. (and got very well paid to do that)
My kids grew up on his earlier videos, especially the ones where he talked about
the English language..
mac
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:04:27 -0700, evodawg <[email protected]> wrote:
>I remember that one!! He in my book was one of the top 10 funniest of all
>time comic's. I like this one "Why do you Park on a Driveway and Drive on
>a Parkway"? Making fun of the English Language was his specialty.
I thought that was a Gallagher line...
Along with "why do you have a pair of panties and only one bra?"
mac
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:42:24 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>It was announced on the 11:00PM, PDST, news that George Carlin cashed
>in his hand tonight.
>
>He was a very funny guy.
>
>His was the kind of humor that made you think.
>
>Understand he had a history of heart trouble.
>
>His lifestyle in his early adult life probably didn't help.
>
>Lew
>
>
Hate to hear that. Just recently thinking about him or really trying
to remember the routine about a place for "your stuff". Since we are
considering moving, I've been on a rant lately about getting rid of a
large part of our "stuff". Made me think about GC.
Frank
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:30:35 GMT, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'm in San Felipe, about 120 miles south of the California border..
>> As far as living here, security is fine, though I'm not sure we need
>> it..
>> We're in a huge development that has several gates off of the main
>> highway, and
>> pretty good security folks on them 24/7..
>>
>> We spend a lot of time in town, both working and playing, and I feel
>> safer in
>> San felipe at night than I did in Fresno during the day..
>
>Sounds like you are pretty well insulated from the rest of Mexico.
Yeah, Baja is almost like it's own country... I don't know a lot about the
mainland, but a lot of bad things happen there and people tend to lump Baja in
with "Mexico"..
Sort of thinking that the US sucks because of one bad city..
>Same kind of reports of local violence show up on TV news reports here
>in L/A, but now they are starting to include the drug wars in Mexico
>since there is a large Latino population in SoCal.
They don't put up with as much here.. (my area of Baja)
You can tell when it's a drug bust, because instead of cops, the officers are
agents wearing ski masks and carrying heavy weapons..
They busted one idiot that was wanted on the mainland and registered as a driver
in the Baja 500..DUH..
>
>Travel warnings are being issued to leave before dark, travel in groups, etc.
I haven't heard of anyone that had any problems, but I'm on the Sea of Cortez
side of Baja..
We try not to travel the highway after dark, but that's more of a safety issue..
A lot of vehicles here don't have lights and there are a LOT of very slow
drivers..
>
>It's a shame these turf wars, fueled by US drug money, are having such
>a harmful effect, but until Mexican gov't can get a handle on things,
>Mexican tourism is going to continue to suffer.
>
>Looks like you are in pretty good shape.
>
Yeah, it seems like it... We were out in the courtyard Friday night, watching
the line of headlights coming into town.. Lots of cars coming for the weekend..
We're sort of unique here because along with all the visitors from the States,
this is a major vacation spot for the Mexican people living in more urban area
like Mexicali..
mac
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:31:54 -0700, "Edward Hennessey"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>IIRC, Fresno is the chart topper in California for car theft and right up
>there
>for speed labs. That plus the agricultural smog and the heat....
>
>Regards,
>
>Edward Hennessey
>
I think it's also like #2 or 3 in the US for red light runners and related
fatalities..
I sure feel safer here!
Also, most of my big tools are in an open carport, and I haven't lost as much as
a screwdriver in 2 years..
In Fresno, the TS and all the other stuff would be gone an a few hours..
mac
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:42:24 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>It was announced on the 11:00PM, PDST, news that George Carlin cashed
>in his hand tonight.
>
>He was a very funny guy.
>
>His was the kind of humor that made you think.
>
>Understand he had a history of heart trouble.
>
>His lifestyle in his early adult life probably didn't help.
>
>Lew
>
>
I've enjoyed this thread. Somebody mentioned thinking they were as
sick as George. His "shit" was funny!
Not a single person mention Red Fox or even Lenny Bruce <sp>.
My friend tells me about Red Fox in late '70's (?), Las Vegas. Red
walks on center stage; looks at a women in the the front row, "Cross
your legs bitch, your pussy stinks!."
Story is, he never got any kinder...He went from there.
on 6/24/2008 11:14 PM Lee Michaels said the following:
> "B A R R Y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:21:06 -0500, "Dave in Houston"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Lewis Black tops my short list.
>>>
>>>
>> I like him too!
>>
>>
>
> I like Lewis Black also. My wife, who doesn't like a lot of comedians, loves
> both George Carlin and Lewis Black.
>
> Two things about Lewis Black I find funny. The first is simply the
> outrageous rants he does. Great stuff. The other thing is when he gets to
> the puch line, he holds up his little, tiny hands and waves those little,
> tiny fingers around. It just puncuates the rant very well.
He's 'air strangling'.
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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In article <[email protected]>, "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"jo4hn" wrote
>
>> shit.
>piss.
fuck.
"Robatoy" wrote:
>Korman and Carlin gone... we still have Steven Wright and Tim Conway.
A lot of people are unaware that "Tim Conway" is actually" "Tom
Conway" from Chagrin Falls, a small town about 30 miles SE of
Cleveland, OH.
When he came to SoCal, "Tom Conway", the actor, was already here, thus
the name change.
Lew