In August 1998, Hyperion published a 1999 calendar containing quips and quotes from the book. He denied having read the book, but footage ofīarnicle praising the book and saying "There's a yuk on every page" turned up. Writer and television commentator Mike Barnicle supposedly lifted material from the book, without accreditation, and presented it as his own. Both editions were published by Hyperion.Īs of January 2001, the book had sold over 750,000 total copies. It stayed on the New York Times Bestseller List for 20 weeks. The following year, the paperback edition was published. The hardcover edition was on the New York Times Bestseller List for 18 weeks straight. For longtime Carlin fans, the book also contains complete versions of two of his most famous monologues, " A Place for My Stuff" and "Baseball and Football". 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". This was Carlin's "first real book" and contains much of Carlin's stand-up comedy material. Brain Droppings is a 1997 book by comedian George Carlin.
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