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{{quote|"Lemme tell you the truth. The truth is... what is. And what "should be" is a fantasy -- a terrible terrible lie, that someone gave the people long ago."}}
{{quote|"Take away the right to say 'fuck' and you take away the right to say 'fuck the government'".
|''Lenny Bruce''}}
{{quote|"He sure was funny/and he sure told the truth/and he knew what he was talking about"
|[[Bob Dylan]]'s "Lenny Bruce"}}
Lenny Bruce was a controversial stand-up comedian and social critic. Active from the late 40s through the mid 60s, it's his 60s stuff that made him (in)famous. During this era, clean-cut, family-friendly comedy was the norm. Lenny's stand-up was confrontational, profane, unforgiving and uncompromising and paved the way for modern comedy. Bruce was an influence on [[George Carlin|some]] [[Richard Pryor|other]] [[Bill Hicks|specific]] comedians. He wrote an autobiography that was serialized in [[Playboy]] called How to Talk Dirty and Influence People.
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On a side note, he once impersonated a priest and jumped out of a two-story window while high. Awesome.
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* [[Anti-Love Song]]: "All Alone" has heavy elements of this.
* [[Author Filibuster]] In his later years, he often spent several minutes on-stage telling stories and making pointed observations without telling a single joke.
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