and he said well i refused to cooperate with the police and lenny bruce said, what are you?came up as a traditional short hair stand-up comic, successful getting ed sullivan gigs. >> here is comedian comedy star george carlin. >> hippy dippy weather man. tonight's forecast, dark. >> carlin at first wanted to have success. he got that success and felt that he was getting that success in a way that didn't speak to his heart. >> i used to be this guy or maybe this guy used to be me, i don't know, we were each other at one time. wasn't long ago. i liked him. he was funny, had fun with him, did nice things for me. but there was nothing behind him, you know, kind of just superficial, just surface. all characters. i found out i wasn't in my own act. >> guy who picks up from lenny is george, who goes right after the taboos again, constantly picking and picking. >> and the irish priests heavily into penance and punishment, couple of novenas to do, nine first fridays, five first saturdays. stations of the cross, trip to lourd's. wow. that was one of the things that bothered me about m

he features in an amazon prime series, but -- >> lenny bruce?lenny bruce. >> his career is going better now. >> yeah, his career is going better now. he's having a revival. >> he changed agents. >> [ laughs ] but people are saying that, you know, the same things that he was satirizing and making, you know, part of his comedy back then are -- exist right now, the assault on free speech, the, you know, partitioning of the country along race and religious lines... >> right. >> ...the protests on the streets and in congress. and i wonder whether -- whether that affects you, i mean, whether you internalize that, given what you just said about a rational voice. >> well, i don't know about a rational voice, but i think we always internalize what's around us. we're comedians, and i think we feed off of whatever the food is of the day that's coming around. i don't know that, you know, in terms of a resurgence of the country being divided along racial and class lines and gender lines and all that -- i feel like that's always with us. it's just, at times,

didn't read it in the spirit of lenny bruce and mort sahl and dick gregory. all of the welcome you're watching r t international this saturday afternoon it's just gone five pm here in moscow now another saturday brings another yellow vest process to france for the rally just getting underway in paris this is the fifth consecutive weekend of demonstrations and some of which have turned violent however this week is expected to be calmer than anything we've seen of late that said the ninety arrested reportedly being made to meet clashes between police and protesters . was . there is if we come over to my left right now as you can see a huge police presence and they really did take to the ring of steel around the additional sillies a right now leading up to the art to trail and bullets what we understand is that a number of these people were told not to come today because they wanted people to respect into you. to stay away because of what happened in strasbourg over the week it likely left it to commit l.a. to express their anger as though this has been heard an

braided in the spirit of lenny bruce and mort sahl and dick gregory. it is just off eleven am here on saturday in moscow and this is all too international a very well welcome to you. a palestinian teenager has been shot dead by israeli soldiers in the occupied west bank as happened during street protests after the israeli army sealed off the seat of the palestinian authority this during a security operation. just one. thousands more palestinians were injured during friday's clashes the demonstrations . well over forty arrested by is ready troops and raids in the ramallah area the latest escalation started off the two was ready soldiers were killed in a shooting in a west bank settlement is ready prime minister gave a statement on thursday vowing to avenge the deaths of the two soldiers. our guiding principle is that whoever attacks us and who have a choice to attack us will pay with his life i really mean this and we will find them. my colleague there are a tutor spoke with a palestinian politician mostafa barghouti he says israel is using excessive fo

can take a step braided as in the spirit of lenny bruce and mort sahl and dick gregory. it's ten o'clock now watching our international live from our studio here in moscow with me and. take a rest and violent confrontations have been seen on the streets of the french capital this saturday it's the fifth consecutive weekend for yellow vest and they've been as how this demonstration against inequality which snowballed into protests against president kong some reports suggest nearly one hundred seventy arrests have been made. into computers because. i think i think i was three i. was. i i was the tear gas leaves this area over the shoulder sillies a famous street empowers police all moving their way over towards the arc de triomphe clearing out anybody who they deemed to be involved in the violence that we saw or roped out of absolutely nowhere it was incredibly peaceful throughout today and then just in a few seconds it went from zero to ten immediately and we saw police deploy tear gas which is in the air right now as we're moving into it also. the cannon as well as well

in the spirit of lenny bruce and more solid dick gregory. they get even you watching artie international is just gone six pm here in moscow now at a gas arrest some violent confrontations are once again being seen on the streets of the french capital hit is the fifth consecutive weekend the yellow vests movement has held its demonstrations against inequality following a huge climb down by president macro nearly this week it had been thought that today's protest would actually be much karma poor suggest though so far up to one hundred arrests have been made. i. i. get the latest now from our correspondent in paris peter all of the good evening. we were just looking at pictures there there have been some clashes today haven't there what's the scene like now. right now it is. relatively peaceful it's what we've seen throughout the rest of saturday but in the last hour certainly what we've seen is the most violent scenes that we've seen this week so far we saw a number of people who were arrested you were saying around one hundred people have be

in the spirit of lenny bruce in north pole and dick gregory. it's nine o'clock and you're watching all t. international live from a studio here in moscow with me welcome to the program. take gas arrests and violent confrontations have been seen on the streets of the french capital this saturday it's the fifth consecutive weekend there were yellow vests movement has held its demonstrations against inequality which snowboarded to protest against president micron some reports suggest only one hundred seventy arrests have been made peter oliver has been reporting for us from the heart of paris. after five weeks of the police tactics being found somewhat lacking what we have seen here is while they suffered a at least anyway tactics that have brought every single one of those yellow vests demonstrators into one little corner here right now it seems that it's over here it seems that they've brought them into not particular area but this has been quite a while in the ventral afternoon that started off quietly and escalated really really quickly was th

in the spirit of lenny bruce unmoored soul and dick gregory. it's one am when you're watching all t into. from a studio here in moscow with me in india today welcome to the program. to gas arrests and violent confrontations have been seen on the streets of the french capital on saturday is the fifth consecutive weekend to the yellow vest movement has held its demonstrations against inequality which snowballed into protests against president micron some reports suggest nearly one hundred seventy arrests have been made. no. you can look awful it was was. was. was. is the tear gas leaves this area of the seans allee's a the famous streets in paris police are moving their way up towards the arc de triomphe clearing out anybody who they deemed to be involved in the violence that we saw a rope out of absolutely nowhere it was incredibly peaceful throughout today and then just in a few seconds it went from zero to ten immediately and we saw police deploy tear gas which is in the air right now as we're moving into it and also the cannon as well as well

in the spirit of lenny bruce unmoored soul and dick gregory. thanks for choosing us this hour welcome to all things rational and i know hawkins are. if you are welcome to the program paris has been gripped by a fifth consecutive weekend of civil unrest with up two hundred seventy people arrested you know first movement started as a protest against fuel taxes but it quickly escalated into a revolt against president mike or himself. you know. you can look awful it was was. was. was. is the tear gas leaves this area of the seans elisei the famous streets in paris police are moving their way up towards the arc de triomphe clearing out anybody who they deemed to be involved in the violence that we saw a rope out of absolutely nowhere it was incredibly peaceful throughout today and then just in a few seconds it went from zero to ten immediately and we saw police deploy tear gas which is in the air right now as we're moving into it and also a water cannon as well as well as the rubber bullets being fired certainly a very forceful move by the police in

in the spirit of lenny bruce and mort sahl and dick gregory. thanks for the welcome she's going to pm here in moscow you're watching international our top story this hour a palestinian teenager has been shot dead by israeli soldiers in the occupied west bank this happened during street protests after the israeli army sealed off from allah the seat of the palestinian authority during a security operation i. was. i. was. i. was told. i. was. a thousands more palestinians were injured during friday's clashes the demonstrations came after over forty were arrested by israeli troops and raids in the ramallah district that i just ask lation started after two israeli soldiers were killed in a shooting in the west bank settlement the israeli prime minister gave a firm statement on thursday vowing to avenge the deaths of the two soldiers. sure our guiding principle is that whoever attacks us and whoever tries to attack us will pay with his life i really mean and we will find them off from the right after that statement and netanyahu issued a number of se

in the spirit of lenny bruce ignored saul and didn't grow. it's eight o'clock and you're watching r t international line from a studio here in moscow with me in india today welcome to the program. take us arrests and violent confrontations are once again being seen on the streets of the french capital as the face the consecutive weekend they yellow vest movement as hard as demonstrations against inequality following a huge climb down by president this week it had been for today's protests would be a much calmer report suggests so far up to one hundred arrests have been made. i was was. i as the tear gas leaves this area of the seans allee's a famous street empowers police are moving their way up towards the arc de triomphe clearing out anybody who they deemed to be involved in the violence that we saw or roped out of absolutely nowhere it was incredibly peaceful throughout today and then just in a few seconds it went from zero to ten immediately and we saw police deploy tear gas which is in the air right now as we're moving into it and also a

and by virtue of what you're doing this subject matter has peek into the brain in the spirit of lenny bruce and mort sahl and dick gregory. are there well can you watching our international this saturday afternoon she's gone four pm here in moscow now top story this hour another saturday brings another yellow vest protest to france but the rally just getting underway in paris this is the fifth consecutive weekend of demonstrations some of which have turned violent more than ninety arrests have reportedly been made so far today in the capital from there with us reporters peter all of what we see right now and he is a much different situation to what we've seen in the previous weeks there is if we come over to my left right now as you can see a huge police presence there really has a ring of steel around the. right now leading up to the arctic triomphe course what we're looking at is hundreds as opposed to the thousands that we had seen previously what we understand is that a number of these people were told not to come today because they wanted people to respect and to. stay away because of

in the spirit of lenny bruce and mort sahl and dick gregory. it is saturday december the fifteenth and moments off the eight am here in moscow let's get into the top stories for this hour. a palestinian teenager has been shot dead by israeli soldiers in the occupied west bank it's happening during street protests after the israeli army sealed off that is the seat of the palestinian authority and this a code during a security operation. i'm . going to talk. dozens more palestinians were injured during friday's classroom's demonstrations came off to forty palestinians were arrested by israeli troops in raids in the ramallah area the latest escalation of the conflict started off the two israeli soldiers were killed in a shooting in a west bank settlement and israeli prime minister gave a speech on thursday vowing to avenge the deaths of the two soldiers. our guiding principle is that whoever attacks us and who have a troyes to attack us will pay with his life i really mean we will find them because from including from my colleague spoke with pales

in the spirit of lenny bruce soul and dick gregory. here in moscow thanks for joining us here on r.t. international law. of you are welcome to the program the. paris has been gripped by a fifth weekend of civil unrest with up to one hundred seventy people arrested there you know vast movement started as a protest against fuel taxes and slow revolt against president. it was going to look good but it was was was. was. is the tear gas leaves this area of the seans allee's a the famous streets in paris police are moving their way up towards the uk to triomphe clearing out anybody who they deemed to be involved in the violence that we saw a rope out of absolutely nowhere it was incredibly peaceful throughout today and then just in a few seconds it went from zero to ten immediately and we saw police deploy tear gas which is in the air right now as rubber bullets being fired certainly a very forceful move by the place in order to make sure that they take they took control of this particular area of the seans elisei after five weeks of the pol

in the spirit of lenny bruce and more solid declaratory. a busy day if your world wide headlines here live on r.t. international your top saturday stories in a moment live to paris but for the meantime. a palestinian teenager has been shot dead by israeli soldiers in the occupied west bank this happened during street protests after the israeli army sealed off of the seat of the palestinian authority during a security operation. i'm . honest i. think. i. probably. thousands more palestinians were injured during friday's clashes the demonstrations came off over forty arrested by is ready troops in raids in the area the latest escalation started off the two israeli soldiers were killed in a shooting in a west bank settlement israeli prime minister gave a speech on thursday vowing to avenge the deaths of the two soldiers. good our guiding principle is that whoever attacks us and who have a choice to attack us will pay with his life i really mean and we will find them one from a colleague media tutor spoke with palestinian politician the most st

in the spirit of lenny bruce and mort sahl and dick gregory. hello there seven pm here in moscow you're watching international now to gas arrests and violent confrontations are once again being seen on the streets of the french capital it is the fifth consecutive week air best movement has held its demonstrations against inequality following a huge climb down by president. early this week it had been thought today's protest would be much calmer reports though suggest up to one hundred people have been arrested. was . was was. her what we're seeing happening right now is a load of people there were by the audit trails they're making their way down there and then they're coming in across all of these place offices who all blockading in . doing what they said she would be called in the united kingdom or the united states actually we have seen some tear gas deployed we have seen some some will quite severe tactics used in order to arrest people it's one of those situations although calm right now in the next five minutes i can tell you a number of

. >> as an analogy, it was lenny bruce said some religious stuff, couldn't say the, they fought for thateligion. they are trying to tell you what you can say, and i think that's very important. i'm done. greg: final thoughts next. check out my new show on fox nation. it's called one smart person. here is the tape. >> the people who are going out together mobbing and showing up at debates and try to shut it down and who are potentially violent. most of of the time they haven't even read the work of the person they are trying to shut down. they are going based on what their friends are saying, and that's disturbing to me it's a mindlessness that's taking over. greg: when somebody makes a joke that agrees with this, a progressive perspective, it doesn't matter because it's still a joke that uses the terms, and even that is a greg: we are out of time. thanks. i love you america. jon: a federal judge in texas reigniting over obamacare after striking law as unconstitutional good evening i'm jon scott, this is the fox report. democrats pledging to appeal friday's ruling which came just hours be

virtue of what you're doing this subject matter must be piquant it must abraded us in the spirit of lenny bruce and more sol and dick gregory my god and the people who are the most compliant the people who are going to end up destroying their own industry are the comedians who sit back and say well i think it's only fair that i don't want to say they could anyway heard about it fairly oh my god you keep this up and you're going to be out of a career i've done stand up comedy for twenty five years and what makes it fun and exciting at the peak it is when you make people upset you know what their view is or dare we retort walk out the. leaving asked for your money back what's the matter with us we're used to be tough we're becoming a bunch of little snowflake trigger trigger warning then then heard and b it's a little bit what we're talking about a comedian but by the way if there was no rules or what the heck was he being asked this side let us know what's happening this isn't the government ruining us we are losing our sense of humor we're losing our guts and our spine we're losing who we are w

♪ that's great it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes and aeroplanes ♪ ♪ lenny bruce is not afraidremember new year's eve 1999 going into y2k seeing no doubt on mtv playing "it's the end of the world as we know it" by r.e.m. ♪ it's the end of the world as we know it ♪ ♪ it's the end of the world as we know it ♪ ♪ i feel fine it was a very appropriately apocalyptic song for what turned out to be a very apocalyptic decade. >> happy new year! >> so we wake up, it's 2000, we're all alive, and we're still in the middle of teen pop mania. ♪ don't want to hear you ♪ ain't nothing but a heartache ♪ >> boy bands were selling so many albums. ♪ every little thing you do ♪ never seems enough for you >> this is the biggest year in pop music history in terms of sales. britney spears selling 1.3 million copies of "oops i did it again." in the first week. ♪ oops i did it again ♪ i played with your heart ♪ got lost in the game ♪ oh baby baby >> everybody's falling in love with boy bands and girl groups. but then justin timberlake leaves in sync. ♪ ♪ i want to rock your body >> with his debut album

. >> reporter: lenny bruce was arrested in the early 1960s and convicted of ung obscenities.san diego zoo visiting a ht show" and you might have a canine. female. you say there is the -- just don't refer to theinger the same way. >> reporter: comedians are forever testing boundaries. joan rivers did it nightly. >> bugs buy saw my rear end and said, now i know what's not ontock. oh, >> reporter: the line between cutting edge and bad taste is so fine, it can draw blood. >> do something about your dad's immigration practices you [ bleep ]. na digital age, nothing is iva disposed of and nothing is forgotten. enhanced by social media, judgment is quick and the echob chamr is loud. nuance and r goodwill aree visitors. here is willie again with sarah silverman. >> it'scary to speak out when you know there are people actuallyrganizing toake you down through your own comedy. comedians explore the darkest places of humanity, and if you -- couple that with theth ft comedy is not evergreen. it's art. it changes with the times. >> who is old enough tore mber? hello there. and just , this

. >> who is old enough to remember lenny bruce? hello, there.t. really, you hear a lot about evolution and him and how he's approached this? >> i think what i heard him say was that he and comedians know how to be nimble and adjust and still be funny within whatever -- >> he always has worked clean, but his whole thing is as the culture changes, he said it's like lindsey vonn and the gates. they change the gates. you have to learn how to get around the gates. >> we seem to be so inconsistent with regards to how we decide and whom we decide to forgive. >> how the law is applied. >> yes. >> yeah. that was a great story. thank you. >> good conversation. >>> we'll be back. next half hour. >> you're staying here. you know that? >> okay. >> pop start. >>> first up and breaking the rock and roll hall of fame announced the 2019 induck tees. the cure, deaf leopard, janet jackson, radio head, roxy, the zombies, and stevie knicks. some big names. the rock and roll hall of fame induction takes place on march 29th in brooklyn, new york. they are on hbo later