Lenny Bruce Expelled from Britain For Second Time This Week
Apr. 13, 1963 - Lenny Bruce, the American comedian, was ordered expelled from Britain today for the second time this week. Two...
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Apr 9, 2023
Lenny Bruce Returns to New York, Detained by Authorities
Apr. 9, 1963 - Lenny Bruce arrived at New York’s Idlewild Airport after a transatlantic trip late yesterday. He was detained there for 75...
Apr 8, 2023
Lenny Bruce Barred from Britain
Apr. 8, 1963 - Lenny Bruce, the American nightclub comedian, was refused permission to enter Britain today when he arrived at London...
Mar 26, 2023
Comedian Lenny Bruce: “Rather Get Gas Chamber in L.A. than Jail in Chicago”
Mar. 26, 1963 - Lenny Bruce, the comedian, surrendered today in a Los Angeles court on a fugitive warrant issued in Chicago after his...
Mar 14, 2023
Comedian Lenny Bruce Sentenced to Prison
Mar. 14, 1963 - Lenny Bruce, 37-year-old comedian, was sentenced today to a year and a day in prison and fined $1,000 after being...
Feb 23, 2023
Comedian Lenny Bruce Arrested on Drug Charge
Feb. 23, 1963 - Comedian Lenny Bruce (left), 37, was arrested early today on suspicion of possessing heroin. The so-called “sick”...
Nov 20, 2022
Comedian Woody Allen On the Rise
Nov. 20, 1962 - A steadily rising comic in New York City is a slight, bespectacled, unhappy-looking man of 26 named Woody Allen...
Oct 5, 2022
Lenny Bruce Arrest on Drug Charge
Oct. 5, 1962 - Comedian Lenny Bruce (pictured) and Robert Coogan, brother of former child star Jackie Coogan, were arrested in North...
Sep 7, 2022
Lenny Bruce Banned in Sydney
Sept. 7, 1962 - Lenny Bruce (pictured), American comedian, opened at the Aarons Hotel last night in Sydney, Australia, and closed this...
Jun 6, 2022
George Burns Partners with Carol Channing in Comedy Show
June 6, 1962 - George Burns (pictured with Ann-Margret) and Carol Channing won critical acclaim at the premiere of their comedy show at...
Jul 19, 2021
Comedian Mort Sahl on BBC-TV
July 19, 1961 - Mort Sahl made his British debut today on a BBC television program. As usual, the comedian wore a sweater and open-necked...
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