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

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

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

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

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

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

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

s of morality and human decency. Among Krassner's circle of Tavistock iconoclasts, peddling smut in the name of humor and "creative expression," were Lenny Bruce... These people were taken seriously in certain quarters. LaRouche received enough campaign contributions to qualify him for matching funds from the

nd sold for $1 each. The price included a notarized statement of authenticity. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031973 --- 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

or March.docx Hey Jeffrey, Happy Ash Wednesday. Chicago had the largest membership in the Roman Catholic Church of any archdiocese in the country. Lenny Bruce's jury consisted entirely of Catholics. The judge was Catholic. The prosecutor and his assistant were Catholic. On Ash Wednesday, the judge removed t

San Francisco some years previously. Now she told me that when she first met Charlie and people asked her what he was like, she had compared him to Lenny Bruce and me. It was the weirdest compliment I ever got, but I began to understand Manson's peculiar charisma. With his sardonic rap, mixed with psyched

medy which integrated satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity that was the life blood of the counter-culture of the 1950s and 6os was that of Lenny Bruce — American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and screenwriter — and truly one of the greatest that ever was.... as well as someone who in

Hungry i and the Purple Onion in San Francisco presided over a new age of stand-up by providing stage time for such Hall of Fame game- changers as Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, Bill Cosby, the Smothers Brothers, Woody Allen, Phyllis Diller, Bob Newhart and Jonathan Winters. Nothing compares to that Golden Age b

. But "Mass" is an early Sunday morning thing and I'm a late-night Saturday evening kinda guy. Mass audience is not who I am. That wasn't my voice. Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor were brilliant on tv but the material they did on the air didn't hold a candle to what they didn't do on tv. A lot of my stuff ba

90s I was talking to my =ather on the tellyfone and reminiscing about that day and he told me =he other fellow with the beard and weak handshake was Lenny Bruce (I =as 10 and had no idea who he was) who would be dead about 5 weeks =ater. My father saw him perform and I remember him coming back to the =otel

From: paul krassner <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2017 8:43 PM To: Jeffrey E. Subject: Lenny Bruce 1.--A panel about Lenny Bruce took place at =n auditorium in a Los Angeles library "celebrating" =armed Books Week...Somebody in the audience sent

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 extraordinaire. As soon as we decided

onate blood because he had ingested acid. In the eighties, there are those who are afraid to get a blood transfusion because of AIDS. In the sixties, Lenny Bruce got arrested for saying “cocksucker” on stage. In the eighties, Meryl Streep got an Academy Award for saying it in Sophie's Choice. Now, almost the e

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. “Ch

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