Tag Archives: 1959

NBC: The Steve Allen Show- Lenny Bruce (1959)

  Source:The Daily Review  “Lenny is tender/mean/sweet at the same time. Enjoy! One of my favorite comedy bits of him.” From Sam Legend Wrestling “Lenny’s heart-wrenching take on solitude and love’s end… It always makes my eyes dewy: Lenny’s SO autobiographical … Continue reading

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CBS News: Face The Nation- Fidel Castro (1959)

“Shortly after leading rebel forces in overthrowing Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro appeared on the Jan. 11, 1959 edition of Face the Nation.” From CBS News This was just after the Castro Communists had taken power in Cuba in 1958, … Continue reading

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Major Kong: The Kitchen Debate-Richard Nixon vs. Nikita Khrushchev: Liberal Democracy vs. Communism

Source: The FreeState “The Kitchen Debate was a series of impromptu exchanges (through interpreters) between then U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of the American National Exhibition at Sokolniki Park in Moscow on July … Continue reading

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