Sheldon Harnick Quotes

I'd heard that Lenny Bruce used a lot of profanity and obscenities in his act, and I was curious.

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• I'd heard that Lenny Bruce used a lot of profanity and obscenities in his act, and I was curious.

  

  Sheldon Harnick
  • Heard
  • Profanity
  • Obscenity