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    George Carlin Autobiography


    Adam's Rating : 9.5     Rotten Rating : 0     Review Date : 3/5/10 8:23 AM        Bookmark and Share

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    I think we all know George Carlin as different things. To some he was a brilliant comedian. To others he was a champion for free speech. Others that he was an a-hole. I think he was all three and I loved him for it.

    This book was as funny as you would expect it to be but it was so much more than that. He did step through his life but the purpose was not necessarily to catalogue all of the various events. Carlin understood who he was and how he got there so as he stepped through his life he took great care to show you why something mattered. Various events in his life shaped his standup, beliefs and values.

    I think if there was something that really surprised me was his love of words and meanings, which he got from his mother. Looking back on his standup I think I did not see this because of all of the various vulgarities (which in hindsight I now understand were necessary). Carlin challenged us to challenge our own beliefs. I've been meaning to read more about Bertrand Russell as he is a similar rabble rouser.

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