He does the bits Las Vegas Tits & Ass, The Clap, Gypsies, and Christ & Moses. See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs. According to The JC, his body was found in his bathroom with a syringe in his arm. He does Goldwater Talks to Negroes, talks about prejudice and Lee Harvey Oswald. He does the bit Divorce & Motels. Originally issues by Fantasy Records (Fantasy 34201) as "Lenny Bruce Live At The Curran Theatre". He calls Lyndon Johnson is a shitkicker, but says Kennedy was sophisticated. The next clip is a few seconds of a bit about how Englishmen can say crap and it sounds classy. He does Flashers, then Midgets, wonders whether Pygmies are midgets, and imagines Gov. With the bit We Killed Christ he explains how his arrests are really for talking about Christianity. Lenny Bruce walks on stage. how far we've come. It does not include images; to avoid copyright violations, you must add them manually, following our guidelines. He does Religions, Inc., and starts Father Flotsky. The prosecution countered with their own academic and medical figures that claimed Bruces comedy had no redeeming value other than to outrage and arouse the audience. He does the bits The Romans Segregated the Christians with Lions and We Did It to Their Mothers for Chocolate Bars. The first clip begins as the set is in progress, with Bruce imagining that Pope Pius XII would sneak in one night to see him. Bruce is talking about a D.A. Bruce identifies in the audience jazz musician J.J. Johnson, and someone from the magazine Downbeat. (1) Bruce continues the bit Flashers, then does Midgets, wonders whether Pygmies are midgets, and imagines Gov. The secondary goal is for Spector and Bruce to discuss Bruces upcoming engagement, financially backed by Spector, at the Music Box theater in Los Angeles. He then does Christ & Moses, Are There Any Niggers Here Tonight? Why did they choose that word?. Bruce discusses the Maryland Hotel cleaning service, the Captain Howdy Show, and singer Gary Crosby. He was renowned for his open, free-wheeling, and critical style of comedy which contained satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. (2) Phone letter by Lenny Bruce to Ralph J. Gleason. He does the bit Chicks Are Boss. He went on to influence future comedians such as; Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Jon Stewart, Marc Maron, Louis C.K, Richard Pryor, the list goes on. Bruce recounts how he got the label sick comic. He talks about the cover of his album The Sick Humor of Lenny Bruce and says he has a new album (I Am Not a Nut, Elect Me, which was recorded in 1959 and released in 1960). He does his bit about wanting to give the audience members lie detector tests about infidelity and homosexuality and refers to Tab Hunter's arrest for allegedly beating his dog. Lenny Bruce - How To Relax Your Colored Friends At Parties (1961) Reelblack One 1.17M subscribers Subscribe 1.5K Share 165K views 4 years ago Classic comedy bit from controversial satirist. Thats the place where Lenny Bruce was arrested for obscenities a long time ago. He does The Best Man in the Tribe (St. Paul), The Christian God Has a Face, the Jewish God Doesnt, Ive Never Been Inside a Negros House, Men Are Carnal, Las Vegas Tits & Ass and the origin of Obscenity Law, Marijuana, and Airplane Glue. Bruce does his bit Custody/Get Even, inserts a little of King Kong, and goes into Stag Film vs. King of Kings. Before introducing him on stage, Allen spent four minutes explaining and warning his viewers on what they were about to witness on his show. The second clip is a bit on how Lawrence Welks accent and square persona were just a put-on. Lenny Bruce wanted to point out that your interpretation of that word, will be different from another persons. The primary goal of the meeting was for Ginsberg to hear Bruces experience with being arrested for giving performances that contained obscene material, and his views on what legal steps can be taken to fight those charges. "Gum Addiction," a pantomime of a musician going though withdrawal because of a lack of chewing gum, is a parody of the then-current play The Connection, which focused on jazz musicians with narcotics habits. He refers to his bust at the Gate of Horn (during the early hours of December 5). Opened in 1952, the Purple Onion ran for roughly 60 years before closing its doors in 2012. Below is a famous segment that was recorded in an underground bar, Bruce performs his Are there any niggers here tonight? skit. Bruce tells Gleason about his arrest the previous night, at his home, for having given obscene performances at the Trolley Ho nightclub in Los Angeles (under California Penal Code 311.6). Lenny Bruce was going to do his performance and say that four letter word, no matter what! Bruce asks the lighting man to turn out all the lights, and says its fun in the dark when were together, but not alone. The performance ended in Bruce's arrest for obscenity. He does his bit about Jack Ruby and Melvin Belli. He does his bit The Christian God Has a Face, the Jewish God Doesnt and Ive Never Been Inside a Negros House. As Bruce gained fame and popularity, he moved on from doing stand-up comedy at small strip clubs to performing in larger mainstream halls. John L. White, who made the arrest and Robert Coogan, Jr., who owned the Grand Prix Hobby Shop and sold drugs there. The last clip is the beginning of the bit 1100 Winos. The truth is, New York was almost as impossible then as it is now. Then, as is the case today, you had to network, deal with the power-brokers, hold meaningless jobs and share . It all comes down to context, not the word. There is an unknown third man present who makes a comment and asks some questions. He talks about the abundance of police cars in front of the Gate of Horn at the previous nights performance. He says that in light of this, his upcoming gig in Detroit was canceled. and People Dont Talk That Way to Judges. After Lennys death, never would a comedian stand trial for the use of obscene language. He jokes that hes still trying to get even with everyone who did their job, referring to the Steve Allen people and to his New York City obscenity trial (the Caf au Go Go trial), which is in postponement because of his ailment. Bruce refers to his legal troubles. He calls the Johnsons the biggest non-Jews in the world. Bruce is introduced by booker Don Friedman. A discussion of Jackie Mason speaking out against censorshipin response to Bruces arrest for obscenity at the Gate of Horn days earliercontinues. He does the Transylvania bit, Airplane Glue, interview with George Washington, King Kong and Tarzan. who was involved with narcotics. Jimmy Hoffa, Jewish bigotry, Would You Sell Out Your Country (Francis Gary Powers), Custody/Get Even, Stag Film vs. King of Kings, Transvestites Posing as Police, We Did it to Their Mothers for Chocolate Bars and Bad Toilet Training, Australia, Thank You Masked Man, Ivan Bunny, Bobby Kennedy. He does Dick Gregory and Ive Never Been Inside a Negros House. In 1964, a city license inspector attended one of Bruces shows. The recorder is shut off, then turned on again and Ginsberg identifies the time and date of the conversation at the embattled, barbed wire household of Lenny Bruce.. He does Christ & Moses, sings a bit in Yiddish, and closes the set with Ben Hurs mother & sister. (3) The last section is a series of commercials, and possibly outtakes from commercials, for the Los Angeles mens clothing store Zeidler and Zeidler. Why was Allen making such a big deal about this? Upload, livestream, and create your own videos, all in HD. He starts his bit The Clap, then has an exchange with an angry man in the audience who wants his money back ($5). But you already knew that, didnt you? He says men will have sex with anything. He flips through a magazine with stories about celebrities and lady-kinda ads. He reads the ad for the Mark Eden Method Bust Developer. The next section is a montage of very short clips of bits involving drug use. Years before, Bruce who was a civil rights activist, said in a performance You have a choice of spending 15 years being married to a woman, a black woman or white woman, a simplified skit that showed how ridiculous any anti-miscegenation argument was, and flattened it in just 30 seconds. Third part of a conversation among comedian Lenny Bruce, attorney Albert Bendich and journalist Ralph J. Gleason. He does the bits We Killed Christ, Flashers, Christ & Moses, Are There Any Niggers Here Tonight?, and Black Black Woman White White Woman. The date is not known but most likely took place after Bruces sentencing in June of 1963 for narcotics possession. He never gave up on his first amendment right, freedom of speech. The recording ends in the midst of his bit To Is a Preposition, Come Is a Verb. Bruce does some bits about air travel. I dont care what they call me because at the end of the day, were there for each other. (Bruce was then arrested, as was audience member George Carlin, who refused to show police his ID). 4 . The series correspondence, writings and transcripts, and news clippings and articles also have materials pertaining to Lenny Bruce previously gathered by a close friend named Ralph J. Gleason, who was a journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle and later, the founding editor for Rolling Stone Magazine. During which a number of crap fucking bands no one has ever heard of played. He does a bit on mothers of different ethnicities. Bruce begins by using the microphone in a gesture of benediction; in his New York obscenity trial that was interpreted as being a masturbatory gesture. "I go away back with Rosie and that's not the Rosie I know," Allen, 65, told reporters Thursday at the Television Critics Association's press tour when asked about Roseanne's firing from ABC in May over her racist tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett to an ape. Waltham, MA 02453, Lenny Bruce Institutional Repository site. Among the items recorded by the inspector was Bruce describing the famous Jacqueline Kennedy photo of her crawling on to the trunk of the car after her husband had been shot. He says he was hip to the Bay of Pigs before most people. He comments on contemporaries Mort Sahl and Bob Newhart and does his bit Shelley Berman & Chicago Shtarkers. The photographs document not only his professional career but also his personal life with family and friends. The set ends. He talks about his San Francisco obscenity trial. Starts in the midst of his bit Flashers. Names mentioned include Tony Viscarra, the friend who was with Bruce at the time of the arrest, police Sgt. "A New Electric Chair" is a stream-of-consciousness narrative about a warden deliberating a purchase. The recording ends in the midst of his bit To Is a Preposition, Come Is a Verb. Bruce speaks about and reads from documents associated with his February 1962 arrest for obscenity in San Francisco, including Bruce's own letter to Judge Clayton Horn and tells how it resulted in his being charged with contempt of court. Bruce wonders whether it is the usual practice to confront performers before their shows. Twice after shows in Los Angeles, Bruce was charged with obscenity violations. He talks about other countries views of American race relations and does Ive Never Been Inside a Negros House. Also available in the iTunes Store. The Air Force is JewishKool Aid? Please email us at [emailprotected], subject line republish, with any questions or to let us know what stories youre picking up. Instant potatoes? Bruce holds up a magazine with a picture of a nude or scantily clad woman and asks, how can that chick be indecent? Looking at the camera, Bruce talks very briefly about his reputation and the first amendment, the freedom of speech and how a law abiding citizen gets offended by his freedom of speech, but the irony is that he is within his own constitutional right to say whatever he likes, and that there is no law saying that he can not do so. He doesnt like double-entendre comics like Belle Barth, and to prove it says an obscenity straightforward. The file ends during the bit. The defense brought in media critics, psychiatrists, and religious figures that supported Bruces right to speak. The show is known as The Berkeley Concert. However, that episode of the Steve Allen Show was eventually shelved by the censors, it was never aired. He does his bit about wanting to give the audience members lie detector tests about infidelity and homosexuality. Literary experts were called as witnesses to support Bendichs claim. George Wallaces reaction to Pygmies. Here are a few clips that show the range, depth, and volatility of a man Complex magazine calls the most controversial comedian of all time. Some of the names on the petition included Paul Newman, Bob Dylan, Elizabeth Taylor, James Baldwin, and Woody Allen. Talks about Elizabeth Taylor, a picture of Fidel Castro and Vice-President Richard Nixon in the New York Times; about going on the Steve Allen show, integration, religious leaders, civil rights, capital punishment. A preface to the performance on the tape is the repetition of the recorded voice one gets when calling a phone number to get the time of day. He discusses New York sportscaster Bill Stern, and talks about a jazz show he went to. Bruce discusses women's breasts, lipstick and powder, dating advice, does No Guy Ever Cheated on His Wife/Guys Detach, Custody/Get Even, Divorce, Deny It, and a bit about Alaska. (1) Bruce talks about his trial, mentions Leopold and Loeb, his arrest for obscenity days earlier, the abundance of police cars in front of the Gate of Horn at the previous nights performance. He then talks about Lyndon Johnsons southern accent. He does the bits Jewish vs. Goyishe and (Chicago columnist) Paul Molloy & Christianity. This didnt phase him. 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