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* [[BadassGrandpa Badass Grandma]]: His 98 year old mother was so furious about Donald Trump becoming president that he fully believes she could beat the crap out of anyone who voted for him.
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* LargeHam: Even when you ''can't'' see him--he's the voice of the unseen Mister E on ''ScoobyDooMysteryInc''.
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* LargeHam: Even when you ''can't'' see him--he's the voice of the unseen Mister E on ''ScoobyDooMysteryInc''.''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''.
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Gee, where to begin? '''Lewis Black''' (August 30, 1948-) is best known as a loud, abrasive stand-up comic. He has NoIndoorVoice. While the bulk of his work is based around political humor, including a recurring "Back in Black" segment on ''Series/TheDailyShow'', he's also known for his [[RantComedy angry observational humor]]. (Those shaking fingers? That's not palsy, he's just really really pissed.) He had a high profile role in the film ''Film/{{Accepted}}'', and has appeared in a number of other films and television shows, including a guest spot on (where else?) ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''.
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Gee, where to begin? '''Lewis Black''' Lewis Black (August 30, 1948-) is best known as a loud, abrasive stand-up comic. He has NoIndoorVoice. While the bulk of his work is based around political humor, including a recurring "Back in Black" segment on ''Series/TheDailyShow'', he's also known for his [[RantComedy angry observational humor]]. (Those shaking fingers? That's not palsy, he's just really really pissed.) He had a high profile role in the film ''Film/{{Accepted}}'', and has appeared in a number of other films and television shows, including a guest spot on (where else?) ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''.
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** During Donald Trump's presidential campaign, and even more after his win, he's lamented that it's impossible to make jokes about the government anymore, as people laugh at a simple repeating of what someone actually said, and there's nowhere to go from there.
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* LongLived: He's gotten naturally increasing mileage about how both his parents are still living despite his own advanced age, including how their making a living will has turned out to be quite a good decision. "They've lived longer than many tortoises!"
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** And then he does a ''fourth'' joke about this when he's talking about golfers.
--> '''Lewis''': Better yet, why don't you just take that ball and shove it up your ass? Then try to shoot it out your pee-pee hole. If we'd spent the last fifteen years doing that at least you'd have a SKILL today.
--> '''Lewis''': Better yet, why don't you just take that ball and shove it up your ass? Then try to shoot it out your pee-pee hole. If we'd spent the last fifteen years doing that at least you'd have a SKILL today.
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* HeAlsoDid: Black is also an accomplished playwright, having written over forty of them. And not all of them are about things that piss him off.
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* GoshDangItToHeck: In "Red, White and Screwed", he derides people who claim that cursing is a debasing of the English language, arguing that curse words are what adults use to express anger and frustration. He doubts someone who's fired sits around all day going, "Oh, pussy-feathers. Sassafras, sassafras, sassafras!"
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* PlatonicLifePartners: With fellow comedian Creator/KathleenMadigan.
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* MortonsFork: He wasn't impressed with either candidate in the 2004 election, and said that your choice at the polls was the equivalent of "two bowls of shit".
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** In "Red, White, and Screwed", he said that it was by the grace of God that he was able to wipe himself.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Lewis claims this was the case with God.
--> '''Lewis''': Now, there is a big difference between the Old Testament and the New Testament, and that is the New Testament God is really kind of a great guy. He is, especially when we compare Him to the Old Testament God, who is a prick. I don't know what happened to God over time, how He matured, if He went to an anger-management class, or maybe just the birth of His son calmed Him down. But before He had the kid, HOLY SHIT, He was out of control!
--> '''Lewis''': Now, there is a big difference between the Old Testament and the New Testament, and that is the New Testament God is really kind of a great guy. He is, especially when we compare Him to the Old Testament God, who is a prick. I don't know what happened to God over time, how He matured, if He went to an anger-management class, or maybe just the birth of His son calmed Him down. But before He had the kid, HOLY SHIT, He was out of control!
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** The last joke in the "Taxed Beyond Belief" special had Lewis saying how to prepare for the tax season: Get in the tub and touch yourself in all your dirty places. At least this time, it won't be the ''government'' screwing with you.
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* FailOSuckyname: One routine on ''The Carnegie Hall Performance'' talks about some of these Lew has heard before, including Asshole (pronounced uh-SHO-la), Shithead (sha-THAYD), and Abcde (AB-sa-day).
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* UnfortunateNames: One routine on ''The Carnegie Hall Performance'' talks about some of these Lew has heard before, including Asshole (pronounced uh-SHO-la), Shithead (sha-THAYD), and Abcde (AB-sa-day).
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Averted (Inverted?) when he was contacted by Creator/{{Pixar}} for the role of Anger in ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut''. Pixar sent him several of their movies to watch to familiarize himself with their work, along with a letter that implied that he might not know who Pixar is. He figures that they must have thought he was some kind of recluse to not be familiar with ''Pixar''.
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** While that video is also a MindScrew, the specific location he refers to is in UsefulNotes/{{Houston}}, Texas, down street from where long-standing comedy club the Laff Stop used to be and right next to Landmark Theatres's River Oaks Theatre.[[note]]Since that bit was written, a Barnes and Noble bookstore has been built in that particular intersection of West Gray St/Inwood Dr and South Shepherd Dr... with ''another'' Starbucks Coffee inside.[[/note]]
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* BerserkButton: It's long since become his schtick, occurs in every special, and some are more intense than others. A particularly memorable one was in "Red, White & Screwed" when he derided the people who claimed George W. Bush was "involved" in Hurricane Katrina.
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* BerserkButton: It's long since become his schtick, it occurs in every special, and some are more intense than others. A particularly memorable one was in "Red, White & Screwed" when he derided the people who claimed George W. Bush UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush was "involved" in Hurricane Katrina.
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Gee, where to begin? '''Lewis Black''' (August 30, 1948-) is best known as a loud, abrasive stand-up comic. He has NoIndoorVoice. While the bulk of his work is based around political humor, including a recurring "Back in Black" segment on ''Series/TheDailyShow'', he's also known for his [[RantComedy angry observational humor]]. (Those shaking fingers? That's not palsy, he's just really really pissed.) He had a high profile role in the film ''Film/{{Accepted}}'', and has appeared in a number of other films and television shows, including a guest spot on (where else?) ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU''.
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Gee, where to begin? '''Lewis Black''' (August 30, 1948-) is best known as a loud, abrasive stand-up comic. He has NoIndoorVoice. While the bulk of his work is based around political humor, including a recurring "Back in Black" segment on ''Series/TheDailyShow'', he's also known for his [[RantComedy angry observational humor]]. (Those shaking fingers? That's not palsy, he's just really really pissed.) He had a high profile role in the film ''Film/{{Accepted}}'', and has appeared in a number of other films and television shows, including a guest spot on (where else?) ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU''.
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Gee, where to begin? '''Lewis Black''' (August 30, 1948-) is best known as a loud, abrasive stand-up comic. He has NoIndoorVoice. While the bulk of his work is based around political humor, including a recurring "Back in Black" segment on ''Series/TheDailyShow'', he's also known for his [[RantComedy angry observational humor]]. (Those shaking fingers? That's not palsy, he's just really really pissed.) He had a high profile role in the film ''Film/{{Accepted}}'', and has appeared in a number of other films and television shows, including a guest spot on (where else?) ''LawAndOrderSVU''.
In 2008, he got his own show on ComedyCentral, ''RootOfAllEvil''. While he takes a back seat to the episodes' guest comics, he still inserts his trademark angry rants. A number of his acts include bits of SelfDeprecation, about himself and his fellow Jewish people, sometimes edging on [[NWordPrivileges J Word Privileges]].
In 2008, he got his own show on ComedyCentral, ''RootOfAllEvil''. While he takes a back seat to the episodes' guest comics, he still inserts his trademark angry rants. A number of his acts include bits of SelfDeprecation, about himself and his fellow Jewish people, sometimes edging on [[NWordPrivileges J Word Privileges]].
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Gee, where to begin? '''Lewis Black''' (August 30, 1948-) is best known as a loud, abrasive stand-up comic. He has NoIndoorVoice. While the bulk of his work is based around political humor, including a recurring "Back in Black" segment on ''Series/TheDailyShow'', he's also known for his [[RantComedy angry observational humor]]. (Those shaking fingers? That's not palsy, he's just really really pissed.) He had a high profile role in the film ''Film/{{Accepted}}'', and has appeared in a number of other films and television shows, including a guest spot on (where else?) ''LawAndOrderSVU''.
''Series/LawAndOrderSVU''.
In 2008, he got his own show onComedyCentral, ''RootOfAllEvil''.Creator/ComedyCentral, ''Series/RootOfAllEvil''. While he takes a back seat to the episodes' guest comics, he still inserts his trademark angry rants. A number of his acts include bits of SelfDeprecation, about himself and his fellow Jewish people, sometimes edging on [[NWordPrivileges J Word Privileges]].
In 2008, he got his own show on
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* InkSuitActor: Anger from ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' may not look like him, just being a red brick with features, but many of his mannerisms are incorporated into the animation.
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* RunningGag: In the first Comedy Central Presents special, he brought up IHOP (International House of Pancakes) a few times: First as part of a main bit on how it's a favorite restaurant of his, then it's brought up again when he discussed his reaction to the president having an affair with Monica Lewinsky ("At that point, I went down to the International House of Pancakes..."), and it's brought up again when he says that he was stuck at home watching the president speaking to the UN due to the fact that IHOP is his health club, which screwed up his back.
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** Also true of his performances at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, which are broadcast on network TV in Canada.
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* VivaLasVegas: "The best time to visit Las Vegas is during Christmastime, because nothing beats sitting around, watching people gamble, while they play Christmas carols."
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