When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?

by George Carlin

ONE LINE SUMMARY: Comedian George Carlin offers another collection of essays and one-liners.

This book was a struggle to get through. I was on the verge of returning it the library, unfinished, when I decided to renew it and just try to get to the end. I haven’t really enjoyed any book by a comedian, although I love stand-up comedy, except Paul Reiser’s Couplehood and Babyhood. Reiser knows how to take his comedy and create a beginning, middle and end to his books, and I just wish he’d write another book (Adolescenthood?).

Carlin’s book is extremely disjointed and often pointless. Yes, I do tend to like some kind of coherency in plot/structure, but this book simply wasn’t very funny. The best bits were actually the one-liners.

This is the first book I’ve read this year which I wished I hadn’t wasted my time on.

Posted by: ssjane | April 9, 2005 | 11:30 pm
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