August 11th 2:02PM
I'm lazy. If I tell you I'm going to run four miles, you're lucky if I run three. Actually, chances are I'll jog ten steps and end up napping in a hammock, wearing bib overalls with a piece of straw dangling from my mouth. But Lewis Black is not lazy. We were supposed to have four clips of him answering your questions, and damned if he didn't answer enough for five.
The fifth and final video is after the jump. The first three are here, here and here. Many thanks go out to Lewis for being so amazing and to everyone who contributed questions. This whole thing is one of the coolest things we've ever done on this site. Oh, and be sure to pick up Lewis Black's new album, Anticipation, available now from Comedy Central Records.
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August 8th 2:24PM
In the argumentatively evil spirit of Lewis Black's Root of All Evil, heres a new Weekly Evil. It makes a pretty good argument against stoner comedies, but I don't think they're all that bad. I have a really short attention span and they often have the only kind of plot I can follow; non-existent. Also, when you're high, every movie is a stoner comedy. If you've ever seen The Way We Were while stoned, sooner or later you end up thinking, "Dude, you know Barbara Streisand's character Katie Morosky is totally high. That's like the subtext, man."
August 4th 1:01PM
Lewis Black answers a question from a soldier stationed in Afghanistan. Black's response involves great apes, silk boxers, and baseball players. Unfortunately, it does not involve a great ape wearing silver boxers while playing shortstop for the Yankees. That'll have to wait until he answers my question, If you were any great ape wearing silk boxers while playing shortstop for the Yankees, which great ape wearing silk boxers while playing shortstop for the Yankees would you be? What it does involve is a hilarious and thoughtful response from Lewis Black:
Oh, and also, Lewis Black's new Comedy Central Records comedy album Anticipation is released tomorrow
Previously: Lewis Black Answers Your Questions: Part I & Part II
August 1st 2:37PM
Can you believe what a great gig I have? I mean, how amazing is it that I can post something on this blog, you all respond and then the great Lewis Black comes in and tapes hilarious and thoughtful answers to your questions? I have to say, it really makes the difficult parts of this job (two words: erotic gut-punching) almost bearable. Anyway, here's the second installment of Lewis Black answering your questions:
Lewis Black's new album Anticipation comes out on Comedy Central Records next Tuesday.
Previously: Lewis Black Answers Your Questions: Part I
July 31st 8:43PM
Michael Ian Black Presents: The 8 Awesomest Custom Vans In The History Of Awesome. [Best Week Ever]
MIA + Decemberists + Tom Waits + poop jokes = [Stage Dumps]
The Onion remembers SCTV. [AV Club]
Sam Raimi making superhero comedy. [Reuters]
Brian Posehn interview.
[Express Night Out]
Neil Hamburger interview. [Free Times]
Lewis Black interview. [Peoria Journal Star]
James Franco interview. [Straight.com]
Bill Burr interview. [Westword]
Lord Carrett interview. [Punchline]
Mike O'Connell interview. [That Other Paper]
July 31st 6:54PM
A few weeks ago, we asked you to give us your questions for Lewis Black. And now the big moment has arrived. Lewis Black has answered your questions and we have the video. He answered a shitload of your questions, actually, so we've split the video into four parts. This is part one. We'll have a new one each weekday until Tuesday when Lewis's new album Anticipation is released on Comedy Central Records.
July 29th 4:09PM
The second season of Lewis Black's Root of All Evil doesn't start until tomorrow, but we've got the beginning to show you right now. It's Andy Daly and Patton Oswalt giving their opening arguments in the case of Ultimate Fighting v. Bloggers and is funnier than a sass-talking old lady hitting a squirrel in the balls with a banana peel.
July 28th 5:37PM
Friday's Charlie Rose was all comedy, with Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and Adam McKay in the first segment and and Lewis Black in the second. Comedy Central better watch its back, because PBS is offering some fierce competition. I heard Antiques Roadshow is doing an all farts episode this week. My girlfriend told me. She lives in Canada, so you don't know her, but we drink all kinds of beer after I bench like 250 and French her. Also, she thinks this blog is really funny.
Ferrell, Reilly and McKay are after the jump.
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July 25th 4:42PM
Harold and Kumar to go to or escape from somewhere else.
[Videogum]
Lewis Black interview. [Houston Chronicle]
Dave Attell interview. [Get Real Denver]
Is nude stand-up the next big thing? [Punchline]
Joel McHale interview. [Weekly Dig]
Jeremy Piven tries stand-up. [OK!]
Brian Regan audio interview. [Mercury News]
Jason Alexander interview. [National Post]
Russell Brand to host MTV Movie Awards. [AP]
July 21st 4:59PM
How have you been biding your time between the first and second season of Lewis Black's Root of All Evil? Me, I've been digging a spaghetti mine in my back yard. I think I've almost hit the motherload too, because I'm pretty sure I can smell marinara down there. Or it could be dirt. I always get those two smells mixed up. Either way, the digging's being put on hold, because the new season of RoAE starts next week!
Did one of your suggestions make it onto the show? I suggested orphans vs. puppies, but it looks like once again, the real evils in the world are being left to run rampant and unchecked.
