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Jeff Simon: What sort of man was Hugh Hefner?
Buffalo News He was a gift to comedians, especially Dick Gregory and Lenny Bruce (Bruce's classic autobiography "How to Talk Dirty and Influence People" was published by Playboy.) He sold lots of products to "the sort of man who reads Playboy." Some of those … Snapp Shots: 'Bunny's Tale' of Playboy, Hef's legacy a tricky one Bunny Conservation 'Playboy' Founder Hugh Hefner, Champion Of Free Speech And 'Smut,' Dies At 91 |
Neil Diamond: The stories behind his 10 best songs – Telegraph.co.uk
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Neil Diamond: The stories behind his 10 best songs
Telegraph.co.uk Diamond's most soul-baring tribute to loneliness was inspired by a particularly brutal audition – for Bob Fosse's film about the foul-mouthed comedian Lenny Bruce. As Diamond told Rolling Stone, studying for the part and rehearsing the script was a … |
We Are All Jew-ish Now – New York Times
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We Are All Jew-ish Now
New York Times Some 50 years after Kafka, the Jewish American comedian Lenny Bruce had a bit he would perform, especially when he was playing to a home crowd in New York. It was called “Jewish and goyish.” What, according to Bruce, was Jewish? Among other things: … |
Why can’t rightwing comics break into US late-night TV? – The Guardian
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Why can't rightwing comics break into US late-night TV?
The Guardian “I'm the new Lenny Bruce,” Brad Stine, a conservative Christian comic who's been likened to Sam Kinison and George Carlin, told me. “That's how ridiculous this is. They're not arresting me like they did Lenny; they're just not allowing me on their TV … |
Professor Michele Gregory Remembers Her Father Dick Gregory – Pandora’s Box
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Professor Michele Gregory Remembers Her Father Dick Gregory
Pandora’s Box As a complex and controversial public figure beginning his stand-up career in the late 1950's, Gregory is frequently compared with Lenny Bruce for his outspoken views on American society and credited with paving the way for African American comics like … |
World ends at midnight, prepare accordingly – WBXH
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World ends at midnight, prepare accordingly
WBXH … spontaneous global volcano explosions. It won't even be a a plain, old nuclear cataclysm, though that seems a lot more likely than it used to. It's not going to start with an earthquake, no birds and snakes and aeroplanes and Lenny Bruce had better … Why One Man Predicts the World Will End on Saturday Why the World Didn't End | NASA September 23, 2017: You Need To See This (Date Setting A Sign, NOT The Rapture) |
So They Call You Pisher! by Michael Rosen review – Communism, Clive James and attitude – The Guardian
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So They Call You Pisher! by Michael Rosen review – Communism, Clive James and attitude
The Guardian (1999), and treated by some contemporaries “as if he was a cross between Lenny Bruce and Isaiah Berlin”. He and Connie met at a Young Communist League meeting in 1936 and both fought against Oswald Mosley's fascists in the battle of Cable Street that … |
‘Twice Is Nice’ with Deer Tick at Charleston Music Hall – Charleston Post Courier
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'Twice Is Nice' with Deer Tick at Charleston Music Hall
Charleston Post Courier Alternative rock band Deer Tick has evolved in style over the years, redirecting into the genres of outlaw country and Appalachian folk, with blends of grunge, pop, punk and blues melded in. The Rhode Island rockers will perform at the Charleston Music … |
Middleweight Champ Jake LaMotta, the Raging Bull, Dies at 95 – Den of Geek US
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Middleweight Champ Jake LaMotta, the Raging Bull, Dies at 95
Den of Geek US After retiring from the ring, LaMotta acted on television, low-budget movies – including two made by Lenny Bruce. He played a bartender in the boxing movie classic The Hustler (1961) which starred Paul Newman. He played various mugs the NBC sitcom Car … Jake LaMotta 'Raging Bull' Boxer Dead … De Niro Pays Tribute |
NJ’s Philip Roth examines ‘Why Write?’ – NJ.com
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NJ's Philip Roth examines 'Why Write?'
NJ.com Was that influenced by a stand-up comic named Lenny Bruce? one reporter asked. No, Roth replied, "a sit-down one named Franz Kafka." Admittedly much of this is recycled. The first third of "Why Write" is basically a selection from Roth's "Reading … |