Epstein Secrets

olin for twenty-five years, not since | had used it as a prop when | started doing stand-up comedy, and four decades had passed since that concert in Carnegie Hall. It felt like a previous incarnation. But now Billy Jack himself was handing me Thomas Jefferson's violin. How could | resist? “I'd like to dedicate

ed interstate commerce.” When Life magazine ran a favorable profile of me in 1968, an FBI agent sent a poison-pen letter to the editor: “To classify Krassner as some sort of ‘social rebel’ is far too cute. He's a nut, a raving, unconfined nut.” But in 1969, the FBI's previous attempt at mere character assa

hat LA. 7imes Sunday Calendar section blared out: Paul Krassner-- “1 Was a Communist for the FBI.” \|n the San Fr

provide the funds to cover the FBI’ s theater critics squad? The banner headline on the cover of that LA. 7imes Sunday Calendar section blared out: Paul Krassner-- “1 Was a Communist for the FBI.” \|n the San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen wrote, “Fearing Krassner would sue, the 7imes recalled and destr

about — Lenny was essentially blacklisted from television, On February 3, 1961, in the midst of a severe blizzard, he gave a famous performance at Carnegie Hall in New York. It was recorded and later released as a three-disc set, titled The Carnegie Hall Concert. In the liner notes, Albert Goldman described

e request of Hugh Hefner and with the aid of Paul Krassner, Bruce wrote an autobiography. Serialized in Pla

motionally disturbed. Zappa asked Bruce to sign his draft card, but the suspicious Bruce refused. At the request of Hugh Hefner and with the aid of Paul Krassner, Bruce wrote an autobiography. Serialized in Playboy in 1964 and 1965, this material was later published as the book How to Talk Dirty and Influenc

paulkrassner.com HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015036 Introduction by Andy Borowitz Tocome... HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015037 Table of Contents THE EARLY YEARS-- From Carnegie Hall to MAD Magazine A Child’ s Primer on Telethons— Sex Education For the Modern Catholic Child— A Children’ s Primer on Fighting Communism-- A Child’ s

ist was the inspiration that kept pushing me to the next level; there was no way I could continue reading it and remain the same.” --George Carlin “Paul Krassner--confidant of Lenny Bruce, co-founder of the Yippies, defiler of Disney characters, publisher of The Realist, and investigative satirist extraordinai

blic figures. He would rather savor a piquant irony about a public figure than eat a bowl of fresh strawberries and ice cream.” --Ken Kesey “T told Krassner one time that his writings made me hopeful. He found this an odd compliment to offer a satirist. I explained that he made supposedly serious matters

recite the alphabet backwards, whereas he read the entire dictionary. We both played the violin, and when he was nine and | was six, we performed at Carnegie Hall. (| was the youngest concert artist in any field to perform there.) Our younger sister Marge took piano lessons and became a legendary figure at Boys

OVERSIGHT_015376 rhetoric, | wrote to the Justice Department to find out the status of their case against Groucho, and received this reply: Dear Mr. Krassner: Responding to your 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

fantastic guy I've got comin’ out, and | don't know what I'm gonna do yet but | just wanna talk with him.’ And | said, ‘Well, who is it?’ He said, ‘Paul Krassner.’ And | just fell out, and said, ‘Are you serious? He's one of the hippest minds in the whole world.’ Then he came back and said, HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_0