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George Carlin's Last Interview

Nine days before comedian George Carlin's death, he gave a wide-ranging, two-hour interview to Jay Dixit of Psychology Today. It was originally intended as a 350-word Q&A for the back page of the magazine but today, in the aftermath of Carlin's passing, was published online at much greater length. In the interview, Carlin talks about how he collects and sifts through potential material, the advantages of being an older comedian, how hallucinogenic drugs enhanced his work and life, his extensive use of computers and whether his act is "angry." But most interesting, perhaps, are the parts of the conversation where the rough-and-tumble performer opens up about how his career is tied to his relationship with his Mom, who raised Carlin and his brother alone amid the Great Depression: More »

8:40 PM on Mon Jun 23 2008
By Ryan Tate
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Latest by skahammer: What a ridiculously analytical interview. How many public figures could talk at that length while simultaneously 1) making sense and 2) avoiding the temptation to make it a wall-to-wall promotional experience about themselves? Although I'll bet a surprising number of the more »

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The Death Agony Of America's Biggest Magazine

The death of the quintessential TV listings magazine is a shabby affair. The rumor we floated yesterday—that editor-in-chief Ian Birch and other staff are being laid off—appears indeed to be true. The new owners, Macrovision, is thought only interested in the TV Guide's online and electronic program guides; the print edition is loss-making and may be shut down if a buyer can't be found, according to Deadline Hollywood. The magazine—which could not cope with the proliferation of programming in the 1980s and 1990s and further lost relevance when viewers began to use the program guides supplied by their cable provider—will not be mourned. But let's at least pay some respect to its history. More »

4:14 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Nick Denton
2,296 views, 28 comments

Latest by n/a: The format was always a little too busy for the way my brain works, but it makes me sad anyway that it's dying off. And I love Lucy, too. Sometimes when in need of a good laugh I just think more »

Death Bets In preparation for Sunday's Oscars, Vanity Fair is eschewing the traditional "Who's gonna win?" ballot sheet and opting instead for a "Who's gonna get snubbed?" tally card for the inevitable In Memoriam celebrity death montage. Is it ghoulish? Is it funny? Is it neither? It's neither, isn't it? Either way, our money's on Suzanne Pleshette. For everything. Whatever that means.[VF]

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