He does The Romans Segregated Christians with Lions. The recorder is shut off, then turned on again and Ginsberg identifies the time and date of the conversation at the embattled, barbed wire household of Lenny Bruce.. Conversation among Lenny Bruce, Phil Spector and Allen Ginsberg. Eulogy to Lenny Bruce, written and performed by Hardin after Bruces death. Bruce himself became ill during the trial, which was forced to adjourn while he recovered in hospital. The fifth clip is the bit Chick Singer with a Gimmick. He does Communism/The Phone Company. The recording starts with the show in progress. Once again Bruce was hauled off and arrested. I know words have power. Lenny Bruce had already made two previous appearances, so why the need to give him such a dedicated introduction? He does his bit on Barry Goldwater and his Jewish roots. Photo by Paul Neugass CC BY-SA 3.0. The trials for both violations resulted in deadlocked juries. He does The Best Man in the Tribe (St. Paul), Custody/Get Even, Deny It, Are There Any Niggers Here? A discussion of Jackie Mason speaking out against censorshipin response to Bruces arrest for obscenity at the Gate of Horn days earliercontinues. The location is Club Renaissance in Los Angeles. He does his bit of George Washington interviewed by Mike Wallace. The exact date is not known, but the year is probably 1962. Allmusic critic Ken Dryden notes that while "fans of Lenny Breau are likely to be interested in all of his previously unreleased recordings, . Bruce believes he was framed. Bruce does The Act Is Hugging & Kissing. "Gum Addiction," a pantomime of a musician going though withdrawal because of a lack of chewing gum, is a parody of the then-current play The Connection, which focused on jazz musicians with narcotics habits. The New York arrest brought some noted intellectuals to Bruces defense. Bruce starts by joking that hes living on a boat thats outside the three-mile limit. He then 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). Mentions Leopold and Loeb. He does the bits Las Vegas Tits & Ass, The Clap, Gypsies, and Christ & Moses. He does his bit The Clap. Bruce does The Act Is Hugging & Kissing, The Clap. Charged and arrested the same year in Chicago, Bruce was found guilty and sentenced to one year in prison. He talks about changes in Miami and an absurd kidnapping there. As comedy relief, Bruce tells an anecdote, using a W.C. Fields voice, about the judge. Please email us at [emailprotected], subject line republish, with any questions or to let us know what stories youre picking up. Language. In the third section, he plays the roles of the host of a radio talk show called Nightline, and of some callers. He calls Gene Norman, owner of The Crescendo in Los Angeles, insane. Opened in 1952, the Purple Onion ran for roughly 60 years before closing its doors in 2012. Their 3rd friend wasnt phased by the nickname at all. However, that episode of the Steve Allen Show was eventually shelved by the censors, it was never aired. Bruce says that he was arrested for obscenity for using the word "fressing" (fress in Yiddish means to eat, but its slang use implies oral sex). Bruce does a bit about how his generation of men is terrified of being considered a faggot. He relates his surprise, when at Phil Spectors jamboree rock concert, at seeing 10-year-old kids out without their parents. Brandeis University It begins while the show is in progress. Another bit described men as oversexed beings willing to have sex with anything that moved, including a chicken. Below is a famous segment that was recorded in an underground bar, Bruce performs his Are there any niggers here tonight? skit. Twice after shows in Los Angeles, Bruce was charged with obscenity violations. . Before Lenny left his typewriter, he was midway through the word Constitutes. He goes on to talk about prejudices about British accents vs. Southern accents, and does his bit on obscenity law. The third clip is his bit on a Jewish mother in Miami whos the only one who doesnt know her son is gay. The man brought a civil suit against him. 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 refers to the fact that the previous Sunday hed only sold 500 tickets for a show at the Curran Theater in San Francisco, leaving 1100 empty seats. He does The Best Man in the Tribe (St. Paul) and Filipinos. A collection of handpicked publications about movies, the film industry and fan art. The chemistry between Breau and Francks is dynamic to say the least. Bruce makes comments about the man "stuck up there in the booth" and talks about the jacket he has on, which he says he designed. He does Christ & Moses, sings a bit in Yiddish, and closes the set with Ben Hurs mother & sister. The first clip captures Bruces piece about doctors in old Hollywood movies, and continues with his bit Fay Bainter. The recording ends abruptly before the end of the set. He says he has sold his house, and his money is gone. He discusses the Bay of Pigs and continues the Shelley Berman bit, tells Catholics theyre lucky to have confession, refers to the sex scandals involving Bill Tilden and Fatty Arbuckle and remarks that people are now walking out of the show. (Note: some clips contain profanity or other language that may not be appropriate for listening at work, around children, or near anyone with delicate sensibilities. He says men will have sex with anything. He does Ive Never Been Inside a Negros House, Dick Gregory, Goldwater Talks to Negroes, Las Vegas Tits & Ass, The Best Man in the Tribe (St. Paul), Schmuck, Flashers, and Custody/Get Even and Deny It. After deliberation, the jury acquitted Bruce. He does Las Vegas Tits & Ass, We Did It to Their Mothers for Chocolate Bars, Unscrew You, Never Cop Out, Custody/Get Even, Stag Film vs. King of Kings, Jimmy Hoffa and Would You Sell Out Your Country (Francis Gary Powers). He does The Origin of Bestiality Laws. Also known as The Midnight Concert. (2) The bit The Reason We Left England is in progress. The second clip is a bit on how Lawrence Welks accent and square persona were just a put-on. If you make it a taboo to use that word, itll give that word a powerful meaning. At the time of recording the episode, he was restricted by the authorities for using obscene language during his acts. Others still crackle with raw energy. He does Dick Gregory and Ive Never Been Inside a Negros House. The set is in progress as the tape begins. Of more interest is the extended interplay between Breau and Henstridge, as Francks' silliness quickly wears thin. In the fourth section, he does rants as an irate pornographer and as an irate narcotics addict. Waltham, MA 02453, Lenny Bruce Institutional Repository site. He talks about Chicago columnist Paul Molloy, does Custody/Get Even, Stag Film vs. King of Kings, History of Obscenity, Las Vegas Tits & Ass, The Clap, Father Flotsky, Chicago Corruption, Shelley Berman and Chicago Shtarkers, Barney & the Hecklers, Italians Were the Enemy, Adolf Eichmann, and Communism & the Phone Company. In the third and sixth clip he mentions The Chronicle, which would place the performances in San Francisco. He does No Guy Ever Cheated on His Wife/Guys Detach. He talks about obscenity, Tab Hunter, slang used by black gay men, double-entendres used by comics, the nature of gay relationships. In May 2003, the governor of New York issued Lenny Bruce a posthumous pardon, based on what he called the State of New Yorks commitment to upholding the First Amendment. He does Marijuana, Guys Can Detach, Bestiality, and the recording ends during the bit Chicken. He was renowned for his open, free-wheeling, and critical style of comedy which contained satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. In the second section, he says some phrases in Spanish. It does not include images; to avoid copyright violations, you must add them manually, following our guidelines. Bruce also attracted attention for his edgy routines that often pushed the limits of good taste. He never gave up on his first amendment right, freedom of speech. Immediately, Bruce defused the stigma and obscenity of the word shit, and transferred it to another harmless four letter word beginning with an S and ending with a T. He reads a newspaper review of his opening night show at the club. Bars and theatres were either cancelling his gigs or not booking him at all, out of fear that the police will storm in, arrest Lenny and close the location down indefinitelyhe had no income, and whatever money he did have, was spent towards his legal fees obsessively defending his basic right to freedom of speech. A lady cant go through a plate-glass window and go to bed with you five seconds later. Sex from the philosophical viewpoint. He died of an accidental drug overdose. At the Purple Onion is a live album by Don Francks, Lenny Breau, and Eon Henstridge that was recorded in 1962 and released in 2004. You can follow me on: Instagram/Facebook/Snapchat/Youtube. Jimmy Hoffa, Jewish bigotry, Would You Sell Out Your Country (Francis Gary Powers), Custody/Get Even, Stag Film vs. King of Kings, Transvestites Posing as Police, We Did it to Their Mothers for Chocolate Bars and Bad Toilet Training, Australia, Thank You Masked Man, Ivan Bunny, Bobby Kennedy. The fourth clip is about a bordello in Europe at which the whores and customers dress in costumes. He talks about the abundance of police cars in front of the Gate of Horn at the previous nights performance. Names like Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, Bob Newhart, and Phyllis Diller, either got their starts or made their debut at The Purple Onion. He does the bits Jewish vs. Goyishe and (Chicago columnist) Paul Molloy & Christianity. George Wallaces reaction to Pygmies. 1960s greenwich village city street scene group of young adults walking along past the purple onion a famous go-go bar nyc usa - r20867 har001 hars copy space full-length ladies persons village go united states of america males pedestrians entertainment b&w north america freedom north american wide angle temptation dreams purple leisure onion along choice exterior famous recreation gotham . They said it in a light hearted way. He does Thank You Masked Man, We Killed Christ and Christ & Moses. Bruces bit about Barry Goldwater is in progress. The singer tells a joke between songs, and for an instant it is 1961. He notes that because the charge was contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor, since a minor was present at the show, he has lost bookings in New York. Bruce does some bits about air travel. [2] Allen urged any viewer who found themselves to be easily offended or didnt want to be shocked, to go away and do something else which didnt involve them watching his show for the next 10 minutes. He praises Hugh Hefner, who is making it so that the nude female body is no longer filthy. He does Are There Any Niggers Here Tonight? Looking at the camera, Bruce talks very briefly about his reputation and the first amendment, the freedom of speech and how a law abiding citizen gets offended by his freedom of speech, but the irony is that he is within his own constitutional right to say whatever he likes, and that there is no law saying that he can not do so. He says, Im really paranoid about getting busted so much (he had been arrested for his Gate of Horn show during the early hours of December 5). He couldnt say any offensive word without getting heat from the authorities. Some of the names on the petition included Paul Newman, Bob Dylan, Elizabeth Taylor, James Baldwin, and Woody Allen. He does his bits Custody/Get Even, and Stag Film vs. King of Kings. Its important to remember one thing; everything we have created as a species; language, laws, monetary, institutions etc, was appointed by a manmade meaning. Talks about the Catholic Church, Howard Johnsons, Vietnam, protesters, the law, James Joyces Ulysses, bit How the Law Started/Craphouse. Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 - August 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and screenwriter. Showing all 3 results. Astrological Sign: Libra Death Year: 1966 Death. He says hes noticed that most of his audiences are male. They performed as a trio called Three. He calls the Johnsons the biggest non-Jews in the world. The recording ends abruptly, then continues (it may be the same performance, or yet another performance). Bruce does his bit Christ & Moses. The trio's approach to standards is a bit unusual. He does the Transylvania bit, Airplane Glue, interview with George Washington, King Kong and Tarzan. He discusses New York sportscaster Bill Stern, and talks about a jazz show he went to. The recording ends in the midst of the bit George Shearing. When the police arrived, they found a kettle of water turned on and an electric typewriter with an unfinished sentence. According to The JC, his body was found in his bathroom with a syringe in his arm. It was performed in front of a diverse audience in a jazz club, which he explains his point perfectly at the end. There is an unknown third man present who makes a comment and asks some questions. Some of the recordings are of a personal nature, such as the phone letters and private conversations between Bruce and his friends and family. The recording ends abruptly. In these voices he makes reference to beatniks on the Sunset Strip, a used car salesman who has a dog on the hood of a car in commercials (most likely Chick Lambert), a Senate investigating committee, Steve Allen and Phyllis Diller. Although. A new set begins. The show is known as The Berkeley Concert. While Breau and Francks had worked together over the previous month, Henstridge literally had only about an hour of rehearsal with the others prior to the making of this recording, though the trio's emphasis was more on spontaneity than set arrangements. 50 years ago, Lenny Bruce was found dead on his bathroom floor, up in the Hollywood Hills. He mentions Judge Clayton Horn from his second San Francisco obscenity trial and Judge John Murtagh from his current New York trial (the Caf Au Go Go trial). He does Men Are Carnal, Las Vegas Tits & Ass and the origin of Obscenity Law, Marijuana, and Airplane Glue. The set is in progress. The first clip begins as the set is in progress, with Bruce imagining that Pope Pius XII would sneak in one night to see him. A community dedicated to those who are passionate about film. He says he was hip to the Bay of Pigs before most people. "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. I Picked the Wrong God, speaks of Leopold and Loeb. He reacts to people in the balcony who yell for him to speak louder. He does the bit The Origin of Bestiality Laws. (2) Bruce is in the midst of the bit We Killed Christ. Bruce performs various bits and speaks of: J.J. Johnson, the magazine Downbeat, Copacabana owner Jules Podell, Mafia-connected club owners, his manager Jack Sobel, Jackie Paris, Mort Sahl, Burt Boyar, How to Relax Your Colored Friends at Parties, Sophie Tucker, Ted Shapiro, Bill Stern, the Paramount in Brooklyn, Miles Davis, Leopold and Loeb, Don Winslow, scenario of a Jewish boy visiting home from military school, George Washington interviewed by Mike Wallace. Joey's Solo (Feat. Lenny Bruce Robert Pinsky I saw him in San Francisco at the Purple Onion When I was still at Stanford, a Teaching Assistant Getting the "Ode to a Nightingale" by heart. 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. A preface to the performance on the tape is the repetition of the recorded voice one gets when calling a phone number to get the time of day. The Air Force is JewishKool Aid? Bruce wonders whether it is the usual practice to confront performers before their shows. Words may stay the same, context is always going through evolution. Bruce talks about how, in light of his recent legal troubles, hes tried to understand the prosecutors. Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 August 3, 1966), better known as Lenny Bruce, was a comedian, author, and social critic, whose corrosive and transgressive satire as well as his boldness in pushing the envelope of the laws of obscenity have made him an iconic figure in American culture. In 2014, Brandeis University acquired the Lenny Bruce collection from his daughter, Kitty Bruce, with a generous grant from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. He does Fatboy, Filipinos, Midgets, Communism/The Phone Company, and We Did It to Their Mothers for Chocolate Bars. However, in 1961 Lenny Bruces career began to unravel, when he was arrested in San Francisco for violating state obscenity laws. Talks about Elizabeth Taylor, a picture of Fidel Castro and Vice-President Richard Nixon in the New York Times; about going on the Steve Allen show, integration, religious leaders, civil rights, capital punishment. Most of these recordings are of Lenny Bruces stand-up comedy performances, and many are whole or partial recordings of the same performance (with variations in audio quality), or combination clips from various performances. 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. He talks about the Romans treatment of Christians and anti-Semitism. He reads from a negative review by Army Archerd of his performance at The Interlude, a Los Angeles club, in which patrons of the club are called limp-wristers. Bruce does his Lie Detector bit. In 1964, a city license inspector attended one of Bruces shows. He does the bits Would You Sell Out Your Country (Francis Gary Powers) and Las Vegas Tits & Ass. Years before, Bruce who was a civil rights activist, said in a performance You have a choice of spending 15 years being married to a woman, a black woman or white woman, a simplified skit that showed how ridiculous any anti-miscegenation argument was, and flattened it in just 30 seconds. Bruce introduces Levy to his attorney, Mark Blumenthal. Read another story from us:The Comedian who Passed Away Live on Stage. He talks about Las Vegas, Shelley Berman, Alan King, George Gobel, Pinky Lee, Bert Parks and Alexander King. The full recordings are available at Brandeis Universitys Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department. George Wallaces reaction to Pygmies. Therecording ends abruptly. He comments on audience members walking out. Tim Allen has spoken out in defense of the Roseanne Barr he once knew. (1) Bruce does the bit Flashers, then Snot. The show is known as The Berkeley Concert. In the '90's things were changed from comedy to music. Bruce got progressively weaker. Ginsberg recorded the conversation. August 5, 2016. He was 40 years old. He does The Romans Segregated Christians with Lions and Black Black Woman White White Woman. He reads from a letter to Steve Allen, riffs on the Adam and Eve story and tells Gleason not to give anything to Max Weiss. On August 3, 1966, he died of a morphine overdose in his home. He explained that he didnt care what people thought about the nickname because they arent there to understand. The truth is, New York was almost as impossible then as it is now. He tells a story about having run into bandleader Les Elgart in Detroit. Please contact the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University. He loses his place, then continues to Custody/Get Even, Divorce, and Deny It. Back in California, Bruce was again arrested, as well as ordered to go into rehab for drug addiction. Bruce notes the set is being recorded by Max Weiss of Fantasy Records, and starts repeating a phrase so that the tape editor will be confused. The second set begins. Schwartz tells Bruce about his meeting with New York City License Inspector Herbert S. Ruhe. The clientele was mixed, but author David Rosen called the Village Purple Onion a "mob-run gay hangout." . Listen to 10-second clips of the Lenny Bruce recordings!To see the collection and listen to the full audio, please contact: [email protected]. The new trial pitted Bruces use of dirty language and suggestive material against his right to free speech. He inserts his bit I Picked the Wrong God. He went on to influence future comedians such as; Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Jon Stewart, Marc Maron, Louis C.K, Richard Pryor, the list goes on. He does We Did It to Their Mothers for Chocolate Bars, Unscrew You, Never Cop Out, Custody/Get Even, Stag Film vs. King of Kings, Jimmy Hoffa and Would You Sell Out Your Country (Francis Gary Powers). Their interaction in Nat Adderley's soulful "Work Song" is amazing, with Breau providing a bit of percussion on his instrument as well. Towards the end of his life, Lenny was constantly caught up in bust ups with the authorities. (1) Bruce talks about his trial, mentions Leopold and Loeb, his arrest for obscenity days earlier, the abundance of police cars in front of the Gate of Horn at the previous nights performance. Bruce talks about the early years of his career, differences between audiences and regions, and television. He refers to his 1962 obscenity trial in San Francisco, and that he was acquitted. Lenny Bruce was a controversial American comedian during the 1950s and 1960s. He does his bit The Christian God Has a Face, the Jewish God Doesnt. He jokes that hes still trying to get even with everyone who did their job, referring to the Steve Allen people and to his New York City obscenity trial (the Caf au Go Go trial), which is in postponement because of his ailment. Bruce talks about who gets to judge, and does a riff on Sophie Tucker as a scolding mother. Lenny Bruce was way ahead of his time. Let me tell you the truth. He talks about how the Yiddish approach to language is different. Bruce continues the bits Deny It and Hotels Are Dirty. He mentions his arrests for giving obscene performances in Beverly Hills, and says we should keep prayer in the schools because we need to understand people who have religious training. And as a society, we continue to go around in circles. (3) The set is in progress. He gives a rundown of persecuted groups, does Ten Thousand Asses (Tigers & Lions), then Shelley Berman & Chicago Shtarkers. Throughout his career Lenny Bruce said whatever he wanted on stage. He does the bit People Dont Talk That Way to Judges. He does I Picked on the Wrong God. The Purple Onion is another great release from Art of Life. This may be the third set of the night. 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). The recording continues with the first part of a Lenny Bruce performance at the Gate of Horn on December 9, 1962. He does his bit about Jack Ruby and Melvin Belli. Bruce does his bit Custody/Get Even, inserts a little of King Kong, and goes into Stag Film vs. King of Kings. He gave zero fucks. Originally issues by Fantasy Records (Fantasy 34201) as "Lenny Bruce Live At The Curran Theatre". He talks about the double standard in depicting sex vs. violence. Bruce talks about doctors and says hes done a lot of hospital time in the last couple of years. He does the bits The Romans Segregated the Christians with Lions and We Did It to Their Mothers for Chocolate Bars. He says three guys at the previous nights show were obviously law enforcement. He does the bit The Christian God Has a Face, the Jewish God Doesnt. He does his bit The Christian God Has a Face, the Jewish God Doesnt, Ive Never Been Inside a Negros House and his bit on Barry Goldwater and his Jewish roots. 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. Why the four minute introduction? Bruce riffs about razor blades, his recent legal troubles, obscenity, how he got in trouble for part of his bit The Reason We Left England, the difference in the secular and the Catholic definitions of obscenity. Judaism. But instead of being able to perform, he was taken back to the airport and deported. Via a dramatization of how his father used to hit him, he says he became acutely attuned to his fathers moods, and this in turn made him very sensitive to the moods of audience members (I know when youre bugged, I know when Im boring, I know when Im offensive). This file ends before the end of the set, which was halted by the police, who then arrested Bruce and some audience members (including comic George Carlin, who refused to show police his ID). Bruce continues the bit Divorce & Motels, inserting a comment about his difficulties acting like a father to his daughter. The tape ends during a passage in which the band is playing and Bruce is interacting with an audience member. Race. 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