(October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist. He was...
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Lenny is a 1974 American biographical drama film about the comedian Lenny Bruce, starring Dustin Hoffman and directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay by...
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who was married to comedian Lenny Bruce. In 1976, she released her autobiography, titled Honey: The Life and Loves of Lenny's Shady Lady. Friedman was born...
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documentaries have focused on four comedians: W. C. Fields, Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, and Woody Allen. His latest documentary, Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time...
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Lenny Bruce is Dead is the first book by author and radio presenter Jonathan Goldstein. The story follows a lead character, Josh, through various events...
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sexual humor. Lenny Bruce became known as 'the' obscene comic when he used language that usually led to his arrest. After Lenny Bruce, arrests for obscene...
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anti-telemarketing chatbot Lenny (film), a 1974 biography of Lenny Bruce "Lenny" (short story), a 1958 short story by author Isaac Asimov Lenny (TV series), a 1990–1991...
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Shot of Love (redirect from Lenny Bruce (song))
songs like "Property of Jesus", "Watered-Down Love", "Heart of Mine", "Lenny Bruce", "Dead Man, Dead Man", "In the Summertime", and "Every Grain of Sand"...
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Kirby (born June 29, 1978) is a Canadian actor. He played the role of Lenny Bruce in the Amazon Prime Video comedy-drama series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...
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manner, Carlin renewed a style of radical social commentary comedy that Lenny Bruce had pioneered in the late 1950s. In this period, Carlin perfected his...
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Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth is a 1998 documentary film directed by Robert B. Weide about the comedian Lenny Bruce. It was nominated for an Academy...
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film Papillon (1973) alongside Steve McQueen, Lenny (1974) about the controversial comedian Lenny Bruce, and the political thriller All the President's...
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (category Cultural depictions of Lenny Bruce)
predicament before being arrested for indecency. Midge meets famed comic Lenny Bruce when he is arrested the same night for using profanity in his act. Gaslight...
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next starred in Lenny (1974), for which he was again nominated for Best Actor. Lenny was based on the life of stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce, who died at...
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Sacks wrote, directed, and co-produced the Off-Broadway production Lenny Bruce (In His Own Words). Sacks was a manager of the metal group Unlocking...
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Sally Marr (category Lenny Bruce)
of legendary comic Lenny Bruce, whose act she influenced. Born Sadie Kitchenberg in Jamaica, Queens, New York, Marr married Bruce's father, the British-born...
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Rivers. Influenced by the stand-up comedy of Lenny Bruce, Rivers co-wrote and starred in a play about Bruce's mother Sally Marr, who was also a comic and...
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1959, Lenny Bruce objected to a Time article indiscriminately grouping seven new comedians, labeling them as "sick comics". (These were Lenny Bruce, political...
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a contributor to magazines. He is known for his bestselling book on Lenny Bruce and his controversial biographies of Elvis Presley and John Lennon. Albert...
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Art in Manhattan. Gorman won a Tony Award in 1972 for playing Lenny Bruce in the play Lenny. Although the film version, directed by Bob Fosse, featured...
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Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, the Velvet Underground, Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys, Kool & the Gang, Peter, Paul and Mary, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Joan...
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Hill House on Netflix (2018) Looking for Lenny - Director and producer (2011), a documentary about Lenny Bruce "mollycaitlynquinn". instagram.com. Instagram...
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apologetic Adolf Hitler on Larry King Live "Lenny Bruce: The Making of a Sitcom" – A fictional sitcom by Lenny Bruce "Microsoft Word '98 Suggested Spelling...
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York Governor George Pataki to issue a posthumous pardon for comedian Lenny Bruce, who had been convicted for obscenity in 1964. It was the first posthumous...
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who don't understand them. — Lenny Bruce The only truly anonymous donor is the guy who knocks up your daughter. — Lenny Bruce The eyes are open, the mouth...
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2011 Jones appeared in the documentary film Looking for Lenny, in which he talks about Lenny Bruce and freedom of speech. In 2012, Jones starred in Joe Penna's...
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It inspired many later comics to become stage comedians, including Lenny Bruce, Jonathan Winters, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Lewis Black and Woody...
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1964, the young Cochran prosecuted one of his first celebrity cases, Lenny Bruce, a comedian who had recently been arrested on obscenity charges. Two...
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His interviewees included Malcolm X in 1965, Lenny Bruce in 1966, and the only known interview with Bruce Lee in 1971. "Under Construction". Pierreberton...
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improvisational style of stand-up comedy at the San Francisco club the hungry i. Lenny Bruce described Corey as "one of the most brilliant comedians of all time."...
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