Epstein Secrets

cifixion, there’s no Christianity, so if you had won they’d be blaming the Jews for destroying Christianity.” Woody reminded me of the riff that got Lenny Bruce into so much trouble. Bruce quipped that if the Roman’s electrocuted rather than crucified their enemies, millions of Christians would be walking ar

as hired to become a professor at the University of California in Santa Cruz. Shortly thereafter, I read that she was going to Moscow to receive the Lenin human rights prize from the Soviet Union. She said that she was pleased to receive the prize and that she would spend the rest of her life helping to

literally than Louis C.K.’ s killing the Jews or Lenny’ s beating up the Polacks. Rape-in was a misunder

all get back together and kill the Jews.’ That’ s all | have to say about it.” The audience laughed and applauded, as they did fifty years ago when Lenny Bruce ended a riff on prejudice: “Randy, it won’ t matter any more even if you are colored and I’ m Jewish, and even if Fritz is Japanese, and Wong is Gree

m. He’d have to say “frig.” The first time I met Lenny, he came to New York, and he called — because The

assner about running The Realist, hacking The New York Times Bestseller list, and that “true, extraordinary liar,” Donald Trump. of American comedy: Lenny Bruce, The Second City, and The Realist. From its first issue in the Spring of 1958, Paul Krassner’s iconoclastic “journal of freethought and satire” crea

eck, withdrawing half of it in cash, a $500 bill. Lenny was alone in his funky hotel room on Christmas Da

ens were to be cut into two-inch squares and sold for $1 each. The price included a notarized statement of authenticity. My second column was about Lenny Bruce—titled “Lenny the Lawyer,” since he defended himself in trials He was arrested for obscene performances only because there were no blasphemy laws, an

eck, withdrawing half of it in cash, a $500 bill. Lenny was alone in his hotel room on Christmas Day when

ens were to be cut into two-inch squares and sold for $1 each. The price included a notarized statement of authenticity. My second column was about Lenny Bruce—titled “Lenny the Lawyer,” since he defended himself in trials He was arrested for obscene performances only because there were no blasphemy laws. I

- My second column was about Lenny Bruce—titled “Lenny the Lawyer,” since he defended himself in trials

sold for $1 each. The price included a notarized statement of authenticity. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024923 --- PAGE BREAK --- My second column was about Lenny Bruce—titled “Lenny the Lawyer,” since he defended himself in trials He was arrested for obscene performances only because there were no blasphemy laws. I

ny Bruce. | also felt like your relationship with Lenny had so much to do with your evolution as a writer

ad a very contentious creative friendship with one of my best friends who is a friend no longer. That seemed to mirror some of your relationship with Lenny Bruce. | also felt like your relationship with Lenny had so much to do with your evolution as a writer, satirist, and comedian that it seemed proper to put

Amendment const" ...constitutes what, I wondered. Lenny was a subscriber to my satirical magazine, The Re

legations against the club, and the current charge involved neither violence nor drunken behavior. The only charge pressed by the city prosecutor was Lenny Bruce's allegedly obscene performance. Nobody's prurience was aroused, but that made no difference. After all, there wasn' t any law against blasphemy. "Chic