Carlin’s humor might seem crass to those unfamiliar with him, but it comes from a well-meaning and well-thought-out place. He wasn’t your uncle, boozed up and launching on misguided political diatribes.
Carlin could’ve changed his name to Bruce Banner because his secret was he was always angry. He got away with this by virtue of being funny, as well as deceptively intelligent. While there’s nothing stopping you from reading these books in his voice, which I know I couldn’t help but do myself, there’s that and then there’s the man himself launching into these rants.Ĭalling them anything else would seem disingenuous to me. Carlin was a unique voice in comedy, owing much of that to his actual voice. This is probably for the best, though, as his brand of comedy doesn’t transfer well to the page.
I waited until he’d died to get into his stand-up, and it took me years after that to move on to his written work. Nothing changed.Again, I’m late to the game. Have you ever noticed the lawyer is always smiling more than the client? I put a dollar in one of those change machines. What year did Jesus Christ think it was? A tree: first you chop it down, then you chop it up. Also included are two timeless bonus items from the past, "A Place for Your Stuff" and "Baseball-Football." Readers will get an inside look into Carlin's mind, and they won't be disappointed by what they find: I buy stamps by mail. Filled with thoughts, musings, questions, lists, beliefs, curiousities, monologues, assertions, assumptions, and other verbal ordeals, Brain Droppings is infectiously funny. Now, for the first time, Carlin has produced a book of original humor pieces, Brain Droppings. With nearly 20 albums, two Grammys, two Cable ACE awards, and more HBO specials sunder his belt than anyone else, George Carlin is more popular than ever.
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