Lenny Bruce

As a Way of Being in the World, to Be Cool Is to Be a Fascinating Asshole

As a Way of Being in the World, to Be Cool Is to Be a Fascinating Asshole

Cool seems to be a phenomenon located mainly between the end of Hitler’s war and the beginning of Kurt Cobain’s band.

A 50th Anniversary Reflection on the Greatness of Lenny Bruce

Can I Say That? Stand-Up Comedy in the Age of Political Correctness

The Commandments of Lenny Bruce

The Commandments of Lenny Bruce

Lenny Bruce made the stage his pulpit, the audience his parishioners, and stand-up the sermons for his alternative secular faith.

Lenny’s Scuffles

Stand-Up! America’s Dissenting Tradition Part 3: The Bills of Rights, Hicks & Maher

Stand-Up! America’s Dissenting Tradition Part 2: Transformers George Carlin & Richard Pryor

Stand-Up! America’s Dissenting Tradition Part 1: Trailblazers Mort Sahl & Lenny Bruce

Humor vs. Religion: An Unholy War. Part Two: Dispatches From the Front Lines

Humor vs. Religion: An Unholy War, Part One

Obscene: A Biography of the Life and Career of Renowned Publisher Barney Rosset

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