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Paul Krassner

Paul Krassner, comedian and author, founded the countercultural journal The Realist (1958-2001, RIP). His book One Hand Jerking: Reports From an Investigative Satirist is available, along with the Disneyland Memorial Orgy poster, at http://paulkrassner.com.

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2005

  • Fear and Laughing in Las Vegas

    December 14, 2005

    Lenny Bruce was a lone voice at a time when irreverent comedy could land him in jail on obscenity charges. But the spirit of Lenny Bruce hovered over the first annual Comedy Festival in Los Vegas, where the nation's top comics used laughs to bring down the establishment.

  • Life Among the Neo-Pagans

    August 24, 2005

    Our reporter visits a "a magickal, psychedelic & multi-cultural" forest outing and asks, Are New Age, Old Religion believers an endangered species in Born Again America?

  • Geezerstock

    January 13, 2005 Subscribe

2004

  • Kerik's Nanny

    December 22, 2004

    An exclusive (if imaginary) interview!

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