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The outrageous, groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce, whose iconoclastic material in a conservative era got him into tragic trouble, is profiled by a close friend, Fred Baker, who prefers to remember the laughs Lenny Bruce's memory evokes instead of the tears. By presenting Bruce's landmark skits on the Steve Allen Show, his failed TV pilot episode and a candid interview with Nat Hentoff, Bruce's genius and anguish show through the dramatic and tragic trajectory of his career from aspiring artist to hunted "lawbreaker". Features Steve Allen, Paul Krassner, Mort Sahl, Kenneth Tynan, Nat Hentoff and Malcom Muggeridge.
Original Release
07/05/1972
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lenny Bruce | Self / Various / Himself (archive footage) |
Steve Allen | DJ (archive footage) / Self / DJ / Himself |
Fred Baker | Narrator |
Martin Garbus | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
William Glenesk | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Nat Hentoff | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Frank Hogan | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Paul Krassner | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Malcolm Muggeridge | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Mort Sahl | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Directors
Writers
Fred Baker, Barbara Baker, John Parson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lenny Bruce | Self / Various / Himself (archive footage) |
Steve Allen | DJ (archive footage) / Self / DJ / Himself |
Fred Baker | Narrator |
Martin Garbus | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
William Glenesk | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Nat Hentoff | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Frank Hogan | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Paul Krassner | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Malcolm Muggeridge | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Mort Sahl | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Kenneth Tynan | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Lyndon B. Johnson | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Jean Shepherd | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Fred Baker | Producer |
Barbara Baker | Producer |