father believed that he had the right to free speech. my dad went from making $150,000 a year to being registered as a pauper. we had no money. all the money and everything went on lawyers. the way that he was beaten down and beaten down and beaten down, coupled with his drug use is what killed him. lenny really took the blows. he was the martyr. he cleared the way for the new openness, which was happening in all sorts of media in the 60s, but it took guys like lenny bruce to push the boundaries and go to jail for it. there s not one piece of comedy being done today that didn t come out of something lenny bruce said, really. he was like the big bang. did he take the hit for all of us?
the fcc took issue based on a complaint from a listener in his automobile at the time with his son, and he claimed that it was indecent. claimed it was an invasion of his privacy and his son shouldn t be subjected to that. seven words you couldn t say on television didn t exist before george carlin. it instantly goes into the court record and fcc and everybody pretends that these are the actual words. he created the very battle that was fought against him. the federal communications commission said new york s wbai was wrong in playing the record. though the fcc imposed no punishment immediately and the supreme court agreed. i was raised in time when using bad language was associated with people of low intelligence. he helped break that.
he was english major. anything with word play and language he was always into it. despite language he would let me hear it. united states supreme court has ruled that government can act against broadcasters who present offensive material. upheld reprimand of a radio station that broadcast a record of george carlin. wbai played a cut from filthy words from earlier routine of seven words you can never say on television in the midafternoon about contemporary language and attitudes. fcc took issue based on complaint from listener in automobile with his son and claimed it was indecent and invasion to his privacy and son shouldn t be subjected to that. seven words you couldn t say on television didn t exist
they were underground to mainstream society. didn t know anything about it and didn t want any part of it at that point. ain t no way to get ambulance in the ghetto unless you call up, there s five n killing a white woman. why you want to [ bleep ] with me man? somebody get this n off me. what? i didn t know was blind. i don t know how to feel about the title of your album but i find it difficult to say. most white people, it s hard to say crazy. title is that nigger is crazy. you can just say that and talk about it but if i said it, wouldn t you get mad? i d punch you out. richard pryor was influenced by redd foxx but brought some of the sensibility to the mainstream.
went on lawyers. the way that he was beaten down and beaten down and beaten down, coupled with his drug use is what killed him. lenny really took the blows. he was the martyr, cleared the way for the new openness which was happening in all sorts of media in the 60s, but took guys like lenny bruce to push the boundaries and go to jail for it. there s not one piece of comedy being down today that didn t come out of something lenny bruce said, really. he was like the big bang. did he take the hit for all of us? yeah i imagine he did. thank god for lenny bruce. let s see, what s nice to follow a good heavy morose thing like that? a commercial.