Goldfarb Library, Mailstop 045 It was performed in front of a diverse audience in a jazz club, which he explains his point perfectly at the end. The second set begins. Bruce says he is in Saranac, New York, convalescing (from pleurisy). 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 reads from the transcript of his trial for obscenity in San Francisco earlier that year. He does Las Vegas Tits & Ass. There are things you . Bruce is introduced by booker Don Friedman. Schwartz tells Bruce about his meeting with New York City License Inspector Herbert S. Ruhe. Lenny follows Francks on his lyrical journey matching Francks' timing impeccably. Words may stay the same, context is always going through evolution. Therecording ends abruptly. He works the bit I Picked the Wrong God into his remarks about the trial and mentions Leopold and Loeb. Lenny Bruce was way ahead of his time. Bruce talks about the mixed reaction he got during the first show. It makes no sense to restrict our ride because of what was. 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 then interacts with the audience. He does the bits The Romans Segregated the Christians with Lions and We Did It to Their Mothers for Chocolate Bars. Bruce starts to do Christ & Moses, then veers into I Picked on the Wrong God. He does some of his bit How to Relax Your Colored Friends at Parties, to prove that Boyar misinterpreted it as racist. Included are mentions of Ivan Bunny (Ivan Colitz), Winston Churchill, Sonny Liston, Tom Dugan, Rusty Warren, Bill Tilden. By Philip Eil 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. Things that will shock you. Steve Allen. Remaining free while appealing his Chicago conviction, Bruce attempted to do a show in Britain. Bruce holds up a magazine with a picture of a nude or scantily clad woman and asks, how can that chick be indecent? Bruce speaks about and reads from documents associated with his February 1962 arrest for obscenity in San Francisco, including Bruce's own letter to Judge Clayton Horn and tells how it resulted in his being charged with contempt of court. how far we've come. He refers to the sex scandals involving Bill Tilden and Fatty Arbuckle. 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. Eulogy to Lenny Bruce, written and performed by Hardin after Bruces death. The performance ended in Bruce's arrest for obscenity. Even up to his last moments, Bruce never backed down from fighting for what he believed in. The New York arrest brought some noted intellectuals to Bruces defense. In the third section, he plays the roles of the host of a radio talk show called Nightline, and of some callers. The Purple Onion originally opened in 1952 under the management of Keith Rockwell. One of my favorites is Tea for Two. On the same day, he had received a foreclosure notice, but his death was not a suicide. "She was the most diverse and tolerant woman I've ever . August 5, 2016. Bruce suggested Mrs. Kennedy wasnt trying to get help for the president in the photo, but instead was running to save her own life. Why was Allen making such a big deal about this? He riffs on the TV series The Millionaire. He speaks fondly of an Atwater-Kent radio he had, and sings the theme song from the Uncle Don show from Detroit. He goes on to talk about prejudices about British accents vs. Southern accents, and does his bit on obscenity law. The skit can also be seen in the movie Lenny, performed by Dustin Hoffman who portrays Bruce. Tending bar at the Mudd Club never promised visibility. He does a bit on mothers of different ethnicities. Bruce does his bit about Obscenity Law and discusses obscenity. Arrested and put on trial numerous times, Bruce came to symbolize the debate between free speech versus offensive material. This may be the third set of the night. Its deep within yourself who is offended by that particular word, not the word itself. Talks about segregation, Perry Como. In the fourth section, he does rants as an irate pornographer and as an irate narcotics addict. Literary experts were called as witnesses to support Bendichs claim. The comedy of Lenny Bruce was changing. He again talks to the cops. The recording starts with the show in progress. I speak of a personal experience. As Spector and Ginsberg exit the house, Ginsberg leaves the recorder on during the walk. Material in this collection (including the images and audio on this site) may be protected by copyright and other rights. He does Ive Never Been Inside a Negros House, Dick Gregory and Goldwater Talks to Negroes, Las Vegas Tits & Ass, The Best Man in the Tribe (St. Paul), Schmuck, Flashers, Custody/Get Even and Deny It, and The Reason We Left England. He mentions a white minister being locked up for his protest in favor of civil rights (the reference is to Bruce W. Klunder). He discusses how he develops material for his act, and how spontaneity figures in. Lenny had proven his point words are only offensive because society allows that particular word to be offensive. He talks about other countries views of American race relations and does Ive Never Been Inside a Negros House. He talks about the double standard in depicting sex vs. violence. It all comes down to context, not the word. He tells Catholics theyre lucky to have confession. 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. til nigger didnt mean anything anymore, then you could never make some six-year-old black kid cry because somebody called him a nigger at school. Lenny Bruce. The exact date is not known, but the year is probably 1962. He does his bit on blind pianist George Shearing. In the first section, Bruce riffs on what he is doing, testing the Sony Dynamic Microphone. Lenny Bruce was going to do his performance and say that four letter word, no matter what! Bendich tries to ascertain whether the precedent of Gascon v. Superior Court 1959, an unlawful search and seizure case, could apply here. Bruce continues the bits Deny It and Hotels Are Dirty. From Indecency, he goes into the bits Custody/Get Even and Stag Film vs. King of Kings. The photographs document not only his professional career but also his personal life with family and friends. He does Ten Thousand Asses (Tigers & Lions) and repeats a quote where JFK used the term son of a bitch. The set ends. ), Frank Hogan. Bruces bit People Dont Talk That Way to Judges is in progress. The Purple Onion was a legendary comedy club in San Francisco. 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 new set begins. The Purple Onion is a nightclub in San Francisco, opened in 1952. Their interaction in Nat Adderley's soulful "Work Song" is amazing, with Breau providing a bit of percussion on his instrument as well. Once again Bruce was hauled off and arrested. He discusses Jules Podell, his manager, Jack Sobel, Jackie Paris, Mort Sahl, and Burt Boyar. He does The Origin of Bestiality Laws. 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. It does not include images; to avoid copyright violations, you must add them manually, following our guidelines. 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. They said it in a light hearted way. He does his bits Schmuck, Small-town Audiences, Dykes, and the Jewish mother who still doesnt know her son is gay. He performs the bit How Negroes and Jews Became Entertainers, then talks about Hugh Hefner's strategy in putting out Playboy. Begins with the final 16 minutes of the show on December 4, 1962, known as The Bust Show (it was the midnight performance, therefore technically during the early hours of December 5). George Wallaces reaction to Pygmies. The recording ends abruptly. The first seven clips are variations on his routine on marijuana. The defense brought in media critics, psychiatrists, and religious figures that supported Bruces right to speak. Bruce wonders whether it is the usual practice to confront performers before their shows. Before introducing him on stage, Allen spent four minutes explaining and warning his viewers on what they were about to witness on his show. If you make it a taboo to use that word, itll give that word a powerful meaning. He does a bit about "chick singers", a bit about how its a myth that agents can make your career, talks of his recent obscenity trial in New York (the Caf Au Go Go trial). He says men will have sex with anything. Joey Hollingsworth, Tap Dancing & Vocals) 1:43. The last three tracks feature tap dancer and singer Joey Hollingsworth with Lenny Breau as his sole accompanist. The recording ends abruptly, then continues (it may be the same performance, or yet another performance). Allmusic critic Ken Dryden notes that while "fans of Lenny Breau are likely to be interested in all of his previously unreleased recordings, . (1) Bruce continues the bit Flashers, then does Midgets, wonders whether Pygmies are midgets, and imagines Gov. He criticizes Chicago columnist Paul Molloy for being sanctimonious. During which a number of crap fucking bands no one has ever heard of played. Although. We are nothing at all. He talks about Barry Goldwaters Jewish roots, prejudice and Lee Harvey Oswald. With the bit We Killed Christ he explains how his arrests are really for talking about Christianity. An officer tells audience members to take their seats and show identification. Squalor has never guaranteed success; chain smoking at the Purple Onion never guaranteed creativity and ingenuity. Back in California, Bruce was again arrested, as well as ordered to go into rehab for drug addiction. 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. A discussion of Jackie Mason speaking out against censorshipin response to Bruces arrest for obscenity at the Gate of Horn days earliercontinues. (1) The first recording is from June 26, 1964 and captures Nassau County New York Assistant District Attorney Norman Levy warning Lenny Bruce not to violate the obscenity laws of the state of New York during his engagement at The Cork N Bib Restaurant. Bruce does his bit Christ & Moses. 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). In this conversation, Bruce seeks Bendichs advice as to whether he has grounds to appeal his conviction on a narcotics charge in Los Angeles. He says he doesnt do bits anymore and prefers to cook and free-form it. Speaks of the judge in his San Francisco obscenity trial. Bruce refers to his legal troubles. 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. The recording ends abruptly. He mentions anti-integrationists Ross Barnet and General Edwin A. Walker and wonders what Christ would think about them. Information about and brief clips of the majority of these recordings can be found below. He asserts that chicks are the boss. He discusses the way violence in Psycho is accepted but not sex in movies, and how this attitude of silencing talk about sex can end in tragedy. Fundamentally, everything we have created, came from nothing thus, meaning that nothing has a meaning. This collection contains sixty-five recordings on reel-to-reel audio and compact cassette tapes, all of which have been restored and digitized thanks to a grant from The GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program. Bruce then makes his own comments about what is in the letter. He calls writer Alexander King, a frequent guest on Jack Paars late-night show, the junkie Mark Twain. He does his bit on Fay Bainter, the actress who played Andy Hardys mother. He points out that the California statute 288a calls criminal many sex acts that he assumes the audience has practiced, and that the law made Caryl Chessman a pervert. The third section is another show, in progress. The tape ends during an exchange between Bruce and Gate of Horn owner Alan Ribback about Jackie Mason having just criticized censorship (this was witnessed by Ribback, but its unknown whether it was live or on television or radio). He talks about pornography, masturbation, crime, and Jews. He speculates on Rock Hudsons sexuality. He does his bit The Clap. He says he shouldnt talk politics because thats the domain of Mort Sahl and Phyllis Kirk, the Vic and Sade of show business. The next section begins as the set is in progress, with Bruce imagining that Pope Pius XII would sneak in one night to see him. Judaism. Lenny Bruce - Equality (1961) - YouTube From Lenny's Carnegie Hall show, February 1961.http://www.amazon.com/Carnegie-Hall-Concert-Explicit/dp/B001VIK60E/ From Lenny's Carnegie Hall. Its important to remember one thing; everything we have created as a species; language, laws, monetary, institutions etc, was appointed by a manmade meaning. Why did you call him that? Bruce contends that he was framed, and that the heroin reputed to belong to him was planted by White. To find out more about these recordings, please contact us! 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 ends by riffing about Barry Goldwater and Lyndon Johnson. Why the four minute introduction? A series of short clips follows, date and venue unknown. The recording ends during this bit. Bruce 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. Instant potatoes? The ninth and tenth clips are variations on Airplane Glue, with the kid who sniffs glue appearing on Paul Coates tabloid TV show. Among the items recorded by the inspector was Bruce describing the famous Jacqueline Kennedy photo of her crawling on to the trunk of the car after her husband had been shot. Bruce does The Act Is Hugging & Kissing, The Clap. The recording ends in the midst of his bit White Collar Drunk. He does the bits Las Vegas Tits & Ass, The Clap, Gypsies, and Christ & Moses. Bruce blames the Maryland Hotel cleaning service for the fact that hes wearing a raincoat. He calls Lyndon Johnson is a shitkicker, but says Kennedy was sophisticated. The show is known as The Berkeley Concert. He starts his bit The Clap, then has an exchange with an angry man in the audience who wants his money back ($5). and Filipinos. Bruce begins by riffing with some audience members. 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. Bruce talks about the fantasies that come to mind as he faces a Carnegie Hall audience for the first time. Some of the recordings are of a personal nature, such as the phone letters and private conversations between Bruce and his friends and family. Bruce speaks of the mine explosion at Green County, Pennsylvania a few days prior. The next clip is a few seconds of a bit about how Englishmen can say crap and it sounds classy. !, they looked confused and replied with Hes our mate, we always call him the paki. Bendich had been Bruces defense counsel in his 1962 obscenity trial in San Francisco (Bruce was acquitted). 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. Bruce identifies in the audience jazz musician J.J. Johnson, and someone from the magazine Downbeat. 4 . The show is in progress. He refers to his bust at the Gate of Horn (during the early hours of December 5). Bruce is reading from a letter a woman sent him. He expresses frustration with the police. He comments on the three people who just walked out, mentions Tab Hunters arrest, does We Killed Christ, and ends the set with Ben Hurs Mother & Sister. Talks about a bit of his about Eleanor Roosevelt and his current obscenity trial in New York (the Caf Au Go Go trial). Bruce was watched closely in New York as well. He talks about Hugh Hefners intentions with Playboy. He says an obscenity circus has been going on around him for the past five years. The trio's approach to standards is a bit unusual. His performance at Carnegie Hall took place two years before his 3rd appearance on The Steve Allen Show. Ginsberg recorded the conversation. He talks about tourist vs. first class on planes and riffs on the TV series The Millionaire. He speaks fondly of an Atwater-Kent radio he had, and sings the theme song from the Uncle Don Show from Detroit. He does Black Black Woman White White Woman. The trials for both violations resulted in deadlocked juries. He does his bit of George Washington interviewed by Mike Wallace. He mentions the club owner Benny (Ben I. Shapiro) and does Santa Claus interviewed by Edward R. Murrow. Nobody parsed the meaning of obscenity better than Bruce. A new set starts. He explained that Bruce is not a comedian who just told dirty and foul jokes, but instead; He deals with [the] subject matter which many people consider off limits. This file constitutes part four of four quarters (although without a definitive ending to the show). 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 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. (1)The recording begins while the set is in progress. Why did they choose that word?. 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. 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. However, that episode of the Steve Allen Show was eventually shelved by the censors, it was never aired. He talks about the double standard in depicting sex vs. violence. Religion. He praises Hugh Hefner, who is making it so that the nude female body is no longer filthy. Names mentioned include Tony Viscarra, the friend who was with Bruce at the time of the arrest, police Sgt. (3) Phone letter by Lenny Bruce to Ralph J. Gleason. He does his bit Custody/Get Even, inserts a little of King Kong, and goes into Stag Film vs. King of Kings. He does Ive Never Been Inside a Negros House. 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. He does I Picked on the Wrong God. Drummer Buddy Rich, and singer Eileen Barton are in the audience. Men's voices can be heard--it's the police. Final show at The Purple Onion in San Francisco on 9/24/12Event Producer: Dan DionVideo Producer: A.D. Liano & Frazer BradshawThe famed San Francisco comedy . November 16, 2004 10 Songs, 1 hour, 7 minutes 2004 Art of Life Records. I know words have power. 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? The fifth clip is his bit The Clap and was recorded during Bruces engagement at the Chicago club The Gate of Horn in November-December 1962. Starts in the midst of his bit Flashers. Bruce is known to have had engagements at The Den in April and during the fall of 1959. "A New Electric Chair" is a stream-of-consciousness narrative about a warden deliberating a purchase. He does Fatboy, Filipinos, Midgets, Communism/The Phone Company, and We Did It to Their Mothers for Chocolate Bars. Then, as is the case today, you had to network, deal with the power-brokers, hold meaningless jobs and share . He does No Guy Ever Cheated on His Wife/Guys Detach. 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). 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. The new trial pitted Bruces use of dirty language and suggestive material against his right to free speech. He does his bit on the Miami Kidnapping, then Airplane Glue, talks about marijuana, then does Christ & Moses, Small-Town Audiences, then Schmuck. He was walking on to that stage, knowing that his shocking four letter word could land him behind bars the moment he walked off stage. He calls Gene Norman, owner of The Crescendo in Los Angeles, insane. Conspiracy to interfere with the fourth amendment const Lenny Bruce. Opened in 1952, the Purple Onion ran for roughly 60 years before closing its doors in 2012. The last section is a series of commercials, and possibly outtakes from commercials, for the Los Angeles mens clothing store Zeidler and Zeidler. Charged and arrested the same year in Chicago, Bruce was found guilty and sentenced to one year in prison. 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). 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