. (3) Phone letter by Lenny Bruce to Ralph J. Gleason. He does the bit Chicks Are Boss. In the '90's things were changed from comedy to music. Arrested and put on trial numerous times, Bruce came to symbolize the debate between free speech versus offensive material. He talks about pornography, masturbation, crime, and Jews. Bruce makes comments about the man "stuck up there in the booth" and talks about the jacket he has on. He does Flashers, then Midgets, wonders whether Pygmies are midgets, and imagines Gov. I know words have power. Also known as The Midnight Concert. Dictated on June 28, 1965 over the phone to an unnamed secretary for John Magnuson at Imagination Inc. in San Francisco (Magnuson produced The Lenny Bruce Performance Film and the animated Thank You Mask Man). He talks about critics and is asked about the recent Congressional hearings about rigged quiz shows. The show is known as The Berkeley Concert. 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He talks about obscenity, Tab Hunter, slang used by black gay men, double-entendres used by comics, the nature of gay relationships. He does Lima, Ohio, discusses his arrest for obscenity in Los Angeles, does his bit Schmuck. Ginsberg recorded the conversation. He remarks that people are now walking out of the show. But it comes down to society and yourself as an individual to take that powerful word that is currently suppressed, and change it so that it becomes normalised, just like the word shit. Things that will shock you. Steve Allen. Lenny Bruce - The Legendary Lenny Bruce The Famous 1961 Performance Live From The Curran Theater In San Francisco More images Tracklist Notes Originally issues by Fantasy Records (Fantasy 34201) as "Lenny Bruce Live At The Curran Theatre" Murray Hill re-issue produced by arrangement with Fantasy Records. When the police arrived, they found a kettle of water turned on and an electric typewriter with an unfinished sentence. By Philip Eil Also available in the iTunes Store. He never gave up on his first amendment right, freedom of speech. Bruces bit People Dont Talk That Way to Judges is in progress. On that day, Lenny Bruce was making his debut appearance at Carnegie Hall, a sold out performance. Lenny Bruce was going to do his performance and say that four letter word, no matter what! The police had recorded two of the performances. However, in 1961 Lenny Bruces career began to unravel, when he was arrested in San Francisco for violating state obscenity laws. Its important to remember one thing; everything we have created as a species; language, laws, monetary, institutions etc, was appointed by a manmade meaning. He does the bit We Killed Christ. He comments on contemporaries Mort Sahl and Bob Newhart and does his bit Shelley Berman & Chicago Shtarkers. The tape ends abruptly during the conversation. Bruce speaks of his agent, Jack Sobel, does The Palladium, Bronchitis, talks about doing doctor bits, does Nightclub Owners, speaks of not stealing from other comics. He praises Hugh Hefner, who is making it so that the nude female body is no longer filthy. He does his bit about wanting to give the audience members lie detector tests about infidelity and homosexuality. Summary []. He does his bit The Christian God Has a Face, the Jewish God Doesnt. It makes no sense to restrict our ride because of what was. He does the Transylvania bit, Airplane Glue, interview with George Washington, King Kong and Tarzan. Why did you call him that? Bruce is introduced by booker Don Friedman. What is possibly a different set has Bruce doing bit with Santa Claus as the subject of Edward R. Murrows show Person to Person. A third section begins. The recording ends in the midst of the bit George Shearing. Literary experts were called as witnesses to support Bendichs claim. He does Custody/Get Even, Stag Film vs. King of Kings, History of Obscenity, Transvestites Posing as Policemen, Never Cop to It, Lie Detector, Would You Sell Out Your Country (Francis Gary Powers), Italians Were the Enemy and Gypsies, He does Are There Any Niggers Here Tonight?, The Clap, Las Vegas Tits & Ass, Lie Detector, Thank You Masked Man, and Dykes and Flashers. "Oscar's Blues" is a dazzling display of his tap dancing backed by Breau, while "Joey's Solo" finds the dancer accompanied only by the cadence of the audience's clapping. Upload, livestream, and create your own videos, all in HD. Bruce tells Gleason about his arrest the previous night, at his home, for having given obscene performances at the Trolley Ho nightclub in Los Angeles (under California Penal Code 311.6). Other Versions (5 of 9) View All I love them, weve been friends for god knows how long. He does the bit People Dont Talk That Way to Judges. Showing all 3 results. Bruce says "It's the first time they've made a bust right in an audience" and imagines he's "Superjew" who can fly out the back way. Lenny Bruce, head-and-shoulders portrait. Some of the names on the petition included Paul Newman, Bob Dylan, Elizabeth Taylor, James Baldwin, and Woody Allen. He does The Origin of Bestiality Laws. "A New Electric Chair" is a stream-of-consciousness narrative about a warden deliberating a purchase. The show is known as The Berkeley Concert. 4 . Material in this collection (including the images and audio on this site) may be protected by copyright and other rights. He talks about his fans and obscenity. He does We Did It to Their Mothers for Chocolate Bars. He does No Guy Ever Cheated on His Wife/Guys Detach. The first seven clips are variations on his routine on marijuana. morgans funny here's a ten minute set from my last time up at the Purple Onion.I love that venue, it has such history. He does Are There Any Niggers Here Tonight? The recording ends in the midst of his bit To Is a Preposition, Come Is a Verb. The Purple Onion was a legendary comedy club in San Francisco. The man brought a civil suit against him. The New York arrest brought some noted intellectuals to Bruces defense. Bruce says he is in Saranac, New York, convalescing (from pleurisy). Lenny Bruce being arrested in 1961. Bruce gives permission for Levy to tape his show. The primary goal of the meeting was for Ginsberg to hear Bruces experience with being arrested for giving performances that contained obscene material, and his views on what legal steps can be taken to fight those charges. The secondary goal is for Spector and Bruce to discuss Bruces upcoming engagement, financially backed by Spector, at the Music Box theater in Los Angeles. He talks about the fallout from a joke about Cardinal Spellman, then does The Postman. Bruces grave at Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Mission Hills, California. He does Flashers. He cautions that jazz is getting too much of a snob appeal. Bruce is reading from a letter a woman sent him. Its clear that his demographic audience existed, people who wanted to see him and listen to what he had to say. He starts to do his bit about a sea monster at Coney Island whos handled by an agent; the bit is known as The Monster or Heshie the Monster, but some people in the audience wont stop talking. Ultimately, its more of a spiritual and philosophical outlook approach that would be required to try and understand within yourself and truly trying to understand the perspective of the person using offending word(s)- Why did I find this offensive? He does Thank You Masked Man, We Killed Christ and Christ & Moses. The recording starts with the show in progress. Bruce himself became ill during the trial, which was forced to adjourn while he recovered in hospital. Tim Allen has spoken out in defense of the Roseanne Barr he once knew. He talks about other countries views of American race relations and does Ive Never Been Inside a Negros House. A large portion of the collection is photographs of Lenny Bruce, Honey Bruce (his wife), Kitty Bruce (his daughter), Sally Marr (his mother) and Myron Schneider (his father), among others. Talks about a bit of his about Eleanor Roosevelt and his current obscenity trial in New York (the Caf Au Go Go trial). Since a tape of the performance was played at the trial, its in the public record and he plans to release it as an album, but with a warning that whoever sells it may be subject to the obscenity laws of his locality. He discusses New York sportscaster Bill Stern, and talks about a jazz show he went to. His performance at Carnegie Hall took place two years before his 3rd appearance on The Steve Allen Show. Upon returning to stand-up comedy, things got worse for Lenny Bruce over the next two years. He talks about how the Yiddish approach to language is different. Bruce contends that he was framed, and that the heroin reputed to belong to him was planted by White. In Which The Artist Discusses Critics, Definitions, His San Francisco Bust, Courts, Juries, Side 1: Critics, Definitions, His San Francisco Bust, Courts, Juries, Cops, His Philadelphia Bust, Corruption, Obscenity, Defines Jewish And Goyishe, Side 6: The Eichmann Theme, The Thomas Merton Poem, Christ And Moses, The Legalization Of Pot, Hillbillies, Judy Garland's Farewell, Side 2: 'The Lie', His Courtroom Fantasy, George Shearing And Guide Dogs For The Blind, Tropic Of Cancer, Cops And Bad Toilet Training, The Philadelphia Hotel, Side 5: Fantasy With The Judge, Las Vegas, The Paradox Of Obscenity, Tits And Ass, Nuns, Paul Robeson And Adolph Eichmann, Side 3: Ride To Jail In Philadelphia, Jails In General, The Philadelphia Lower Courts, Side 4: The Shirley Beck Letters, Blue Suits, Bobby Kennedy, Russians, Integration, Juries, Humour. 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