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Apr 27, 2020 · Lenny Bruce took two days to make his way to Carnegie Hall from Miami in a raging blizzard, unsure if anyone would even show up to his set in the middle of the storm. They did show up: Nearly 3,000 people braved two feet of snow and a driving ban to witness two hours of his signature comedic improvisation. The live recording of his midnight set ...
Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist. He was renowned for his open, free-wheeling, and critical style of comedy which contained satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. [2]
- 1947–1966
Mar 16, 2022 · On February 4th, 1961, Lenny Bruce made his way from Miami to New York in a blizzard to perform at Carnegie Hall. Surmounting two feet of snow and a driving ban in the city, more than 3,000 people turned up at midnight to watch what would become one of Bruce’s most seminal performances. Despite his reputation as a “sick” comic and his ...
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Jan 16, 2011 · Fifty years ago, on February 4, 1961, with Manhattan lying immobile beneath seventeen inches of snow, Bruce played a midnight gig at Carnegie Hall that launched the decadal mayhem to come.