Editing George Carlin (section)

=== Influences ===
Carlin's influences included [[Danny Kaye]],<ref name="playboy" /><ref name="MurrayJ">{{Cite news |url=https://www.avclub.com/content/node/42195 |title=Interviews: George Carlin |last=Murray |first=Noel |date=November 2, 2005 |publisher=[[The Onion]] |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051104040743/http://avclub.com/content/node/42195 |archive-date=November 4, 2005 |access-date=June 12, 2014}}</ref> [[Jonathan Winters]],<ref name="playboy" /> [[Lenny Bruce]],<ref name="bravo" /><ref name="NPR">{{Cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4136881|title=Comedian and Actor George Carlin |last=Carlin |first=George|date=November 1, 2004|publisher=[[National Public Radio]] |access-date=June 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name="comedy">Carlin, George, ''[[George Carlin on Comedy]]'', "Lenny Bruce", Laugh.com, 2002.</ref> [[Richard Pryor]],<ref name="bravo" /> [[Nichols and May]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/videos/entertainment/2017/01/09/george-carlin-1990-larry-king-live-interview.cnn|title=How George Carlin became George Carlin (1990)|first=Larry|last=King|date=1990}}</ref> [[Jerry Lewis]],<ref name="playboy" /><ref name="bravo" /> the [[Marx Brothers]],<ref name="playboy" /><ref name="bravo" /> [[Mort Sahl]],<ref name="comedy" /> [[Spike Jones]],<ref name="bravo" /> [[Ernie Kovacs]],<ref name="bravo" /> and the [[Ritz Brothers]].<ref name="playboy" /> His daughter Kelly said in 2022 that he took more acting roles in the latter half of his career because he "never gave up on the Danny Kaye dream".<ref name="Dream2022" />

Comedians who have claimed Carlin as an influence include [[Adam Ferrara]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r92aSl_8YoI| title=Adam Ferrara Part 2 of 3: On His Idol George Carlin | website=YouTube | date=June 5, 2015 }}</ref> [[Bill Burr]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/bill-burrs-top-five-stand-ups|title=Bill Burr's top 5 stand ups|date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> [[Chris Rock]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2008/07/06/chris-rock-salutes-george-carlin/ |title=Chris Rock Salutes George Carlin |last=Rock |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Rock |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=July 6, 2008 |access-date=January 28, 2023}}</ref> [[Jerry Seinfeld]],<ref>{{cite AV media|last=Seinfeld|first=Jerry|title=Jerry Seinfeld: The Comedian Award|medium=TV|publisher=[[HBO]]|date=April 1, 2007}}</ref> [[Louis C.K.]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisck.net/2008/06/goodbye-george-carlin.html|title=Goodbye George Carlin|last=C.K.|first=Louis|author-link=Louis C.K.|publisher=LouisCK.net|date=June 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701054320/http://www.louisck.net/2008/06/goodbye-george-carlin.html|archive-date=July 1, 2008|access-date=May 10, 2014}}</ref> [[Lewis Black]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://origin.avclub.com/content/node/49217|title=Lewis Black|publisher=[[The Onion]]|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|author=Gillette, Amelie|date=June 7, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707005744/http://origin.avclub.com/content/node/49217 |archive-date=July 7, 2007 |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> [[Jon Stewart]],<ref>{{cite video|people=Stewart, Jon|title=George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy|medium=TV|publisher=[[HBO]]|date=February 27, 1997}}</ref> [[Stephen Colbert]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/content/node/44705|title=Stephen Colbert|publisher=The Onion |work=The A.V. Club|author=Rabin, Nathan|date=January 25, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060202094518/http://www.avclub.com/content/node/44705 |archive-date=February 2, 2006 |access-date=June 11, 2014}}</ref> [[Bill Maher]],<ref>{{cite episode|title=episode 38|air-date=October 1, 2004|series=Real Time with Bill Maher|series-link=Real Time with Bill Maher|network=[[HBO]]|season=2|number=18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=King|first=Larry|author-link=Larry King|title=Bill Maher Discusses Religulous on Larry King|work=[[Larry King Live]] |publisher=CNN|date=August 20, 2008|url=http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/08/20/lkl.bill.maher.cnn}}</ref> [[Liz Miele]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HnkVZCUtjs |title=Liz Miele: Advice from George Carlin|publisher=Irie Chat|date=July 3, 2020 |access-date=September 1, 2022 | website=YouTube}}</ref> [[Patrice O'Neal]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comedycentral.com/comedians/browse/o/patrice_oneal.jhtml |title=Comedians: Patrice O'Neal|publisher=Comedy Central|date=October 30, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081108085406/http://www.comedycentral.com/comedians/browse/o/patrice_oneal.jhtml |archive-date=November 8, 2008 |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> [[Colin Quinn]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Colin Quinn|publisher=The Onion|work=The A.V. Club|url=https://www.avclub.com/content/node/22529|last=Rabin |first=Nathan|date=June 18, 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518104531/http://www.avclub.com/content/node/22529 |archive-date=May 18, 2007 |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> [[Steven Wright]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/content/node/54975|title=Steven Wright|publisher=The Onion |work=The A.V. Club|last=Rabin |first=Nathan |date=November 9, 2006 |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> [[Mitch Hedberg]],<ref>{{cite web | url = https://allmusic.com/artist/mitch-hedberg-p602821|title=Mitch Hedberg|publisher=Allmusic|work=Biography|last=Jeffries |first=David |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319084833/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitch-hedberg-p602821 |archive-date=March 19, 2011 |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> [[Russell Peters]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Alan Cho |url=http://www.thegauntlet.ca/story/comedy-preview-russell-peters-wont-hurt-you-real-bad |title=Comedy Preview: Russell Peters won't hurt you real bad |publisher=Gauntlet.ucalgary.ca |date=November 24, 2005 |access-date=June 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140610160339/http://www.thegauntlet.ca/story/comedy-preview-russell-peters-wont-hurt-you-real-bad |archive-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> [[Bo Burnham]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/bo-burnham-im-a-complete-hypocrite-2288858.html|title=Bo Burnham: 'I'm a complete hypocrite'|work=The Independent|access-date=July 19, 2018|language=en}}</ref> [[Jay Leno]],<ref name="People">{{cite web|last1=Breuer|first1=Howard|author2=[[Stephen M. Silverman]]|date=June 24, 2008|title=Carlin Remembered: He Helped Other Comics with Drug Problems|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208460,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627150403/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208460,00.html|archive-date=June 27, 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=June 11, 2014|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=Time Inc.}}</ref> [[Ben Stiller]],<ref name="People" /> [[Kevin Smith]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/142975/page/1 |title=A God Who Cussed |author=Smith, Kevin |author-link=Kevin Smith |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |date=June 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626120736/http://www.newsweek.com/id/142975/page/1 |archive-date=June 26, 2008 |access-date=June 11, 2014}}</ref> [[Chris Rush]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natural-humor-medicine.com/Chris_Rush.html |title=An Interview with Comic Legend, Chris Rush |last=Kuhn |first=Clifford |publisher=Natural-Humor-Medicine.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041121165633/http://www.natural-humor-medicine.com/Chris_Rush.html |archive-date=November 21, 2004 |access-date=June 12, 2014}}</ref> [[Rob McElhenney]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1olm4y/i_am_rob_mcelhenney_ama/cct6cy5/?context=1 |title=I am Rob McElhenney AMA! |date=October 16, 2013 |access-date=July 14, 2015}}</ref> and [[Jim Jefferies]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/05/jim-jefferies-interview.html|title=Jim Jefferies. - Interview|work=pastemagazine.com|access-date=May 14, 2017|language=en}}</ref>