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Bruce does his bit about Obscenity Law and discusses obscenity. He talks about pornography, masturbation, crime, and Jews.

The first seven clips are variations on his routine on marijuana. In the third and sixth clip he mentions The Chronicle, which would place the performances in San Francisco. The eighth clip features the marijuana material, a bit about medication, his routine Airplane Glue, and a bit about an old Jewish man buying Zig Zag rolling papers.

The tenth clip is truncated, ending during the bit. Begins with the final 16 minutes of the show on December 4, , known as The Bust Show it was the midnight performance, therefore technically during the early hours of December 5. He refers to a gig he did in Milwaukee, then does his bit about playing at small-town venues. He talks about his fans and obscenity. Men's voices can be heard--it's the police. 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.

An officer tells audience members to take their seats and show identification. The announcer says, "Ladies and gentlemen, we now have a new star of our show.

Bruce was then arrested, as was audience member George Carlin, who refused to show police his ID. The recording continues with the first part of a Lenny Bruce performance at the Gate of Horn on December 9, Bruce talks about his obscenity case, his February arrest for obscenity in San Francisco. He inserts his bit I Picked the Wrong God. Mentions Leopold and Loeb.

The recording abruptly switches to a different performance, in progress, that most likely takes place in , because he mentions Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater. The place is unknown, but is possibly the Off Broadway club in San Francisco.

Bruce contends that much of his legal trouble in the preceding four years has been because of his material on religion. Discusses differences between Christians and Jews. He talks about Las Vegas and the things he did to get thrown out of Las Vegas. There is an unknown third man present who makes a comment and asks some questions. Bruce answers some questions seriously and also does shtik. Bruce talks about the early years of his career, differences between audiences and regions, and television.

He talks about critics and is asked about the recent Congressional hearings about rigged quiz shows.

He discusses how he develops material for his act, and how spontaneity figures in. Talks about segregation, Perry Como.

May be from different sets and may not be in chronological order. The first clip begins as the set is in progress, with Bruce imagining that Pope Pius XII would sneak in one night to see him.

He points out that the California statute a calls criminal many sex acts that he assumes the audience has practiced. The location is Club Renaissance in Los Angeles.

The exact date is not known, but the year is probably A new set begins. He does the bits Jewish vs. He refers to his bust at the Gate of Horn during the early hours of December 5. Walker and wonders what Christ would think about them. Bruce does his bit The Clap, gets indignant about the hypocrisy regarding the disease. The second set begins. Bruce refers to his attire, reads from the transcript of his trial for obscenity in San Francisco earlier that year, talks about the hostility in the audience.

He does I Picked on the Wrong God. He does Doing It Is Filthy. Bruce identifies in the audience jazz musician J. Johnson, and someone from the magazine Downbeat. He discusses New York sportscaster Bill Stern, and talks about a jazz show he went to. He cautions that jazz is getting too much of a snob appeal.

He does some of his bit on Leopold and Loeb, then interacts with the audience. He does his bit of George Washington interviewed by Mike Wallace. Starts in the midst of his bit Flashers. He says he was hip to the Bay of Pigs before most people. He refers to the sex scandals involving Bill Tilden and Fatty Arbuckle.

He remarks that people are now walking out of the show. The set ends. The tape ends abruptly during the conversation. The fourth clip is about a bordello in Europe at which the whores and customers dress in costumes.

The fifth clip is the bit Chick Singer with a Gimmick. He talks about tourist vs. The recording ends in the midst of the bit George Shearing. He mentions the comic Bill Dana and the San Francisco club the hungry i. He does the bit Chicks Are Boss. A series of short clips follows, date and venue unknown. The first is a variation on Chicks Are Boss. The next section is a montage of very short clips of bits involving drug use.

The last clip is the beginning of the bit Winos. Bruce is in the midst of recounting the incident for which he was accused of assault and battery on a TV cameraman in Los Angeles. The man brought a civil suit against him. He uncharacteristically tells a joke with a punchline, and inserts JFK into it.

He asserts that chicks are the boss. He says men will have sex with anything. Also known as The Midnight Concert. Bruce talks about undetected perverts, generational differences in sexual practice, and does his bit Chick Singer With a Gimmick. He talks about food that used to be good for you but is now bad for you, pill addicts, and homosexuals on trial in Miami.

Bruce is introduced by booker Don Friedman. Bruce talks about the fantasies that come to mind as he faces a Carnegie Hall audience for the first time. He reacts to people in the balcony who yell for him to speak louder. He talks about changes in Miami and an absurd kidnapping there. Gleason was a writer for the San Francisco Chronicle who was an early fan and supporter of Bruce. Names mentioned include Tony Viscarra, the friend who was with Bruce at the time of the arrest, police Sgt.

Joel Lesnick and Sgt. John L. White, who made the arrest and Robert Coogan, Jr. Bruce contends that he was framed, and that the heroin reputed to belong to him was planted by White. Bendich tries to ascertain whether the precedent of Gascon v. Superior Court , an unlawful search and seizure case, could apply here. Bruce reads from transcripts of the preliminary hearing and the trial. Bruce believes he was framed. Fields voice, about the judge.

Bruce talks about who gets to judge, and does a riff on Sophie Tucker as a scolding mother. The recording continues with the beginning of the second set. King of Kings. He does his bit about wanting to give the audience members lie detector tests about infidelity and homosexuality. He refers to Tab Hunter's arrest for allegedly beating his dog. He does his bit about wanting to give the audience members lie detector tests about infidelity and homosexuality and refers to Tab Hunter's arrest for allegedly beating his dog.

Bruce mentions his bit Religions Inc. He calls Lyndon Johnson is a shitkicker, but says Kennedy was sophisticated. He does his bit about Jack Ruby and Melvin Belli. Gleason the San Francisco Chronicle writer who was a friend and supporter. He does Flashers. Bruce introduces Levy to his attorney, Mark Blumenthal. Bruce wonders whether it is the usual practice to confront performers before their shows.

Bruce gives permission for Levy to tape his show. Bruce tells Gleason about his arrest the previous night, at his home, for having given obscene performances at the Trolley Ho nightclub in Los Angeles under California Penal Code Free-form bits recorded by Bruce in the days before his death on August 3, In the first section, Bruce riffs on what he is doing, testing the Sony Dynamic Microphone.

In the second section, he says some phrases in Spanish. In the third section, he plays the roles of the host of a radio talk show called Nightline, and of some callers.

In the fourth section, he does rants as an irate pornographer and as an irate narcotics addict. The next section is a performance from He goes on to talk about prejudices about British accents vs. Southern accents, and does his bit on obscenity law. He discusses aspects of his trials. Dictated on June 28, over the phone to an unnamed secretary for John Magnuson at Imagination Inc. Bruce then makes his own comments about what is in the letter.

He ends the call with some jokes. Lenny Bruce performance. Bruce does some bits about air travel. He does a bit on mothers of different ethnicities. He mentions the club owner Benny Ben I. Shapiro and does Santa Claus interviewed by Edward R. Performance by Lenny Bruce. He does his bit The Clap. He does his bit on blind pianist George Shearing. Bruce refers to his attire, a raincoat, pants and mismatched socks.

He reads from the transcript of his trial for obscenity in San Francisco earlier that year. With the bit We Killed Christ he explains how his arrests are really for talking about Christianity.

He does his bit on Southern accents and Lyndon Johnson. He calls the Johnsons the biggest non-Jews in the world. Bruce begins by riffing with some audience members. He does The Origin of Bestiality Laws. A new set starts. He does Filipinos. Bruce talks about the mixed reaction he got during the first show.

He talks about how the Yiddish approach to language is different. He talks about his San Francisco obscenity trial. This may be the third set of the night. Bruce is in the midst of his King Kong bit. He praises Hugh Hefner, who is making it so that the nude female body is no longer filthy. He again talks to the cops. Bruce holds up a magazine with a picture of a nude or scantily clad woman and asks, how can that chick be indecent?

He criticizes Chicago columnist Paul Molloy for being sanctimonious. He comments on audience members walking out. He tells a story about having run into bandleader Les Elgart in Detroit. He reads a newspaper review of his opening night show at the club. Bruce is talking about a D. Bruce begins by using the microphone in a gesture of benediction; in his New York obscenity trial that was interpreted as being a masturbatory gesture.

He mentions his arrests for giving obscene performances in Beverly Hills, and says we should keep prayer in the schools because we need to understand people who have religious training.

He mentions a white minister being locked up for his protest in favor of civil rights the reference is to Bruce W. The photographs document not only his professional career but also his personal life with family and friends.

The writings and transcripts offer transcripts of his performances as well as showcase screenplays he had written as well as ones written about him. The series correspondence, writings and transcripts, and news clippings and articles also have materials pertaining to Lenny Bruce previously gathered by a close friend named Ralph J. Gleason, who was a journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle and later, the founding editor for Rolling Stone Magazine.

The materials range in date from the early s to the s. All rights reserved, Kitty Bruce. Chicago, Gate of Horn, December 12, Bruce refers to his legal troubles. Let the Buyer Beware, Lenny Bruce! Then, he'll really have balls in Dallas. Sure, that's what [unintelligible] the shmuck really thought that - it's like when you're a kid and you do something you think you're f-".

A lot of guys will [unintelligible] And you wanna see some cancelled checks, so if you don't mi-". San Francisco, Off Broadway, August 22, part 1 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. I want you to know that in the booth, there's a gentleman who". Chicago, Gate of Horn, December 12, second show continued In addition to other bits, Bruce comments on what he's looking at in a newspaper or possibly a magazine.

That says [unintelligible] There's never anything [unintelligible] Yeah, he's got that John Miller vicious shpritz, he never". San Francisco, Off Broadway, August 23, p. When I was arrested for saying "fressing," in my [unintelligible] In the U. It means eating, to eat it". I got a, I got a show to do tonight [unintelligible]. Alright, get the bellcap". Here's my point of view. I am a pornographer and I - it's up to me to present you with these". It's him. He's a character.

Then, the material he does is" [Frankie Man:] "I used to have a beard! Wolf [unintelligible]. In the first place-".

Let the Buyer Beware! Turn out that light, that light, that light and give me this one blue light. Just that one light, every oth-". San Francisco, Off Broadway, August 22, part 2 Bruce makes comments about the man "stuck up there in the booth" and talks about the jacket he has on.

Bruce also wrote screenplays, including Dance Hall Racket in which featured the comedian and his wife Honey Harlow in roles , Dream Follies in , and a children's film, The Rocket Man. His drug use was an open secret throughout show business, but it still came as a huge shock when he died of a self-administered morphine overdose in the bathroom of his Hollywood Hills home at age of 40, on August 3, Whether he was a sacrificial victim for modern day comedy is debatable; he did change to face of it, helping to make it more topical, intelligent, confrontational and psychically dangerous, inspiring a new breed of comic in his wake.

Bruce's spiritual decedents range from comic provocateurs like George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Richard Lewis, Eddie Murphy and legions of others who don't just choose to play it safe onstage.

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