R.I.P., Fillmore June 22, 2008
Posted by Ron Warnick in Movies, People.trackback
On Sunday night, it was learned the comedian George Carlin died of heart failure at a Los Angeles hospital.
Carlin is best-known for stand-up comedy that was biting and irreverent, yet revealed a love of the English language (even those famed “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television”).
Carlin also was the voice of Fillmore the hippie VW Microbus during the Disney/Pixar animated movie “Cars.” Carlin didn’t have many lines, but a few were memorable. That goes for his “Respect the classics, man” when Sarge, his Jeep neighbor, objected about Fillmore playing Jimi Hendrix’s version of the “Star-Spangled Banner.”
So Carlin is no longer with us. But Fillmore’s direct inspiration, Route 66 artist Bob Waldmire, is still very much alive and traveling the road as usual.
[...] was no word what also will happen to the Fillmore character, who was voiced by George Carlin, who also died in 2008. The unofficial inspiration of Fillmore, Route 66 artist Bob Waldmire, died a few weeks [...]