Ian Cognito is a British stand-up comedian who has been compared to a Jewish-American stand-up comedian who was convicted in an obcenity trial in what year?
Ian Cognito:  An iconoclastic performer, Cognito has been compared to Lenny Bruce, Bill Hicks, and Jerry Sadowitz but has never achieved success in the mainstream media, in part at least due to his irascible reputation. Lenny Bruce:  His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon, the first in the history of New York state, by then-Governor George Pataki in 2003.
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