MY deal...was being in Sausalito Ca with Steven Sheriden (Sheridan Eldridge) and Paul Schneidler...and Steven worked with Imaginations. (They came up with The Muppets!!) He showed us this Short...and "Because yer geared fer it" : and everything else became part of our comedic "material". It's the greatest short that nobody knows! DIG IT!!!!
I remember an apres ski place called "The Slope" in Vail that was basically a bar/screening room filled with low couches and cushions when I was a kid. They showed an endless variety of short films. Sports, Narratives and Comedies. Thank You Maskman was quite popular and often requested. I have no doubt that place helped steer me to be a filmmaker. Lenny Bruce Power!
This was one of two shorts I remember seeing before King of Hearts. The other short it was paired with was Bambi Meets Godzilla. Both of the shorts put me in the proper mood for King of Hearts!
@riomarcos dude, i get why you chose Chapelle, Carlin, and Pryor to compare to Bruce, but why the hell did you mention Tracey Morgan and Pablo Francisco? They are B listers in comedy, you'd have done better to say Bill Hicks, Patton Oswalt, or Louie C.K.
@riomarcos dude, i get why you chose Shapelle, Carlin, and Pryor to compare to Bruce, but why the hell did you mention Tracey Morgan and Pablo Francisco? They are B listers in comedy, you'd have done better to say Bill Hicks, Patton Oswalt, or Louie C.K.
ha haaa lmaoooooo. that shit was funny. Lenny Bruce was/is the shit. Everybody has to watch ths movie called Lenny with Dustin Hoffman playing Lenny Bruce. I just watched it yesterday, it's on Netflix streaming. Watch that movie asap.
I saw this cartoon when my best friend Lisa got back in 1992 and we were rolling, watching it(Whatya Want The Indian For? To Perfom An Unnatural Act!). I hadn't seen it since but laughed about it many times over the years and now as I watched again it is even more hilarious than it was the first time I saw it...THANKYOU MASKMAN!!!!!
I first saw this cartoon when my best friend Lisa found it back in 1992 and I haven't seen it since then but I've laughed about it many times over the years and now seeing again its even more hilarious than it was than!!! Maskman is Genius Comedy and I love every minute of it!!!! THANKYOU MASKMAN!!!!!!!
I first saw this clip when I transferred colleges in the late 80s, and I had a roommate - he had a box full of VHS cassettes (it WAS the late 80s) and THIS CLIP was featured on one - I had to watch it about five times to see what they were talking about, but it was a RIOT!
Ever seen the 1981 movie The Legend of the Lone Ranger on cable lately? Perfect companion to that near forgotten flick with Christopher Lloyd as Butch Cavendish.
Since this video has been edited to leave the ending out where the original contains the moral of the story . Does anyone or has anyone posted the original unedited video? Or where can the video be found in it's entirety ?
This video has been edited to leave the ending out. The original contains the moral of the story where the town rejects the maskman because he's gay, then are without his help. So eventually they realize that they were being unnecessarily hateful and brought him back after the town became ridden with crime. It is a crime to hate someone, fire them, cast them out of society for being gay. This is the message Lenny Bruce was trying to convey. You suck for not showing the truth about this video.
This is some off the wall funny stuff!! I saw this in the mid 80s! Scoured the Internet and found it on VHS on Amazon or eBay! Glad it's here too!! Lenny Bruce is highly underrated!! People back then were just too uptight, I guess...
The classic Lenny Bruce skit "Thank You Masked Man" was originally recorded in March 1963. and it's still a out of this world classic. Lenny Bruce Forever.
I remember this cartoon from 1988-89. It was played on "select TV". I have wondered who created it for the last 20 years! I love youtube because there is not one thing that you cannot find on here. Watching this video reminds me of when I was in high school.
At the risk of offending many, I believe that Lenny was an IQ checker of sorts and a challenge to a mind that is less than open. He comes at you with a 100mph fastball and if you don't have your mitt ready his ball will fly right over your head.
In 1971, one of Bruce's comedy routines was developed by San Francisco filmmaker John Magnuson (who also directed 1967's "Lenny Bruce Performance Film") into a short animated film, Thank You, Mask Man (often cited as Thank You Masked Man) which parodied The Lone Ranger (see link below ???). Bruce received credit for co-writing and co-directing this seven-minute cartoon and providing his unique narration, which included all of the voice characterizations.
I dont know about any-one else out there, but i watch this every couple of days and it doesnt get old.Very clever, funny and there is a moral to the story.
If people will always be offended by certain language, comedians will have a field day pushing their buttons. I have to say I miss George Carlin, btw.
carlin is my favorite comedian and favorite person. he was trying to prove that language is innocent...it isnt language but our intentions that are offensive.
I,ve first seen that wacky toon back in the mid 80's when my late father borrowed this on ancient VHS tape and i find it so very funny. Long live Lenny Bruce the first comic that ever use so many hard profane language in his comedy routine. Now that's what i call a comedy legend with a razor sharp tounge.
i saw this on HBO like 20 some years ago...i have uploaded 31 videos in a year of membership on youtube...i have six favorites..this is one...thank you gabacho, fuckin classic!!
men like you have thrived on the evils of segregation, violence and disease. now the messiah has come and brought something thats pure . and your in the shithouse buddy
Sexual orientation (irrelevant in itself) is just a vehicle for the concept of a societal taboo.
Given the option for trade as opposed to the former lack thereof; through that trade he chooses the freedom of being a social outcast. Much like the original freedom from the concern of expecting anything in return from anybody.
Not bound to the highest bidder, nor subject to anyone's nefarious leverage.
Lenny..least recognized sire of mass consciousness.
Any one that thinks this is "gay bashing" is morbidly sensitive. Bruce was taking on not only the prevailing attitudes against gays but the institutional approach to "alternative" individuals...
This is great! After years of listening to the YCDTOSA #3 versions of "Bobby Brown Goes Down" and "Keep It Greasy" by Frank Zappa, it finally adds up!
surprised this made it to you tube! I was surprised when i seen it in the 70's, is an odd little *special interest* type of animation,and had never seen it again till today. good job you tube.
looooool Never have i seen a more ignorant comment on this website (and there are a few) research the term "social satire" and return with an educated opinion... i hope an actual understanding of what is taking place in this clip will change your view of it....
loooool Never a more completely ignorant comment have I seen on this website... research the term "social satire" and then take a stab at an educated opinion... it feels good
i shouldn't have said 'bisexual'. while reading about him i skimmed over something about relations with men in the navy, and i just assumed he was bisexual. it can't be proven, and i shouldn't have included that bit.
No problem...I read a biography and it said that Bruce started telling people he was gay in the Navy so they would throw him out. It was a while ago so I don't remember the exact details. Gay or not, he was great.
yes! night flight is where i originally saw it. it was a show called "cult classics" and this was on. everytime i watch this, it makes me laugh, even after all these years. i recorded it on VHS but the tape is nearly worn out!
My mother in law taped this from the tv about 30 years ago. I no longer have the vhs tape but would like to get it on dvd. Any way of doing that? By the way, I could not get the vooice to work.
get the lastest flash update...or try mozilla/foxfire as your web browser...and get the video downloader...once you get it...put to dvd in your installed(if any) dvd burning software..piece of cake..i love this had the vhs till bout 7 yrs ago
"He don't take I'm tellin' ya". Ain't this great! I first saw this in the early 90's in a documentary about Lenny Bruce's war on censorship. His "war" made him a hero and an American icon. But, it also brought him some nasty thumps from local police and a night or two in jail. "Now the Messiah's returned during the night. All is pure... You're in the shit house!"
I also saw this in the early `80's --- I'm guessing that's when it hit distribution bigtime. I haven't thought about this video in many years, yet I knew I'd find this easily on YouTube.
I love it!!! I can't believe someone posted this! My friends and I originally saw this in 1984 and thought it was the most hilarious thing ever! You have made me so happy!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!
I don't know how you found this, but thank you so much for posting it, my friends and I have talked about this short for 20 years.....never thought I would get to see it again.
absolutlely thrilled to see this clip on youtube. funny as hell. brings back alot of memories as well. saw it as a short when i was a young one on john byner's bizarre. i bet that was over 22-23 years ago. comedic genius. been wanting to see this since.
I think that anyone who tries to find some hidden meaning in this instead of just appreciating Lenny Bruce's comedy needs to find something better to do with their time. I love this....I saw it twenty years ago and it's still hilarious!!
I understood where he was coming from until the whole "unnatural act" thing. Is he saying that people who do heroic deeds often have a secret, perverted side?
I'm gay and I get it. Just the opposite. Bruce's method of breaking down phobics and hypocrites was way ahead of its time! I've been recalling bits and pieces of this in my head for years. Thanks for posting the entire piece so I can remember the entire unnatural act!
Actually I rented this on VHS at a video store in Dalton, Ga back in the '80s. the IMDB should tell you if it is still avaiable. As for appearing homophobic, it is a safe bet that is the last thing Lenny wanted.
thank god for the american late-night pop culture show "night flight" throughout the 80's. they showed music video, interviews, animation, film clips, etc. many is the weekend night i stayed up to further my education. love.
I woke my friend up at 1:00 AM so I could play this for him over the phone. Neither one of us had seen it in almost 20 years, but we still know it line for line. First saw it like most of you on HBO back in the day. Lenny was a genius.
"u are a fool". That's the first thing idiots say, and they say it just like that, "u are a fool", all ingnorant and shit. I'm a FOOL whose read more, learned more, done more than you in 3 lifetimes BUB.
MY deal...was being in Sausalito Ca with Steven Sheriden (Sheridan Eldridge) and Paul Schneidler...and Steven worked with Imaginations. (They came up with The Muppets!!) He showed us this Short...and "Because yer geared fer it" : and everything else became part of our comedic "material". It's the greatest short that nobody knows! DIG IT!!!!
HollyDogPollyWog 2 weeks ago
Do not give a shit! funny as hell! HA HA!!!!
Cory4474 1 month ago
True Story TODAYDotSoCooLDotCom
socoolbob 2 months ago
I remember an apres ski place called "The Slope" in Vail that was basically a bar/screening room filled with low couches and cushions when I was a kid. They showed an endless variety of short films. Sports, Narratives and Comedies. Thank You Maskman was quite popular and often requested. I have no doubt that place helped steer me to be a filmmaker. Lenny Bruce Power!
filmcarteldotorg 2 months ago
@filmcarteldotorg
I remember the bar in Vail was called "The New Gnu" - that was in
76, when the gondola fell and Spider Sabich was shot. Many hot cocoa and schnapps!
girlvid 3 days ago
I first saw this on Super Tv in 1983
hburdnc60 3 months ago
Ya' gotta' love the kid..."Thank you, Maskman...thank you Maskman..."
Hilarious cartoon! Saw this years ago... didn't think I'd ever get to see it again after all these years! Great that I found it on YouTube!
Titan52berg 4 months ago
saw this as a kid on showtime. i love it. was on john biner's show bizzare. super dave... the whole lot. what a good video lol
python698 6 months ago
His voice is sooo hilarious lol hahaha.
cyphrinfinity 6 months ago
re : magic bullets, 606 and syphilis. Google 'arsphenamine' (AKA salvarsan)
LordGoatAlmighty 6 months ago
It's MASKED Man.
surrealfarm 6 months ago
To Sandbag: It takes one to know one!
ChrisB12Many 7 months ago
This was one of two shorts I remember seeing before King of Hearts. The other short it was paired with was Bambi Meets Godzilla. Both of the shorts put me in the proper mood for King of Hearts!
josephebacon 8 months ago
First thing of Lenny Bruce's I've ever seen. Still friggin hilarious! Thank you mask man!!!
SupremeDivaMsJ 9 months ago
@riomarcos dude, i get why you chose Chapelle, Carlin, and Pryor to compare to Bruce, but why the hell did you mention Tracey Morgan and Pablo Francisco? They are B listers in comedy, you'd have done better to say Bill Hicks, Patton Oswalt, or Louie C.K.
zarthered 9 months ago
@riomarcos dude, i get why you chose Shapelle, Carlin, and Pryor to compare to Bruce, but why the hell did you mention Tracey Morgan and Pablo Francisco? They are B listers in comedy, you'd have done better to say Bill Hicks, Patton Oswalt, or Louie C.K.
zarthered 9 months ago
just fucking brilliant... over 10 years after first seeing this & i still laugh my ass off... man was a comedy genius and decades ahead of his time
kelldyl 10 months ago
ha haaa lmaoooooo. that shit was funny. Lenny Bruce was/is the shit. Everybody has to watch ths movie called Lenny with Dustin Hoffman playing Lenny Bruce. I just watched it yesterday, it's on Netflix streaming. Watch that movie asap.
detroitMC313 10 months ago
A classic, thanks
CatPilot 10 months ago
@riomarcos thats a sour line up to compare to lenny...
sydneydowful 10 months ago
This is a masterpiece of animation and editing. All the best to the producers. You are blessed with talent...
alto100 11 months ago
@riomarcos why the fuck are Pablo Francisco and Tracy Morgan on your list?
colemckelviedotca 11 months ago
@riomarcos You are so right
blakedawg76 11 months ago
I saw this cartoon when my best friend Lisa got back in 1992 and we were rolling, watching it(Whatya Want The Indian For? To Perfom An Unnatural Act!). I hadn't seen it since but laughed about it many times over the years and now as I watched again it is even more hilarious than it was the first time I saw it...THANKYOU MASKMAN!!!!!
kelkatbridg 11 months ago
I first saw this cartoon when my best friend Lisa found it back in 1992 and I haven't seen it since then but I've laughed about it many times over the years and now seeing again its even more hilarious than it was than!!! Maskman is Genius Comedy and I love every minute of it!!!! THANKYOU MASKMAN!!!!!!!
kelkatbridg 11 months ago
Now that the Messiah has returned everything is pure, your in the shit house.
Well then I'll make trouble, because Im geared for it.
couzinric999 1 year ago 2
"Bullshit! You made the deal, that's what I want!" lol
Sheinko 1 year ago
I'll explain if you get your goddammed hands of me, you barbarians!
student702 1 year ago
That bastard! Is he kidding?!?!?!
student702 1 year ago
I first saw this clip when I transferred colleges in the late 80s, and I had a roommate - he had a box full of VHS cassettes (it WAS the late 80s) and THIS CLIP was featured on one - I had to watch it about five times to see what they were talking about, but it was a RIOT!
christheone8773 1 year ago
I want Tanta; Tanta the Indian!
azjscott 1 year ago
Classic.
timhamilton 1 year ago
fucking genius!
BenNCM 1 year ago
thank you mask man
seintzeit 1 year ago
@riomarcos Ouh common. realy? you had to mix up those brilliant men's (Carlin, Pryor, Bruce) with Tracy Morgan ?? WTF is wrong with you?
corpsus1 1 year ago
Forgot how funny he was !
bsbob52 1 year ago
@riomarcos tracy morgan? not even in the same league
SubMariner11 1 year ago 3
Prob the 150th time I've seen this and I'm still laughing. Pure genius, Bruce's best and perfect animation for it.
bobbo924B 1 year ago
The guy yelling FAG!!! was friggin' hilarious.
Pageboy72 1 year ago
This is how I"VE SEEN IT show on 3 diff. VHS taped. YOU HONESTLY think they guy who posted it, edited it??? Moron.
flowplow 1 year ago
......and the masked man and Tonto lived the rest of there days out in peace.
The End.
SidewalkFrequencies 2 years ago
Ever seen the 1981 movie The Legend of the Lone Ranger on cable lately? Perfect companion to that near forgotten flick with Christopher Lloyd as Butch Cavendish.
yogafan6500 2 years ago 3
bleep??????????????????????
Armagatondodona 2 years ago
Since this video has been edited to leave the ending out where the original contains the moral of the story . Does anyone or has anyone posted the original unedited video? Or where can the video be found in it's entirety ?
2047thelaw 2 years ago
It isn't unedited. It is the original script from Lenny Bruce's stand up routine.
xinic5 2 years ago
Man, I first saw this many years ago and recorded it off tv on VHS then lost it. I thought I would never see it again. Thanks to the poster!
Tbusb 2 years ago 2
This video has been edited to leave the ending out. The original contains the moral of the story where the town rejects the maskman because he's gay, then are without his help. So eventually they realize that they were being unnecessarily hateful and brought him back after the town became ridden with crime. It is a crime to hate someone, fire them, cast them out of society for being gay. This is the message Lenny Bruce was trying to convey. You suck for not showing the truth about this video.
normundo2000 2 years ago
THere's no such thing.
xinic5 2 years ago
I love this
BobABrown 2 years ago
wow this is better then half the things i see on tv today
Misfits655 2 years ago
All is pure, your in the shit house.
I4gotmyMANTRA 2 years ago
lol the crowed at the end sounds like cats on meth
samSOURS5000 2 years ago
and not in a good way
samSOURS5000 2 years ago
the mast man reminds me of malcolm x
samSOURS5000 2 years ago
LOL
23trainwrecks 2 years ago
This is so funny and always will be. Lenny was so good....
greywolf490 2 years ago 2
THEN i'LL MAKE TRUBBLE I'M GEARED FOR IT
rebelroofer70 2 years ago
Lenny the movie with Dustin Hoffman was great.
A4est 2 years ago 4
This is some off the wall funny stuff!! I saw this in the mid 80s! Scoured the Internet and found it on VHS on Amazon or eBay! Glad it's here too!! Lenny Bruce is highly underrated!! People back then were just too uptight, I guess...
smoothpoppa2007 2 years ago 3
The classic Lenny Bruce skit "Thank You Masked Man" was originally recorded in March 1963. and it's still a out of this world classic. Lenny Bruce Forever.
yogafan6500 2 years ago 7
Wow, that was brilliant.
zyxon 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Adult Swim has nothing on this....30 years ago and still funnier than Squidbillies.
3042165547 2 years ago 3
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3042165547 2 years ago
So that's why the Lone Ranger wore a mask...
1human 2 years ago 2
Have not seen this since I was a kid over 30 years ago.
Still absolutely hilarious!!
fatchuk812 3 years ago
"Bleaaaahhhhhhhh! Bleaaaahhhhhhh!" That part just rolls me!
IJustWatchEm71 3 years ago 5
I saw this in the 70's and Lenny Bruce was one funny man. I have searched for this for years and here it was. thank you masked man.
greywolf490 3 years ago 2
MASK MAN'S A FAG!
Sandbag209 3 years ago 16
This has been flagged as spam show
Sandbags's a fag
bigdawgDC94 3 years ago
the frist time i saw this i nearly die laughing.
thank thank Mask man (smile) i will make trouble. (whistles)
nailbender33 3 years ago 3
I remember this cartoon from 1988-89. It was played on "select TV". I have wondered who created it for the last 20 years! I love youtube because there is not one thing that you cannot find on here. Watching this video reminds me of when I was in high school.
somethingdoneright 3 years ago 2
This a Lenny Bruce stand up act converted into animation. Funny stuff!
arsenalfan98 3 years ago
At the risk of offending many, I believe that Lenny was an IQ checker of sorts and a challenge to a mind that is less than open. He comes at you with a 100mph fastball and if you don't have your mitt ready his ball will fly right over your head.
simoncowellscores 3 years ago
Grrr, can't get any sound. I LOvE LB!- any other sources out there?
sometimesthefurturns 3 years ago
asdsd
yrz1314521 3 years ago
This toured arthouse film circuits in the 70s
billed with "The King and His Loyal Subjects".
The "The King of Hearts", a French feature, had
2 'cartoons' as audience warm-ups. The other
was 'Bambi vs. Godzilla'(?) Ah... Good times!
entengle 3 years ago
From "wiki":
In 1971, one of Bruce's comedy routines was developed by San Francisco filmmaker John Magnuson (who also directed 1967's "Lenny Bruce Performance Film") into a short animated film, Thank You, Mask Man (often cited as Thank You Masked Man) which parodied The Lone Ranger (see link below ???). Bruce received credit for co-writing and co-directing this seven-minute cartoon and providing his unique narration, which included all of the voice characterizations.
kmc56 3 years ago
"Lenny Bruce Performance Film"? Is it here on Youtube? I'd LOVE to see it :D
ragemanchoo82 3 years ago
This is for Stodles...
BrunoHockaLoogie 3 years ago
Isn't doing your own animation to a Lenny Bruce piece kind of like painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa and calling it art?
tlkSmack1 3 years ago
oh shit that was true comedic genius, a pioneer for sure.
bwakes138 3 years ago
I dont know about any-one else out there, but i watch this every couple of days and it doesnt get old.Very clever, funny and there is a moral to the story.
Essential viewing.!
UrbanCommando1984 3 years ago
HAhahah lmao GIve me the INDIAN!, what for an UNNATURAL act! rofl
flabslap 3 years ago
this is my favorite video on youtube at the moment.
ihateneocons 3 years ago
he was /b/
IKnowThings 3 years ago 2
Lenny's legacy: Comedians who are so intent on offending politically, socially, and sexually that it's not even offensive anymore. Now what?
castingtherunes 3 years ago
Exactly what I was thinking.
saith1235555 3 years ago
i think that's the point...to take the offensiveness out of language. and is that even possible? will people always be offending at words?
ihateneocons 3 years ago
If people will always be offended by certain language, comedians will have a field day pushing their buttons. I have to say I miss George Carlin, btw.
castingtherunes 3 years ago
carlin is my favorite comedian and favorite person. he was trying to prove that language is innocent...it isnt language but our intentions that are offensive.
ihateneocons 3 years ago 2
Believe nothing, no matter where you
read it or who said it, not even if I
have said it, unless it agrees with your
own reason and your own common
sense.
BrunoHockaLoogie 3 years ago
BuddaHockaLoogie?
Sarcophangus 3 years ago
Exactly what Buddha said,
You are observant....
BrunoHockaLoogie 3 years ago
I,ve first seen that wacky toon back in the mid 80's when my late father borrowed this on ancient VHS tape and i find it so very funny. Long live Lenny Bruce the first comic that ever use so many hard profane language in his comedy routine. Now that's what i call a comedy legend with a razor sharp tounge.
yogafan6500 3 years ago
i saw this on HBO like 20 some years ago...i have uploaded 31 videos in a year of membership on youtube...i have six favorites..this is one...thank you gabacho, fuckin classic!!
Scotty2DopeMB 3 years ago
mask man's a fag blah blah
cheerupsunshine3 3 years ago
Tanta!!! I want Tanta The Indian!!!!
fullblowngenius 3 years ago
i feel like leny bruce and bill hicks: an outcast to society because when i open my mouth people tell me i need meds. long live bruce and hicks
yinyangaccount 3 years ago 2
men like you have thrived on the evils of segregation, violence and disease. now the messiah has come and brought something thats pure . and your in the shithouse buddy
edthewise 3 years ago 3
Censored for a reason, pay attention.
Anything that threatens a power structure.
GeniusSloth 3 years ago
He said he'd explain himself, and he did.
Sexual orientation (irrelevant in itself) is just a vehicle for the concept of a societal taboo.
Given the option for trade as opposed to the former lack thereof; through that trade he chooses the freedom of being a social outcast. Much like the original freedom from the concern of expecting anything in return from anybody.
Not bound to the highest bidder, nor subject to anyone's nefarious leverage.
Lenny..least recognized sire of mass consciousness.
GeniusSloth 3 years ago 3
Any one that thinks this is "gay bashing" is morbidly sensitive. Bruce was taking on not only the prevailing attitudes against gays but the institutional approach to "alternative" individuals...
martianshoes 3 years ago
lenny bruce what a legend!
williambean100 3 years ago
i always get a kick out of that kid's voice.
shadyh8er 3 years ago 2
This has been flagged as spam show
hes a fag.
solarus3 3 years ago
the best of the best
billheartyface 3 years ago
MWHAHHHA
wigwambam 3 years ago
Lenny wasn't gay, he just acted that way to get out of the Navy.
witchman67 3 years ago
Lenny is a hip cat and I dig it when he drops in to visit me.
HippyPalazzo 3 years ago
It wasn't made with his consent because it was made after his death.
Maruchanisgoodfood 4 years ago
This is great! After years of listening to the YCDTOSA #3 versions of "Bobby Brown Goes Down" and "Keep It Greasy" by Frank Zappa, it finally adds up!
Ruby
XoX
ReubenFTourettes 4 years ago
surprised this made it to you tube! I was surprised when i seen it in the 70's, is an odd little *special interest* type of animation,and had never seen it again till today. good job you tube.
dougofamerica 4 years ago
lenny bruce was a man before his time, this video is still funny today
leepanzerman 4 years ago
Thank You Maskman!!
socoolbob 4 years ago
Interesting to consider (?) The Real Mask'ed Man And His "Sidekick" ... What was the "unnatural" act they actually "committed?"
socoolbob 4 years ago
I think that it is assumed that it is something that was socially unacceptable at the time. A sexual act.
humoresque1 4 years ago
masterpiece. one of his greatest works.
danilo534 4 years ago
looooool Never have i seen a more ignorant comment on this website (and there are a few) research the term "social satire" and return with an educated opinion... i hope an actual understanding of what is taking place in this clip will change your view of it....
borishorowitz 4 years ago
loooool Never a more completely ignorant comment have I seen on this website... research the term "social satire" and then take a stab at an educated opinion... it feels good
borishorowitz 4 years ago
lenny bruce was a comical genius and sey the standards for todays comics
kielyjoe 4 years ago
this isn't "gay bashing". bruce was bisexual. you've completely misinterpretted this.
kidknees 4 years ago
Bruce was not bisexual. Where did you get that? He was tolerant, yes, but not gay or bisexual. Unless you have something that can prove different.
zimmerface 4 years ago
i shouldn't have said 'bisexual'. while reading about him i skimmed over something about relations with men in the navy, and i just assumed he was bisexual. it can't be proven, and i shouldn't have included that bit.
kidknees 4 years ago
No problem...I read a biography and it said that Bruce started telling people he was gay in the Navy so they would throw him out. It was a while ago so I don't remember the exact details. Gay or not, he was great.
zimmerface 4 years ago
i like his voice when the kid says "thank you maskman."
shadyh8er 4 years ago
I remember this from the old usa night flight when i was 12 yrs old... I'm 37 and its still as funny now
rebelroofer70 4 years ago
ditto
rocketTENDON 4 years ago
Awesome,Lenny Bruce was an excellent Comic!
DaveSmithjr 4 years ago
Thanks for posting this! I've had it as a MP3, but hadn't seen the video since Night Flight eons ago!
mx5rush 4 years ago
OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shiwololo 4 years ago
yes! night flight is where i originally saw it. it was a show called "cult classics" and this was on. everytime i watch this, it makes me laugh, even after all these years. i recorded it on VHS but the tape is nearly worn out!
tnt1261 4 years ago
I had forgotten about Night Flight and where I'd seen this.
Lenny Bruce was way ahead of his time.
Thanks.
natleds 4 years ago
saw this on Night Flight in the 80's. I love it love it love it.
honestpod 4 years ago
My mother in law taped this from the tv about 30 years ago. I no longer have the vhs tape but would like to get it on dvd. Any way of doing that? By the way, I could not get the vooice to work.
bjh55 4 years ago
get the lastest flash update...or try mozilla/foxfire as your web browser...and get the video downloader...once you get it...put to dvd in your installed(if any) dvd burning software..piece of cake..i love this had the vhs till bout 7 yrs ago
Scotty2DopeMB 4 years ago
"I want to perform an unnatural act." This is comedy, screw Dane Cook.
misterz0033 4 years ago 6
"He don't take I'm tellin' ya". Ain't this great! I first saw this in the early 90's in a documentary about Lenny Bruce's war on censorship. His "war" made him a hero and an American icon. But, it also brought him some nasty thumps from local police and a night or two in jail. "Now the Messiah's returned during the night. All is pure... You're in the shit house!"
troddeddown 4 years ago
This is aded at the end of a film called....
The Lenny Bruce Performance Film (1965)
I 1st saw this back in the 80's when i left my VCR recording on showtime. I wore the tape out watching it with my friends. Greatest video ever made!
Luvguf 4 years ago
great!..does anyone know who the production co was and if they did more stuff?
firebird63 4 years ago
this is great, i saw this years ago, back when i had a BETA recorder.lol
found out later is was Lenny bruce in some voices...hilarious..glad it's here.
BenDaijo 4 years ago
I also saw this in the early `80's --- I'm guessing that's when it hit distribution bigtime. I haven't thought about this video in many years, yet I knew I'd find this easily on YouTube.
BAMAMARV 4 years ago
my brother got this pink, flowered cowboy shirt from my aunt for christmas one year. He and us refer to it as the "thank you masked man shirt".
jenniferswe 4 years ago 2
I love it!!! I can't believe someone posted this! My friends and I originally saw this in 1984 and thought it was the most hilarious thing ever! You have made me so happy!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!
tnt1261 4 years ago
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jdmyokfdku 4 years ago
Thanks for posting this, haven't seen it in ages, what a great classic!
sfjohns67 4 years ago
hehenice!
frigaziga 4 years ago
I don't know how you found this, but thank you so much for posting it, my friends and I have talked about this short for 20 years.....never thought I would get to see it again.
scorpian240 4 years ago
absolutlely thrilled to see this clip on youtube. funny as hell. brings back alot of memories as well. saw it as a short when i was a young one on john byner's bizarre. i bet that was over 22-23 years ago. comedic genius. been wanting to see this since.
python698 4 years ago
Lenny Bruce/Bill Hicks... the world is a sadder place without their genius..
skeptic74 4 years ago
I think that anyone who tries to find some hidden meaning in this instead of just appreciating Lenny Bruce's comedy needs to find something better to do with their time. I love this....I saw it twenty years ago and it's still hilarious!!
pk7364 4 years ago
I understood where he was coming from until the whole "unnatural act" thing. Is he saying that people who do heroic deeds often have a secret, perverted side?
Tulkastaldo 4 years ago
No, Lenny was just turning a cultureal meme on its head, that's all.
Damned glad he did it, too. When I first saw this back in the early 70's, I laughed my butt off. I still do.
tranq45 4 years ago
The mascarra thing makes me laugh. xD
panic1709 4 years ago
I thank my ex father-in-law for showing me this video about ten years ago!!!!
niceguyfreddy36 4 years ago
Wow I saw this on hbo DECADES ago! my brother and I never laughed so hard.
toecutterr6 4 years ago
I've waited 25 years to see this. The animation is good; it's just that Bruce's stuff is not that funny.
offrampt 4 years ago
i am the mask man.
nailmouth 4 years ago
He's making a commentary on how people in general turn on their hero's, due to their own prejudices, and lack of access, it's feeeakin' funny.
carlayling 4 years ago
I LOVE this video...I am so happy I found it here...brings back memories....lol
Rubyslippers5529 4 years ago
Thank you so much for finding this fond old memory of one of Bruce's more amusing routines set to animation, and for sharing it with us all.
EubieTurbo 4 years ago
OH my god! I remember seeing this on Night Flight years and years ago along with other great comedians of that era!
I thought that I'd roll the dice and take a chance to see if this would be on YouTube. And as sure as night turns to day, here it is.
Thank You Masked Man!
Tony211169 4 years ago
YEah, I remember thsi back about 1984
gaguy1967 4 years ago
One of my favorites lenny was truely a genius . So ahead of his time!
elyszia 4 years ago
I'm gay and I get it. Just the opposite. Bruce's method of breaking down phobics and hypocrites was way ahead of its time! I've been recalling bits and pieces of this in my head for years. Thanks for posting the entire piece so I can remember the entire unnatural act!
mobiledaddy 4 years ago 2
Last time I saw this was at "The Slope" in Aspen Co back in 1974. Thanks for the memories!
haysheck 4 years ago
This video was a running joke with me and my friends during college...I haven't seen it in ages...it still cracks me up...blaah!
jefferado 4 years ago
Actually I rented this on VHS at a video store in Dalton, Ga back in the '80s. the IMDB should tell you if it is still avaiable. As for appearing homophobic, it is a safe bet that is the last thing Lenny wanted.
martianshoes 4 years ago
I'm thinking that was a little homophobic!, and Yes I am gay
silyfayg 4 years ago
Thank You Night Flight. Thank You Lenny Bruce. Thank You Mask Man.
thewaymouth 5 years ago
wow. never thought i'd see this again.
jackdollhandler 5 years ago
thank god for the american late-night pop culture show "night flight" throughout the 80's. they showed music video, interviews, animation, film clips, etc. many is the weekend night i stayed up to further my education. love.
julianveronica 5 years ago
My butthole is throbbing in anticipation for this brilliant genius. THOBBING in anticipation.
zrhinier 5 years ago
I found this to be so funny.The first time that I saw it was on Nightflight
hippieland 5 years ago
I woke my friend up at 1:00 AM so I could play this for him over the phone. Neither one of us had seen it in almost 20 years, but we still know it line for line. First saw it like most of you on HBO back in the day. Lenny was a genius.
Shizzlacher 5 years ago
How fortunate we were to have ever had him.
jbearden 5 years ago
u are a fool
nyshoefly 5 years ago
"u are a fool". That's the first thing idiots say, and they say it just like that, "u are a fool", all ingnorant and shit. I'm a FOOL whose read more, learned more, done more than you in 3 lifetimes BUB.
jbearden 5 years ago
God bless YouTube. Without it I never would have seen this wonderful piece. thank you for sharing!
poxod 5 years ago
ah man, i can only laugh like that when i hear lenny
fosterch 5 years ago
Yeah, Lenny Bruce had been dead for 5 years when this was made. So your right, it did come "later on".
jakethesnake10000 5 years ago
sorry for all the comments but are there any other cartoons like this?