Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George Carlin John Atashian/Getty Images In 1972, comedian George Carlin delivered one of the most iconic bits in stand-up history ...

George Carlin's "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" was so far ahead of its time -- or maybe just so plain profane -- in 1972 that you still can't utter the Big Seven on prime-time broadcast ...

In 1972, a young comedian developed a 12-minute monologue that propelled him to fame. George Carlin’s “7 Words You Can’t Say on Television” became an overnight sensation. In a time before cell phones, ...

George Carlin, the standup comic who defined the comedy counterculture and went to the Supreme Court to defend his “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” routine, died Sunday of heart failure ...