BRUCE, LENNY.

  • Lenny Bruce memorial.

    Speeches and talks about the life and work of the controversial comedian.|LENNY BRUCE MEMORIAL – Speeches and talks about the life and work of the controversial comedian. – RECORDED: 16 August 1966. BROADCAST: WBAI, 18 November 1966.

  • Lenny Bruce comes clean.

    On the comedian’s battle for free speech on stage.|LENNY BRUCE COMES CLEAN – CONTENT: Lenny Bruce, forefather of the socially conscious comic speaks before a live audience about drugs, the police and his arrests. Bruce speaks openly about his own addictions, being arrested by the LAPD and the violation of his civil rights. – BROADCAST:…

  • Lenny Bruce : a profile / Albert Goldman.

    Talk on the comedian’s efforts to break down cultural taboos, and the resulting legal controversies.|LENNY BRUCE : A PROFILE / Albert Goldman. – Talk on the comedian’s efforts to break down cultural taboos, and the resulting legal controversies. – RECORDED: 26 February 1963. BROADCAST: KPFA, 18 March 1963.

  • Ready for the defense / Martin Garbus ; interviewed by Mary Bess.

    Lawyer discusses his court career defending Lenny Bruce, the United Farm Workers, Timothy Leary, and other civil rights cases.

  • Lenny Bruce : American / produced by Larry Josephson.

    Biographical documentary on the social impact of Bruce’s satire, and the implications of the legal battles about the language he used in his programs. |r.1. Statement by Frank Kofsky — r.2. Statement by Warren Sussman — r.3. Statement by Margot Hentoff — r.4. Actuality of Lenny Bruce performance.

  • Jonathan Miller : talk on Lenny Bruce / interviewed by Richard M. Elman.

    Discussion of the life and controversy of the comedian Lenny Bruce.|JONATHAN MILLER : TALK ON LENNY BRUCE / interviewed by Richard M. Elman. – Discussion of the life and controversy of the comedian Lenny Bruce. – BROADCAST: WBAI, 1 April 1963.

  • The Conservative viewpoint / Richard Kuh ; interviewed by Larry Josephson.

    District Attorney and the prosecutor in the Lenny Bruce case discusses his views of obscenity law.|THE CONSERVATIVE VIEWPOINT / Richard Kuh| interviewed by Larry Josephson. – SERIES: Pornography, obsenity and the law| v. 1. – District attourney and the prosecutor in the Lenny Bruce case discusses his views of obsenity law. – BROADCAST: WBAI, 197-.

  • Thank God for the Kike / Ralph Gleason, Albert Bendich, and Alexander Hoffman.

    Three men who knew Lenny Bruce discuss the controversial comedian’s contributions.|THANK GOD FOR THE KIKE / Ralph Gleason, Albert Bendich, and Alexander Hoffman. – Three men who knew Lenny Bruce discuss the controversial comedian’s contributions. – BROADCAST: KPFA, 7 August 1966.