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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Classic Carlin

when George Carlin reads his stuff it is just like his stand up act. great!

brilliant and hard hitting honest fun

Great comic, great insights, crisp bites of our reality in the 70's to the 90's. Amazing with and insight, laugh out loud funny, biting acerbic, revealing and a magnificent way with words!

Not for the faint of heart or for kids, but a must read and listen!

Tiger Woods is not Black

According to George Carlin, Tiger Woods is not black, skin color has nothing to do with it. I believe Carlin thought he was black. Pipe smokers should just suck d#@k, People who walk around listening to walkmans are arrogant pricks. As I was walking my dog listening to Carlin on my headphones, thinking about smoking my pipe when I got home, I found this a strange way to start out a book. Oh just before that he talked how other comedians where idiots who had hope and always offered advice to fix things and how they are political and he is not. I then listened to seven hours of how he could make the world better and his views on politics. He starts out by pretty much bashing everybody. He thinks people in the midwest are soft and boring, the people in the South are all bigots, etc. The only ones worth a sh@t are the New Yorkers, cause they live everyday knowing they can get mugged.

Ignoring the constant put downs, negativity, and trying to make himself seem different by just saying off the wall things he thinks might piss someone off, I find him to be very, very funny and smart. (Although anybody can bitch, that does not take smarts.) I love almost all his routines on the English language and how Americans use them. Like the routine about getting on an Airplane. He is getting in, not on and all the terms used in flying, like the Terminal, etc. I love how he describes baseball, how he feels about those who want to save the planet, his comments on dogs, prostitution, time, germs, what true sports are, cats, etc.

He puts down yuppies (he who wore a pony tail for how long?), businessmen, people with money, (he was probably a millionaire), whites (he who was lily white), anyone who lives anyplace other then New York ( he moved to California). He calls several people arrogant, yet to be a comedian or a writer don't you have to believe you are so important other people will pay to hear you or buy your books or buy the audible versions of your books that you read. When your busy being arrogant and putting everyone else down it is hard to see your own faults.

I gave this four stars, cause he is entertaining and gives you plenty to think about. You just need to be prepared to have your self put down in some way, it will happen, brush it off and listen to what he really has to say.

Hard Not To Smile While You Listen!

Would you consider the audio edition of George Carlin Reads to You to be better than the print version?

I would simply for the reason that it's akin to getting another 7 hours or so of George Carlin's standup. He doesn't simply read the words on the page but brings life to them and it's easy to feel like you're watching him do a set.

What other book might you compare George Carlin Reads to You to and why?

I can't think of another book that compares to this one.

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

His pace, tone, and attitude as he reads the books. It's in between a live show and just a standard narration but as a big George Carlin fan it was great to hear him read these books.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I found myself coming back to his book after every wook interruption or short break to rest my ears. It's easy to listen to in chunks because there is no major over-arching storyline but prolonged listeneing just left me smiling like a fool at my desk.

Any additional comments?

I really enjoyed this book! Any fan of Carlin's stand up would probably enjoy this audio book!

Hilarious!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes! I and all my friends miss George Carlin big time. He was so funny!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laughed until I cried.

You just know it

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

It's George Carlin. Reading his material. Too me. It was all enjoyable.

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

His voice

Any additional comments?

I feel like no one who buys this book will be unhappy with this book. It is exactly as it says, George Carlin Reads to You. If you don't like his voice or his material, don't buy this. If you do, there is no reason to not buy this. One could say, "its just him performing his material, you get that with any of his CDs." The difference is that this is a reading of a transcribed book. Which means none of the jokes require the element of sight. My only complaint with comedy CDs is that you can't see them, and there are always periods of awkward silence and the laughter of the audience who can see the comic. This eliminates that element and is, therefore, superior to any of his studio CDs.

great for the comedy fan in all of us

it was a great listen while traveling, it certainly helps to pass the time with one of comedy's greatest legends

I miss George!

Great to hear some of his musings again. just as funny as ever. lots of wisdom in his humor.

Carlin is Carlin

Any additional comments?

Sometimes you just have to laugh out loud. Sometimes you just have to fast forward. You know that going into the audible. His read is as his live stand-up is: Carlin. Simply that - Carlin ..

A treasure from the greaest stand up comic ever

Hilariously funny and ~7 hours well spent listening to this stuck in traffic although I dare say I looked like an idiot giggling away while everyone else around me was all grumpy about going at 5 mph.