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All the money and everything went on lawyers. the way that he was beaten down and beaten down and beaten down, coupled with his drug use is what killed him. >> lenny really took the blows. he was the martyr, cleared the way for the new openness which was happening in all sorts of media in the '60s, but it took guys like lenny bruce to push the boundaries and go to jail for it. >> there's not one piece of comedy being done today that didn't come out of something lenny bruce said, really. he was like the big bang. >> did he take the hit for all of us? yeah, i imagine he did. thank god for lenny ...

Were scatological and talked about sex, as each new comedian came along, less and less barriers to break through, try to reach further and further to to something to shock the audience. >> sam kinison embodies the '80s era of comedy, people doing characters that were extensions of themselves. so sam was sam kinison. but on stage he was the character as opposed to the man. >> ever been married? what's your name? michael? michael if you ever think about getting married, think you met the right woman and want to settle down and change your life, do me a favor mike. remember this face. ahhh! >> it...

Stag roasts, the fact they were these huge stars like jack benny and milton berle, the public had only heard on tv or on the radio be very squeaky clean, suddenly see another side of it. >> eight years and like most performers, asked thousands of people he knows, thousands of people that he knows. but he's also one of the people who has close friends. i would like to say that i'm one. i think that's important to don. because queers need friends. >> the vaudeville style and burlesque tradition of comedy came together at the friars club. >> it's good when an artist can express themselves in a wa...

There's no blasphemy. why? they want men, women and children to come there, they want a bigger audience. ♪ >> vaudevillian did something on stage that was objectionable, send a blue envelope backstage with the material they wanted excised from their act. that became the whole idea of the phrase blue material. >> say good night. >> good night. >> vaudeville comedy was accessible to all but concurrently another style of comedy that was a little bit different. burlesque houses like going to strip club. guys with trench coats to watch girls. different styles of comedy, different people performin...

Place for that kind of comedy, that's the time and place, the roast. >> i'll remember this evening probably as long as it takes me to get to my car. >> announcer: the history of comedy is brought to you by -- i'm ken jacobus and i switched to the spark cash card