Premier Rock Forum

lenny bruce died forty years ago today on august 3rd 1966.

people of EA, was he CRAP or NOT CRAP?

This is a joke thread, yes?

no.

i really like lenny bruce and he died 40 years ago today.
is this weird? have i committed a faux-pas?

I was born 25 years ago today!

Spooky!

Lenny Bruce is NOT CRAP

While he may have been ground breaking, and while he could captivate an audience with his charisma, he is one of the most overrated comedians I've ever heard. Maybe I need the visuals or something.

He ain't got shit on Richard Pryor.

NC. I read a biography once that was at once entertaining and kind of alarming. His shtick would be sooo tame by today's standards, and the authorities seriously wanted him in jail for what he said on stage far more than for what he put into his veins.

The Carnegie Hall 2 disc live set is pretty amusing, but it takes a bit of understanding of his idiom. Kinda like reading iambic pentameter...once you got your head wrapped around it you get it, but initially the words fly by a little fast. Lenny knew this and a discussion of it was part of his bit...

I almost wanna say he was CRAP because so many people have updated his shtick and have had better results.
As the progenitor to many other comics, I guess he's NOT CRAP.
I won't vote for now.

i own every released lenny bruce album and have been collecting them since i was fifteen.

when i hear people that throw around his name i know that 80% of the time they're just responding to the legend.

you wouldn't like it if someone voted crap on ZZtop after hearing only Eliminator would you?

Lenny Bruce is emphatically not crap.
WF 2 Sahl and predated him in many ways.

Not Crap.

But not funny either.