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Napalm & Silly Putty

by: George Carlin

: Napalm & Silly Putty
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.5402
EAN: 9780786887583
ISBN: 0786887583
Label: Hyperion
Manufacturer: Hyperion
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: April 10, 2002
Publisher: Hyperion
Release Date: April 10, 2002
Sales Rank: 26496
Studio: Hyperion



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Product Description:
The #1 New York Times bestseller with more than 450,000 copies in print offers up a hilarious and 'entertaining' [Chicago Sun-Times] collection of razor-sharp observations -- now available in paperback!

Spending more than 15 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in hardcover, George Carlin, the thinking person's comic, has made it very clear how successful he is at the transition from stage to page. In Napalm & Silly Putty, Carlin's characteristically ironic and hilarious take on life shines through. He asks:

How can it be a spy satellite if they announce on TV that it's a spy satellite?

Why do they bother saying 'raw sewage'?

Do some people cook that stuff?

In the expression 'topsy-turvy,' what exactly is meant by 'turvy'?

Amazon.com Review:
Standup comic George Carlin follows up his dark-horse smash bestseller Brain Droppings with another compendium of cranky meditations, cinching his reputation as the Andy Rooney of boomer hepcats. 'Road rage, air rage,' Carlin rails. 'Why should I be forced to divide my rage into separate categories? To me, it's just one big, all-around, everyday rage. I don't have time for fine distinctions.' Carlin is not into the lengthy essay--he's a sprinter of the mind. Most sentences in the book could be lifted out to stand alone and provoke deep thought: 'How can it be a spy satellite if they announce on television that it's a spy satellite?' Good question. 'Why do they bother saying 'Raw sewage'? Do some people cook that stuff?' Yuck, but yes, Carlin's got a point.

He can do an extended bit too, most memorably the transcript of Jesus on a talk show plugging his new tell-all memoir about the Trinity, Three's a Crowd. Carlin is funny, but genuinely angry and poignant at times: 'You live 80 years and at best you get about six minutes of pure magic,' he says. Sad, but about right.

And how did Carlin get into his line of business, 'thinking up goofy s---,' as he puts it? There's a clue in one entry in this book: 'As of 1995 the number of people who had lived on earth was 105,472,380,169 ... it means that at this point there have been almost 1 quadrillion human bowel movements and most of them occurred before people had anything to read. These are the kind of thoughts that kept me from moving quickly up the corporate ladder.'

Thank god Carlin stayed low on the corporate food chain and high on his own utterly idiosyncratic ideas! --Tim Appelo



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Better on Stage
Though the insights into various human behaviors are funny, it is more funny on stage, and left me ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - one of the funniest books i ever read
i got this as a christmas present a few years ago. i was a bit sceptical because i never heard of ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Crosses the line.
In "Brain Droppings", George Carlin did a marvellous job of offering curmudgeonly perspectives on life, ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A Good Introduction to a Great Comedian
Some of the older readers like myself, may prefer Carlin's earlier book "Brain Droppings" that have a good ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Hey, Don't Prick Your Finger, Buddy
Napalm & Silly Putty made me laugh. A bunch. A whole bunch. Carlin's cerebral, feisty, crude humor is sometimes ... Read More

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