Lenny Bruce
Lenny Bruce
Leonard Alfred Schneider, better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and screenwriter. He was renowned for his open, free-style and critical form of comedy which integrated satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon, the first in New York State history, by then-Governor George Pataki in 2003. He paved the way for future outspoken counterculture-era comedians, and his trial for...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth13 October 1925
CityMineola, NY
CountryUnited States of America
What you end up with is outrageousness without the laugh - comedy as electro shock therapy.
The only truly anonymous donor is the guy who knocks up your daughter.
Never trust a preacher with more than two suits.
I'm not a comedian. I'm Lenny Bruce.
What is truth today may be a damn lie next week.
If I just stuck to pot I might have found out what a drag being an aging hipster actually was.
Anyone who has two shirts when someone has none is not a christian.
Marijuana is rejected all over the world. Damned. In England heroin is alright for out-patents, but marijuana? They'll put your ass in jail. I wonder why that is? The only reason could be: To Serve the Devil - Pleasure! Pleasure, which is a dirty word in Christian culture.
When you're eight years old nothing is your business.
I'll die young, but it's like kissing God.
I would become a priest or a rabbi or a monk or whatever the hell was necessary to perform miracles such as taking money from someone else's pocket and putting it into mine, still remaining within the confines of the law.
Every group needs a comedian. A comic who is politically incorrect at the Berkeley campus might slay them at a Klan rally.
TV is just advertising for your live gig, so I'm playing whichever show is gonna get me the biggest crowd.
Satire is tragedy plus time.