squares from the hotel bedsheets slept on by the Beatles during
their first trip to America.
There were 300 screaming young girls, off on a fetishist’ s holiday. Obviously, there wouldn’ t be enough items to go around, but it was announced that the Beatles’ unwashed towels and bed linens were to be cut into two-inch squares and sold for $1 each. The price included a notarized statement of
authenticity.
My second column was about Lenny Bruce—titled “Lenny the Lawyer,” since he defended himself in trials He was arrested for obscene performances only because there were no blasphemy laws, and he ridiculed religious leaders. | went to the bank and deposited my check, withdrawing half of it in cash, a $500 bill. Lenny was alone in his funky hotel room on Christmas Day when | presented it to him. And, with a large safety pin, Lenny attached the $500 bill to the outside breast pocket of his
dungaree jacket. AFTER JFK ASSASSINATION
In another column of mine, “Jack Ruby and His Dirty Little Secret,” it began, “Lenny Bruce once told me how all the night
club comics used to gossip about Jack Ruby’ s “tattoo of a
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