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I saw eddie murphys "raw" and "delirious" when i was really little, like, when i was in second grade. i even knew then -- he nasty, he naughty, hes not supposed to be saying any of that. those are bad, bad words, and its hilarious. do you watch "the bill cosby show"? [ cheers and applause ] i do, too. i love "bill cosby show." i been a big fan of bill cosby all my life. never met the man before, but he called me up about a year ago and chastised me on the phone for being too dirty. [ applause ] ...

-[ blows raspberry ] -hes constantly picking and picking and picking. carlin: and the irish priests were always heavily into penance and punishment, you know. they give you a couple of novenas to do. nine first fridays, five first saturdays, stations of the cross, a trip to lourdes. wow! [ laughter ] that was one of the things that bothered me a little about my religion, was that conflict between pain and pleasure, you know, cause they were always pushing for pain, and you were always pulling fo...

She bounces the little rubber ball up and down. yeah. and she stands with her legs like this. and when the little ball bounces up and down, the little ball disappears. [ laughter ] well, what are you bragging about? what? my wife does the same thing with a basketball. sure. yeah, she does it the hard way. shes knock-kneed. mankoff: vaudeville is clean. burlesque is dirty. the thing about burlesque is, that audience is all male. youre not going to burlesque to see the comic. [ laughs ] okay? your...

But i find it difficult to say. you do? most white people, its hard to say "crazy." [ laughter ] you tell them the title of the album. i cant say that. the title of the album is, "that niggers crazy." see, now, you can just say that. if i said that, wouldnt you get mad? id punch you out. [ laughter ] zoglin: richard pryor was influenced by redd foxx, but what he did was to bring some of that sensibility to the mainstream. the idea that a guy who had been developing this new, provocative, racial ...

That was my water. [ laughter ] i was raised by parents who spoke explicitly. theres something about growing up not knowing that talking about your vagina or penises was taboo. now, if you havent done it before, ladies, go home and treat yourself. do it tonight. just give your man a little push, push in the tush, tush. just give him a little atari. my whole comedy career, ive been told to be less dirty, and i would get more work if i just toned it down a little bit. and its crazy to me that a hi...

[ static ] ♪ until redd foxx came along in 1956, nobody had ever recorded their stand-up act and released it as an album. redd foxx is distinguished because he invented essentially the genre of stand-up comedy record. foxx: everybody in my hometown bought a jackass. [ laughter ] preachers wife had the biggest ass in town. [ laughter ] i know because i rode her big ass all the time. [ laughter ] sometime id ride her ass along. her ass was sweating. id slip right off her big, sweaty ass. [ laugh...

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"hey, buddy. come here." [ laughter ] "hey, buddy, were christians. we dont like what you said." i said, "then forgive me." what we consider offensive or blue evolves with every generation. mankoff: with vaudeville, for the first time, comedy becomes an industry. her poor father, he died of throat trouble. they hung him. vaudeville is created commercially to clean up humor. theres no cursing. theres no blasphemy. why? they want men, women, and children to be able to come there. they want a bigge...

How you think about food has such a... huge impact on your relationship with it. visit noom.com and start your trial today. ladies and gentlemen, here is a very shocking comedian, the most shocking comedian of our time, a young man who is skyrocketing to fame. lenny bruce! [ applause ] you might be interested in how i became offensive. [ laughter ] maron: at that time, there were laws on the book around obscenity. you couldnt say [bleep] you couldnt say [bleep] you couldnt say [bleep] i mean, co...

Weide: if he was just playing small joints and wasnt really a household name, nobody would have bothered him. but his popularity started to grow. he became something of a force and something of an influence, so he started to question authority, and he started to step on toes. christ and moses look at the earth, and they say, "well, obviously, the book is bombing down there. the gideons are shoving it in motel drawers." so christ and moses fly to new york. they say, whats playing at st. pats? a g...