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George Carlin (1937–2008)

Author of When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?

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About the Author

Comedian George Carlin was born on May 12, 1937 in Bronx, New York. He began his career at age 19 at the KJOE radio station in Louisiana. After making numerous appearances on TV, Carlin moved to radio and produced two albums, Take-Offs and Put-Ons, and FM & AM, which won a Grammy Award and was the show more first of four albums in a row to go gold. One of his best known routines was Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television. After performing this routine in Milwaukee in 1972, he was arrested for disturbing the peace and it also led to an indecency case after WBAI-FM radio aired it in 1973. Carlin also wrote three books and appeared on television and in movies. Besides his four Grammy Awards for best spoken comedy album, he was nominated for five Emmys. In 2002, Carlin was awarded the Freedom of Speech Award by the First Amendment Center in cooperation with the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado, and he was the named 11th recipient of The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in June of 2008. George Carlin passed away at age 71 on June 22, 2008 in Santa Monica, California. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by George Carlin

Brain Droppings (1997) 1,697 copies
Napalm & Silly Putty (2001) — Author & Narrator — 1,522 copies
Last Words: A Memoir (2009) 960 copies
George Carlin Reads to You (2004) 51 copies
The Best of Brain Droppings (2007) 22 copies
It's Bad for Ya (2008) 14 copies
Jammin in New York (2000) 11 copies
Parental Advisory (2007) 11 copies
Class Clown (1972) 10 copies
A Place for My Stuff (1981) 9 copies
Life is worth losing (2006) 9 copies
Classic Gold (1992) 8 copies
Complaints & Grievances (2001) 8 copies
You Are All Diseased (1999) 7 copies
Back In Town (1996) 7 copies
FM & AM (1972) 7 copies
Drive-by Comedy (2003) 7 copies
Occupation: Foole (1973) 4 copies
Toledo Window Box (1974) 4 copies
The Aristocrats 3 copies
On the Road (1977) 3 copies
Playing with Your Head (1986) 3 copies
Killer Carlin (2000) 3 copies
Carlin on Campus (2001) 2 copies
Completely Carlin (2003) 2 copies
Best Of 2015 1 copy
Working Trash (2006) 1 copy

Associated Works

Cars [2006 film] (2006) — Voice — 1,044 copies
Dogma [1999 film] (1999) — Actor — 471 copies
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure [1989 film] (1989) — Actor — 298 copies
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back [2001 film] (2001) — Actor — 251 copies
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey [1991 film] (1991) — Actor — 128 copies
Jersey Girl [2004 film] (2004) 99 copies
Tarzan II [2005 film] (2005) — Actor — 86 copies
The Simpsons: Season 10 (2007) — Guest star — 85 copies
The Cool School: Writing from America's Hip Underground (2013) — Contributor — 79 copies

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(2004)(audio)Very funny collection of short Carlin essays on American speech & euphemisms. Basically a book version of his concerts I've seen on HBO.
 
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derailer | 42 other reviews | Jan 25, 2024 |
Hysterical in places, vile in others. Definitely not politically correct. Not even socially correct. But nobody captures the cynical zeitgeist of our error quite like George Carlin. Recommended, but certainly not for the faint of heart.
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dhaxton | 42 other reviews | Nov 11, 2023 |
I've been a fan of George Carlin for the longest time and have watched his skits countless times. I was in need of a bit of a laugh and decided to give one of his books a try. Sadly, just not the same. Even though, interestingly enough,some passages were identical to skits I've seen, just wasn't the same. They say comedy is all in the delivery and without George's voice and mannerisms, it just didn't find it as amusing. Although I will admit to laughing out loud and drawing some stares during my commutes to and from work. What did surprise me about this book was that I found myself, on a number of occasions, actually offended. When watching a skit, I know George is putting on a show and doesn't actually mean lots of the things he says. But when you actually see some of these hateful words on the printed page, they are quite jarring. Just goes to demonstrate the power of the printed word. Perhaps that was what George was shooting for. Miss you George.… (more)
 
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kevinkevbo | 20 other reviews | Jul 14, 2023 |
George Carlin's comedy is generally witty, subversive, intelligent and often linguistic! Unfortunately it's not always :( This book was off to a strong start (or I was just more into), but was only intermittently funny in the second half or so.
 
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