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>> lenny bruce saw himself as social critic. part 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 w...

Points and s -- is five points. only one f -- >> 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 joints and wasn't a household name nobody would have bothered him, but his popularity started to grow and became a force and something of influence. st...

Cathedral and his father leaned over and touched his hand. i will been told that president bush's speech will be very emotional. it will not be about his father, the statesman. it will be about his father. i know people who have read the speech, and they could not get through it without crying. i think that's going to be a very moving moment. then we're going to hear from his biographer, from the former canadian prime minister who will talk about the statesman, the global leader. and finally, get ready, hold on. senator allen simpson, one of his dearest friends, who we all know is very funny. ...

Comedy becomes an industry. >> poor father, he died of throat troubles. they hung him. >> vaudeville is created commercially to clean up humor. there's no cursing, there's no blasphemy, why? they want men, women and children to be able to come there. they want a bigger audience. ♪ >> vaudevillian did something on stage that was objectionable, they would send a blue envelope backstage with the material they wanted excised from their act. that became the whole idea of that phrase, blue material. >> say good night. >> good night. >> vaudeville comedy was accessible to all but concurrently anoth...

Points and s -- is 5 points. >> 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 joints and wasn't a household name nobody would have bothered him but his popularity started to grow and became a force and something of influence. so he started to que...