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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
Rob and I listened to this on audiobook on our way home from New Hampshire. The narrator sounded enough like George Carlin to get across the humor, thoughtfulness, and honesty of this pure memoir.
I have a warm feeling towards Carlin, having been introduced to his work at a young age. I got a bunch of good LOLs out of this book, even when reading excerpts from his older bits that I've heard many times. The biggest laughs came when reading about his time in the Air Force - he behaved exactly as we would all expect him to behave.
funny
informative
fast-paced
Such a wonderful goodbye to George Carlin. It was so touching, to go through his life with him. And even though I knew that he was never able to complete this book, that in the end he dies, I cried.
Such a good read if you're a fan at all.
Such a good read if you're a fan at all.
I saw some not too fond reviews of this book and I have to say that most seemed to be written by just the sort of person who really didn't get Carlin's point when he made his blend of humor. Having said that I can get a bit of disappointment with the book. Most of this has to do with the lack of completion involved (Carlin died before he really got to develop it as I'm sure he planned to) and so I can't hold it against either of the men involved with getting this book together.
Otherwise its a nice little window into the mind and life of one of comedy's most brilliant minds and so an interesting way to view the many years Carlin was a part of this Earth. Who can really complain about that?
Otherwise its a nice little window into the mind and life of one of comedy's most brilliant minds and so an interesting way to view the many years Carlin was a part of this Earth. Who can really complain about that?
it's impossible to read this and not hear his voice in your head. a brilliant final chapter from a man who devoted his art and craft to words.
George Carlin changed the way I think about language and people and life; reading his account of his life and career makes me appreciate and miss his presence in this world all the more. Far more than a recap of pieces from his career, Last Words is an honest look at what made George Carlin the comedy icon and man he was.
Really articulate, funny, touching, fascinating memoir. I listened to the audiobook which was great except that the guy who read it either sounded like George Carlin or was doing a George Carlin impression, which was surreal because I kept forgetting it wasn't George Carlin reading it. The book was well worth reading, though, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
When you read this book, listen to the words in your head as if it was George talking to you from the stage. That's how it was written and if you do that, it's as if George has just one more story to tell you before he goes. The best.