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Can We Take a Joke? documentary clip remembers stand-up icon Lenny Bruce
Entertainment Weekly Has society become more or less tolerant of controversial, button-pushing comedy material in the years since the death of stand-up icon Lenny Bruce, who died exactly half a century ago on Wednesday? That's one of the questions considered in a new … |
Comedy Genius and Controversy: Remembering Lenny Bruce – WNYC
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Comedy Genius and Controversy: Remembering Lenny Bruce
WNYC Controversial satirist Lenny Bruce died 50 years ago today of a drug overdose. Born Leonard Alfred Schneider, the Navy veteran turned comedian toured the world and commented on everything from religion to racial epithets, with the intent of calling out … The man who died from “an overdose of police” |
50 Years Later, We Still Can’t Laugh About Lenny Bruce – FIRE | Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
50 Years Later, We Still Can’t Laugh About Lenny Bruce FIRE | Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
50 Years Later, We Still Can’t Laugh About Lenny Bruce – Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
50 Years Later, We Still Can’t Laugh About Lenny Bruce Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Drinks with Lenny Bruce – Jewish Currents
Drinks with Lenny Bruce Jewish Currents
50 Years After His Death, Lenny Bruce’s Spirit Lives On – Forward
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50 Years After His Death, Lenny Bruce's Spirit Lives On
Forward How would you explain Lenny Bruce to someone who has never heard of him? You could say he was an American Jewish comedian born Leonard Alfred Schneider in October 1925, in Mineola, New York. Or that he died of a drug overdose 50 years ago, on … Lenny Bruce's daughter says father was very loving, terrified of going to prison |
Remembering Lenny Bruce, 50 years after his death – Los Angeles Times
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Remembering Lenny Bruce, 50 years after his death
Los Angeles Times It's almost 50 years since the death of Lenny Bruce. The groundbreaking comedian died on Aug. 3, 1966 from an overdose of morphine while his New York obscenity conviction was still on appeal. On that same day he received a foreclosure notice at his Los … |
The 100 Jokes That Shaped Modern Comedy – Vulture
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The 100 Jokes That Shaped Modern Comedy
Vulture From the Marx Brothers to The Simpsons, Richard Pryor to Amy Schumer: 100 bits, sketches, and one-liners that changed humor forever. By Jesse David Fox Follow @JesseDavidFox Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri. 37.5k Shares. Share 36.6k Tweet 0 … |