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for satire to an almost unreachable height. But over the past sixty years, Paul Krassner faced similar challenges from such daunting surrealists as Richard Nixon, O.J. Simpson, and Sarah Palin -- and never blinked. At this point, you couldn't be blamed for thinking, "Wait. Things have been fucked up before —
probably reality's fault. It's impossible to overstate Paul Krassner's impact on American comedy. He has influenced everyone from George Carlin to Harry Shearer to Lewis Black, and will continue to inspire the satirists of the future — assuming, of course, that there is a future. But as tempting as it is to e
inquiry, the Supreme Court has held that Title 18 U.S.C., Section 871, prohibits only “true” threats. It is one thing to say that “I (or we will kill Richard Nixon” when you are the leader of an organization which advocates killing people and overthrowing the Government; it is quite another to utter the words wh
red G-string and displaying his naked ass. Satirist Harry Shearer observed that “The nightmare in Tucson is the inevitable result of a society where a mentally confused young man can purchase a red G-string anywhere
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the benefit of having lived through Kennedy and Nixon. PK: My earliest remembrance of a Presi- dent wa
ns. By the way, did you see the Washington Post article linking to the archive, specifi- cally the LBJ story?” PK: Oh, yeah. I heard about that from Harry Shearer. He sent me the link to the article, where they refer to me as an “obscure 1960s figure.” The subject line of Harry’s email was “It’s official!” and
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