What if…
…tardigrade edition.
What if George Carlin was a tardigrade and lived inside a genie bottle with a couch inside? What’s his backstory? Why does he just watch TV all day long?
Featured newcomer on an obscure Canadian scifi comedy series “Hey Man, You Gonna Eat That?” back in 2001, he skyrocketed to fame and became a global sensation, but mostly in Canada. A vehicle film was written just for him. He couldn’t handle the fame.
Developing a morphine addition and withdrawing to his home planet of Mycelia, he spent the rest of his days making Light Brights for kid tardigrades and eating Count Chocula cereal.
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Would things have been different if he’d guest-starred on Road to Avonlea? Will & Grace? Seinfeld? We may never know.
Maybe this timeline was his best timeline.







