Lenny Bruce (1925-1966) was a brilliant, outspoken satirist unafraid to speak about such then-taboo topics as sex, race, religion, and politics. According to critic Nat Hentoff, "Lenny delighted in exploring why certain words were forbidden, and then demystifying them." Bruce eventually became a victim of his own talent; he was blacklisted by the establishment, but fought the laws of censorship until it eventually killed him. Much of the public remains unaware of the wealth of personal recordings Bruce made over the years; he recorded everything from private rehearsals of new bits to phone conversations and paranoid tirades.
This is the third volume of a definitive six-volume Lenny Bruce collection that spans his entire career. This volume contains the following tracks:
Working Carnegie Hall
Point Of View
Christ And Moses
Spanish Harlem
The Joke
Pretty Bizarre Show
Dirty Toilet/Bad Early Toilet Training
If Your Body Is Dirty, The Fault Lies With The Manufacturer
What Should Be/What Is
C.E. Hocksey Letters/My Father Solomon Osterow
To Is A Preposition; Come Is A Verb
Blah Blah Blah
Dick Tracy Is An Orthodox Jew
Milton Berle/Dykes/Homosexuality
Cops/Where The Heat Are
Going To Court/Wear A Blue Suit
S.F. Gossip/Jewish & Goyish/Cat Downstairs Taping Show
The Phantom
Would You Want Your Sister To Marry One Of Them?
Chick Singer With A Gimmick
Billy Graham Is Not Qualified
Touch It Once
The Black Cat/Get Stuffed/Why Did You Lie To Me?
Closing/Will Rogers Quote
Lawrence Welk The Hipster
Hubert's Museum
