Word: carlin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years after Bruce died of an overdose of heroin, comedian George Carlin would safely record a nationally-distributed album on which he calmly rattled off the "seven words you can never say on television." By then, of course, the shock value had dissipated. Carlin managed to keep the words funny only by stringing them all together in one breath: "shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits...
When George Carlin rose to fame in 1972 with his album "Class Clown," his route was not nearly as painful as Bruce's had been. While Carlin provokes some laughter on his record by poking fun at the Catholic, Church's elaborate dogma, the album as a whole seems to be oriented towards the innocuous and forgettable thesis, "Wasn't it fun to be a kid?" Carlin is certainly successful in making people laugh, but there is no catharsis in recalling All Those Great Jokes everybody used to pull in grade school--gags like "the artificial fart under...
Since leaving Saturday Night Chase, 33, has acquired both a California tan and a new wife. She is Jacqueline Carlin, 28, a TV actress who is no relation to Comedian George Carlin, says Chevy, "except for the beard." Despite the couple's hideaway in the Hollywood hills, Chase is homesick for New York City. "I came out in October and I've been here four years," he grumbled about L.A. "There is no input from anything but show biz out here. I feel like the brain starts to atrophy...
Other couples, meanwhile, have made some connubial plans of their own. Chevy Chase, 33, who recently quit his job as Saturday Night funnyman to create TV specials for NBC, will marry in December. His bride-to-be: Actress-Model Jacqueline Carlin, 27, whom he met two years ago. Swedish Tennis Star Bjorn Borg, 20, has exchanged engagement rings with Mariana Simionescu, 19, Rumania's second-ranked woman tennis player until her defection to the U.S. this month. Tennis groupies, take heart. Mariana reports that she and this year's Wimbledon singles champ have not yet set a date...
Nicholas A. Carlin '77-2, who called himself a "veteran of People's Park" in Berkeley, said, "It's really a trip," but added, "We should have invited all sorts of Cambridge people here...