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Comic Shelley Berman Dies At 92 : The Two-Way : NPR
NPR Along with Bob Newhart and Lenny Bruce, Shelley Berman helped change the tone and tenor of American humor. Shelley Berman, Stand-Up Comic Who Skewered Modern Life, Dies … Shelley Berman Dies: Comedian, 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Actor Was 92 RIP Shelley Berman, sit-down comic and Curb Your Enthusiasm actor |
Shelley Berman, Stand-Up Comic Who Skewered Modern Life, Dies at 92 – New York Times
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Shelley Berman, Stand-Up Comic Who Skewered Modern Life, Dies at 92
New York Times Comedians like Mr. Berman, Mort Sahl and Lenny Bruce had a different approach. In 1959, Time magazine referred to this new breed as “sick” comics, and the term (which Mr. Berman hated) caught on. But they had little in common with one another besides a … Comic Shelley Berman Dies At 92 Shelley Berman Dies: Comedian, 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Actor Was 92 RIP Shelley Berman, sit-down comic and Curb Your Enthusiasm actor |
The weekend’s top 10 things to do includes Brave Combo, barbecue and the blues – Fort Worth Star Telegram
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The weekend's top 10 things to do includes Brave Combo, barbecue and the blues
Fort Worth Star Telegram Performances include “Lenny Bruce Is Back,” at 7 and 10 p.m Friday and Saturday, five performances of Sam Shepherd's “The Killer's Head” (in an immersive basement theater … yes!) and four of “The Complete Works of Willliam Shakespeare (Abridged). |
Review: Lenny Bruce is Back | Upstart Productions | The Second City – TheaterJones Performing Arts News
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Review: Lenny Bruce is Back | Upstart Productions | The Second City
TheaterJones Performing Arts News So who is Lenny, really? (It seems rude to refer to him as “Bruce,” since, among other things, it wasn't his real last name, even if his gravestone reads “Lenny 'Bruce' Schneider.”) Well, as Folsom's Lenny tells us, “Who I was depended on when you met … |
‘Mary Tyler Moore’ writer tells all about her life among Hollywood’s A-listers – Fox News
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'Mary Tyler Moore' writer tells all about her life among Hollywood's A-listers
Fox News … there, which was Elvis' big Cadillac… I was so terrified I backed out of the driveway and went home. I was this little virgin from Wisconsin!” Silver had better luck in 1965 when she was set up to go on a date with Lenny Bruce — by his own mother … |
President Trump is deteriorating before our very eyes – Washington Post
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President Trump is deteriorating before our very eyes
Washington Post Obviously, the comparison between Trump and Lenny Bruce, as portrayed by Hoffman, is imperfect in all kinds of ways. But not in this one way. Bruce was arrested for various low-level charges, including obscenity and drug possession, and in the movie … |
How The Holocaust Shaped Dick Gregory’s Career – The Forward – Forward
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How The Holocaust Shaped Dick Gregory's Career – The Forward
Forward Dick Gregory, who passed away last week at 84, idolized Lenny Bruce and was move to pursue social justice by the horrors of the Holocaust. How Dick Gregory, the Jackie Robinson of comedy, changed stand-up forever Dick Gregory, cutting-edge satirist and uncompromising activist, dies at 84 |
Here’s what’s on tap at the 2017 Boston Comedy Festival (spoiler … – Vanyaland
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Here's what's on tap at the 2017 Boston Comedy Festival (spoiler …
Vanyaland The Boston Comedy Festival had announced its return next month for a five-night stint of laughs and legacy around Cambridge, Somerville, and Arlington. |
Jerry Lewis outlasted his critics – CNN
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Jerry Lewis outlasted his critics
CNN The insurgent "sick" comedian Lenny Bruce characteristically took a cheeky, sideways shot at Lewis' efforts to combat muscular dystrophy, but that's because he was Lenny Bruce. Other, lesser lights injected waves of wisecracks about Lewis' veneration … Jerry Lewis Was the Quintessential American Jew Local brother act cut their teeth working with the late Jerry Lewis |
Rapp and Folsom Bring The Fully Immersive Lenny Bruce Experience to The Fort Worth Fringe Festival – Broadway World
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Rapp and Folsom Bring The Fully Immersive Lenny Bruce Experience to The Fort Worth Fringe Festival
Broadway World Rapp and Folsom Bring The Fully Immersive Lenny Bruce Experience to The Fort Worth Fringe Festival Producers Bren Rapp and Joey Folsom are going to give 2017 Fort Worth Fringe audiences their money's worth as anchor of the 2nd annual festival on its … |