Well, actually it was Sixth Ave. Tonight I went to a book signing and had the chance to meet one of my favorite comedians, the “Daily Show”’s Lewis Black. The same in person as he is on the air and in his stand-up, Black riffed on such subjects as his influences, his comic process, and Bush’s iPod- Black asked the crowd if any of them had heard of Dubya favorite Kenny Chesney, and after two hands went up, he screamed “That’s why the rest of the country hates you!” Then he said some nice words about the late Mitch Hedberg, calling him "Steven Wright on acid" (I always thought Steven Wright was "Steven Wright on acid.")
Gotta love Lewis. His book is here; I read the first 40 pages on the train and it’s hilarious. And his HBO special from 2004 is even better. I asked him and he said another is in the works for next year; I wanted him to put a reference to “moo cow fuck milk” in the autograph, but couldn’t gather the courage to request it.
Posted by Stephen Silver at April 14, 2005 12:03 AM