and lenny bruce said, what are you, a smuck?rt hair stand up comic. he was quite successful getting ed sullivan gigs and so forth. >> here is comedian star george carlin. >> how is the weather, man? tonight's forecast, dark. >> carlin at first wanted just to have success. and he got that success. and then felt that he was getting that success in a way that didn't speak to his heart. >> i used to be this guy, and maybe this guy used to be me, i don't know, we were each other at one time, it wasn't long ago, i liked him. he was really good. he was funny. and i had a the lo of fun with him. he did nice things for me. but there was like there was nothing behind him. he was kind of just superficial. just the surface. he was all characters. i want in there. i found out i wasn't in my own act the guy who picks up from lenny is george who basically kind of goes, right after the tab beaus, he's constantly picking. >> the and the priests were heavily into pen as, give accouple of novena to do, nine first friday, knife first saturday, stat

no five i don't like it turn it off i understand that but for a get that day's a more it's all lenny bruce richard pryor it's a different world today john just to get your take on what some people have been pointing out on twitter and other places and we have to go back to the maracana must occur in the way trevor joked about it let's again listen to a short clip. why didn't i use rabbits i didn't use i'd tend to i guess because those things don't work anymore. these are the whole wheat and they couldn't control people so that's come with ammunition for those guys had weapons plus a guest is a waste of time which strikes have ended because of to get a sliver of a little news that john was being pointed out here is not you know he saved up but he's been a strong critic of police handling a blocked lives mother protests for instance what's your thoughts on that kind of displaying opinion sure i think that this was a bit that was done and in poor taste does he have the right to do it should be out there of you know of course i don't want to quell freedom of expression any respect but but yeah

lastly, we have lewis chang who wa nts to lastly, we have lewis chang who wants to be the next lenny brucey black but you changed him. why? when i first started on the novel, i imagined he would be a black teenager from a small town in georgia but as i tried to get started, it didn‘t make sense that this teenager would move and leave a small town in georgia, go to california and agreed to return and visit and participate in the civil war re—enactment and also have no historical sense of it. its something his parents, growing up in the south, would have advised him against. you get a lot of explicit instruction growing up a person of colour in the south, always be respectful when the police talk to you, you know, don‘t talk back. your pa rents you, you know, don‘t talk back. your parents basically give you a laundry list of things that you should do to ensure that you will come home in one piece each night. and that being the case, the story wasn‘t working because the main character would already know... all that. not to go back and do what he did. but they go back and do what he did. but t

. >> with bob newhart and shelly berman and lenny bruce. comedy started shifting.e got to stay here. there's no reason why you folks shouldn't go out into the lobby. >> one of the reasons, you have to split the check, it's not economically feasible. you see it in modern standup comedies, it's when it's musical. >> hello. >> hi. >> hello, man, sitting in the park. >> i just said hi. >> you can do twice as many gigs, the comedy festival, and the music festival. ♪ i love you baby but all i can think about is ♪ >> okay, thank you. >> you can play an instrument, or if you can sing like jack black can sing, it automatically puts you in a different -- people respect us more. because you're doing something not everyone can do. ♪ pregnant women are smug everyone knows it, nobody says it because they're pregnant ♪ >> traditionally, to be defined as a comedy team, your roots are on the stage. >> what do you think about this for my facebook status update, seeking air conditioner, free to cheap, thanks, bye, guys. >> bye, guys, is my favorite part, i love that. i want more you,

♪ that's great it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes and aeroplanes ♪ ♪ lenny bruce is not afraidays remember 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 al

. >> mort sahl influenced this whole generation of coffeehouse comedians like lenny bruce, richard pryorge 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 talking. 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

lenny bruce said two swear words in a club in 1961 and was arrested for obscenity. there was when there was racial injustice and sodomy was a felony. moreover, attempting to prohibit vices is a vain effort. people engage in activities anyway and the attempt to prohibit creates a world that's more violent and oppressive. violence hurts society more than burning a flag does. and drug to the black market and making prostitution illegal makes sex workers with no legal recourse. and what you considered vicious on the black market than exist in an open legal market. in order to live in a free society we must be act to tolerate the activities that may not align with our moral values. we must remember that the government gets things wrong. by accepting this, we will achieve a freer and more just society for us and for future generations. thank you. [applaus [applause] >> conservatives. >> in george washington's farewell address you can find this statement. religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society. both libertarians and conservatives understand that g