Forty years ago Lenny Bruce crossed a line and became comedy’s greatest free speech martyr. Ronald Collins and David Skover — the authors of The Trials of Lenny Bruce — describe how the comedian fought the law and the law won. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
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