George Carlin - Advertising and BS

"To date, George Carlin's 14 HBO specials have garnered three Emmy nominations and six CableAce awards, and Carlin picked up two additional Emmy nominations in the early '90's, playing the part of Mister Conductor in 45 episodes of the critically acclaimed PBS children's show, "Shining Time Station.

In 1997, Carlin ventured into a new field as Hyperion published his first book, Brain Droppings, a collection of original routines, one-liners, commentaries and essays. In hard cover and paperback, the book spent a total of 40 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list and has sold nearly 900,000 copies. "