History Creator / LewisBlack

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Invoked; in "Stark Raving Black", Lewis mentioned how his father's always smiling, so he surmised he must be at peace with himself. But one of his friends once observed that Lewis's dad always looks like he's having perverted thoughts. It changed Lewis's outlook on his dad.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Invoked. Referenced in his "Red, White & Screwed" special:

* AskAStupidQuestion: The cold open to his "Black on Broadway" special features this:

** In the third Comedy Central Presents special, when discussing the 2001 Super Bowl Half Time show with Music/{{NSYNC}}, Music/{{Aerosmith}}, and Music/BritneySpears:

** He also mentioned this in "Black on Broadway" when discussing how uncomfortable it is riding on an airplane for fourteen hours:

* {{Beat}}: In the "Red, White, and Screwed" special, Lewis talked about the Old Testament, and how that book apparently wasn't good enough for Christians (who also have the New Testament). His sentence features a long beat, though in fairness largely due to the audience reaction:

* 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 UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush was "involved" in Hurricane Katrina.

* BlackComedy: Frequently used in his specials. In "Black on Broadway", he told anyone who was thinking of traveling to New Zealand in coach to kill themselves.

** In the "Red, White, and Screwed" special, he didn't believe the universe was created in seven days, claiming that the Jews (who wrote the Bible) are good at bullshit:

** In "Black on Broadway", Lewis is annoyed that the smallpox vaccine eventually wore off over time:

* BrokenRecord: In "Red, White & Screwed", he mentioned all the movers and shakers at the White House Correspondent's Dinner (where he did his act), which included "lobbyists, lobbyists, lobbyists, lobbyists, lobbyists, lobbyists..."

* CallBack: In the second Comedy Central Presents special, Lewis said that 2000 was the worst New Year's ever, because everyone was convinced [[MillenniumBug [=Y2K=]]] would destroy the world: "Don't go outside! We don't know what's gonna happen! We don't know! There could be giant ticks everywhere!" Later, in "Black on Broadway", he mentioned the "giant ticks" again in relation to Tom Ridge talking about the terror alert levels soon after 9/11.

* CrappyHolidays: In his third Comedy Central special, he had a whole section on how he's disgusted at the amount of time the Christmas season gets every year, starting as early as Halloween. Nevertheless, he wanted to celebrate it as a kid, because as a Jew, he got Hanukkah instead.

* {{Crawl}}: A pet peeve of his, as mentioned during his interview with Larry King and during "Red, White & Screwed", when he said the news ticker is distracting while the newscaster is trying to talk to you: "What the fuck is ''that'' about? What the fuck is ''that'' about? What the fuck is ''that'' about?"

** In the "Stark Raving Black" special, he claimed humans were the idiots while primates are intelligent; while we humans built a concrete jungle for ourselves, and go to a monotonous 9-to-5 job, and in general deal with bills and all the idiocies of modern life, all primates have to worry about is "shitting and masturbating".
** In "Black on Broadway":

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In "Stark Raving Black", Lewis said about Vince Gill and Amy Grant, "You fucking fucks."
* DisproportionateRetribution: In "Red, White and Screwed", he said we should put the loudest pro-abortion and anti-abortion activists in a room together and tell them to figure out when life begins and when it ends, and not to come out until they reach an agreement. If they don't, "we will kill you."

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Those used to his albums and hour-long HBO/direct-to-video stand-up specials might be thrown by his three Comedy Central Presents specials, since he doesn't use any strong language (the hardest words used are "son of a bitch" and "ass").

** Invoked. During the "Black on Broadway" special, he pointed out the illogical '50s educational film strips about hiding under school desks to be "safe" from a nuclear bomb:

** Played with in "Stark Raving Black" when discussing Barack Obama being elected:

* GoodNewsBadNews: Played with. In the first Comedy Central Presents special, he discussed the Monica Lewinsky scandal:

* 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!"

* HearingVoices: In the first Comedy Central Presents special, he ranted about Bill Clinton's denial that he had sex with Monica Lewinsky:

* HypocriticalHumor: In "Stark Raving Black", Lewis told the audience, "And if you're on Twitter, ''fuck you''." Kinda hypocritical, considering Lewis has a Twitter account of his own. In his defense, he says he's only on there because his [[PlatonicLifePartners Platonic Life Partner]] Creator/KathleenMadigan guilted him into it.

* InsistentTerminology: In "Red, White & Screwed", he claimed "quail hunting" is the wrong term, because they're so defenseless to begin with, and thought "quail tracking" was more appropriate.
* InterspeciesRomance: In "Red, White & Screwed", he said that the Old Testament was designed to get the Jews to straighten up and fly right, because they were out of control:

* MiseryPoker: Inverse example. In "Red, White & Screwed", Lewis read a true story about George W. Bush visiting soldiers who were wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, who were mostly amputees. Bush proceeded to tell the soldiers about how he had a "fight" with a tree. To quote Bush: "The tree won."

** At the start of the "Black on Broadway" special, he steps on stage before the show and does the IsThisThingOn, ''without a microphone''.

** A recurring bit in his specials, where he will simply say a name and he won't even have to deliver the joke because the audience laughs at the name. From "Red, White and Screwed":

* PerfectlyCromulentWord: In "Black on Broadway", he had a bit about how he used to be able to drink water from the hose as a kid. He said he could do it whenever he felt "thirsty", NOT "hydrated" ("they fucking made that word up!").

** It started even before that. In "Red, White & Screwed", when talking about Michael Brown is the head of FEMA and was a former horse show runner [[labelnote:Note]](the special occurred after the events of Hurricane Katrina)[[/labelnote]], he said:

* PreemptiveShutUp: In "Red, White & Screwed", he started another section by saying "Terri Schiavo." Before too many people could start booing (the audience probably thought he was going to start making fun of Terri), he clarified:

** 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.
* 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 because IHOP is his health club, which screwed up his back.
* SelfDeprecation: In the third Comedy Central Presents special, he said he watches the Super Bowl Halftime Show each year because he's an idiot. Similarly, in "Red, White & Screwed", he said he watched the entire saga of Terri Schiavo because he was an idiot.
** In "Red, White, and Screwed", he said that it was by the grace of God that he was able to wipe himself.

* SkewedPriorities: One of his criticisms of George W. Bush in "Red, White & Screwed". He said Bush was more focused on defining marriage as between a man and woman than he was about fixing the economy, wrapping up the Iraq War, or having a better energy plan.

** Comedy Central Presents 1: Bill Clinton, specifically his affair with Monica Lewinsky
** Comedy Central Presents 2: Al Gore, George W. Bush
** Comedy Central Presents 3: Creator/{{MTV}}
** Black on Broadway: [[RunningGag George W. Bush]], Bill Clinton (he declared both to be terrible leaders because neither took responsibility for anything)
** Red, White & Screwed: Dick Cheney, specifically his infamous hunting accident; John Kerry; George W. Bush, specifically his lackluster response to Hurricane Katrina, but also his inappropriate remarks to an amputee'd soldier; Michael Brown, specifically his role as head of FEMA during Katrina; Rick Santorum, specifically his anti-gay remarks.
** Stark Raving Black: Barack Obama (though being that this was early in his presidency, his criticisms were more reserved). Just imagine how much material he must have now.

** In "Stark Raving Black", Lewis discusses fiber:

** In "Red, White & Screwed", he illustrates what it means to be a comic, specifically a topical comic performing for people he makes fun of multiple times a day:

* WardrobeMalfunction: Referenced in "Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues" when discussing the Janet Jackson incident. He mentioned how hypocritical it was for the TV stations to keep declaring how disgusting and immoral it supposedly was, only to say "Let's get another look at it."

* YankTheDogsChain: He frequently addresses his annoyance that we still don't have [[FlyingCar flying cars]], as predicted in the '50s and '60s. He mentions it again in the "Stark Raving Black" special, where he predicts that they'll eventually develop flying cars... but it'll be after he dies. He says it'll even be referenced in the obituaries:

--->'''Lewis:''' Unbeknownst to me, [[MindScrew there was]] ''[[MindScrew A BETTER ME!!!]]''

* [[NWordPrivileges J Word Privileges]]: He takes full advantage of his ability to mock Judaism. "If you have any questions about the Old Testament, there are Jews who walk among you. And they, I promise you this, will take time out of their Jewy, Jewy day to answer any questions you may have... and we will do this if, of course, the price is right."

--->'''Lewis:''' ...And I'm sitting there thinking, the adults in the community have said that I could protect myself from A FIRE-FUCK-BALL by hiding under wood. I'm hiding under ''kindling''. Maybe I can get some sticks so I can burn faster!

** In the "Red, White & Screwed" special, he claimed humans were the idiots while primates are intelligent; while we humans built a concrete jungle for ourselves, and go to a monotonous 9-to-5 job, and in general deal with bills and all the idiocies of modern life, all primates have to worry about is "shitting and masturbating".

* PreemptiveShutUp: In "Red, White & Screwed", he started another section by saying "Terri Schiavo." Before too many people could start booing, he clarified:

--> '''Leiws''': ''NOT'' Terri Schiavo the ''person'', Terri Schiavo the ''event''.

* SelfDeprecation: In the third Comedy Central Presents special, he said he watches the Super Bowl Halftime Show each year because he's an idiot.

** In "Red, White & Screwed":
--->'''Lewis:''' I would ''love'' to have the faith to believe that it [creation] took place in seven days, but... I have ''thoughts''. And that can really fuck up the "faith" thing; just ask any Catholic priest.

* [[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.

-->'''Lewis''': It wasn't really my fault; they taught it at Eight O'clock in the morning. And there is absolutely nothing that you can learn out of one bloodshot eye. After I flunked the first two tests, [[MaddenIntoMisanthropy I grabbed the professor by the throat and said, "LISTEN, YOU PRICK! WHY ARE YOU TEACHING THIS SHIT AT THIS UNGODLY HOUR?! ARE YOU TRYING TO KEEP THIS STUFF A SECRET?!]]"

--> '''Lewis''': There are people who believe that humans and dinosaurs co-existed, that they roamed the Earth at the same time. There are museums that children go to, in which they build dioramas to show them this. And what this is, purely and simply, is a clinical psychotic reaction. They are crazy. They are stone-cold-fuck nuts. I can't be kind about this, because these people are watching ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' as if it were a documentary.

--> '''Man''': How are you doing?\\
'''Lewis''': How the fuck do you ''think'' I'm doing?
* AssShove: In the third Comedy Central Presents special, when discussing the 2001 Super Bowl Half Time show with Music/{{NSYNC}}, Music/{{Aerosmith}}, and Music/BritneySpears:
--> '''Lewis''': I happened to have a spoon handy, and I shoved it up my ass. Why, you might ask: to distract myself from the pain. Because if I'm going to hurt that much, I'm going to do it to ''myself''. And you know what we call that: empowerment.

--> '''Lewis''': What they should do, I think, just take all the coach seats out of the planes, and give everybody a five-foot stick. That way, you can sit wherever you want. You just take it, shove it up your ass, spin around. When you get bored, then after twelve hours, you can just beat the shit out of each other.

--> '''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''': But that book, wasn't good enough, for you Christians... (audience laughs/applauds) ..........''Was'' it?? (audience laughs again)

--> '''Lewis''': YOU JUST CAN'T FUCKING SAY THAT! YOU CAN'T! YOU CAN'T! And it's just- and there HAS to come a point, where Republicans and Democrats, where we see a piece of footage and we just agree on what the fuck reality is! And the fact is- (audience applauds) You can't show footage of a Land Rover running over a cat and then say the cat was trying to kill itself. I'm gonna need at least three days to find the note that he left.

* BlatantLies: In the "Red, White, and Screwed" special, he didn't believe the universe was created in seven days, claiming that the Jews (who wrote the Bible) are good at bullshit:
--> '''Lewis''': This was a wonderful story told to the people in the desert, to distract them from the fact that they didn't have air conditioning.

--> '''Lewis''': I can't believe it wore off and they didn't tell us, because that means my whole life has been a delusion. Because every day, I'd wake up, and I'd go, "Well, it's gonna ''suck'' today, BUT AT LEAST I'M NOT GETTIN' smallpox!"
* {{Bowdlerize}}: One of his routines is about how frustrating it was that he wasn't allowed to swear when he did the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.

* BrownNote: "If it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college." Thinking about that sentence for more than three minutes will cause your brain to violently shut down or blood to shoot out your nose.

--> '''Lewis''': What they played was not music. What you heard was the sound of chaos. I know that sounds strange, but it's true. Because I could hear the sounds of pigs being slaughtered! And women were weeping, and men were gnashing their teeth! I heard sounds that were ''so'' horrible, if I were to repeat them to you, you would flee from this room in ''horror''!

--> '''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!
* ClusterFBomb: "I don't know if you realize, but I use the word "Fuck," so that I can think of other stuff."
** ''(while at the Congressional Correspondents' Dinner in D.C., he says this went through his head while onstage)'' "Say FUCK! Say FUCK! ''*To the tune of Jingle Bells*'' Fuck fuck fuck! Fuck fuck fuck! Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck! Don't say fuck! He said fuck! You can say fuck too!"

--> '''Lewis''': Forty-two fucks is too many. I wonder what the line is. Forty would've been fine, and then 'Oh, no, he's gone crazy!'

--> '''Lewis''': First night, you get socks. Second night, an eraser, a notebook. We took the marvelous festival of giving that is Christmas and turned it into a Back-to-School holiday!

* ADateWithRosiePalms: In one of the "Indecision 2000" sketches for ''Series/TheDailyShow'', he mentioned that the only thing he ever got done in a college dorm room was masturbating.

--> '''Lewis''': The second [rule of health] is: If you masturbate twenty times a day, you'll never make it out your front door. You might make it to the door, but when you squeeze the handle, you'll pass out. Let me just say that I did that experiment in my own lab wearing a white lab coat with a rectal thermometer in my pocket. Now, for women, my belief is it's probably thirty times a day, but I can't find a woman to come to my lab!

* FridgeLogic: Invoked. During the "Black on Broadway" special, he pointed out the illogical '50s educational film strips about hiding under school desks to be "safe" from a nuclear bomb:
--> '''Lewis''': ...And I'm sitting there thinking, the adults in the community have said that I could protect myself from A FIRE-FUCK-BALL by hiding under wood. I'm hiding under ''kindling''. Maybe I can get some sticks so I can burn faster!

--> '''Lewis''': When President Obama was elected, I'll never forget the next day. Everyone everywhere said, "I can't believe this could possibly have ever happened in my lifetime," which made me wonder, who voted for him??

--> '''Lewis''': It was announced that the president of the United States may, or may not, have had oral sex with a 21-year old in the White House, and that that, and now I'm ''quoting'', "wasn't the bad news". (audience laughs) What was the ''bad'' news?? The ''bad'' news was, he might have made her ''lie''. (sarcastically) Ooooooh.

* GrumpyOldMan

--> '''Lewis''': "Can you define the word "alone"?" HE'S GOTTA KNOW WHAT THE WORD "ALONE" MEANS, HE'S THE PRESIDENT! If he ''doesn't'' know what the word "alone" means, that must mean he thinks the voices in his head are ''other people''.

--> '''Lewis''': Candy corn! Corn, that tastes like candy! I can't wait! (eats it) SON OF A BITCH!!!

--> '''Lewis''': And they wouldn't have been happy, but ''neither would I''!!!

* IfIWantedXIWouldY:
--> '''Lewis''', on the tax code: If I wanted to be bored by 6,000 pages of unreadable dreck, I'd read ''Literature/WarAndPeace'' four times.

--> '''Lewis''': They needed to know that marriage takes place between a man and a woman, because they were wandering into camp with camels going, "I'm in love!" I don't give a fuck WHAT you are! You can't marry a snapping turtle, asshole!

* UsefulNotes/LosAngeles: Doesn't like the place. Has stories about how the first time he went, there was an earthquake, and about the time CBS flew him there to audition for a character derived from his stage persona.
--> '''Lewis''': "Some of you are missing the point here: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis CBS. Flew me. To Los Angeles. To Audition.]] [[ShapedLikeItself TO BE MYSELF!]]"

--> '''Lewis''': "Unbeknownst to me, [[MindScrew there was]] ''[[MindScrew A BETTER ME!!!]]''"
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy
* MadnessMantra: "If it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college."

* MindScrew: The sight of a Starbucks coffee house across the street from another Starbucks coffee house did irreparable damage to his sanity.[[note]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF1z9DYhqos Now you can too!]][[/note]]

--> '''Lewis''': To men who have lost their limbs, he is saying this. It's my firm belief, that if you're the president... you absolutely must know where you are in the time space continuum.

--> '''Lewis''': You can't talk about the war in Iraq with a smile on your face. He does it constantly. You have to- if you're the president, you have to say, "We're gonna talk about the war. I must have a frowny face." The only time he can have a smile when he's talking about the war in Iraq is when you go, "Well, two Iraqis walked into a bar..."

* MyNewGiftIsLame: The reason he hates Hanukkah.

* NoIndoorVoice- Not just limited to speaking. As Jon Stewart pointed out, Black can somehow manage to yell in print form.

--> '''Lewis''': (shouting) Check, check, check, FUCKIN' check!

* OrphanedSetup: A recurring bit in his specials, where he will simply say a name and he won't even have to deliver the joke because the audience laughs at the name. From "Red, White and Screwed":
--> '''Lewis''': Dick Cheney. (audience laughs) ...And that's all I've gotta say. Isn't it great that we've reached that point? You don't even have to say, "Dick Cheney, the vice president who shot his friend in the face while hunting"; I say "Dick Cheney", everybody goes, "HO HO!", and we move on.

--> '''Lewis''': Two guys walk into a bar... Michael Jackson.

--> '''Lewis''': You guys are... ''way'' too excited, and that puts a lot of pressure on me, and I don't respond well to ''pressure''!!

* {{Pun}}: In "Red, White & Screwed":
--> '''Lewis''': I would ''love'' to have the faith to believe that it [creation] took place in seven days, but... I have ''thoughts''. And that can really fuck up the "faith" thing; just ask any Catholic priest.

* ToiletHumour: When discussing the Super Bowl:
--> '''Lewis''': And let me tell you, it will continue, no matter what has happened, because of the recent events, I will guarantee that it will continue to evolve the way it has evolved. The halftime show in ten years will literally be just planes flying over the stadium, and dropping ''shit'' on people, while an orchestra plays classical music.

--> '''Lewis''': I don't go near fiber. I had an oat muffin ten years ago, and I'm ''still'' shitting because of it.

--> '''Lewis''': My job as a comedian is to go into the audience and take the stick that is wedged firmly up each and every one of their asses, take it out ever so slowly, sniff it... I told you... place it back from whence it came, and then turn to them and go, "You're absolutely right. Your shit doesn't stink."

--> '''Lewis''': It's just a tit. And none of those adjectives, blrblrblrblr, really fuckin' apply.
* VivaLasVegas: "The best time to visit UsefulNotes/LasVegas is during Christmastime, because nothing beats sitting around, watching people gamble, while they play Christmas carols."
--> "Those audiences are wonderful. Talk about the most bitter group of people on the planet Earth. For one brief, shining moment, [[GrumpyOldMan I]] am Mr. Happy."

--> '''Lewis''': "Noted comic Lewis Black has passed away. Funeral services Friday, room for flying cars."

-->''"A lot of people <{{Beat}}> are FUCKING STUPID!"''

--> "Unbeknownst to me, there was a ''[[MindScrew BETTER ME!]]''"

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Obviously he's not [[{{Angrish}} like]] [[ClusterFBomb that]] all the time. As he explains it in interviews, [[PercussiveTherapy he gets it out of his system on stage]], so that he can function normally in the world without his head exploding.
** Although it isn't unheard of for him to jokingly insult fans with what more tame comics would consider horrible obscenities. Example: "Take the picture, you fucking prick!"

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'', and voicing [[AnthropomorphicPersonification the emotion of (who else?) Anger]] in Creator/{{Pixar}}'s ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut''.

** In "Black on Broadway", Lewis is annoyed that the Small Pox vaccine eventually wore off over time:
--> '''Lewis''': I can't believe it wore off and they didn't tell us, because that means my whole life has been a delusion. Because every day, I'd wake up, and I'd go, "Well, it's gonna ''suck'' today, BUT AT LEAST I'M NOT GETTIN' SMALL POX!"

* HypocriticalHumor: In "Stark Raving Black", Lewis told the audience, "And if you're on Twitter, ''fuck you''." Kinda hypocritical, considering Lewis has a Twitter account of his own. In his defense, he says he's only on there because his [[PlatonicLifePartners Platonic Life Partner]]] Creator/KathleenMadigan guilted him into it.

* HypocriticalHumor: In "Stark Raving Black", Lewis told the audience, "And if you're on Twitter, ''fuck you''." Kinda hypocritical, considering Lewis has a Twitter account of his own. In his defense, he says he's only on there because his PlatonicLifePartner Creator/KathleenMadigan guilted him into it.

* HypocriticalHumor: In "Stark Raving Black", Lewis told the audience, "And if you're on Twitter, ''fuck you''." Kinda hypocritical, considering Lewis has a Twitter account of his own.

** "Say FUCK! Say FUCK! ''*To the tune of Jingle Bells*'' Fuck fuck fuck! Fuck fuck fuck! Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck! Don't say fuck! He said fuck! You can say fuck too!"

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''.

* 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''.

--> "Those audiences are wonderful. Talk about the most bitter group of people on the planet Earth. For one brief, shining moment, I am Mr. Happy."