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Kathy Griffin brings her controversial head for comedy to Houston
CultureMap Houston Maybe let's hope not, at least not Lenny Bruce in his later years. The once-brilliant satirist turned into a bitter bore, reading transcripts from his obscenity trials onstage. “I've been doing standup comedy a long time. I'm in the Guinness World … |
Interview: Alan Clements, spiritually incorrect – Echonetdaily
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Interview: Alan Clements, spiritually incorrect
Echonetdaily Blend Noam Chomsky, Lenny Bruce and Terrence McKenna and you have Alan Clements. Mandy Nolan spoke with the spiritually astute humourist ahead of his Byron show about spirituality, mindfulness and opium-laced cigars. Mandy Nolan: What does it … |
Premiere of documentary on Palm Springs legend leads week’s entertainment events – The Desert Sun
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Premiere of documentary on Palm Springs legend leads week's entertainment events
The Desert Sun Lenny Bruce wrote for her. Carol Burnett, Ann-Margret, Michael Feinstein, Carol Channing, Joy Behar and many more give testimonials to her talent. Broadway producer-director Hal Prince confesses he was wrong about Kaye and says if she had been cast … |
COMEDY: Don’t go to Doug’s show if you’re easily offended! – Dublin People
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COMEDY: Don't go to Doug's show if you're easily offended!
Dublin People Stanhope has been compared to such fearless comic revolutionaries as Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Sam Kinison and Bill Hicks. But his work makes it abundantly clear that he's a complete original. As Ricky Gervais tweeted, 'Doug Stanhope might be the … |
Letters: Restore rhetoric – Longview Daily News
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Letters: Restore rhetoric
Longview Daily News … in civilized company now dominate American public discourse.” It seems that “the hate-filled, populist appeal of Alabama Gov. George Wallace and the profanity and vulgarity of comedian Lenny Bruce … have finally won.” (At least Bruce wasn't in … |
Weekend Picks: ‘Hamilton’ returns, ‘The Love Potion’ opens and Pop-Up takes the stage – Los Angeles Times
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Weekend Picks: 'Hamilton' returns, 'The Love Potion' opens and Pop-Up takes the stage
Los Angeles Times Performances around Southern California in the coming days include the return of “Hamilton,” a remount of the camp comedy “Die, Mommie, Die!” and the final performances of a one-man show about Lenny Bruce. Los Angeles Opera opens “Rigoletto,” while … |
‘F*** you, madam’: Lenny Bruce’s obscene 1962 comedy tour that never was – Starts at 60
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'F*** you, madam': Lenny Bruce's obscene 1962 comedy tour that never was
Starts at 60 Lenny Bruce's 'vulgar' Australian shows were axed. He'd previously been arrested for his comedy material. Picture source: Getty. These days, comedians can't go a sentence without dropping an f-bomb or relating a sex story that leaves comedy venues in … Family Feud to be “rested.” – TV Tonight |
Kanye West illustrates the responsibility of free speech – Toledo Blade
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Kanye West illustrates the responsibility of free speech
Toledo Blade Two: Free speech means nothing if it is not permitted to offend. Truth, like wisdom, is mutable. Its essence may be unchanging, but human understanding of truth is constantly incomplete and evolutionary. So Lenny Bruce is a hero of free expression … |
Michelle Wolf, the White House Roast and the Thin Line of Comedy – Fair Observer
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Michelle Wolf, the White House Roast and the Thin Line of Comedy
Fair Observer Yet Schlapp — the fabulously wealthy chair of the American Conservative Union and political consultant to the Koch brothers and a host of fabulously wealthy corporations — had proposed a bizarre inversion of Herzen's dictum. To him, it was Wolf who … CARLTON FLETCHER: Righteous indignation as comedy Comedy Vs. Washington: When Show Business Is Politics For Obnoxious People |
Kogos: Another serendipitous Sudbury connection – The Sudbury Star
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Kogos: Another serendipitous Sudbury connection
The Sudbury Star Some of my musical heroes were on the band stand; Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, and Roy Eldredge. The Shearing Quintet travelled all around the US, Canada and Australia. We played in Hawaii with the Hawaii symphony. When we got into a city, we stayed the … |