George Carlin — "The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone sai…"
The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, 'You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.'
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American stand-up comedian whose 'Seven Words You Can't Say on Television' (1972) reached the Supreme Court and reshaped US obscenity law.
Closely associated with
Richard Pryor (countercultural-comedy peer) and Lenny Bruce (predecessor in obscenity-law fights).
For an intellectual contrast, see
Tipper Gore, co-founder of the Parents Music Resource Center — the PMRC's 1985 Senate hearings on 'explicit' content labeling are exactly the cultural-establishment force Carlin's free-speech comedy was organized against.