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Dovid Kaufmann, 65, Chabad on Campus Director, Author
Chabad.org Dovid Yisroel Ber Kaufmann—a Chabad on Campus director, professor of English and Jewish studies, writer, translator, chess coach and passionate Chassid—passed away on March 2 in Houston after a battle with cancer. He was 65 years old. When Rabbi … |
Simon Schama on why American art can thrive under Trump – Financial Times
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Simon Schama on why American art can thrive under Trump
Financial Times Everything howled and kept on wailing: Allen Ginsberg's chanted epic of impassioned profanity; Jimi Hendrix's guitar torturing “The Star-Spangled Banner” in the stoned-out dawn of muddy Woodstock; Lenny Bruce's satirical outrages on decorum; Coltrane's … |
Folksinger Dan Bern coming to RI – The Providence Journal
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Folksinger Dan Bern coming to RI
The Providence Journal But he claims to be influenced by so much more in his life as well — comedians like Lenny Bruce, the early writing of Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, and even his father, whom he claims “was a funny guy.” “You use what the greats have given you. It's up … |
Comedy Central to laugh it up with a 3-day festival in June – KIRO Seattle
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Comedy Central to laugh it up with a 3-day festival in June
KIRO Seattle And San Francisco is an ideal location for comedy lovers, he added, with its longstanding creative counter-culture and a comic legacy extending from such pioneers as Mort Sahl and Lenny Bruce through Robin Williams and current standups like Ali Wong. Jerry Seinfeld, Ice Cube, and Hannibal Buress lead Comedy Central's inaugural Colossal Clusterfest New comedy 'Clusterfest' comes to San Francisco in June – SFGate Comedy Central Presents Colossal Clusterfest – Official Lineup Announcement Video |
YouTube’s Edgy Jokes Are Part Of A Bigger Debate In The Comedy World – Kotaku
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YouTube's Edgy Jokes Are Part Of A Bigger Debate In The Comedy World
Kotaku Lenny Bruce was arrested for violating obscenity laws in the state of California for saying the word, “cocksucker,” during a set in 1961, and would continue to have legal troubles until 1964. He eventually died while appealing his conviction. While … |
Lenny Bruce: come parlare sporco e influenzare le persone – Il Sole 24 Ore
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Lenny Bruce: come parlare sporco e influenzare le persone
Il Sole 24 Ore Lenny Bruce, pioniere della comicità americana, è considerato uno dei simboli delle battaglie per la libertà di parola negli Stati Uniti. Grazie a lui nasce la figura dello stand up comedian, il monologhista satirico che è diventato un genere di … |
TV Guy: CNN presents ‘The History of Comedy’ – recordonline.com – Times Herald-Record
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TV Guy: CNN presents 'The History of Comedy' – recordonline.com
Times Herald-Record Even the title "The History of Comedy" (10 p.m., CNN) sounds a bit absurd.How do you cover a subject so broad in eight episodes? And how do you define … The producers of CNN's latest deep-dive series, 'History of Comedy,' on censorship, sexism & more No joke: 6 times comedy changed the way we live CNN's 'History of Comedy' is a laughing, learning matter |
No joke: 6 times comedy changed the way we live – CNN
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No joke: 6 times comedy changed the way we live
CNN What happened: When Bruce came along in the 1950s, he stunned audiences with his unfiltered routines about drugs, race and religion. His material outraged the era's moral crusaders, who banned Bruce from several cities and tried to shut down his act. CNN's 'History of Comedy' a laughing, learning matter CNN's new docuseries, 'The History of Comedy' from Sean Hayes, arrives right on time CNN's 'The History of Comedy' is Most Essential When It's No Laughing Matter |
Comedian Irwin Corey, ‘The World’s Foremost Authority,’ Dies at 102 – PEOPLE.com
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Comedian Irwin Corey, 'The World's Foremost Authority,' Dies at 102
PEOPLE.com Irwin Corey, who Lenny Bruce once called “one of the most brilliant comedians of all time,” has died at 102. A classic “comedian's comedian,” Corey died on Monday at his home in Manhattan, NY his son Richard confirmed to NPR. Billed as “the world's … The World's Foremost Authority Has Died: Prof. Irwin Corey Was 102 Famously Eccentric Comedian Irwin Corey Dies At 102 Irwin Corey, Comedian and 'World's Foremost Authority,' Dies at 102 |
Lily Tomlin on Donald Trump: “You’ve Got to Hold the Feet to the Fire” – Hollywood Reporter
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Lily Tomlin on Donald Trump: "You've Got to Hold the Feet to the Fire"
Hollywood Reporter There would be two camps: people horrified if I were totally like Lenny Bruce [in pushing boundaries], contextually in terms of the society at that moment, and people who would've been thrilled that I was more like Lenny Bruce, or whatever they thought … |