{"id":1506,"date":"2008-06-23T11:43:43","date_gmt":"2008-06-23T15:43:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-05-28T13:42:16","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T13:42:16","slug":"first-rock-n-roll-comedian-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/first-rock-n-roll-comedian-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"First Rock &#8216;n Roll Comedian Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sure you heard before I did that <strong>George Carlin<\/strong> died yesterday. I associate him with &#8217;70s rock &#8216;n roll culture more than any other comedian. Was there a &#8220;rock &#8216;n roll comedian&#8221; before him? <\/p>\n<p>Carlin was never a personal favorite, but I often found myself laughing at his bits, and I like this quote attributed to him: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cScratch any cynic,\u201d he said, \u201cand you\u2019ll find a disappointed idealist.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Not safe for work (unless you&#8217;re, like, driving a big rig or working as a fishmonger).<\/em><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NjcVNSPrdD0?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Previously: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2007\/03\/04\/survivor_rodney_anonymous_on_humor_and_m<strong>&#8220;>&#8221;Survivor&#8221; Rodney Anonymous on Humor and Music<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php?cat=16\" title=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php?cat=16\">Previously, in the News!<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sure you heard before I did that George Carlin died yesterday. I associate him with &#8217;70s rock &#8216;n roll culture more than any other comedian. Was there a &#8220;rock &#8216;n roll comedian&#8221; before him? Carlin was never a personal favorite, but I often found myself laughing at his bits, and I like this quote <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/first-rock-n-roll-comedian-dead\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[170],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}