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Bruce got his first big break on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout show doing standard impersonations. He immediately became a popular young talent because his humor was clean. Anyone could get laughs with toilet jokes; Lenny didn't have to resort to filth. But as his reputation grew, Lenny relied less on prepared bits and began talking to the audience in a sort of stream of conscience. The routines loosened up, too, becoming more frank, explosive, and hard-hitting. The first of this new genre of skits was "Religions...
...Reporter Godfrey Sperling: "Do you plan to have a code of ethics for the Executive Branch...
Thru Sat.: Jane Eyre, 5:50, 9:30 and The Adventures of Robin Hood, 4, 7:35 and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, midnight starts Sun.: The Ruling Class, 4, 7:45, 11:30 and My Man Godfrey...
...like a mannequin for the cover of the fashion magazine Gentlemen 's Quarterly (he had posed unaware the picture was for that magazine), Kennedy blew his stack. "People are remembered in this world for one thing," he raged, stalking up and down in front of his desk. "Arthur Godfrey is remembered because he buzzed the tower [at Teterboro, N.J., in 1954, in his DC-3]. I'll be remembered now as the man who posed for Gentlemen's Quarterly...
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