Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known as Lenny Bruce, was a comedian, author, and social critic, whose corrosive and transgressive satire as well as his boldness ...

When we look back on ’60s comedy, we think foremost of Lenny Bruce and George Carlin, stand-ups who did yeomen’s work railing against the venality of the establishment (roughly moneyed white men).