When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?

A wide range of written comedy here. Much of it laugh out loud; some of it cringeworthy. I would also classify some as rather dark. It is certainly worth the read.

If you like Carlin, you will love this. To prepare for his HBO specials, Carlin kept details notes throughout the years of his random ideas, then he would repeatedly, re-read, condense, expand, reorganize, stew over, circle back, reaffirm, repurpose, add, subtract, and distill those notes into what would become his best material, fit for his standup routines.Here, you get a combination of verbatim routines (it opens with the seminal "Modern Man"), ideas that would be built upon later for his final performance in "It's Bad For Ya", and tangents which give you a glimpse into his wild mind which wouldn't work for a 1 hour HBO special, but are perfect for a stream-of-consciousness dive into his dark, perverse, and brilliant mind.Highly recommend getting both the audio recording where George narrates himself AND the print edition so you can go back and examine the best ideas and topics he was likely building up for his planned Broadway show his death a few years later halted from being realized.

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.

I feel like I need to start by saying that I read the entire book. Seems a lot of people think it's OK to write a review after reading the first 20 pages, flipping through it at a bookstore, or just reading the cover. There should be a rule.I've read all of Carlin's books and have been a fan since "7 Words." This is not his funniest book, but it is still classic Carlin. He is angry, vulgar and sophomoric, that's what he does, and sometimes that's just what you need. He can be angry and complain so that I don't have to. For me, reading Carlin is like a sedative that's absorbed through the eyeballs.Sometimes his observations and rantings are truely genius, sometimes what he has to say is about as deep as my 8-year-old. If you are easily offended by vulgarity, strong opinions that may differ from your own or the rantings of an irritated man, then this book isn't for you.It appears, from reading other reviews, that some people who consider themselves Christians, were offended by this book. Carlin is not "...challenging Christian views and beliefs," as one reviewer said, he's simply making fun of you. That's what he does, that's what he's always done. To expect something else isn't realistic. If you are a Christian and understand that Freedom of Religion also means Freedom FROM Religion, then you will not be offended by this book.And finally, it's been suggested that we should not buy this book because it is simply the "rantings of a drug addict." If you agree, then don't buy this book, and also get rid of all your Hemmingway, Fitzgerald, Poe, O'Henry, King, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, Dylan Thomas and Stephen Crane as well. You wouldn't want to be a hypocrite, right? If you actually understand the nature of addiction then you'll know it doesn't matter in your selection of this book.

Bypass any feelings you may have about the title. This isn't an attack on Christianity, folks, but one guy's take on life, touching on such topics as how words evolved over time, the language of football compared to baseball and other intriguing aspects of our culture. Carlin knows we're all a little nuts (or would it be better to say we're "quirky" or "eccentric")? His genius is exposing our peculiarities, forcing us to think about the oddities in the world, especially when it comes to human reasoning and logic. So why all the controversy over this book? Is it just the title? Looking at the world from Carlin's perspective, even if it is just for an afternoon or two, doesn't have to be threatening...and you don't have to stick around for the ride if you get too uncomfortable.

Carlin (RIP) could have recited Tolstoy's entire "War And Peace" epic and I would have hung on to every word!!Funny, intelligent, funny, witty, thought-provoking, funny, predictable, funny, light-hearted ... Did I mention funny?If you want to laugh out loud from reading a book, this is the one to open ... But trust me! Once you open it and start reading, you won't put it down until you've read right through to the last page ... Yeah, it's THAT good!Gosh, I miss this man!

I'm not going to get into the argument over whether George Carlin's humor was offensive; if you're buying his book then you probably know what brand of humor you're going to get."When Will Jesus Bring the Porkchops?" is clearly up Carlin's alley, but it definitely loses something in the print edition. This isn't the case for most of his other work (e.g. "Napalm and Silly Putty"), but this time around you get the feeling that he more or less dictated some of his stage routines into a tape recorder, which someone later transcribed.I imagine that if you purchase the audio version of this one or, if you have a vivid enough imagination to "hear" the book in your mind's ear, you'll enjoy it much more.

Arrived on time and with only a few marks in it but as it was sold as, "used & in good condition"...no complaints. Was a great price! I had been looking for this for like ever and now I finally have it. Completes my collection of works by George and could not be happier. Arrived in time and not over packaged. If you love, George Carlin, as much as I do then it is a must have and definitely would reccomend. REMEMBER... used condition, means, used conditon so try to be happy with what you get. I LOVE IT and will use this company again for others. THANKS FOR GREAT SERVICE!

Good to read, but it's better to hear him reading it as his delivery is excellent. He makes great observations which are funny especially in the use of words - and especially the use of words by politicians; in the UK, political leaders often begin their answers with 'so' or 'look' - George Carlin would have certainly noted that when these words were used, you were being spoken down to - a good read, an intelligent funny man.

Hilarious. Wife picked it up on holiday thinking it would be over her head. Ended up giggling like a dervish showing our daughter and me up on the beach.

Love it

Thought provoking