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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes

Document Information

Type: Narrative excerpt/biographical text (likely from a book or article included in house oversight discovery)
File Size: 1.2 MB
Summary

This document appears to be a page from a biography or narrative about the comedian Lenny Bruce, included within a House Oversight Committee production (Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015365). The text details Bruce's increasing obsession with legal statutes and courtroom procedures due to his frequent encounters with the law regarding obscenity and narcotics. It includes an anecdote about his daughter, Kitty, noting his reliance on audio recordings.

People (4)

Name Role Context
Lenny Bruce Subject
Comedian whose obsession with the legal system and court procedures is described.
Kitty Daughter
Lenny Bruce's ten-year-old daughter.
Unidentified Judge Judge
Presiding over a court case on Ash Wednesday.
Unidentified Bailiff Court Official
Instructed by the judge regarding ash on foreheads.

Organizations (1)

Name Type Context
House Oversight Committee
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' in the footer.

Timeline (1 events)

Ash Wednesday (Year Unknown)
A judge removed ash from his forehead and instructed a bailiff to have others do the same during a trial.
Courtroom
Judge Bailiff Prosecutors Jurors

Locations (2)

Location Context
General setting for the narrative.
Mentioned in a quote by Lenny Bruce.

Relationships (1)

Lenny Bruce Parent/Child Kitty
Text refers to Kitty as his 'ten-year-old daughter'.

Key Quotes (4)

""In the Halls of Justice," he declared, "the only justice is in the halls.""
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""I love the law.""
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Quote #2
""Daddy," she said, "you'd believe me if it was on tape.""
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Quote #3
"The sight of a judge, two prosecutors and twelve jurors, every one with a spot of ash on their foreheads, would have all the surrealistic flavor of a Lenny Bruce fantasy."
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