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How to talk dirty and influence people
Lenny Bruce
Published
1965
by Playboy Press in Chicago
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Written in
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How to Talk Dirty and Influence People An Autobiography by Lenny Bruce a.b.e-book v / Notes at EOF Back Cover: "Here he is, Lenny in his own words, words that mean almost more today in this age of Jesse Helms and George Bush than when they were first uttered. "Saint Lenny died for our sins. As the pendulum slowly shifts, we are bac in. How To Talk Dirty And Influence People. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the How To Talk Dirty And Influence People, you will able to read or download in Pdf or ePub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of ore it need a FREE signup process to obtain the book.
How To Talk Dirty and Influence People: An Autobiography User Review - Book Verdict. A bible to many of today's sharpest and funniest (Penn Jillette, Richard Lewis, and Lewis Black, who contributes a new preface), this autobiography by the groundbreaking comedian-social critic 4/5(2). Editions for How to Talk Dirty and Influence People: (Paperback published in ), (Paperback published in ), (Kindle Edition.
Praise for How to Talk Dirty and Influence People "I read this book for the first time when I was twelve years old. It made me want to be in showbiz, have a lot of sex, and be Jewish. I've rethought that last one."--Penn Jillette, author of God No! "If there was a God, then he sent down Lenny Bruce to create the art form of modern stand-up comedy.4/5(2K). Although Bruce died when he was only forty, his influence on the worlds of comedy, jazz, and satire are incalculable. How to Talk Dirty and Influence People remains a brilliant existential account of his life and the forces that made him the most .
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How to Talk Dirty and Influence People doesn't catch Bruce's charisma and vaguely sinister electricity--no book could--but it is an interesting, lively read. Bruce was one of the first performers to usher in the new, more honest, more permissive, and more indulgent brand of American by: 5.
The first third to a half of "How to Talk Dirty" is riveting and hilarious--exactly what you wanted to know about Lenny's upbringing, his family, his cultural milieu, his military service, etc., all the way up to his marriage to Honey, more or less, and all of 4/5.
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People remains a brilliant existential account of his life and the forces that made him the most important and controversial entertainer in history. The Amazon Book Review Author interviews, book reviews, editors' picks, and more.
Read it now. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a /5(84). His influence on the worlds of comedy, jazz, and satire is incalculable, and How to Talk Dirty and Influence People--now republished to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Lenny Bruce's death--remains a brilliant existential account of his life and the forces that made him the most important and controversial entertainer in history.
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HOW TO TALK DIRTY AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE was the first book I originally read in paperback and liked so well I bought a hardbound copy for my permanent library. To understand the friction--the accumulated sand and dirt in the gears of our forefathers' patriot dream of the new United States of America, "Land of The Free and Home of The Brave"--I 5/5(8).
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People doesn't catch Bruce's charisma and vaguely sinister electricity--no book could--but it is an interesting, lively read. Bruce was one of the first performers to usher in the new, more honest, more permissive, and more indulgent brand of American art/5().
Praise for How to Talk Dirty and Influence People "I read this book for the first time when I was twelve years old. It made me want to be in showbiz, have a lot of sex, and be Jewish. I've rethought that last one." —Penn Jillette, author of God No.
"If there was a God, then he sent down Lenny Bruce to create the art form of modern stand-up /5(3). How to Talk Dirty and Influence People [Bruce, Lenny] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People. He died in at the age of 40, his influence on the worlds of comedy, jazz, and satire incalculable, and How to Talk Dirty and Influence People - now republished to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Lenny Bruce's death - remains a brilliant existential account of his life and the forces that made him the most important and controversial.
How To Talk Dirty and Influence People is his autobiography. It reveals how ahead of his time, moral, courageous, humanly flawed, smart, and most of all how funny Lenny Bruce was. The majority of his assaults on how farcial organized religion and American justice can be still hit the mark even after more than forty years of elapsed time.5/5(5).
Praise for How to Talk Dirty and Influence People "I read this book for the first time when I was twelve years old. It made me want to be in showbiz, have a lot of sex, and be Jewish. I've rethought that last one."—Penn Jillette, author of God No.
"If there was a God, then he sent down Lenny Bruce to create the art form of modern stand-up comedy. How to Talk Dirty and Influence People An Autobiography (Book): Bruce, Lenny: "During the course of a career that began in the late s, Lenny Bruce challenged the sanctity of organized religion and other societal and political conventions; he widened the boundaries of free speech.
Critic Ralph Gleason said, "So many taboos have been lifted and so many comics have. How to Talk Dirty and Influence People Audiobook by Lenny Bruce, Lewis Black - preface, Howard Reich - foreword Try our site with free audio you like 1 Month unlimited Listening $ Try our site with free audio you like 1 Month unlimited audiobook Listening $.
Additional Physical Format: Online version: Bruce, Lenny. How to talk dirty and influence people. Chicago: Playboy Press,© (OCoLC) Dust Jacket Included. 2 books -- How to Talk Dirty and Influence People: An Autobiography. Lenny Bruce. Playboy Press. paperback, covers bumped/scuffed/chipped, binding tight, text clean/unmarked + The Essential Lenny Bruce.
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People: An Autobiography. We rated this book: $ Lenny Bruce is remembered by some as a vulgar comedian unfit for a civilized audience, but to most people–the ones worth listening to–he was a crusader for truth and a staunch defender of the First Amendment.
Plenty of the bits in How to Talk Dirty. After reading Lenny Bruce’s autobiography, How to Talk Dirty and Influence People, I realized that everything I have ever loved about Poundstone or Carlin and their genre of hilarity actually 9/ The vitriolically destructive satirist and stand-up comic Lenny Bruce has been arrested nineteen times for obscenity, maligning the Pope in Chicago, possession of narcotics, and so on.
Lenny defends himself here, reprinting tapes of his shows to prove that the police misrepresented him in court. And he has a doctor's certificate for the anti-depressant he takes by injection. How To Talk Dirty and Influence People: An Autobiography User Review - Book Verdict.
A bible to many of today's sharpest and funniest (Penn Jillette, Richard Lewis, and Lewis Black, who contributes a new preface), this autobiography by the groundbreaking comedian-social critic. How to Talk Dirty and Influence People: An Autobiography by Lenny Bruce and Lewis Black and Howard Reich Overview - During the course of a career that began in the late s, Lenny Bruce challenged the sanctity of organized religion and other societal and political conventions; he widened the boundaries of free : Da Capo Press.However, How to Talk Dirty remains very much a product of its own time, its intentionally shocking moments no longer carrying the same impact.
While he certainly shows himself capable of the title’s first half within the pages of the book, it’s the second half of the title for which he will always be known and revered in American comedy.Lenny Bruce has 11 books on Goodreads with ratings.
Lenny Bruce’s most popular book is How to Talk Dirty and Influence People.
