Swami X

Swami X was an American boardwalk performer and stand-up comedian. Active from the 1970s to 1985, he performed in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, and New York. He was known for bawdy sexual humor and political invective. Swami X's act was a monologue mixing pithy sociopolitical observations with poetry, sarcasm and humor, which typically included blasphemy, profanity, and attacking "sacred cows"—producing "pleased shock and delighted outrage" in observers. His notable lines include: "Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. 'Yes' is the answer." "How do we know Jesus Christ was Jewish? Because he went into His Father's business." "If I had known I would live this long, I would have taken better care of myself". "You are what you eat. If that's true, then I'm a nymphomaniac