Lewis Black, Why?

[ChefChiTown]

Does anybody find this guy funny? Seriously...this piece of garbage has been on TV for years now and I have yet to laugh at one of his "jokes". Now, he even has his own show. HOW?

There's nothing funny about the I'm-a-somewhat-older-dude-who-does-nothing-but-yell-really-loud-and-get-unnecessarily-angry-at-random-things routine.

For example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8x_YypfjA

Just because you raise your voice and yell all the time, doesn't make you funny. See, watch...

"What's with RAP MUSIC? I'm SICK and TIRED of hearing this HIPPITY HOPPITY BUUUUUULL SHIEEEET on the radio. Whatever happened to ROCK N ROLL, HUH? Where's AEROSMITH? Are they DEAD? NO, THEY'RE NOT!!! So put 'em on the FUCKING RADIO!!! RAP music? More like CRAP MUSIC!!!

And what's with all their NAMES? LITTLE WAYNE and LITTLE THIS AND THAT. Fuckin' FAGGOTS!!! Get a REAL NAME like BLACK SABBATH or HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS!!! And don't get me started on MC HAMMER!!! MC HAMMER...I'd like to SMASH his FUCKING SKULL with a HAMMER, how's THAT for a HAMMER Mr. MC?!?!?!

ALRIGHT, I have to go read some CHILDRENS BOOKS to some BLIND FUCKERS at the HOMELESS SHELTER, so, until NEXT TIME...this has been BIG MOUTH BOB, telling you to SHUT...THE...FUCK...UP!!! I'M OUT DIS BITCH!!"

See? It sucks. You hated reading (hearing it), didn't you? Well, I got news for you. I hated typing it just as much as you hated reading it.

The gimmick sucks and I don't understand how Lewis Black is on TV. And, I really don't understand how people can actually watch him. Seriously, if that asshole can get a TV show, then I should be running my own TV station.

 

[low42]

I'm with ya...

 

[Will E Worm]

You're right, I don't like reading CAPS.

He's funny sometimes.

But, he will never be Carlin or Hicks.

Who will be the next comedian like Carlin or Hicks?
A comedian that has more than jokes in his routine?

 

[hedonis]

Who will be the next comedian like Carlin or Hicks?
A comedian that has more than jokes in his routine?

Ugh- this is a huge problem with the "Entertainment" industry right now. It's not very entertaining. If I want preaching and politics, I'll go to church or watch the news, or seek out programming that does that.

But if I want to see a comedian, I want to *laugh*- not have to hear how shitty everything on earth is.

Movies and TV are just as bad- quit with the politics and preaching, and just do entertaining things. That's why all that stuff used to be more fun.

Lewis Black is no more or less annoying than Sam Kinnison, Bobcat Goldthwait, Gilbert Gottfried, and so on. And I like his "Root of All Evil" show.

jb

 

[Will E Worm]

The current entertainers aren't entertaining, because they lack talent.
Most of them.

Carlin and Hicks were the best.

I don't see anyone coming along any time soon.

 

[AFA]

I think it's satire and he tries to point out how unbelievably stupid some things are.

 

[Legzman]

I happen to think he's hilarious!

 

[AFA]

He's like Andy Rooney, whining in disbelief and amazement.

 

[senob44]

^ Andy Rooney is hot. (His segments are especially a boon nowadays when there are fewer and fewer parts of 60 Minutes I can masturbate to.)

Lewis Black? I can take him or leave him. I would say he is a very average comic.

 

[Kil4Thril]

Thank the comedy gods for Jeff Dunham. Truly funny, and mostly clean.

Oh, and R.I.P Mitch Hedberg. His name should be mentioned if Hicks gets mentioned.

 

[Member2019]

Ummm, shock jock anyone? It's just his style. Don't read too much into it. It's part of the act.

 

[LilBoy]

It's all in the timing and delivery. Very few comic monologues (other than those by the greats, like Carlin and...um, well, Carlin) are funny written out on a computer screen.

There are different styles, and each style has different "rules". Lewis Black is in a completely different style than Carlin, and folks who prefer a specific style more often than not dislike others. I don't know a lot of people who like both Bob Newhart and Richard Pryor, for example.

Moreso, "Funny" is relative. It always amazes me how folks think it's objective. Just because you don't find it funny doesn't mean it isn't.

 

[ChefChiTown]

It always amazes me how folks think it's objective. Just because you don't find it funny doesn't mean it isn't.

Just because you find it funny doesn't mean that it is either. I'm a Cleveland Browns fan and I always will be, but that doesn't mean they're GOOD.

Lewis Black sucks. Even if he talked "normally" and didn't yell at a 4-1 word ratio, his jokes would still be unfunny and terrible. If he died tomorrow, I would be like "Oh, THANK GOD I don't have to see that asshole trying to make jokes again. PHEW!!!"

 

[shayd]

I think it's satire and he tries to point out how unbelievably stupid some things are.

That's the only reason I like him...his satire is often misunderstood too.

 

[Will E Worm]

Thank the comedy gods for Jeff Dunham. Truly funny, and mostly clean.

Oh, and R.I.P Mitch Hedberg. His name should be mentioned if Hicks gets mentioned.

Really? I like Hedberg, but he's not in the same league as Hicks or Carlin.

 

[DukeLaCrosse]

lewis does the same schtick as dennis leary

 

[Will E Worm]

lewis does the same schtick as dennis leary

Really? Leary took most of his "act" from Bill Hicks.

 

[Dean Wormer]

Just because you find it funny doesn't mean that it is either. I'm a Cleveland Browns fan and I always will be, but that doesn't mean they're GOOD.

Lewis Black sucks. Even if he talked "normally" and didn't yell at a 4-1 word ratio, his jokes would still be unfunny and terrible. If he died tomorrow, I would be like "Oh, THANK GOD I don't have to see that asshole trying to make jokes again. PHEW!!!"

You're right. If LilBoy finds it funny it doesn't mean it is but if I find it funny (which I do) then it is. Case closed.

 

[cocklover]

I don't find him funny. He yells too much.

 

[Kil4Thril]

Really? I like Hedberg, but he's not in the same league as Hicks or Carlin.

Neither can be placed with Carlin. Hicks was too self destructive, and it came out in his later years. Became un-funny