George Carlin (1937–2008)
Author of When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
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
Thomas and the Special Letter and Other Stories [Animated Videorecording] (1995) — Narrator — 12 copies
3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork… (2015) 5 copies
Thomas and Friends: Trust Thomas & Other Stories (Mavis, Toby's Tightrope, No Joke For James, Percy's Promise, Henry's… (1992) 4 copies
Take-offs and Put-ons 4 copies
The Aristocrats 3 copies
Last Words [Abridged 5-CD Set] 3 copies
Best Of 2015 1 copy
Thomas the tank engine & friends- Thomas' Christmas party & other favorite stories (video) (1991) — Narrator — 1 copy
George Carlin Complete 1 copy
Thomas comes to breakfast & other Thomas adventures — Narrator — 1 copy
Little David Years 1971-1977 1 copy
Associated Works
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Contributor — 244 copies
Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse: Contemplating the Future with Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra,… (2005) — Contributor — 66 copies
Thomas & Friends: Best of Thomas [Videorecording] — Narrator — 18 copies
Democracy in Print: The best of the Progressive Magazine, 1909-2009 (2009) — Contributor — 14 copies
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: The Best of Season 3 (2008) — Performer, some editions — 11 copies
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends: Rusty to the Rescue & Other Thomas Stories [Videorecording] (1995) — Narrator — 8 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Carlin, George
- Legal name
- Carlin, George Denis Patrick
- Birthdate
- 1937-05-12
- Date of death
- 2008-06-22
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Cause of death
- heart failure
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Venice, California, USA - Occupations
- comedian
disc jockey
writer - Organizations
- United States Air Force
- Awards and honors
- Grammy Award (4 times)
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2008)
Lifetime Achievement Award, American Comedy Awards (2001)
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Statistics
- Works
- 71
- Also by
- 26
- Members
- 6,783
- Popularity
- #3,603
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 119
- ISBNs
- 116
- Languages
- 2
- Favorited
- 19