http://hightimes.com en-us 0.4 By Patrick Carlin   Our rental was everything the lady on the phone promised and more. The sunny cottage with its beautiful view was immaculate, as stated in its ad, but it came with some extras. Our place was less than a mile from The Blue Haven Hotel. It was vacant, in disrepair and its pool was empty except for a couple of feet of debris on its bottom. The Blue Haven beach however was as perfect as you've ever seen on a poster and nobody seemed to go …More]]> http://hightimes.com/entertainment/ht_admin/7166?utm_source=rss_section_ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:58:59 -0400 http://hightimes.com/entertainment/ht_admin/7166?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin More]]> http://hightimes.com/lounge/ht_admin/7100?utm_source=rss_section_ Mon, 09 May 2011 11:46:12 -0400 http://hightimes.com/lounge/ht_admin/7100?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin By Patrick Carlin   1969 and 1970 went together like beans and corn bread. While George was getting fired two different times from The Frontier in Vegas, once in the fall of '69 for saying "ass" and again around August 1970 for saying "shit,” I was dropping out of the auto trade. As far as sales went, I was burned out. I couldn't sell sour owl shit to a starving fly was the way I explained it to my last sales …More]]> http://hightimes.com/lounge/ht_admin/6896?utm_source=rss_section_ Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:03:09 -0500 http://hightimes.com/lounge/ht_admin/6896?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin By Patrick Carlin   When George started work on The John Davidson Show in April, we were still renting a duplex in West L.A. just a few blocks from the Olympic Drive-In Theater. But, the newly completed Santa Monica freeway put an off ramp right across the street from where our boys played on the lawn, so we scurried for the suburbs. In June we moved into a new subdivision in the Conejo Valley, about 60 miles northwest of Downtown L.A. Sheep were grazing next to our back …More]]> http://hightimes.com/entertainment/ht_admin/6626?utm_source=rss_section_ Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:10:29 -0400 http://hightimes.com/entertainment/ht_admin/6626?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin Patrick Carlin   Back in March 1966 my wife Marlene and I were looking forward to George, Brenda and their two year old daughter Kelly coming to L.A. Our boys, Patrick, three, and Dennis, almost two, were really excited because they thought that George and Brenda were bringing "Hobo Kelly,” the hostess of a kid's TV show, who dressed up as a hobo. Our guys enjoyed her. We couldn't convince them otherwise, so we took them to the airport where they met the real …More]]> http://hightimes.com/lounge/ht_admin/6570?utm_source=rss_section_ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:47:19 -0400 http://hightimes.com/lounge/ht_admin/6570?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin By Patrick Carlin        The first time that I ever smoked reefer was back in 1949 at The Abraham Lincoln Lodge, an after-hours joint. Charlie, the bartender at The 500 Club down on 125th Street where my phony baptismal certificate worked like a champ, invited me and two of my buddies to go drinking with him when he locked up at 4 a.m.     We took a taxi to 116th Street and Fifth Avenue. At the entrance to the apartment building a big dude …More]]> http://hightimes.com/lounge/ht_admin/6492?utm_source=rss_section_ Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:38:35 -0400 http://hightimes.com/lounge/ht_admin/6492?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin By Patrick Carlin   I knew it was going to be a vibes kind of a day when I found a dime and a penny by the gas pump as I was filling up for my trip to New York to read a few of the opening pages of “Last Words,” the autobiography that George and his friend Tony Hendra wrote.     My son Dennis, out in California, put me hip to the dime and penny thing. He explained that when you find a dime and a penny together it's a signal that the spirit …More]]> http://hightimes.com/lounge/ht_admin/6348?utm_source=rss_section_ Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:12:09 -0400 http://hightimes.com/lounge/ht_admin/6348?utm_source=rss_section_ HT Admin Last Words, where Patrick was joined on-stage and in the audience by a star-studded collection of comics, family and fans …More]]> http://hightimes.com/entertainment/rick/6341?utm_source=rss_section_ Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:13:02 -0400 http://hightimes.com/entertainment/rick/6341?utm_source=rss_section_ Richard Cusick Last Words, was released today (11/10) and raises an obvious question: what words could George Carlin possibly have left unspoken? Carlin’s breathtaking razor-cut comedy gave personal license to several generations of comedians – and millions of fans – to say “Fuck it!” and let the truth fly fast and furious. He taught us, by example, that there are no thoughts too dark, no words too …More]]> http://hightimes.com/lounge/rick/5999?utm_source=rss_section_ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:36:04 -0500 http://hightimes.com/lounge/rick/5999?utm_source=rss_section_ Richard Cusick Note: This interview took place in November, 1997   HIGH TIMES: It's been my perception - and the perception of many of your fans - that your work has grown darker over the past few years. GEORGE CARLIN: Yeah. HT: You begin your book, Braindroppings, with the motto, “Fuck Hope'' GC: Well, I noticed after the 1992 “Jammin' in New York'' show that I found my voice on stage, found my comic voice. I noticed in retrospect …More]]> http://hightimes.com/entertainment/rick/4427?utm_source=rss_section_ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:18:51 -0400 http://hightimes.com/entertainment/rick/4427?utm_source=rss_section_ Richard Cusick