and he said well i refused to cooperate with the police and lenny bruce said, what are you?muck? >> carlin came up as traditional short hair stand-up comic, self-getting ed sullivan gigs. >> here is comedian comedy star george carlin. >> hippy dippy weather man. tonight's forecast, dark. >> 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 you, 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 irish priests heavily into penance and punishment, couple of novenas to do, stations of the cross, trip to lourd's. wow. that was one of the things that bothered me about my religion was the conflict between pain and

starts with s and ends with t and word is is not. >> lenny bruce saw himself as social critic.of that was challenging our language and why certain words were taboo. >> the jew has no concept that there's a dirty word graph. in other words f -- is worth 90 points and s -- is 90 points. because both rabbi and priests say that. >> if you listen to my father's routines, you will hear a quote/unquote obscenity, the so-called curse words or blue material. he did not use them for shock value, they had a purpose, a reason, leading to a point. >> and there's a difference between a big piece of art with [ bleep ] in the middle, big piece of art with a little art in the middle. you don't understand. >> if he was just playing small joint and wasn't a household name nobody would have bothered him but popularity started to grow and became a force and something of influence. started to question authority and started to step on toes. >> christ to moses, look at either. he said, well, obviously, the book is bombing down there. gideons shoved in motel drawers. fly to new york. what is playing in

midge, the house comic and lenny bruce, stand-up comedian. >> iconic. >> iconic, absolutely.k you. >> i keep thinking -- there is this chemistry you want them to get together but you're a mentor at the same time. is it ever going to happen? >> i mean, you'll have to keep watching to find out, i suppose. but i don't want it to happen. and i've gotten in so much trouble for saying that. i love -- i love their friendship so much. and i love how lenny sees midge as an equal and treats her like one and he's the reason she became a comic. i worry if they cross that line, neither of them are really in a place where a relationship -- >> lenny bruce was so dysfunctional, big drug addict, i don't really see you -- this character with lenny bruce. she's too wholesome. >> but i think lenny loves midge. that's what i think. >> i think lenny is fond of midge. i think the biggest problem with is, with them crossing the line, is they have to get married first. and i don't think -- >> that's not going to happen. >> amazon doesn't have the budget for that. >> we're talking about lenny bruce, w

. >> lenny bruce offend ad lot of people.nd turning over in his grave. >> exactly. >> feet davidson is a baby. >> you're wrong. it is not that. >> forbidding people from talking about it on social media. david: we may hear more about this before his next show. we have to leave it at that. that does it for "bulls & bears." see you next time. liz: the sprint to impeachment is about to get more combative as president trump arrives in london with the first lady for the nato summit. reports, iran, china, russia will hold in coming weeks their first ever joint war drills. the president will not testify. danger for democrats. republicans going on offense. they drafted a harsh new report saying democrats have not made their case. the president's threat to hold up ukraine aid due to corruption, the report says it was entirely prudent. the gop plans to call witnesses as democrats still not moving the needle on impeachment wit

♪ that's great it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes and aeroplanes ♪ ♪ lenny bruce is not afraider 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 nsync. ♪ i want to rock your body >> with his debut album j.t. estab

. >> mort sahl influenced this whole generation of coffeehouse comedians like lenny bruce, richard pryor carlin. whereas bob hope with his large writing staff influenced the format of the late-night comedy shows. >> here's johnny! >> it will be a good night. i just saw bob hope, actually, as we were walking. you know, it's really a wonderful thrill standing next to one of the greatest comedians in the entire world. and i'm sure bob appreciates it. >> if you are looking for not just a take on the news but the actual news, because i wasn't reading anything other than the sports and comics, johnny carson was where you would go. >> and i saw the headline in "the national enquirer" this week. the headline article is how eating the right foods can increase your iq. now, isn't that risky for "the enquirer"? they could lose all their readership. >> johnny carson would mock something that was in the public eye. everybody was in on it. >> he was the most powerful man in hollywood because he could kill you with one joke. >> somebody told vice president george bush that jesse jackson was coming to t