Other Versions (5 of 9) View All He then does Christ & Moses, Are There Any Niggers Here Tonight? Bruce is introduced by booker Don Friedman. Bruce does The Act Is Hugging & Kissing, The Clap. 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. Information about and brief clips of the majority of these recordings can be found below. 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. The fourth clip is about a bordello in Europe at which the whores and customers dress in costumes. Bendich is impressed by the thoroughness of Bruces research. Bruce performs several bits and discusses topical matters, Including: his arrest for obscenity, Irv Kup Kupcinet, Will Leonard, Jewish vs. Goyishe, Paul Molloy. The trials for both violations resulted in deadlocked juries. Politics. A new set begins. Bruce discusses women's breasts, lipstick and powder, dating advice, does No Guy Ever Cheated on His Wife/Guys Detach, Custody/Get Even, Divorce, Deny It, and a bit about Alaska. He does Goldwater Talks to Negroes, talks about prejudice and Lee Harvey Oswald. He mentions his obscenity trial in New York (the Caf Au Go Go trial). Interview by journalist Gary Shenfer of Lenny Bruce in Miami (or Miami Beach) at the El Patio club. "Oscar's Blues" is a dazzling display of his tap dancing backed by Breau, while "Joey's Solo" finds the dancer accompanied only by the cadence of the audience's clapping. Things that will shock you. Steve Allen. He does Communism/The Phone Company. (3) The set is in progress. Names mentioned include Tony Viscarra, the friend who was with Bruce at the time of the arrest, police Sgt. He does The Best Man in the Tribe (St. Paul), Custody/Get Even, Deny It, Are There Any Niggers Here? He uncharacteristically tells a joke with a punchline, and inserts JFK into it. 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. It was recorded and said to be one of the greatest performances made in the venues history. 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. Kennedy was assassinated later in the day. Bruce then makes his own comments about what is in the letter. Bruces bit People Dont Talk That Way to Judges is in progress. I know words have power. Why the four minute introduction? The Purple Onion was a legendary comedy club in San Francisco. He ends the call with some jokes. 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. It begins while the show is in progress. Material in this collection (including the images and audio on this site) may be protected by copyright and other rights. Bruce does Christ & Moses before being arrested, as was audience member George Carlin, who refused to show police his ID. He refers to a gig he did in Milwaukee, then does his bit about playing at small-town venues. The sixth section is Tim Hardins song Lennys Tune, a.k.a. Bruce believes he was framed. He remarks that people are now walking out of the show. He was renowned for his open, free-wheeling, and critical style of comedy which contained satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. Why was Allen making such a big deal about this? Lenny Bruce - The Legendary Lenny Bruce The Famous 1961 Performance Live From The Curran Theater In San Francisco More images Tracklist Notes Originally issues by Fantasy Records (Fantasy 34201) as "Lenny Bruce Live At The Curran Theatre" Murray Hill re-issue produced by arrangement with Fantasy Records. In fact, this bit might be riskier today than it was in the 1960s. He talks about the prosecution witnesses at his recent New York obscenity trial, and does Art With a Little Piece of Shit in It. He talks about the Romans treatment of Christians and anti-Semitism. He does his bit on blind pianist George Shearing. (Bruce was then arrested, as was audience member George Carlin, who refused to show police his ID). "I go away back with Rosie and that's not the Rosie I know," Allen, 65, told reporters Thursday at the Television Critics Association's press tour when asked about Roseanne's firing from ABC in May over her racist tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett to an ape. The next section is a performance from 1964. Included are mentions of Ivan Bunny (Ivan Colitz), Winston Churchill, Sonny Liston, Tom Dugan, Rusty Warren, Bill Tilden. He played engagements at the club in February and August of 1965. He does Religions, Inc., and starts Father Flotsky. 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 . He does some of his bit on Leopold and Loeb, then interacts with the audience. He doesnt like double-entendre comics like Belle Barth, and to prove it says an obscenity straightforward. Bruce starts to do Christ & Moses, then veers into I Picked on the Wrong God. It contains the routines Jackie Kennedy Hauled Ass, To Come: The Verb Instransitive and Deny It. He expresses frustration with the police. Bruce imagines Jesus Christ and Moses dropping in on modern-day Manhattan. Upload, livestream, and create your own videos, all in HD. November 16, 2004 10 Songs, 1 hour, 7 minutes 2004 Art of Life Records. He wonders if this arrest is connected to him having filed a complaint against Dr. Thomas Gore, who was a prosecution witness in his recent trial for possession of narcotics. Bruce continues his Norman Thomas bit with a rundown of persecuted groups: the Irish, the Filipinos and midgets. He does Ten Thousand Asses (Tigers & Lions), then Shelley Berman & Chicago Shtarkers. Bruce does his bit The Clap, gets indignant about the hypocrisy regarding the disease. Recorded by Lenny Bruce in the days before his death on August 3, 1966, plus a song written and performed by Tim Hardin after Bruces death. The Air Force is JewishKool Aid? The show is known as The Berkeley Concert. Showing all 3 results. 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. He does short jokes about Liberace, Richard Nixon, Paul Robeson, Sammy Davis Jr. and Sophie Tucker. Third part of a conversation among comedian Lenny Bruce, attorney Albert Bendich and journalist Ralph J. Gleason. They performed as a trio called Three. and People Dont Talk That Way to Judges. Although. The recording ends in the midst of his bit To Is a Preposition, Come Is a Verb. Please use Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge to view this site. Names like Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, Bob Newhart, and Phyllis Diller, either got their starts or made their debut at The Purple Onion. Bruce gives permission for Levy to tape his show. He talks about an article attorney Melvin Belli wrote for Fact magazine and segues into his bit about Jack Ruby (for whom Belli served as defense attorney). who was involved with narcotics. The ninth and tenth clips are variations on Airplane Glue, with the kid who sniffs glue appearing on Paul Coates tabloid TV show. He does some of his bit How to Relax Your Colored Friends at Parties, to prove that Boyar misinterpreted it as racist. Drummer Buddy Rich, and singer Eileen Barton are in the audience. I heard two men, in their 50s, one brown and the other white, refer to their 3rd friend (who was also brown) as the the paki. In the early 1960s, the raunchy comedian was at the height of his career. He performs the bits Las Vegas Tits & Ass, I Picked on the Wrong God, Would You Sell Out Your Country (Francis Gary Powers), The Clap, Balloons, Never Cop Out, We Did It to Their Mothers for Chocolate Bars, Dykes, Southern Accents, Christ and Moses, Adolf Eichmann (based on the Thomas Merton poem Chant to Be Used in Processions Around a Site with a Furnace) and Ten Thousand Asses (Tigers & Lions). You must credit the Forward, retain our pixel and preserve our canonical link in Google search. 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His performance at Carnegie Hall took place two years before his 3rd appearance on The Steve Allen Show. (2) Bruce is in the midst of the bit We Killed Christ. Originally issues by Fantasy Records (Fantasy 34201) as "Lenny Bruce Live At The Curran Theatre". Goyish. He does a bit on mothers of different ethnicities. Bruce is in the midst of Shelley Berman & the Chicago Shtarkers. But this isn't. Fundamentally, everything we have created, came from nothing thus, meaning that nothing has a meaning. A bravura performance of wordplay and innuendo. Squalor has never guaranteed success; chain smoking at the Purple Onion never guaranteed creativity and ingenuity. In the '90's things were changed from comedy to music. He says hes noticed that most of his audiences are male. It all comes down to context, not the word. He does the Transylvania bit, Airplane Glue, interview with George Washington, King Kong and Tarzan. (Note: some clips contain profanity or other language that may not be appropriate for listening at work, around children, or near anyone with delicate sensibilities. This show is known as The Bust Show. With the bit We Killed Christ he explains how his arrests are really for talking about Christianity. The location is Club Renaissance in Los Angeles. The new trial pitted Bruces use of dirty language and suggestive material against his right to free speech. He does Men Are Carnal, Las Vegas Tits & Ass and the origin of Obscenity Law, Marijuana, and Airplane Glue. He lists his favorite painters, says he writes columns for Rogue magazine and The Realist, and lists magazines he reads and books hes read recently. The Purple Onion is a nightclub in San Francisco, opened in 1952. Two years later, on February 3rd 1961, New York city was midway through its worst blizzard in its history, successfully halting the city to a stand still the city wouldnt be hit by such a blizzard until 2011. It does not include images; to avoid copyright violations, you must add them manually, following our guidelines. Bruce was watched closely in New York as well. He mentions anti-integrationists Ross Barnet and General Edwin A. Walker and wonders what Christ would think about them. Bruce says "It's the first time they've made a bust right in an audience" and imagines he's "Superjew" who can fly out the back way. Twice after shows in Los Angeles, Bruce was charged with obscenity violations. Guitarist Lenny Breau, vocalist/comedian Don Francks, and bassist Eon Henstridge were a brand new trio (later calling themselves Three) when they were recorded in 1961 at the Purple Onion, a Toronto nightclub. 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