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Summary: Great!
Review: This book was great! I haven't seen his comedy acts or his cd's. When I read the book that was the first time I heard of him. I am planning on getting Brain Dropings. He makes smart points. I saw Dogma where he played a priest. Everything he says makes sense. About how people have to tape everything like stupid people, and that the man can only handle the camera and it's a big skill. And about how boring golf is. And how he loves dogs. Also that hilarious list of diseases. But, if you are easily effended, don't read it.
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Summary: more brain droppings
Review: As has been the case throughout his long career, George Carlin offers a diverse and inconsistent barrage of views on everything from the harmless to the savage. More than just a comedian, Carlin has served as a force to shatter taboos, and to drag humanity kicking and screaming into the light, with the hope that maybe we'll evolve just a tad bit faster.Carlin targets, well, nearly anything you can think of, which is certainly fair, but personally I'd like to see a little less bashing of White America. Yes, we deserve it at times, like anyone, but Carlin, exposing his lefty/hippie roots, overdoes it at times. A book worth reading for the open-minded, and it wouldn't hurt the legion of perpetually offended PC crowd, either.
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Summary: Worthless
Review: I like George Carlin's stand-up routines, but it absolutely falls flat on its face in print--I'm talking about a reverberating THUD which makes getting through this garbage nearly impossible. Carlin delivers his usual topical banter here, with shots taken at just about everybody and everything. That's not necessarily a problem in person or on record, because at least in that environment he can augment his delivery with anger, sincerity, compassion and humor. But the constant profanity is tiresome almost immediately, and the jokes, anecdotes and footnotes become redundant far too early in this book. There are some legitimately funny moments here, but they are hopelessly few and scattered far inbetween. Better comedy books are out there aplenty--Paul Reiser, Jerry Seinfeld and Drew Carey have written very good ones, and it has everything to do with including dashes of humility and humanity as well as profanity and obnoxiousness. Skip this one at all costs.
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Summary: The best ever
Review: I really don't care what anyone else says. George Carlin is the greatest comedian ever. He looks at real life and shows people how it really is. All he's doing is making the ignorant people in America a little bit more aware and he's doing it in a funny way. If you don't like Carlin then you don't have to listen to him, but hey, we all make mistakes.
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Summary: Funny, but seems controversial
Review: I laughed many times while I read this book. However, many times I reacted to something along the lines of "Man, that would make a lot of people very angry." It was a good, humorous read, but one could argue that Carlin's cynicism has gone over the top.
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Summary: Hilarious
Review: Excellent book! George Carlin writes down everything that most people are thinking. Some raunchiness but overall good laughs and fun. If you're a fan of Carlin, get the book!
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Summary: Carlin is getting meaner
Review: I've enjoyed George Carlin since I was in high school, and although I STILL like his work, there are aspects that are beginning to make me uncomfortable. This has nothing to do with the fact that I'm 40 and not the same person I was at 15. If anything, I'm probably MORE liberal now. No, it's his reliance on humor that borders on creepy that has begun to disturb me. George is brilliant. He is perhaps one of the best "observational" comics ever. If you're a fan of his work, I'd recommend Napalm with certain reservations: He seems to delve more and more into this persona that would lead one to believe he's a serial killer, if not in practice, then at least at heart. He enjoys plane crashes. He's smitten with the idea of how the news would handle a day in which there were multiple crashes, mass murders, etc., etc. Time was, when Carlin would wonder the same thing and make it funny. Unfortunately, he seems to be getting off on it. I realize that it's more likely that the "joke's on us." He isn't ACTUALLY taken with the idea of killing people, but still, it ends up coming off as sounding almost senile. All that being said, I still enjoyed over half the book. Thus, the three-star rating.
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Summary: Redundent
Review: This review is for the Audio CD. If you have heard any of George Carlins recent stuff, this will be a real disappointment. There is very little that is different from "You are all Diseased" and "Back in Town". There is a little difference, but for the most part it is those almost dead on. I was really disappointed. But if you have never heard either of those it is really good.
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Summary: FUNNY BOOK!
Review: George Carlin was once a class clown. But now he has his second book out. Both have been on the New York Times Bestseller List. I wonder what that could mean? That means that this book is great. It is filled with his philosophy about everyting in life, from airplanes to the Lone Ranger and Tonto doing their laundry. If you like this book, also be sure to check out his first book, Brain Droppings.
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Summary: I Laughed My [butt] Off
Review: This book is hysterical, George Carlin is amazing, I'm so glad I bought this book, sure get it in the library but if you're feeling down just laugh it off with this book, you cannot stop laughing at all in this book, I reccomend this to anyone who wants a good laugh.
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