Mr. Carlin also told a joke about a fart so potent it blew up an airplane. Osama bin Laden,” Mr. Carlin joked. They should be looking for minute traces of rice and bok choy.”If timing is everything, Mr. Carlin had nothing. Mr. Carlin, who died in 2008, had always been a left-leaning comic whose skepticism of government would be right at home with the Tea Party. Mr. Carlin’s more tentative attitude toward the government is a reminder of the anxiety about even doing comedy after Sept. 11.

Source: New York Times September 04, 2016 18:33 UTC