When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
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When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? is a collection of George Carlin’s irreverent thoughts, questions, lists, monologues, and observations. Rather than following a single story, the book moves through subjects that invite Carlin’s sharpest criticism, including evasive language, politicians, the media, religion, gender, ethnicities, cultural conventions, and death. No person or institution is automatically spared his scrutiny, and even the Ten Commandments become material for his skeptical, comic rethinking.
Carlin’s approach is deliberately provocative: he examines familiar beliefs and public language, then turns them around with biting wordplay and unexpected conclusions. The title itself reflects his willingness to court offense while pursuing an unconventional line of thought. The result is a wide-ranging spoken-word comedy collection centered on a simple question: what happens when everyday assumptions, sacred rules, and accepted opinions are subjected to Carlin’s relentless observations?
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Narrator recognition & background
- George Carlin appears on at least 2 other verified audiobook editions in our catalog.
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The book sits most naturally in comedy territory, and the strongest supported details help set expectations for that kind of story. The main point of variation is listener experience unclassified, so that part of the experience is more likely to depend on personal taste. For the audiobook, there is enough recording-specific support to add a meaningful performance view for George Carlin in Narrator Experience.
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The strongest theme is independently supported across 35 discussions and 7 source networks.
Runtime & Edition Details
- Runtime
- 7 hours and 30 minutes
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Audiobook release date
- October 13, 2004
- Language
- English
- ASIN
- B0006IU57E
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