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A comic connection: Hugh Hefner and Lenny Bruce
Brandeis University "Hef was one of those friends who believed in Lenny, and who stood with him in good times, bad times, unpopular times and all times. Because alone among those rebellious artists, those talented men and women who were his contemporaries, Lenny Bruce … |
Lenny Bruce exhibit opens at Brandeis – The Boston Globe
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Lenny Bruce exhibit opens at Brandeis
The Boston Globe A new exhibit devoted to the life and work of the late, great Lenny Bruce opened at Brandeis University Thursday morning. with the comedian's daughter Kitty Bruce there to cut the ribbon. The show, part of the two-day academic conference “Comedy and … Lenny Bruce Archives Open at Brandeis University |
Lenny Bruce exhibit opens at Brandeis – The Boston Globe – The Boston Globe
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Lenny Bruce exhibit opens at Brandeis – The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe A new exhibit devoted to the life and work of the late, great Lenny Bruce opened at Brandeis University Thursday morning. with the comedian's daughter Kitty … Lenny Bruce Archives Open at Brandeis University – Waltham, MA … |
The legacy of Lenny Bruce on display at Brandeis – Wicked Local Waltham
The legacy of Lenny Bruce on display at Brandeis
Wicked Local Waltham Before Stephen Colbert, or Jon Stewart, or George Carlin or countless other comedians and satirists of the last 50 years, there was Lenny Bruce. A pioneer of social criticism, Bruce used stand-up comedy in a way never seen before to expose hypocrisy … |
How to talk dirty and get an exhibit at Brandeis – The Boston Globe
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How to talk dirty and get an exhibit at Brandeis
The Boston Globe When Lenny Bruce published his autobiography, “How to Talk Dirty and Influence People,” in 1965, he was 39 years old. For several years he'd been recognized as the risqué one-man vanguard of a new type of comedy, in which he deliberately confronted … |
Kitty Bruce: How to share your father’s work and influence scholars – Brandeis University
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Kitty Bruce: How to share your father's work and influence scholars
Brandeis University Kitty Bruce was just 11 when her famous father – comedian, satirist and cultural critic Lenny Bruce – died of a drug overdose at age 40 in 1966. While many popular comedians who preceded him stuck with bland fare designed not to offend, Bruce was a … |
Las Vegas photographer to share personal photos of Lenny Bruce at Boston conference on legendary comedian’s legacy – Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Las Vegas photographer to share personal photos of Lenny Bruce at Boston conference on legendary comedian's legacy
Las Vegas Review-Journal East valley photographer Don Carroll became friends with comedian Lenny Bruce in the last years of the comic's life. He took many pictures of Bruce, some of which have never been seen before by the public. He is set to have an exhibition of some of the … |
A 50th Anniversary Reflection on the Greatness of Lenny Bruce – PopMatters
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A 50th Anniversary Reflection on the Greatness of Lenny Bruce
PopMatters Carlin's career spanned several decades, he got in a good deal of legal trouble for his work, and his legacy of social satire is unparalleled—or, nearly unparalleled. After reading Lenny Bruce's autobiography, How to Talk Dirty and Influence People, I … |
Symposium with Christie Hefner, Kitty Bruce to open the Lenny Bruce archive – Brandeis University
Symposium with Christie Hefner, Kitty Bruce to open the Lenny Bruce archive
Brandeis University Brandeis will celebrate the opening of the collection of personal papers, recordings and photographs of late comedian and social critic Lenny Bruce with a symposium titled “Comedy and the Constitution: the Legacy of Lenny Bruce,” on Oct. 27 and 28. |
Comedians Are Our Last Defenders Of Freedom Of Speech – Comedy Hype
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Comedians Are Our Last Defenders Of Freedom Of Speech
Comedy Hype … stop realizing that we do have options to turn off, not listen to and/or remove ourselves from anything that annoys or angers us. As gate keepers of freedom of speech, we comedians must respect the legacy of Dick Gregory, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor … |