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Old 05-15-04, 04:05 PM
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reminder: Lewis Black (of the daily show) standup special tonight 5/15 at 10 on HBO

Lewis Black: Black on Broadway
60 mins.

The comic's howlingly funny, expletive-laden rants include such topics as:
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bottled water; the winter of 2003; the economy; homeland security; greedy CEOs; air travel; health; weapons of mass destruction; and obnoxious nationalism
(put them in spoiler tags incase you don't want to know what the topics are)
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So it's the same routine he was doing last year on the Comedy Central Tour, I thought he might actually have gotten some new material since then.
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A few minutes of Lewis Black on The Daily Show =

This whole hour of Lewis Black = nails on a chalkboard
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Originally posted by Chew
A few minutes of Lewis Black on The Daily Show =

This whole hour of Lewis Black = nails on a chalkboard
Yeah ... the whole "angry" comic bit wears pretty thin over an hour.
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I dunno, I've given all three of his CDs multiple listens. I'm very pro-Black.
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I saw him at UConn a couple of months ago. I agree that he is better in smaller doses.
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I love his cds and his dvd with stuff from Comedy Central is great, but for some reason this special really wasn't that good. It felt like he was trying to hard, especially with the excessive swearing. Half way through I wondered if I was watching Lewis Black or Chris Rock.

Overall I'll give this a C- at best.
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Originally posted by Pariah
I love his cds and his dvd with stuff from Comedy Central is great, but for some reason this special really wasn't that good. It felt like he was trying to hard, especially with the excessive swearing. Half way through I wondered if I was watching Lewis Black or Chris Rock.

Overall I'll give this a C- at best.
Agreed.
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Just caught this. Subpar for Lewis.

I hardly laughed at any of his skits. I like his comedy too.

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