Live at the Curran Theater

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Liner Note Author: Ralph J. Gleason. Recording information: Live, The Curran Theater, San Francisco (11/19/1961). The February 4, 1961, concert captured on this album took place under extreme circumstances. New York City was virtually snowbound by a massive blizzard, automobile traffic was banned, and it seemed almost impossible for anyone to get anywhere. Yet somehow, the cognoscenti trooped into Carnegie Hall that night, filling up the prestigious venue to experience Lenny Bruce firsthand. What the hardy crowd got was about two hours of the comedian/philosopher at his best, mixing Beat-like stream-of-consciousness flow with jazzman argot, pidgin Yiddish, and a unique, ironic perspective on the social issues of the day. Delving into everything from racism and homosexuality to Christianity and the medical profession, Bruce dissects his targets with a jeweler's eye and a schpritzer's jocular venom. More than any other comedian (though what he did extended far beyond mere comedy), Bruce had the gift of enabling audiences to laugh and think simultaneously. Second only to the LIVE AT THE CURRAN THEATER album recorded the same year, this is a definitive Bruce concert recording.

1. Critics
2. Definitions
3. San Francisco Bust
4. Courts
5. Juries
6. His Philadelphia Bust
7. Corruption
8. Obsenity
9. Jewish & Goyishe
10. The Lie
11. Courtroom Fantasy
12. George Shearing & Guide Dogs for the Blind
13. Tropic for Cancer
14. Cops & Bad Toilet Training
15. The Philadelphia Hotel Room Raid
16. The Ride to Jail in Philadelphia
17. Jails & the Philadelphia Lower Courts
18. The Shirlely Beck Letters
19. Blue Suits
20. Bobby Kennedy
21. Russians
22. Integration
23. Juries
24. Humor
25. Fantasy With the Judge
26. Las Vegas
27. The Paradox of Obscenity
28. Tits & Ass
29. Nuns
30. Paul Robeson
31. Adolph Eichmann
32. The Eichmann Theme (Continued)
33. The Thomas Merton Poem
34. Christ & Moses
35. Legalization of Pot
36. Hillbillies
37. Judy Garland's Farewell