HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030187.txt

The article is about the late comedian Lenny Bruce and his impact on comedy and society. It mentions his famous obscenity trial at Café Au Go Go in New York City and how he died of an overdose on August 3, 1966, with a foreclosure notice still on appeal. The author, who was a friend and subscriber to the satirical magazine The Realist, met Bruce for the first time in 1959 at a Times Square hotel and discusses their friendship and how Bruce broke through traditional stereotypes in his comedy act.