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Author : Kelly Carlin
Release : 2015-09-15
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 252/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Carlin Home Companion by : Kelly Carlin
Download or read book A Carlin Home Companion written by Kelly Carlin. This book was released on 2015-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir from the daughter of George Carlin "a hero to many, but a father to one" —Bill Maher
Author : James Sullivan
Release : 2010-06-08
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 924/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Seven Dirty Words by : James Sullivan
Download or read book Seven Dirty Words written by James Sullivan. This book was released on 2010-06-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Seven Dirty Words, journalist and cultural critic James Sullivan tells the story of Alternative America from the 1950s to the present, from the singular vantage point of George Carlin, the Catholic boy for whom nothing was sacred. A critical biography, Seven Dirty Words is an insightful (and, of course, hilarious) examination of Carlin's body of work as it pertained to its cultural times and the man who created it, from his early days as amore-or-less conventional comedian to his stunning transformation into the subversive comedic voice of the emerging counterculture. Sullivan also chronicles Carlin's struggles with censorship and drugs, as well as the full-blown renaissance he experienced in the 1990s, both personally and professionally, when he became an elder statesman to a younger generation of comics who revered him. Seven Dirty Words is nothing less than the definitive biography of an American master who changed the world, and also a work of cultural commentary which frames George Carlin's extraordinary legacy.
Author : George Carlin
Release : 2004-10-01
Genre : Humor
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 715/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? by : George Carlin
Download or read book When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? written by George Carlin. This book was released on 2004-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the heels of George Carlin's #1 New York Times bestseller Napalm & Silly Putty comes When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? -- infused with Carlin's trademark irreverent humor and biting cultural observations. Here we go again . . . George Carlin's hilarious When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? offers his cutting-edge opinions and observational humor on everything from evasive euphemistic language to politicians to the media to dead people. Nothing and no one is safe! Despite the current climate of political correctness, Carlin is not afraid to take on controversial topics: Carlin on the media: The media comprises equal parts business, politics, advertising, public relations, and show business. Nice combination. Enough bull for Texas to open a chain of branch offices. Carlin on the battle of the sexes: Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid. Carlin on hygiene: When did they pass a law that says the people who make my sandwich have to be wearing gloves? I'm not comfortable with this. I don't want glove residue all over my food; it's not sanitary. Who knows where these gloves have been? Carlin on evasive language: Just to demonstrate how far using euphemisms in language has gone, some psychologists are now actually referring to ugly people as those with "severe appearance deficits." Hey, Doctor. How's that for "denial"? Carlin on politics: No self-respecting politician would ever admit to working in the government. They prefer to think of themselves "serving the nation." To help visualize the service they provide the country, you may wish to picture the things that take place on a stud farm. The thinking person's comic who uses words as weapons, Carlin puts voice to issues that capture the modern imagination. For instance, why are there Ten Commandments? Are UFOs real? What will the future really be like? This brand-new collection tackles all that and more. In When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? Carlin's razor-sharp observations demolish everyday values and leave you laughing out loud--delivering exactly what his countless fans have been waiting for.
Author : Kliph Nesteroff
Release : 2015-11-03
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 863/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Comedians by : Kliph Nesteroff
Download or read book The Comedians written by Kliph Nesteroff. This book was released on 2015-11-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Funny [and] fascinating . . . If you’re a comedy nerd you’ll love this book.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews, National Post, and Splitsider Based on over two hundred original interviews and extensive archival research, this groundbreaking work is a narrative exploration of the way comedians have reflected, shaped, and changed American culture over the past one hundred years. Starting with the vaudeville circuit at the turn of the last century, the book introduces the first stand-up comedian—an emcee who abandoned physical shtick for straight jokes. After the repeal of Prohibition, Mafia-run supper clubs replaced speakeasies, and mobsters replaced vaudeville impresarios as the comedian’s primary employer. In the 1950s, the late-night talk show brought stand-up to a wide public, while Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, and Jonathan Winters attacked conformity and staged a comedy rebellion in coffeehouses. From comedy’s part in the civil rights movement and the social upheaval of the late 1960s, to the first comedy clubs of the 1970s and the cocaine-fueled comedy boom of the 1980s, The Comedians culminates with a new era of media-driven celebrity in the twenty-first century. “Entertaining and carefully documented . . . jaw-dropping anecdotes . . . This book is a real treat.” —Merrill Markoe, TheWall Street Journal
Author : John Carlin
Release : 2005-01-01
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 17X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Masters of American Comics by : John Carlin
Download or read book Masters of American Comics written by John Carlin. This book was released on 2005-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the work of America's most popular and influential comic artists, and includes critical essays accompanying each artist's drawings.
