* October 11, 1975 episode ( host: George Carlin ) – " The Impossible Truth "

* George Carlin comedian, ranked second greatest of all time by Comedy Central.

Comedian George Carlin says " The following statement is true: the preceding statement is false!

* 1937 – George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author ( d. 2008 )

* 1975 – The NBC sketch comedy / variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests.

Such claims may be made purely for humorous effect ; many examples, such as military intelligence, freedom fighters, business ethics were popularized by comedian George Carlin.

Other examples include the television program Politically Incorrect, George Carlin ’ s " Euphemisms " routine, and The Politically Correct Scrapbook.

Puns have long been used by comedy writers, such as William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, and George Carlin.

* Seven Dirty Words-a comedy routine by George Carlin, from 1972, in which he explained the seven words that must never be used in a television broadcast.

Comedian George Carlin, in a routine from his 1990 HBO special Doin ' It Again, remarked: " I've noticed that most of these feminists are white, middle class women.

** Comedian George Carlin is arrested by Milwaukee police for public obscenity, for reciting his " Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television " at Summerfest.

* May 12 – George Carlin, American comedian ( d. 2008 )

* October 11 – NBC airs the first episode of Saturday Night Live ( George Carlin is the first host ; Billy Preston and Janis Ian the first musical guests ).

An example would be WBAI's broadcasting the track " Filthy Words " from a George Carlin comedy album, which eventually led to the 1978 Supreme Court case of FCC v. Pacifica Foundation.

" Shit " was one of the original " Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV ", a comedy routine by American Comedian George Carlin.

* George Carlin

George Carlin also referenced the dozens in his Occupation: Foole album while talking about his upbringing in Manhattan: " You wanna play the dozens?

George Carlin referred to Dover, Delaware as the destination for an all-expenses paid holiday in a comedy routine spoofing a quiz show, and country music singer Garth Brooks refers to the city in the song " Cold Shoulder " on his 1991 album, Ropin ' the Wind.

Dennis Miller mentioned watching " sumo rodeo ", while George Carlin stated that ESPN showed " Australian dick wrestling ".

George Carlin the atheist, vanished into nothingness.

Dogma is a 1999 American adventure fantasy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, who also stars in the film along with an ensemble cast that includes Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Alan Rickman, Bud Cort, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, George Carlin, Janeane Garofalo, Alanis Morissette, and Jason Mewes.

* George Carlin as Ignatius Glick, a pompous, publicity-seeking Cardinal.

* George Carlin as a hitchhiker

George Carlin

After Lenny Bruce, arrests for obscene language on stage nearly disappeared until George Carlin was arrested on 21 July 1972 at Milwaukee's Summerfest after performing the routine " Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television " ( the case against Carlin was eventually dismissed ).

Show spotlights the Kings -- George Worth, Bill Kay, Frank Ciciulla and Gene Wilson, flanked by Dave Grossman and Ron Stevens.

The show was the inspiration for the short-lived The George Wendt Show, which aired on CBS in the 1995-96 season.

Stover's Black Oracle partner Bill George published his own short-lived zine The Late Show ( 1974 – 1976 ; with co-editor Martin Falck ), and later became editor of the Cinefantastique prozine spinoff Femme Fatales.

Gavin MacLeod ( born Allan George See, February 28, 1931 ) is an American actor notable for playing Joseph " Happy " Haines on McHale's Navy, Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat.

George Lindsey ( reprising his " Goober " character from The Andy Griffith Show ),

In August 2005, Moore guest-starred as Christine St. George, a high-strung host of a fictional TV show on three episodes of Fox sitcom That ' 70s Show.

* Sunday in the Park With George ( 1984, Best Cast Show Album )

* The George Stroumboulopoulos Show airs on Sunday nights on stations in Toronto and Montreal.

In the same year, the Cotton Club Orchestra appeared on stage for several months in Florenz Ziegfeld's Show Girl, along with vaudeville stars Jimmy Durante, Eddie Foy, Jr., Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, and with music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Gus Kahn.

A live version of " Somebody to Love " by George Michael and a live version of " The Show Must Go On " with Elton John were also featured in the album.

Two of Grace Kelly's uncles were prominent in the arts ; her father's eldest brother, Walter C. Kelly ( 1873 – 1939 ), was a vaudeville star whose nationally known act The Virginia Judge was filmed as a 1930 MGM short and a 1935 Paramount feature, and another older brother, George Kelly ( 1887 – 1974 ), estranged from the family due to his homosexuality, became renowned in the 1920s as a dramatist, screenwriter and director with a hit comedy-drama, The Show Off in 1924 – 25, and was awarded the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his next play, Craig's Wife.

ABC also had some moderately successful comedies including The Drew Carey Show, Spin City, Dharma & Greg, According to Jim, My Wife and Kids, 8 Simple Rules and George Lopez.

Former Misfits singer Michale Graves also infamously appeared on an episode of The Daily Show, voicing his support for George W. Bush.

Later, the channel attempted a Gong Show remake called Extreme Gong ( hosted by George Gray, in which the viewers could phone in their votes as to whether to " gong " acts off the air ) and Throut And Neck ( hosted by Rebecca Grant ) ( where viewers controlled video game characters with their phones ).

Various public figures and humorists, such as Jon Stewart of The Daily Show and Garry Trudeau, creator of the comic strip Doonesbury have popularized some more famous Bushisms, particularly those of George W. Bush.

He was best known as the star of his own weekly NBC television show, The George Gobel Show, which ran from 1954 to 1960 ( the last season on CBS, alternating with The Jack Benny Program ).

When ratings soared on The George Gobel Show ( rated in the top ten of 1954-55 ), Paramount promoted Gobel as their new comedy star, casting him as the lead in The Birds and the Bees ( 1956 ), a remake of The Lady Eve ( 1941 ).

In 1982, Clifton also appeared on The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show as the host's " new discovery ", although the other Muppets and host George Hamilton remained skeptical of Clifton's talent.

King, Asleep at the Wheel, Cyndi Lauper, Carl Perkins, Yoko Ono, Blues Traveler, Cher, Chicago, Luba, Robert Burns, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Nina Hagen, Robert Plant, Peter Criss, Scandal, Brian Wilson, Late Show regular Warren Zevon, jazz trumpeter Lew Soloff, jazz saxophonist Lou Marini and bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs.

The film ( which shares the name " I'm with Phil ") won numerous awards including Best of Show at its premier in the George Lindsey Film Festival hosted by the University of North Alabama.

* Actor George Lindsey (" The Andy Griffith Show ") was born in Fairfield.

* George Lindsey, actor who portrayed Goober Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and Hee-Haw

When The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, aka The Burns and Allen Show, began on CBS Television October 12, 1950, it was an immediate success.

) In March 1953, " The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show " joined I Love Lucy as part of the CBS Monday night prime-time line-up.