National Comedy Center launch will include Lenny Bruce exhibit and foundation
When the National Comedy Center officially opens its doors next month in Jamestown, NY,...
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Tag: Lenny Bruce
R.I.P. Jack Rollins (1915-2015)
At 100 years old, Jack Rollins survived and thrived through all of the comedy booms, and rightly...
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Who would make it onto the Mount Rushmore of Comedy?
This May, in celebrating Don Rickles on his 88th birthday, Jerry Seinfeld said of his elder hero:...
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Comedians in Courthouses Getting Cuffed: Lenny Bruce and George Carlin, December 1962
On Dec. 5, 1962, Lenny Bruce was both comedy icon and outlaw at the age of 37. He had played...
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George Carlin’s Lenny Bruce impersonation landed him an agent, thanks to Lenny Bruce
Fans of the late George Carlin may know that Carlin’s comedy career actually began first as...
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Milton Berle’s 1974 documentary, “Mad Mad World of Comedy”
Here’s something for your (TBT) Throwback Thursday files. Within the opening minute...
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Robin Williams on the importance of playing small comedy clubs
Earlier this year, Robin Williams received the Comedy Icon Award from the second annual reboot of...
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