#Kelly Carlin

[feminist-space]

"My statement regarding the AI generated George Carlin special: My dad spent a lifetime perfecting his craft from his very human life, brain and imagination.  No machine will ever replace his genius. These AI generated products are clever attempts at trying to recreate a mind that will never exist again.

Let’s let the artist’s work speak for itself. Humans are so afraid of the void that we can’t let what has fallen into it stay there.

Here’s an idea, how about we give some actual living human comedians a listen to? But if you want to listen to the genuine George Carlin, he has 14 specials that you can find anywhere." -Kelly Carlin

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Link to tweets: https://x.com/kelly_carlin/status/1745261544001466689

https://x.com/kelly_carlin/status/1745261544001466689

#fuck AI #Kelly Carlin #George Carlin #art #comedy #stand up

[dewitty1]

#George Carlin #Elon Musk #dave chappelle #Kelly Carlin #Comedy #Eat the rich

[yusuke-of-valla]

JESUS CHRIST WHAT THE FUCK

Per article by Michaela Zee:

Kelly Carlin, the late stand-up comedian’s daughter, posted a statement on X/Twitter Wednesday evening regarding the AI-generated special.

“My dad spent a lifetime perfecting his craft from his very human life, brain and imagination. No machine will ever replace his genius. These AI generated products are clever attempts at trying to recreate a mind that will never exist again,” she wrote. “Let’s let the artist’s work speak for itself. Humans are so afraid of the void that we can’t let what has fallen into it stay there.”

Kelly continued, “Here’s an idea, how about we give some actual living human comedians a listen to? But if you want to listen to the genuine George Carlin, he has 14 specials that you can find anywhere.”

#Also frankly don't enjoy how much time the article spends on describing the special but I'm not the editor #I also am not planning to become the ai news outrage blog it just seems a relevant considering yesterday #ai #ai art #anti ai #ai actors #ai recreations #George Carlin #Kelly Carlin #variety #ai news

[scarequotes]

"Humans are so afraid of the void that we can’t let what has fallen into it stay there."

— Kelly Carlin

#kelly carlin #quotations #quotes

[jessica-marie-baumgartner]

She should sue

#George Carlin #AI #News #Technology #Art #Creativity #Originality #Kelly Carlin #entertainment

[spurgie-cousin]

fundie IG roundup (2/9/24):

Kelly Havens being as Kelly Havensy as ever:

It's giving, I have bad gas

Layla is doing ballet and is cute as ever:

Josie calling her girls "girly girls" for putting on lip stuff like she doesn't sit in front of a camera every single day to make a big deal about her hair and makeup so maybe they're just mimicking their parent?:

Also I just get the ick when overly gendered labels are applied to little kids and they get pigeon holed. But I guess it's in the air today bc Sharlenae Collingsworth did it to her daughter too:

when you have gotten used to not making a big deal about gender, this attitude towards it can just really comes across as weird. like, she's 2. I hope you let her go golfing too sometimes maybe she'd like that also.

Katie is visiting Carlin:

And last but not least, my new fave catholica.pandam found out she has a bad cyst on her ovary and is using a walker for now:

#catholica pandam #carlin Stewart #layla stewart #josie balka #willow balka #hazel balka #Sharlenae Collingsworth #mia Collingsworth #Kelly havens ohio #fundie instagram roundup #fundie instagram

[anotherpapercut]

memoirs and biopics scratch a very particular itch in my psyche. I enjoy seeing life through another lens

#currently watching elvis shout out to charlotte #and reading priestdaddy shout out to july #and listening to the audiobook to kelly carlins memoir shout out to curtis (my partner)

[anissapierce]

The george carlin doc is pretty great, imo i still think that the mark twain award ceremony is a better idk retrospective abt his work but this two part doc was a good documentary abt his life. I love the embedded archived material and ive been following kelly carlin for a bit so im glad to see her get to talk abt her dad. There was more variety in the talking heads than i expected (sam jay was a surprise) but tbh i did find it a lil wanting?

#kelly carlin having to fight idiots who think they know her dad better than she does? honestly she has more mettle than me #xxaso

[oldshowbiz]

Rick Moranis: I was a big George Carlin fan. How could I not be? But there came a point where I saw him on a talk show, and he was reading off cards. I had a feeling I could look like him, so I did an impression of him reading off notes and telling lazy jokes.

Years went by and I was at an awards show. Across the aisle was Carlin, sitting there. We looked at each other, and he just said, “Brutal. Brutal, man. Brutal.” I sort of shrugged and gestured about how much I love him. But I never really met him.

Years later, after he passed away, I spoke to his daughter, Kelly. She wanted to use the SCTV clips in a show she was putting together. I told her, “Look, I want you to understand that, believe it or not, that was really done out of reverence.” She said, “No, you don’t understand. It had a profound effect on him. He wasn’t aware that he was really being lazy. He was unhappy and wasn’t doing the kind of work that he wanted to be doing. And your impression caused him to change his approach.” God, am I glad I spoke to her.

#rick moranis #sctv #george carlin #Youtube

[wonderlandleighleigh]

A reminder that one of the big reasons Lenny was included in Maisel in the first place was to remind the world that this man was a whole, real person far beyond his addiction and eventual overdose.

Putting aside his status as a love interest on the show, he's been shown to be kind and helpful, and even sweet sometimes, if often troubled. Certainly he fucks up good sometimes, but on the whole, he's a good dude.

The real Lenny, for so long, was boiled down to how he died and why. The world forgot to ask how the man lived.

Here's a great Kitty Bruce interview about growing up with Lenny as her father:

Here is an amazing interview with Kitty, Kelly Carlin and Rain Pryor, who became friends through Facebook:

Kitty tells a wild story about how Lenny got banned from Vegas.

There was the 1984 Steve Allen tribute to Lenny called a Toast to Lenny Bruce. It used to be on YouTube but it's gone. If you can find it, It is very, very dirty, and there is a prolonged shot of the photo of Lenny's corpse at the end. It's incredibly powerful and haunting. But it's not for everyone. It does feature both Sally and Kitty talking about him very sweetly.

Kitty also runs a charity that funds resources and education for addiction treatment:

Anyways. Some resources!

#lenny bruce #the marvelous mrs. maisel #real lenny #Youtube

[news-wtf]

A video billed as an AI-generated “George Carlin impersonation” was posted Wednesday on YouTube, to the chagrin of Carlin’s daughter and many fans. The material was generated by an AI program called Dudesy, and delivered in a simulacrum of Carlin’s speaking voice.

“My dad spent a lifetime perfecting his craft from his very human life, brain and imagination,” Kelly Carlin wrote Wednesday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “No machine will ever replace his genius.”

“These AI generated products are clever attempts at trying to recreate a mind that will never exist again,” she continued. “Let’s let the artist’s work speak for itself. Humans are so afraid of the void that we can’t let what has fallen into it stay there.”

[futileexercise]

Something like this was inevitable.

[duggardata]

Did you experience morning sickness during pregnancy or difficult times with small children?

She had morning sickness with actual vomiting only with Zach. She had some nausea with the others, but it ended at Week 12.

When one child got sick, did all of them get sick?

Yes, they did. There was a time they all got chicken pox, which was particularly awful. Also, it happened several times with the flu.

What's harder—parenting toddlers, or parenting adult children?

Parenting older children and adults is harder because they're going through a period of making important life decisions. With a toddler, there are no tough decisions. "You can give them a cardboard box to play with and they'll be happy."

What was the hardest season of motherhood for you?

When Erin was born, she had 3 Under 3 and Gil worked all the time. She found it hard to even leave the house to grocery shop, since she had to bring all three babies with her wherever she wanted to go.

Can you name all your grandchildren in order?

She couldn't, and joked about having dementia. She said that she could name them all, just not in order. She named them family by family, starting with Zach, and managed to name everyone except Zade. She says that Tori + Bobby haven't chosen a name for their baby that's on the way.

Did you have natural births, or were they medicated?

Zach was in a hospital with an epidural. Michael was in the hospital with "a shot of stadol." The next fourteen were unmedicated home births. The last three were in the hospital with epidurals.

What advice would you give to a new homeschooling mom?

If you feel overwhelmed or feel you can't teach a certain subject, reach out for help. There are so many resources available!

What are your smallest and largest age gaps between kids?

She wasn't 100% sure, but said "most of them are 13–14 Months apart." She and Alyssa eventually decide the smallest gaps must be Zach–to–Michaela, Lawson–to–Nathan, and Alyssa–to–Tori, while the largest gap is probably Ellie–to–Callie, due to miscarriages.

Is Warden single?

Kelly: "Well, Warden is single right now."

Alyssa: "Yes, he's single! So... Good luck!"

Who is your favorite child?

She's asked this all the time, even by her own kids, and she always tells them, "I don't have a favorite!" She enjoys spending time with each child, though the activities they do together varies based on that child's personality and what they enjoy doing.

Which of your kids were the toughest as babies, and which were the easiest?

Kelly doesn't want to say, since the last time she commented about her 'easiest baby' she "made some siblings jealous." Eventually, she says that the easiest were Alyssa and Josie, since they barely cried and were "so easygoing." Most difficult were Erin and Carlin. "Erin was very colicky and always crying." Carlin wasn't so difficult when she was a baby, but was a difficult toddler—very headstrong. "But she was also the funnest personality. ... I loved every minute of it."

How is your health?

Good ("great since my surgery"), but the doctors told her she needs to lose some weight. She asks viewers for weight loss tips. Says she eats “for comfort” and her vice is “those sugary drinks.”

Are you less strict now with your younger kids, vs. how you were with the older ones?

She says, at first, she had to be strict and organized "to survive" w/ so many children. The oldest ones were expected to help out—but, she's quick to say that they didn't raise the younger ones, they just had "responsibilities." "It was a lot of responsibility." With the young children, they didn't have to have so much responsibility, so she doesn’t have to be so strict.

What is your dream vacation destination?

Kelly "wants to go everywhere," but Gil doesn't like traveling. She talks about past vacations she really liked. She and Alyssa decide they're going to travel together and leave their husbands at home.

Which of your children is most like you, and most like Gil?

Alyssa is so organized, like Kelly was in her "earlier years with kids." Erin is a good planner like Kelly. Tori and Gil have the same sense of humor. Lawson and Gil are both "money cruncher[s]," always trying to get a deal.

Are any of Alyssa's girls similar to her personality and looks as a child?

Zoey looks a lot like Alyssa as a child, Kelly says. Alyssa is incredulous, and thinks Lexi is the one that looks most like her. All of the younger three share personality traits with Alyssa. Allie is a lot of Michaela, a fellow oldest daughter.

Would you even move to be closer to your children, e.g., to Florida where Alyssa lives?

Kelly says she'd love to move, but they never will because Gil hates change. "We will both die in that house." Alyssa says they’d never move to Florida anyway, since Kelly says it’s too hot there.

Did you ever have a C–Section?

No C–Sections, "praise the Lord." She feels for woman who have to go through that, since it's a lot more difficult than a vaginal birth.

What is the key to marital success?

Selflessness.

How did you honestly feel with Alyssa started wearing pants?

Everyone goes through changes in life; that's normal. But, the first changes are always difficult. Change is hard. It wasn't easy at first, but Kelly realized: "Some of my best friends, who are some of the most godly people I know, dress different than me." She saw that clothing choices "doesn't make a person, and it definitely doesn't define [her] love for [her] children."

Kelly also says that she thought back, and considered how hard it probably was for her and Gil's parents when they "started having convictions that were different from their beliefs." She knows that they thought, "that's weird," but they continued to love them.

Ultimately, Kelly says that her adult children "are their own person." She "doesn't want them to be puppets." She wants them to develop their relationship with God, and have their own convictions. When it comes down to it, she trusts God to guide them, and that helped her learn “to let go."

She also specifically says that it was a process of her learning, rather than Alyssa learning. Basically, that Kelly saw this as her issue, rather than an issue with Alyssa. The right response was to let go and accept Alyssa’s choice, rather than try to change it.

What is it like having so many grandchildren, and how do you remember all those birthdays?

Grandchildren "keep [her] young." So much joy! As for birthdays... She has reminders in her phone, which she checks every day, and forgetting a birthday is one of her worst fears.

#Youtube

[fundiepredictions]

Happy birthday

Gil Bates celebrates his 59th birthday today.

He married Kelly Jo Callaham in december 1987. Since then they had 19 children, Zach (35), Michaella (33), Erin (32), Lawson (31), Nathan (30), Alyssa (29), Tori (28), Trace (26), Carlin (25), Josie (24), Katie (23), Jackson (21), Warden (20), Isaiah (19), Addellee (17), Ellie (16), Callie (14), Judson (13) and Jeb (11).

They also have 27 grandchildren and 2 on the way. Bradley (9), Allie (8), Carson (8), Kaci (7), Brooklyn (7), Lexi (6), Zoey (5), Everly (5), Kade (5), Willow (4), Khloe (4), Holland (4), Layla (3), Kolter (3), Maci (2), Jadon (2), Hazel (2), Charlotte (2), Finley (1), Zade (1), Cambree (1), Kenna (1), Hailey (0), Rhett (0), Lily (0), Ryker (0), William (0), baby Balka (due in march), baby Smith (due after baby Balka)

#fundie #birthday #gilbates #bates

[ghostlytales]

Grey lady

One of the strangest intruders was surely the grey lady who appeared on a photograph taken by Harry Dack in the backyard of his home in Carlin How in 1967. The identity of the lady, who appears to be looking at Harry`s grandson Neil and his Jack Russel pet Kelly, has never been solved.

#paranormal #ghost photography #paranormal photography #creepy #spirit photography #ghosts #ghost #ghost photos #spirit

[spurgie-cousin]

It looks like Warden Bates got a tattoo. It's large and pretty visible in one of Carlin's recent IG stories. I'm very curious what Gill & Kelly think about that.

Kinda looks like it! It also looks like he might even have another one on the other arm, unless it's just weird shadows?

I mean, I guarantee Kelly and Gil don't like it lol but he's an adult boy so they don't get much say in what he does. The Bates kids stay challenging the appearance standards they were brought up with and to Gil and Kelly's credit, they seem to just take the "well they're adults and we love em anyway" approach, unlike some folks we know (cough Jim Bob cough).

#warden bates