Lewis Black
Lewis Black
Lewis Niles Black is an American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor. He is known for his angry face and his belligerent comedic style, in which he often simulates having a mental breakdown. Black's comedy routines often escalate into angry rants about history, politics, religion, or any other cultural trends. He hosted the Comedy Central series Lewis Black's Root of All Evil, and made regular appearances on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart delivering his "Back in Black"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth30 August 1948
CitySilver Spring, MD
CountryUnited States of America
Elected officials shouldn't get to choose who gets to choose elected officials.
Socialism appeals to me. It's like imposed Christianity. You've got to share.
Valentine's Day: the holiday that reminds you that if you don't have a special someone, you're alone.
Earth Day was created because we were doing a lot of drugs, more drugs than you could ever f@*! imagine. And so we came up with Earth Day, so we'd have one day that would remind us what planet we were living on.
I can pretty much guarantee that if I do a show in a comedy club, there will be someone who will come out of the audience and tell me the worst joke ever. It's just a guarantee.
Democrats are like a big tortoise that's on its back and can't get up; you can't make jokes about that.
One thing I know about the rich, being rich, is that you can take money from me and tomorrow, I'm still going to be rich.
The whole Valentine's thing is fine, but you don't back it up right next to the biggest gift-giving holiday of the year. Unbelievable. And we find it acceptable.
Turns out we've been eating the wrong things...since the dawn of civilisation
People would be a lot better off if they'd enjoy being single.
Basically, I started on stage yelling and I kept yelling, and then I yelled some more, and then I yelled even louder. I'm modulated now.
Harry Reid is not funny; he's creepy. Nancy Pelosi is creepy. Charles Schumer is sneaky and creepy.
I'm constantly in fear of having a stroke.
I watch some CNN and a lot of Fox, because it helps me get irritated.