Person: Lenny Bruce

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Broadening one’s horizon in Kilkenny

Life is all about change — at least that’s the standard counsel, increasingly received as the years roll by.

world

OBITUARY - Robin Williams: 1951-2014

general

Ed Hamell steps out of the shadows

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The stand-up who is serious about comedy

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FEATURE: Can Rubberbandits stretch their comedy to the UK?

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Have we really had the last laugh?

Doors' Morrison gets posthumous pardon for 'exposure'

The Doors’ frontman Jim Morrison will get a posthumous pardon today for an indecent exposure conviction in Florida after he pulled what a bandmate called “a mind trip on the audience, and they totally fell for it”.

Thu, 09 Dec, 2010

Bid to pardon Jim Morrison

Florida governor Charlie Crist said he was seriously thinking about pardoning dead rock star Jim Morrison for the singer’s 1970 indecent exposure and profanity conviction stemming from a Miami concert the year before.

Wed, 18 Apr, 2007

Bid to put end to Morrison’s flash conviction

FLORIDA governor, Charlie Crist, is being asked to pardon the late Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, 38 years after the rock star was convicted of exposing himself during a Miami concert.

Wed, 11 Apr, 2007

Unusual style of Lenny Bruce captured on DVD

The subtitle of Ladies and Gentlemen — Lenny Bruce (VDI, €24.99) (the godfather of modern stand-up) is no exaggeration.

Fri, 03 Nov, 2006

Star defender Johnnie Cochran dies at 67

CELEBRITY lawyer Johnnie L Cochran Jnr died aged 67 on Tuesday at his home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles.

Thu, 31 Mar, 2005

Mark Lamar to host US stand-up comedy show

Mark Lamarr is to host a new BBC2 series taking a closer look at stand-up comedy in the US.

Mon, 16 Dec, 2002