Brain Droppings

Brain Droppings is a 1997 book by comedian George Carlin. This was Carlin's "first real book" and contains much of Carlin's stand-up comedy material. According to the cover, the book contains "jokes, notions, doubts, opinions, questions, thoughts, beliefs, assertions, assumptions, and disturbing references" and "comedy, nonsense, satire, mockery, merriment, sarcasm, ridicule, silliness, bluster, and toxic alienation". For longtime Carlin fans, the book also contains complete versions of two of his famous monologues: "A Place for My Stuff" and "Baseball and Football". 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... George Denis Carlin (born May 12, 1937 in New York, New York) [1] is a Grammy-winning American stand-up comedian, actor, and author. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

The hardcover edition of Brain Droppings was on the New York Times Bestseller List for 18 straight weeks. The following year, the paperback edition was published. It stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for 20 weeks. Both editions were published by Hyperion. The New York Times bestseller list is a weekly chart in The New York Times newspaper that keeps track of the best-selling books of the week. ... Hyperion is a general-interest book publishing division of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1991. ...

As of January 2001, the book had sold over 750,000 total copies. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

In August 1998, Hyperion published a 1999 calendar containing quips and quotes from the book. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

In May 2000, the book was released as an audiobook, in both CD and cassette tape formats. The audiobook received a Grammy award, Carlin's third, in February 2001. The audiobook edition was published by Highbridge Audio. This article is about the year 2000. ... Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music...