Before obscenity laws were deemed unconstitutional in the early 1970s, comedians risked the threat of arrest for performing material deemed lewd or obscene. These are five comedians who were arrested over material they performed onstage.
Until the Supreme Court changed the legal standard for obscenity in the early 1970s, comedians routinely faced the threat of arrest over raunchy material performed onstage.
In 1946, up-and-coming comedian Marty Wayne was arrested in Philadelphia for performing what was considered an “obscene” show including “filthy jokes and pantomime” at two local nightclubs.,’ meaning dirty words,” said Nesteroff. “In those days they didn’t publish in the newspaper what they said, they just said ‘arrested for obscenity.’ And by the standards of today, it was probably a pretty mild comment.
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