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When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
Author: George Carlin

Book Information
Publisher: Hyperion
Book Type: Hardcover
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ISBN-13: 9781401301347 - ISBN-10: 1401301347
Publication Date: 10/12/2004
Pages: 320


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Paperback, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Audio CD

Book Description:
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.


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Top Member Book Reviews

William E. (unholyblackdeath) wrote on 9/2/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Pretty funny and irreverent. Nothing is sacred to George Carlin. He attacks religion, politics, modern language, America and the handicapped. Do not read this if you are easily offended. I enjoyed it immensely and it kept me occupied during my breaks at work all week. 4 stars.

Janet H. (janet982) wrote on 2/8/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

An irreverant, unholy, but funny as hell perusal into the mind of the comic, where no one, not even Jesus, is safe.

Marc F. wrote on 2/2/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

One of the funniest books that I have ever read...hands down!

Michelle W. (sixxchic) wrote on 10/12/2006...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Great book,lots of funny stories and George's thoughts on everything.

Jay C. (jareylee) wrote on 10/2/2006...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

True to George Carlin's insightful irreverence about anything that comes to his mind. Good for a hearty, cynical laugh before going to bed.

Sean S. (gtown) wrote on 7/12/2006...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

It's Carlin, so it's funny, raunchy and out there...

A. L. (Zydeco) wrote on 7/3/2006...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Cantankerous, unfunny, and vile. A waste of ink.

Jodi G. (Barroom-Psychologist) wrote on 5/29/2006...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

I absolutely adore George Carlin, but the book could not hold my interest.

Wendy K. (KelseyFamily06) - UT wrote on 8/11/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Made me laugh hysterically!!

Joan T. (Spunky) wrote on 2/4/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I have loved George Carlin's legendary irreverence and side splitting sense of humor since I first saw him on the Johnny Carson show when he first started out. Johnny almost split a gut and paid him the compliment of inviting him to sit (an action which was reserved only for those guests originally intended to entertain and then leave the stage. Whenever Johnny did this, it seemed it was quite a boose to their career. George Carlin's talent for making ordinary subjects into side-splitting rediculousness can't but please most folk.


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Julie G. (LivingInPurple) wrote on 1/16/2009...


OMG this book is a freakin riot! I laughed so hard at parts that I cried!

Tim O. (Timinator2K8) - Williamson, WV wrote on 12/6/2008...


A whole book of Carlin's endless, repetitive, bitterness and anger at everything and everybody. Must have known he was on his way out of likfe and was not happy at the prospect of meeting his maker...whom Carlin did not believe in but, has since found out that God believed in him. Not worth your while reading, not funny, sad and tragic, actually.

Leslie P. (kermitreads) wrote on 9/29/2007...


Go rent one of his shows instead.

Adrienne V. (Adriennevh) wrote on 6/18/2006...


George Carlin being himself. Some crude language tho.

Diane K. wrote on 3/3/2006...


If you've read his other books, pass on this as it is mostly repeat essays.

Lorraine H. (Maxs-Mom) wrote on 1/30/2006...


Sometimes Carlin is ridiculous & in bad taste. Other times he makes me laugh until I'm crying.


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