Dennis Parker felt it was necessary to stand up for standup comic George Carlin and received a phone call from the funnyman known for his salty language.

Parker in January responded to a previous letter to the editor, which questioned whether Carlin, known for iconoclastic views, was really the type of entertainment Idaho Falls warrants.

A longtime fan who moved from California about five years ago, Parker said in his letter that if people do not like a certain brand of entertainment, they can stay away from it.

Carlin’s Jan. 16 show was sold out.

Several weeks later, Carter got a call from the star.

“My mind kind of went blank,” he said. “I didn’t know what to say to him. I told him I’d finished reading his book (“Brain Droppings”), which I’d found at the library. He said that was good, because once they see what’s in it they’ll probably pull it off the shelves.”

Carlin followed up by sending a few concert videos to him.