When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops? [Paperback]

George Carlin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 295 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion; 1st Thus. edition (2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739451634
• ISBN-13: 978-0739451632
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (238 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,529,650 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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564 of 623 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get a life folks, October 29, 2004

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B. DeSantis (PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (Hardcover)

Why is it that all the people who gave this book only one star also seem to be reviewing lots of religious and Right Wing political books? George Carlin has been a well know comedian since the 60's. He has always spoke the way he does about religion. When you see his name as the author of a book with Jesus in the title, why do you buy it if religious humor will offend you? Ok, maybe you just want to see what he has to say, I can understand that. But you know you're not going to like it, and you know you'll disagree with it. Why bother printing a review? You're not basing the review on how good the book is, you're basing it on whether you agree with it's ideas or not. One guy even made the remark that we've taken the 10 Commandments out of courthouses, but we still allow this book to be sold. It's called free speech. It's part of the same document that give you the right to have your religion. The difference is, the comandments in a courthouse are on public display. This book is something you have to conciously use your own money to buy. Let me write a shorter review: If you're easily offended by religious humor, don't buy this book.

182 of 207 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Little Off Target, October 28, 2004

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JMack (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (Hardcover)

I believe some of the reviewers of this book might be expecting too much. "When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?" is not Carlin's best book, but a lot of the material is offensive to some people and funny to most of us. That's what Carlin does, he offends people. My biggest complaint is that he did not offend enough people. I felt that too much of the book was devoted to euphemisms. The fact is that these arguments presented by Carlin are more logical than funny. By most standards, this is not a problem, unless the book is supposed to be funny.

I enjoyed a lot of the book. I enjoyed the one liners in the sections titled, "Bits and Pieces". Nobody has a better eye for observing the stupid things people do. Whether regular people or famous people, Carlin points out the problem in a humorous way. Usually it is a shocking or offensive result. That is why people like George Carlin. If you like Carlin, you will probably like the book. It is not his best book, but it is still better than most comedian's books.

56 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Euphemistically speaking. . . ., November 18, 2004

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halftail cat (Bakersfield CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (Hardcover)

This is a book in which George Carlin manages to offend everyone who reads it, depending on their political preferences, how they feel about minorities, the handicapped, the homeless, the chronically ill, the elderly, etc, etc, etc. In other words, if you have an opinion about anything at all, he will manage to upset you at some point if you read this book.

Having said that, this is one of the best books I have ever read. Not only is his take on life hilarious, he is more often than not right-on in his views on life and the way people live it. I think his views actually reflect the way the majority of people think about things, it's just that he's the only one with enough guts (read: balls) to actually put his feelings in print.

I recommend this book to anyone who wants a good laugh - really, several hundred good laughs - and has a thick skin to go along with it. At some point pretty much every type of personality (even yours) is written about in this book.