i honestly thought he was overrated, i think win people look back they will find him dull. his comedy was based on being shocking, and as time goes by the stuff he said will be less and less shocking.
I think his stuff up to, I dunno, 1980 was brilliant. As time went on, however, he wasn't funny. He was just playing an angry man complaining about things that bugged him (kind the liberal version of what happened with Dennis Miller).
Still, nothing can take away from the early stuff and for that he deserves a place as one of the greats.
