George Carlin

San Francisco: Fly Over and Walk Through City in 1941 (VIDEO)

As you peer about San Francisco on this fine Friday in 2012, it never hurts to take a moment to consider that this, too, shall pass. Apropos of nothing, SF Weekly stumbled across an amazing, 26-minute Internet Archive tour over and through San Francisco in 1941 -- in color, no less. If 26 minutes ... More >>

Better Butter: McClelland's Dairy Is Churning Up the Good Stuff

My mother made me Minute Maid from concentrate as a child, and it was good. Then Tropicana created Pure Premium, and it was better. Minute Maid was no longer worthy. When Just Pik't packaged juice fresh squeezed and flash frozen, it was better still, and poor Tropicana became something for lesser so ... More >>

Prop 13: The Building-Sized Loopholes Corporations Exploit

Fall Arts: Nato Green Brings S.F. Truth to Red-State America

The Seven Birds You Can’t Say on TV

Released Mental Patient Steals Taxi

You never know...​Comedian George Carlin used to assemble lists of "things you never want to see." One memorable entry: "A man in a hospital gown driving a steamroller." Something along those lines came to pass in the East Bay over the weekend. Jermaine Grosse, a 26-year-old man who hailed a taxi ... More >>

Don't Expect Court Ruling to Lead to Loads of On-Air Cursing

​It appears that George Carlin's "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" still are the seven words you can never say on television. Despite a federal court ruling yesterday that fining broadcasters for uttering, say, "shit; piss, fuck; cunt; cocksucker; motherfucker; and tits" on TV or radio ... More >>

Will Landmark Health Care Bill Harm Fish?

​Eating fish is good for your health. Expanded medical coverage is good for public health. Yet expanding medical coverage harms the health of fish.Does this mean heath care harms people's health?Probably not. But Republicans are alleging that Rep. Nancy Pelosi's intense lobbying and favor-swapping ... More >>

Rain Dog's Refuge: The N-Judah Train

It was George Carlin who said "A crowded elevator smells different to a midget." In a similar vein, three inches of rain feels different when you're only six inches tall. Perhaps why this sweater-wearing gentleman was so relieved to be warm and (relatively) dry on the N-Judah. Joe Eskenazi​

Chris Daly Says Chris Daly Making Bad Name for Chris Dalys

​Supervisor Chris Daly made headlines nationwide last week, when he vowed to channel George Carlin and utter the word "fuck" at every board meeting this year. Fair enough. But Daly has inadvertently made life a little more difficult for a group he ought to be able to identify with -- people named ... More >>

Surprise, Surprise, Surprise: Man, Bellowing Obscenities and 'Frothing at the Mouth' Purportedly on Drugs

So, apparently it wasn't this bad​We wrote last month that George Carlin noted that if you repeatedly utter "who says so?" long enough, you will get arrested. It makes sense, but in San Francisco who has time for that? There are quicker ways to get booked here. Take this gentleman who was arrested ... More >>

Disgruntled Gentleman Serenades Cops With Racist Taunts, Threatens to Kill Them. This Doesn't End With a Make-Up Beer.

'Exhibition of speed' here? Yes. 'Criminal threats'? No. ​ The late, great George Carlin once noted that if you repeatedly bellow "Who says so?" long enough, you will undoubtedly end up in jail. A San Francisco man has found a more expedient route to the clink. After being pulled over on Santiago ... More >>

Mirkarimi Jumps on the Marijuana Express -- and Our Bowl Runneth Over

Try San Francisco-brand medical marijuana!Coming on the heels of Tom Ammiano's marijuana legalization bill in the Assembly, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's Tuesday proposal that San Francisco jump into the medical pot dispensary game was a bonanza for media types and marijuana nay-sayers: Everyone got t ... More >>

How the Hell Did USF Undergrad Allegedly Rape FOUR Pals Before Getting Caught? Psychologists Weigh In

USF undergrad Ryan Caskey, left, seen here with his ROTC colleagues, is accused of four campus rapesOne of George Carlin's lesser-known jokes was a fake news item about a tollbooth collector being arrested after years of systematically pouring boiling oil on drivers' hands. It seems he was tracked d ... More >>

Audience member does Keanu Reeves role in Point Break play

Last Night: George Carlin Tribute at the San Jose Improv

R.I.P. George Carlin

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

Cut It Out

Lunatic Fringe

Our theater critic sees seven shows in 10 hours at the Fringe Festival and lives to tell about it

Our top DVD picks for the week of February 27:

Flesh Wounds

Fleshies Scrape the Walls

Kickin' the Tires

Pixar's latest is no lemon, but it does have that used-Cars smell

Jesus Saves

Sarah Silverman speaks the unspeakable. And funny? Oh hell, yes.

Working Blue. And Brown.

Inside the dirtiest joke ever told is a nugget of unadulterated joy

Saturday Night Jive

On tour with comedian Chris Rock, the fearless true heir to Richard Pryor

Three Women Scorned

Irish playwright isn't in love with love

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Thrilla in Manila

Local comic Rex Navarrete invades the Philippines

Holiday Highlights 2001

Holiday Event Lisitngs

White Dopes on Dope

Jay and Silent Bob tells the ultimate inside joke, without a punch line

Check Your Head

If it's loud, lewd, or crude, it's bound to be on Reality Check

As a Matter of Fat

The city's new weight discrimination law is badly reasoned, legally defective, costly, and bad for public health

How I Learned to Love Hate Radio

KSFO Radio's anti-fans

In God He Trusts

The House of Tudor

Unspun

Unspun

Slap Shots

Proboscis Job?

The foundering Nose snorts Editor Jack Boulware out of a gig