Lewis Black

So people, very talented people, Edie Falco, Aaron Sorkin, Alan Ball, who wrote True Blood, wrote that, a number of other successful pieces. We had all these people coming in. And doing really great work.

So people, very talented people, Edie Falco, Aaron Sorkin, Alan Ball, who wrote True Blood, wrote that, a number of other successful pieces. We had all these people coming in. And doing really great work.

Or he opened a spiritual door for you? He literally, as far as I'm concerned, this will sound, unless you've kind of gone through it, I'm minorly psychotic, but there were doors that were not opening. And I had agents. I had all of the things kind of in place that would say, you know, even as a playwright or as an actor, I'd started to do, you know, little bits and pieces in performance.

Or he opened a spiritual door for you? He literally, as far as I'm concerned, this will sound, unless you've kind of gone through it, I'm minorly psychotic, but there were doors that were not opening. And I had agents. I had all of the things kind of in place that would say, you know, even as a playwright or as an actor, I'd started to do, you know, little bits and pieces in performance.

And my brother passed away and I was just kind of got my foot into comedy. I mean, I was starting to... I had left theater and was starting to become... I was committing myself to being a comedian. And my brother passed away then. And I... I found that like I couldn't all of a sudden like I got a one man show in New York City. That came along.

And my brother passed away and I was just kind of got my foot into comedy. I mean, I was starting to... I had left theater and was starting to become... I was committing myself to being a comedian. And my brother passed away then. And I... I found that like I couldn't all of a sudden like I got a one man show in New York City. That came along.

These doors just started literally like bam, bam, bam, bam. And between whatever my attitude was, and I really believe it was him, he was pushing people around and going, come on, let him do it.

These doors just started literally like bam, bam, bam, bam. And between whatever my attitude was, and I really believe it was him, he was pushing people around and going, come on, let him do it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

We were really close. And he had been really supportive of my career. Huge. I mean, I couldn't have survived without him.

We were really close. And he had been really supportive of my career. Huge. I mean, I couldn't have survived without him.

Yeah, it changed the way I looked at things. That in part and... I wrote a book, it's me of little faith, in which I kind of went through all of the experiences that I'd had in terms of religion. So I've always kind of, in spirituality, I've always kind of had that kind of thing.

Yeah, it changed the way I looked at things. That in part and... I wrote a book, it's me of little faith, in which I kind of went through all of the experiences that I'd had in terms of religion. So I've always kind of, in spirituality, I've always kind of had that kind of thing.

That's the deal. I believe. I mean, I think, uh, I think because the cynic in me doesn't want to accept it.

That's the deal. I believe. I mean, I think, uh, I think because the cynic in me doesn't want to accept it.

Yeah. Well, it's, it's, I, it seems syrupy, but it's also like, uh, uh, It can't be unfelt.

Yeah. Well, it's, it's, I, it seems syrupy, but it's also like, uh, uh, It can't be unfelt.

Well, because there's nothing, you know, we don't, there's no kind of, it's like the, we have a, I believe that the sense of humor is a muscle, okay? It's a muscle that we don't work on the way we work on all our other muscles, and it's a, No one really teaches humor in school.

Well, because there's nothing, you know, we don't, there's no kind of, it's like the, we have a, I believe that the sense of humor is a muscle, okay? It's a muscle that we don't work on the way we work on all our other muscles, and it's a, No one really teaches humor in school.