Trivia: What comedian was convicted for obscenity in 1964?
Rodney Dangerfield
Richard Pryor
Lenny Bruce
George Carlin
The correct answer is Lenny Bruce
So why is this answer correct? : Arrested for using “over 100 obsene” words while on stage at Greenwich Village, the Trial of Lenny Bruce lasted over six months, inadvertently making him a poster child for free speech. After his conviction, he decided to represent himself on appeal. A better comedian than lawyer, Bruce flouted all rules of the courtroom and lost again… but he did get the last laugh. In 2003, New York Governor George Pataki posthumously pardoned the comedy trailblazer.