Albert Brooks interviewed on the Mutual Radio Network. 1988.

Albert Brooks interviewed by Larry King on Mutual Radio, 1988.

Lenny Bruce died August 3rd, 1966 of a drug overdose. A memorial was held for Lenny Bruce in New York hosted by Paul Krassner, publisher of the Realist. It took place at Judson Memorial Church on August 12, 1966. Few comedians spoke. Instead, counterculture figures like Allen Ginsberg and the Fugs took to the mic. Radio WOR's Jean Shepherd, today best for the film A Christmas Story today, was at his height as a late night radio raconteur when he delivered this toast to the deceased.

Jean Shepherd Eulogizes Lenny Bruce. Lenny Memorial, August 1966.

In the middle of Lenny Bruce's performance at the Gate of Horn on December 5, 1962, eight Chicago police squad cars pulled up to the venue and sealed off the entrance and exit. Lenny Bruce was arrested for obscenity as was the club manager for "presenting an obscene show." All patrons were forced to remain as each had their ID checked. This is actual audio from the moment of the raid

Audio of Lenny Bruce Show Raided by Chicago Police

An incredibly rare 1973  recording of a makeshift talk show hosted by Dave Madden at the Las Vegas Hilton. Featuring Shecky Greene, Barbie Benton, Jackie Curtiss, Red Buttons, Milton Berle, Tony Bennett, Rip Taylor, Roger Miller, Lou Rawls, Steve Rossi, Bernie Allen and Dick Haymes. Good, bad and fascinating. 

Dave Madden's Talk Show from a Vegas Lounge with  Shecky Greene,  Red Buttons, Barbi Benton

This is an audio documentary about Pip's nightclub, a seminal stand-up comedy venue run by George Schultz. It gave David Brenner, Andy Kaufman, Robert Klein, Richard Lewis and many others some of their earliest paying gigs. This radio documentary is from the late 1970s. The opening is Andy Kaufman on the bongos.

David Brenner, Andy Kaufman, Robert Klein, a Salute to Pip's in Sheepshead Bay

Milton Berle, they say, had a big dick. Here are a succession of jokes about it by comedy writer Pat McCormick followed by his roast of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Pat McCormick does a succession of Milton Berle Big Cock Jokes at a Roast hosted by Milty

References to sprinter Ben Johnson's steroid-use dominate the start of this completely original Albert Brooks appearance on Larry King's radio program. Has not been heard since it originally aired until this, the first week of November 2015, in celebration of my book The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy.

Albert On Larry King, 1988.

Harry Nilsson composes the theme song to the film Skidoo (1968) with his girlfriend in the background. 

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