The George Carlin Letters: The Permanent Courtship of Sally Wade

307 Pages·2011·283.205 MB·English

by  Sally Wade

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GALLERY BOOKS
NEW YORK LONDON TORONTO SYDNEY
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FOR GEO
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“Justrememberthesewordsin
mystory—cutiepie,thoughtful,
considerate,loving,warm—justpile
iton,baby—afterthat,youcansay
anythingyouwant.”
So here goes . . .
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Gallery Books
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Copyright © 2011 by Sally Wade
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First Gallery Books hardcover edition March 2011
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wade, Sally.
The George Carlin letters : the permanent courtship of Sally Wade / Sally Wade. — 1st
Gallery Books hardcover ed.
p. cm.
1. Carlin, George. 2. Comedians—United States—Biography. 3. Wade, Sally. 4.
Screenwriters—United States—Biography. I. Title.
PN2287.C2685W34 2011
792.7’6028092—dc22
[B] 2010045525

ISBN 978-1-4516-0776-5
ISBN 978-1-4516-1140-3 (ebook)
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PROLOGUE 8
CHAPTER 1: A CUTE MEET 15
CHAPTER 2: FOUR MONTHS LATER 24
CHAPTER 3: GEO MOVES INTO THE ’HOOD 29
CHAPTER 4: DAY-TO-DAY STUFF 38
CHAPTER 5: SERIOUS LOVERS ARE FROM JUPITER 49
CHAPTER 6: LANGUAGE FILE 69
CHAPTER 7: WORDPLAY 85
CHAPTER 8: SPOT & GEO 96
CHAPTER 9: TIME FOR ROMANCE 108
CHAPTER 10: MARRIAGE OF THE KING & QUEEN OF JUPITER 122
CHAPTER 10½: JUPITER GEO & SAL: THE WEDDING ALBUM 132
CHAPTER 11: THE LEWD CHAPTER 135
CHAPTER 12: TROUBLE IN THE BUBBLE 141
CHAPTER 13: RELATIONSHIP AXIOMS FROM JUPITER 152
CHAPTER 14: FOOD & DINING 165
CHAPTER 15: WE’RE VERY MATURE—FOR A COUPLA FUCKIN’ BABIES 174
CHAPTER 16: GOOFY STUFF 191
CHAPTER 17: SNAPSHOTS FROM NEW YORK 203
CHAPTER 18: DRUG STUFF 218
CHAPTER 19: CRYSTALS, TROLLS, FAIRIES & ELVES 224
CHAPTER 19½: GERTIE & GOOFY 235
CHAPTER 20: MOM & GEO 240
CHAPTER 21: MR. STAGE STUD 248
CHAPTER 22: POETRY & ARTWORK 262
CHAPTER 23: CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS & THE AFTERLIFE 283
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 301
IMAGE CREDITS 303
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PROLOGUE
The day Geo died, I came home and found this note
propped up in front of my computer screen. George had left it for me
before he went to the hospital.
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