"The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (1968). "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" (2001). "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989). In an interview on "TV Legends" conducted shortly before his death, he explained that he signed on to both shows so that people could see a different side of him (meaning he wanted to show a good side where he was not using profanity all the time). Whilst Carlin usually insulted most of the shows that he attended acting in, he usually spoke very fondly of both Shining Time Station and Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, even in some of his stand-up comedy routines, showing he really loved his job for Thomas the Tank Engine. Following his death, Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow (the co-producer of Shining Time Station) wrote tributes to him. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered without any religious ceremonies, as he wished. On 22nd June 2008, Carlin died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 71. After narrating the fourth series, Carlin left the series to do several explicit comedy specials and pursued other projects. His third series narrations were also used for New Zealand VHS releases. Conductor in Shining Time Station and "Mr Conductor's Thomas Tales". 
He narrated the first through fourth series of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends for American audiences on Shining Time Station and played Mr. George Denis Patrick Carlin (12th May 1937 - 22nd June 2008) was a five-time Grammy-winning American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor, producer, writer and author.
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