#lenny

In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone that I know of. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#bruce #i #in my opinion #influence #know

When I went out on tour as Bing Hitler I would hook up with Lenny and we'd get drunk together. He was always very supportive. He was a big star and a lot of what he said to me had power and impact. Apart from that, I just like him. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#apart #big #big star #bing #drunk

Lenny Bruce is a very moral man trying to improve the world and trying to make audiences think. ↗

— Dorothy Kilgallen

#bruce #improve #lenny #lenny bruce #make

Did you hear something?" "No." "Did I hear something?" "...I don't know... ↗

— Matt Groening

#humor #lenny #the-simpsons #humor

Trying to imagine E. M. Forster, who found Ulysses indecorous, at a London performance of Lenny Bruce—to which in fact he was once taken. Trying to imagine the same for a time-transported Nathaniel Hawthorne—who during his first visit to Europe was even shocked by the profusion of naked statues. ↗

— David Markson

#lenny-bruce #m-forster #nathaniel-hawthorne #norms #puritanism

I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones. ↗

— Faye Dunaway

#breaking #bruce #i #interested #lenny

I was also a big Woody Allen fan. When I got into college I listened to Lenny Bruce but it's taken me years to put him into context historically and really get what he did. ↗

— Marc Maron

#also #big #bruce #college #context

Joan Rivers telling Lauren Bacall her dress is all wrong is like Carrot Top telling Lenny Bruce he needs to get an edge. ↗

— Dennis Miller

#carrot #carrot top #dress #edge #get

I know I had my equivalents in Adrian Lester and Lenny James when I was at drama school. I remember David Harewood doing 'Othello' at the National, and Adrian Lester having done Cheek by Jowl's famous 'As You Like It and Company' at the Donmar. Not necessarily performances I saw, but just the fact they happened was massively encouraging. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#cheek #company #david #doing #done

But the only comparison that I want to Lenny Bruce is that I'm funny. I'm Freddie Prinze, Puerto Rican all the way. ↗

— Freddie Prinze

#comparison #freddie #funny #i #lenny