George Carlin Reads to You

An Audio Collection Including Grammy Winners 'Braindroppings' and 'Napalm & Silly Putty'

By: George Carlin

Narrated by: George Carlin

Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

If one George Carlin audio is funny, then two are funnier and three must be funniest, right? That's our thinking behind this new collection. It's a HighBridge library of laugh-out-loud, award-winning recordings featuring George himself performing many of his best bits. The set includes:

Brain Droppings
Acerbic observations, manic musings, in-your-face questions, witty word play, and more "droppings" from Carlin's singular brain. "I put a dollar in a change machine. Nothing changed." "Why are there no recreational drugs taken in suppository form?" The first Carlin book on audio and a 2001 Grammy winner.

Napalm & Silly Putty
Carlin invents Past-Tense TV (Got Smart, Father Knew Best, It Was Left to Beaver); crusades for the Center for Research into the Heebie Jeebies; founds the George Carlin Book Club (recommended reading: Fill Your Life with Croutons); and suggests that "If the shoe fits, get another just like it." A 2002 Grammy winner.

More Napalm & Silly Putty
Everything that wouldn't fit on the first Napalm recording - like "A Day in the Life of Henry VIII", "Sports Should Be Fixed", compelling confessions ("I couldn't commit suicide if my life depended on it"), and candid takes on life's little moments ("I'm beyond the nice day"), all delivered with wicked glee.

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Like a Cast of Thousands

George Carlin need only be heard to be appreciated. You remember him pacing and gesturing as he crouched on the stage, delivering rapid-fire, surgical observations on the follies of humankind. Maybe it's his early days in radio, but the voice is among the most expressive anywhere. He leaps from rage to rant to sotto voce, from lecturing to confiding, as he plays a whole range of the characters who populate his wildly imaginative essays. You could listen to him for hours--and you will. Along the way you'll remember that Carlin was never just a comic. He was an articulate, informed, educated, and always opinionated eyewitness to the human condition. Hilarious and off-color, of course, but he covers an awful lot of ground in this collection, and really makes you think.

My favorite comedian

George Carlin is a philosopher that used stand up comedy to preach and I LOVE it! Always loved his charisma and his ability to speak out on what most people are too reluctant to.

Just okay

not what I was hoping for, mostly random thoughts in rapid succession, few funny parts, but mostly just okay

The brilliant crap outshines the total garbage.

Although not for everyone, Carlin's barroom banter can amuse, if not for its breathtaking assault on taste or political correctness. Better are his thoughtful, inside-outsider's deconstruction of Amer. & consumerist absurdia, tales of anarcho-vandalist exploits, & laments as an amateur grammarian.

Funny.

I liked it. some items from his stand up comedies, and other I haven't heard of. I recomend it!

Incredibly funny audiobook!

George Carlin is a genius and the greatest comedian who ever lived. This book will make you laugh and think at the same time. Highly recommend it!

Mirror of the life

Presented in the most friendly and eyes opening way. Unbeatable by large in it's expressiveness.

If you like George Carlin... You Will Enjoy

What made the experience of listening to George Carlin Reads to You the most enjoyable?

The best Part Was him reading it to you/a small audience.From the first line paraphrased 'I'm going to read it to you, but you'll need to get someone else to understand it for you' :)I estimate/think over half was new material, much of which is good but seemed unfit fo the faster pace of Stand-up Comedy. The majority of [the new] is excellent material, and Much of it is comparable to any of his other 'best material'.And the parts that were not new were given in a new way or organized differently.Good for several listens.

What did you like best about this story?

Well The only way it is anything like a story, is he categorizes his humor/commentary into 3 categories, but does not keep them distinct, it is more of a preface.The English Language [Better He explains :)]The little world [the personal world]The Big world

What does George Carlin bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

In A word : Himself. :) George CarlinHim reading it, has to double or triple the enjoyment.Anyone else's voice, and IDK Reading it may be better.Would depend on the voice and/or personality.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

There are so many That move you all over, and make you think.Like "You've probably never been to where your friend works. But you probably have some sort of mental Image. If your friend changes jobs, to another that is pretty much the same; do you bother to change the Image?"

Any additional comments?

I think George appreciated us mourning 'our loss' the world's loss of him.But I think He wouldn't want us to continue too long.So After Mourning We should celebrate Him and all He did For Comedy, and in promotion of Human Thought. :)

Carlin is a comic genius

Not only will he make you laugh. But, like a philosopher, he'll make you think about the way we view the world.

In his own words.

George Carlin is precise in his style of comedy, but lays broadsides to the modern world. He brings to light technicalities of turns of phrase that people tend to accept & questions why. A short answer would be that most people are either lazy or idiots, conditions that can be avoided with work. But not to blindly work for "The Man" either. But to be conscious of what you want to do & doing it because you want to want to do it, not because you were told.

A place for your stuff & the "George Carlin Book Club" are two of my favorite bits & are included in the recording. I appreciate the way Carlin follows the logic of reality until it becomes absurdity.