Lenny Bruce

The setup points the reader toward 'That’s the man, they’re incorruptible.', then the trigger 'I don’t know anybody who knows the Post Man’s name.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'So as soon as it could be helped, that screwed up that whole scene. Now there’s just nothing left.', then the trigger 'Narcotics, now they finished with heroin.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Every case has been initiated by the police department. So it’s not literature they, just, it’s a big smokescreen.', then the trigger 'There’s money spent on those books.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Otherwise, no one guy. What happens, two hundred dollar police undercover girl investigation. Two hundred dollar call...', then the trigger 'Now there was no warrant for search.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You look South, you’re hairs wet, I don’t', then the trigger 'now what it is.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I’ll tell you what we’ll do, we’ll have a vote: we’ll sleep in Area A, is that cool?', then the trigger 'We’ll eat in Area B, good?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'In the most respectful position.', then the trigger 'And the reason that is, I’m sure, the way of the Jew saying “I’m sorry.” That’s where it’s at.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'That’s what burns me up. That’s what really pissed me off. That’s a spynce Shirley Temple.', then the trigger 'That’s funny Shirley Temple, that’s good imagery, right?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Oh another expose, I really want to confess to you one thing you never knew about me and….I have a pen name.', then the trigger 'I’m Ralph Gleason.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'They tried to get him back like five times already and he will not come back because he’s embarrassed.', then the trigger 'Charlton Heston is 6’3, he’s 5’1.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And you, it’s really corny, but dig what I miss: lipstick and powder. Is that weird?', then the trigger 'I like em with paint on em, ha-ha!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '“What?” “Oh yeah, they opened up the mail and they’ve been reading letters, and…” “Nyaugch” Like', then the trigger 'that, Post Office, going through snow and sleet.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Johnson, boy your daughter’s got a terrific shape on her, ha.', then the trigger 'God bless her, boy she gotta a body I’m telling ya.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'She looks at home in a trailer park. There’s…here, it’s so strange.', then the trigger 'Not the people necessarily involved with the religion but the religion itself, Catholicism.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Maybe it’s because their father’s did that to them.', then the trigger '“Just tell me, who?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'He said this ordinance is unconstitutional because it doesn’t have knowingly in it, and that’s the principle', then the trigger 'of the whole American law system, your intent.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'When it’s the law out in front, then nobody has any excuse.', then the trigger 'No priests can be in a whorehouse, blessing, kissing them, saving them.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Schluffa they don’t need it. They got the stamps hidden. I have a book here I want to show you.', then the trigger 'Debby is a Nun.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'To smell like ladies. Lily, lipstick, and powder. Now if I really get racy, pancake makeup.', then the trigger 'And a cheap, black, crepe dress that’s low-cut.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Yeah, “Listen, I know a place and it’s ya now…” Yeah, and as soon as–the first', then the trigger 'time the government control–then they’ll have the farms.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'He gets it the next time, don’t you know that?', then the trigger 'Nine thousand years I’ve been living now, it’s a…yeah, it’s a…schhhwoo….”' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Who could look suspicious?', then the trigger 'So we got suspicious looking people, we got N i g g e r Town, Whore Town, Polack Town, Kike Town.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Spellman looks like Shirley Temple. That’s what I got in trouble for in New York, for saying that.', then the trigger 'Heh-heh…but a Priest told me that!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And the guy is like, ss-I can’t-ss,', then the trigger 'well, I boump-boump-boump.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'They’re gone all those. I think midgets are gone. And they’re only certain kinds midgets who are real midgets.', then the trigger 'They’re are no Jewish midgets.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Did you read that in the paper?', then the trigger 'Was it geologists, this is a vague recollection I have of it.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'But then no one will smoke it anymore, you’ll see.', then the trigger 'Most of the law students I know smoke marijuana, that’s why it’ll be legal.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I just know it, I know I know I know. She was bald. My aunt was bald, the bald headed lady.', then the trigger 'Little teeny teeny hair.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Religious people, and the talk is different then North, and they’re rappin’ questions at him, and he', then the trigger 'like hears one out of every ten words.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '“Look, here’s our problem, see we’re trying to get some sleep and', then the trigger 'people keep throwing crap on us.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And I don’t wanna get crucified, I can’t go now, ok? I’ll meet you later. C’mon, don’t be pushy now, okay?', then the trigger 'they all went.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And I always wanted to uh, and you’re taking it good, I always thought you’d', then the trigger 'get pissed off at me for that.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Now the Fourth Amendment and all those things because of a bad kiss ass newspaper have been', then the trigger 'turning into protection for thieves, but it’s not.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I think that they didn’t really…that’s why the people never could really separate the authority and', then the trigger 'the people with the authority vested in them.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Did you make?” “Yeah, I did it…” “Alright, now hang around here, okay..” So I saw,', then the trigger 'dig what I saw, a beautiful change.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'He probably went ‘nah’ too, that means “there” in Jewish, “nah.', then the trigger 'Nah” Yeah, it’s…and Belli didn’t um…he forgot the geography.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And just say extra things, like “Boy I would, would I appreciate it, hah,', then the trigger 'that always, boy I’d appreciate that boy.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'So don’t be too nice to them. Cause we’ll drag you up before the House of Un-American Activities Committee.', then the trigger 'Just by encouraging them, by omission.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Now the insanity in that area, is that the reason that Heroin is verboten it’s no good for the people.', then the trigger 'Its…it destroys the ego.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Now you never see any Jewish bad guys in movies ever.', then the trigger 'And you see a lot of pictures about Christ, a ton of religious pictures.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Find the schmuck in the bush. All waiting for them. So I know what everything is.', then the trigger 'I said “Nema, you’ve got the market cornered!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'There’s always a Japanese guy behind the registry window and zaszu…Heh, it’s a trick thing to', then the trigger 'have a treaty, one Jap, one szchupbupup, heh!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'She’s a really beautiful chick, I’d never have the nerve to hit on her.', then the trigger 'In a house, somebody introduce, solid.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.