Michael Weiss Posted January 19, 2007 Report Posted January 19, 2007 Lenny Bruce in "Dance Hall Racket" 1953 Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted January 19, 2007 Report Posted January 19, 2007 Lenny Bruce unaired TV special Including various jazz themes at the very beginning. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted January 19, 2007 Report Posted January 19, 2007 Didn't we used to have someone here named Michael Weiss? Quote
Michael Weiss Posted January 20, 2007 Author Report Posted January 20, 2007 Lenny Bruce unaired TV special Including various jazz themes at the very beginning. I've had a copy of this for a long time. The "Unity Airlines" bit is hilarious. Unfortunately my copy is pretty cloudy during the Cannonball/BillEvans/PhillyJoe tune. Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 20, 2007 Report Posted January 20, 2007 I've had a copy of this for a long time. The "Unity Airlines" bit is hilarious. Really? I thought it was pretty feeble compared to the version of the routine on the original recording -- in part because there he was performing in front of a responsive audience, in part because it was still fairly fresh to him. Here he seems tired of the material and also perhaps distracted by the whole idea of how to present himself on TV in a way that would get the thing aired. As I recall, he was much more at ease on his "Playboy Show" TV appearance with Hefner, where he could play off being the potentially disruptive guest. Quote
Michael Weiss Posted January 20, 2007 Author Report Posted January 20, 2007 I've had a copy of this for a long time. The "Unity Airlines" bit is hilarious. Really? I thought it was pretty feeble compared to the version of the routine on the original recording I never heard the recorded version. Guess I'll have to check it out. Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 20, 2007 Report Posted January 20, 2007 Michael: It was on Lennie's first full album, "The Sick Humor of Lenny Bruce" (Fantasy), rec. 1958. The title of the bit is "Non Skeddo Flies Again" -- that's "Non Skeddo" as in "Non Skeddo Airlines." It can be found on at least one Bruce CD compiliation and probably can be listened to somewhere on the 'Net as well. As I recall, you can hear in places on "Non Skeddo" the mixture of shock/delight/relief/release that Lennie could inspire in an actual audience and that is such a crucial aspect of who he was and was up to IMO. Having once been in a member of one his audiences when he was in his prime, I can tell you that the feeling was unique -- and I've seen and written about a lot of comedians over the years. Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 20, 2007 Report Posted January 20, 2007 The factual background to Non Skeddo": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Gilbert_Graham Quote
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