When he shucked the coat and tie for black T-shirts and jeans, grew his hair long and began to riff about those "Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV," George Carlin became more than just the countercultural comedian.
Carlin, who died Sunday, June 22, 2008, of heart failure at 71, took comedy itself in a whole new direction.
From ranting about religion to musing about life's quirks, Carlin reveled in getting down and dirty.
Arguably his most famous routine, though, was simply called "Seven Words."
More than just an outpouring of obscenities, it was — as almost all Carlin routines were — a clever play on the sound and meaning of almost every word Carlin used.
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