Lenny Bruce (1925 – 1966)
Born Leonard Alfred Schneider, was an American stand-up comic and political satirist.
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Let me tell you the truth. The truth is what is, and what should be is a fantasy. A terrible, terrible lie that someone gave to the people long ago.
I want to perform an unnatural act.
For Halloween, I want to be Lenny Bruce, I want them to hate me, so you can love me on the sly.
I'm not a comedian. I'm Lenny Bruce.
Lenny Bruce's legacy is freedom of speech and telling it as it is, getting your life and putting it out on the table, telling everyone about it.
Lenny Bruce, declares a truce and plays his other hand. Marshall McLuhan, casual viewin', head buried in the sand.
Mother Goose is on the loose, stealing lines from Lenny Bruce.
And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce,
That all my wealth won't buy me health
So I smoke a pint of tea a day.
A Jew, in the dictionary, is one who is descended from the ancient tribes of Judea, or one who is regarded as a descendant from that tribe. That's what it says in the dictionary, but you and I know what a Jew is: One Who Killed Our Lord... there should be a statute of limitations for that crime.
Take away the right to say "fuck" and you take away the right to say "fuck the government."
The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.
Lenny Bruce was trying to tell you many things before he died...
You can't put tits and ass on the marquee!...Why not?...Because it's dirty and vulgar, that's why not!... Titties are dirty and vulgar?...Okay, we'll compromise. How about Latin? Gluteus maximus, pectoralis majors nightly...That's alright, that's clean, class with ass, I'll buy it...Clean to you, schmuck, but dirty to the Latins!
If something about the human body disgusts you, the fault lies with the manufacturer.
That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane - Lenny Bruce is not afraid.
I want to be Lenny Bruce.
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