i cuss gratuitously. subject matter is another story. this is gonna be a good show. are there any subjects that are never appropriate for humor? people say a good comedian doesn t have to cuss. and i thought, now that s [bleep] rubbish. how dirty is too dirty? why is all that so funny? i don t know. what you re about to hear is going to shock and disgust you. if you choose to go blue, you ve got to do it right. dirty for the sake of dirty, there s nothing worse than that. you must promise me something. you won t get me in any trouble on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] listen, i will be cussing tonight. now, just so s you know. no, i will. i will. don t [bleep] oh me. not allowing an artist to use the word [bleep] is like not allowing a guitarist to use the chord e. it s possible to play the instrument, but why the [bleep] would you bother? now don t wave your finger at me! you knew when you got here there d be cussing. the last thing co
. working is deader than me. for your 16. the ladies and gentlemen, here is a very shocking comedian. the most shocking comedian of our time, a young man who was skyrocketing to fame lenny bruce. you might be interested in house. i became offensive. that time there were laws on the book around obscenity. you couldn t shave you couldn t say come we couldn t say me. did you imagine that? i d like to perhaps give you a full of the word that starts with an s and ends with a t. first time on
with an s and ends with a t. first time on television. i m not going to look at you when i say this, because this way i can t get busted. you don t know who said it. the band said it. starts with an s and ends with a t, and the word is snot. lenny bruce saw himself as a social critic. and part of that was challenging our language and why certain words were taboo. the jew has no concept that there s a dirty word graph. in other words [bleep] the jew doesn t know is worth 90 points, and [bleep] five points. because both rabbis and priests [bleep] only one [bleep] if you listen to my father s routines, you will hear a quote/unquote, obscenity. the so-called curse words or blue material. he did not use them for shock value. they had a purpose. they had a reason and they were