Napalm & Silly Putty

Plot

In his New York Times bestseller, BRAIN DROPPINGS, George Carlin unleashed his opinions on everything from dining out to why you should marry an orphan. Now, in NAPALM & SILLY PUTTY, the thinking person’s comic offers a hilarious new collection of razor-sharp observations on God, language, death, pets, driving, food, sports, airplanes, advertising, news, businessmen, and much more! In NAPALM & SILLY PUTTY, Carlin dives right in, asking the tough questions: - Who does a male ladybug dance with? - When Reagan got Alzheimer’s, how could they tell? - If people climb Mt. Everest because it’s hard to do, why do they go up the easy side? - How can it be a spy satellite if they announce on TV that it’s a spy satellite? He shares philosophical musing: - If people stand around in a circle long enough, they will eventually begin to dance. - In America, anybody can be president. That’s the problem. - If there are really multiple universes, what do they call the thing they’re all part of? - No one quite knows what’s next, but everybody does it. He provides information: - With a little effort, oxen can be trained to genuflect and whistle softly in the moonlight. - If you live to one hundred, your lucky number goes up by one. - An art thief is a man who takes pictures. The mayfly lives only on day. Sometimes it rains. And he shares observations: - You rarely see one oat all by itself. - One nice thing about being dead is that you immediately become eligible to appear on stamps and money. - So far, this is the oldest I’ve been. - Am I the only one who’s noticed that the Lone Ranger and Tonto never got their laundry done? You’ll learn what Carlin thinks of saving the planet, his suggestion for revamping the prison system, and why he prays to Joe Pesci. Add to the mix “The Ten Most Embarrassing Songs of All Time,” “The 20th-Century Hostility Scoreboard,” and “People I Can Do Without,” and you have an irresistible assortment of quips, probes, thrusts, and verbal ordeals that are as smart as they are infectiously funny. (-book jacket)