Brain Droppings by George Carlin Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Brain Droppings
Book Review: SOMETIMES THOUGHT PROVOKING, AND AT OTHER TIMES LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY !
Summary: 4 Stars
As a long time George Carlin fan (in the early 1970s I owned George's then new Class Clown album on vinyl, and I saw him live in the 1990s), I couldn't wait to read his first hardcover book, so I went out and bought a brand new copy of Brain Droppings when it was first released in 1997. I wasn't disappointed at all with the book then, and still occasionally read that same copy for a good laugh.
Brain Droppings is a sometimes hilarious, sometimes mildly amusing, collection of George's maverick hippie stand-up comedy routines, peculiar personal opinions and random thoughts on the English language and human behavior. Some of his famous and most popular routines like "A Place For Your Stuff" and "Baseball And Football" are included along with several lists of his favorite redundancies (foreign imports), favorite euphemisms (police clubs = batons), favorite oxymorons (original copy) and people he can do without (anyone who refers to Charles Manson as "Chuck"). It's Carlin, so the languange is definitely R-rated, but not vulgar or unreasonably profane. It's completely off the wall and out of leftfield. He finds humor and absurdity even in the most mundane:
If you ever have chicken at lunch and chicken at dinner, do you ever wonder if the two chickens knew each other?
Poor confetti. It's useful life lasts about two seconds. And it can never be used again.
I think it would be fun to go on "Jeopardy" and never buzz in. Just stand there for half an hour, never talk, and then go home.
Brain Droppings is a carefree and interesting read, and because it's full of one liners, lists and short essays, it's easily readable in bits and pieces from time to time after the first read. It's an amusing and quirky look at life from a great, much loved and widely respected comic genius who's original and unorthodox style inspired millions to think for themselves and laugh at the absurdity of life.
I AM NOT IN COMPLIANCE
George Carlin