A NICE, SWEAR-LADEN SENDOFF "At a private memorial service Sunday attended by some 150 people … [George Carlin] was memorialized by comedians Bill Maher, Garry Shandling and others as someone who had no enemies, in part because he was nice to everyone he spoke to."

Just like their best friend Jesus, those Westboro Baptists will not die! This time, the crazy inbreeders are promising to picket the recently deceased George Carlin's funeral, because, according to them, he was a "blasphemous potty-mouth." They also claim Carlin was murdered by God. Yay!

The Church's full press release after the jump.

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Psychology Today's Web site has published an interview done with George Carlin just nine days before the comic died. Though the piece was originally supposed to be 350 words, in light of Carlin's passing, it's now much, much longer.

Our favorite bits are after the jump, but you can read the full interview here.

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The New York Times has traded "irreverent" for "splenetic" in its George Carlin obit headline. This is perhaps because the original was thought to have religious implications. Regardless, it's funny and apropos, considering how much of Carlin's humor was based on how weird language is.

Definitions under here.

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George Carlin, a man as responsible as anyone for the current freedoms of the Internet, died of heart failure yesterday in Santa Monica. The comedian, writer and actor was recently named the recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He was 71.

After the jump, some of Carlin's greatest hits, including "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television." (NSFW, but tell your boss to screw.)

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