Sometimes a Little Brain Damage Can Help

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| author = George Carlin

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Sometimes a Little Brain Damage Can Help is the first book written by comedian George Carlin, published in 1984.{{Cite news |last=Hager-Van Dyke |first=Charlene |date=March 12, 1999 |title=CARLIN'S WIT TO PERK UP PEABODY |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/279263371 |access-date=2024-12-27 |work=Orlando Sentinel |id={{ProQuest|279263371}} |via=ProQuest}}{{Cite news |last=Strauss |first=Duncan |date=January 5, 1989 |title=George Carlin Sees His Act as Still 'Showing Off' for the Nuns |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-05-ca-475-story.html |access-date=2024-12-27 |work=Los Angeles Times}}

The book is a humor collection, featuring many jokes from Carlin's stand-up routines. The title is a saying of Carlin's, which appears in his second book, Brain Droppings. The slogan also appears on the back of some of his concert T-shirts.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}