Lenny Bruce Pardoned

CNN.com:
“Comedian Lenny Bruce was granted a posthumous pardon by Gov. George
Pataki Tuesday for a nearly 40-year-old obscenity conviction prompted by
a foul-mouthed political commentary.” And from Lenny Bruce’s How to
Talk Dirty and Influence People: “What does it mean for a man to be
found obscene in New York City? This is the most sophisticated city in
the country. This is where they play Genet’s The Balcony. If
anyone is the first person to be found obscene in New York, he must feel
utterly depraved.”