The last time Lewis Black went to the polls it "was 1984 and that was a write-in for the California Raisins." But he's excited for 2012 because he believes Trump has the balls to be what this country needs: a dictator.
Lewis Black muses on Christmas capitalization and marketing, wondering if the energy we invest into the material aspect of the holiday wouldn't be better spent on the large problems of society, while plugging his Christmas book at the same time.
Tonight's Daily Show featured another "Back in Black" segment, during which comedian Lewis Black yells about things. This evening, the topic was America's fractured educational system, and—from Waiting for Superman to Tony Danza—Black didn't hold back. Video inside.
Lewis Black hilariously reminds us that our society has gone nuts over health. So much so in fact, that we don't know if milk is good or bad for us.
From Kellogg's cereal, to SpaghettiOs, to Toyota/Lexus—ah, Toyota/Lexus!—and more, corporations have been issuing an abnormal amount of recall notices lately. Luckily for us, Lewis Black visited The Daily Show tonight to break it all down... hilariously. Video inside.
In this clip Lewis Black tears apart Christmas as a devote Jew and a concerned citizen. While he is on the topic, he also lays into other ridiculous holidays such as: Valentines day, Thanksgiving (Christmas Halftime), and St. Patrick's day.
Jack Black turns 40 today. Jason Priestley of Beverly Hills 90210 fame is 40. Actor Ben Gazzara is turning 79. Country singers Shania Twain and LeAnn Rimes are 44 and 27, respectively. Olympic figure skater (and Celebrity Apprentice contestant) Scott Hamilton is 51. Actress Jennifer Coolidge is turning 46. Filmmaker…
Former John Edwards campaign insider Andrew Young won't STFU. Karl Lagerfeld was told to STFU by Heidi Klum's people. Courtney Love trashed a hotel room. Harry Potter cast members got Swine Flu! Presenting your firework-cinged post July 4th Gossip Roundup!
Like Rudolph Giuliani, the news crawl was great on 9/11 but was soon useless and despised. Now CNN is killing it, and hopefully Fox News will too, if the Simpsons mock them again.
Two people who are both a little too told to be doing what they're doing are celebrating birthdays today. John McCain turns 72 today and Michael Jackson is 50. Also celebrating today: Bob Rubin is 70, hedge fund manager Eric Mindich is 41, Hollywood director Joel Schumacher is 69, choreographer Mark Morris is 52, and…
That Lewis Black show Root of All Evil, in which two comedians orate about two awful things and then Black decides which one is worse, tackles blogging in its next episode. King of Queens shlub Patton Oswalt is tasked to excoriate the dreaded medium and offers a pretty well-tread argument about how grammar and decency…
Answering machine at the (new!) Midtown apartment of comedian Lewis Black.
Super-rich guys who work in private equity may be the masters of the universe, but it's remarkably easy to get under their skin. All it takes is some crappy "street theater" mocking them as mean, heartless wealthy elites, and they run back into their corner offices and cry into their monogrammed handkerchiefs. The…
Further evidence it's an election year: One of the biggest unions in the country, Service Employees International Union (or S.E.I.U.) is teaming up with MoveOn.org and Amnesty International to expand its campaign against private equity firms. (This is the same group, as you may recall, that staged protests outside…
"What's Lewis Black mad about now?" Larry King asks the Daily Show frequenter and comedian-author-actor, and the answer is: blogs! "I will not blog... I hate the word 'blog,' it sounds like a condition." It is a condition, Lewis, and that condition is called "carpal tunnel syndrome." Black is in the Lee Siegel school…
Lewis Black is a lefty comic and Comedy Central staple whose angry political rants became more resonant (and popular) under the reign of George W. Bush.
Contrary to popular belief, sometimes we actually turn up to parties unannounced. Last night was such an occasion: Editorial Assistant Heather and her trusty sidekick Kate got wind of the DVD release party for Farce of the Penguins, Bob Saget's star-studded parody of March of the Penguins. Acting as if they belonged,…
