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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
The Guardian |
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 … |
LETTER Left is going down a dangerous road – Observer-Reporter
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LETTER Left is going down a dangerous road
Observer-Reporter Progressives have often been the defenders of free speech, standing up for books like “Lady Chatterley's Lover,” comedians like Lenny Bruce or artists like Robert Mapplethorpe. However, every few decades, something goes wrong, and they become … |
Introducing the radio Hall of Fame class of 2017 – San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle |
Introducing the radio Hall of Fame class of 2017
San Francisco Chronicle Program host: Dan Sorkin was a morning radio star in Chicago when he got fired in the early '60s for defending Lenny Bruce. He moved to San Francisco and KFRC, a rival of market leader KSFO. His ratings against Don Sherwood were impressive enough … |
Sneakers and a Walkman: An excerpt from Adam Gopnik’s 1980s memoir – National Post
National Post |
Sneakers and a Walkman: An excerpt from Adam Gopnik's 1980s memoir
National Post In 1961, Lenny Bruce was arrested and martyred for saying “cocksucker” in a nightclub in California. By the time Ronald Reagan was President, anyone could say “cocksucker” in any nightclub in California; or, rather, by the time you could say … |