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The DJ turned stand-up comedian was always proud that he had a place in broadcasting history, since it was the airing of his “Seven Dirty Words” routine on WBAI-FM New York that produced a landmark ...

Comedians argue for more curses on TV; critics say it won't happen anytime soon. June 24, 2008 — -- You won't hear the seven dirty words come out of George Carlin's mouth again, and it's doubtful ...

Drug use and dirty words got stand-up comedian George Carlin banned from NBC's Tonight Show. But when the same network started Saturday Night Live, George Carlin was the first guest host . Ultimately, ...

In the 1970s, George Carlin's seven dirty words routine was the center of a famous obscenity case. More recently, the comic was named the recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, an award ...

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Discussion among current and former Federal Communications Commission commissioners took a surprising turn late last week, as it became a tribute to famously foul-mouthed comedian George Carlin, who ...

George Carlin could use a few of his famous seven dirty words to criticize some of his movie performances. No one is harder on the veteran comic's early screen work than himself. On his Web site, he ...

George Carlin, the iconoclastic and inventive comedian who died June 22 in Santa Monica, Calif., experienced several incarnations in a career spanning half a century. He was the rapid-fire radio DJ ...