Lewis Black

What is that? In sane cultures, it's called schizophrenia.

What is that? In sane cultures, it's called schizophrenia.

Yeah, and then also that you're doing, you're going up there. I mean, 60% of what I do on any given night I've done before. I'm working on whatever my special is going to be. So it's like 50% or 60% is...

Yeah, and then also that you're doing, you're going up there. I mean, 60% of what I do on any given night I've done before. I'm working on whatever my special is going to be. So it's like 50% or 60% is...

Right, and that's exactly it. And that 60%, what I found was that I was really able to put this... The one thing where your acting chops come in, and you see it with Seinfeld, but every comic does this, every great actor, that it's really literally, I'm doing, especially actors on Broadway, I mean, I'm doing this for the first time. You're the first people hearing this.

Right, and that's exactly it. And that 60%, what I found was that I was really able to put this... The one thing where your acting chops come in, and you see it with Seinfeld, but every comic does this, every great actor, that it's really literally, I'm doing, especially actors on Broadway, I mean, I'm doing this for the first time. You're the first people hearing this.

It's gotta be sound, it can't sound rote. It can't sound like you've said this a thousand times. It has to sound completely fresh.

It's gotta be sound, it can't sound rote. It can't sound like you've said this a thousand times. It has to sound completely fresh.

But Bruce, Bruce was really big.

But Bruce, Bruce was really big.

Yeah, and also the level of his work was... I mean, you can see how it really affected George and his work because George went down. I think George was there one of the nights that Lenny was busted and went with him to the police station. And Lenny kept going, what the fuck's the matter with you? You don't need to be here. But Lenny really did that.

Yeah, and also the level of his work was... I mean, you can see how it really affected George and his work because George went down. I think George was there one of the nights that Lenny was busted and went with him to the police station. And Lenny kept going, what the fuck's the matter with you? You don't need to be here. But Lenny really did that.

There's a thing called, if anybody really, if you like comedy, there's a thing called the Carnegie Hall album, which is a double album that he did. A Bible of sorts, a manuscript of scripture of sorts. It is for me. And I kind of kept pushing it away because I knew if I really...

There's a thing called, if anybody really, if you like comedy, there's a thing called the Carnegie Hall album, which is a double album that he did. A Bible of sorts, a manuscript of scripture of sorts. It is for me. And I kind of kept pushing it away because I knew if I really...

until i trusted whatever was and this is way early i'm like in my 20s my early 20s and i was doing stand-up just because it was i was fascinated by it i and i didn't really want it i wasn't going to do it for a living at all so i always kind of did it to to kind of see you know to get some writing out there and just to see how it worked i was just looking at the mechanics of it

until i trusted whatever was and this is way early i'm like in my 20s my early 20s and i was doing stand-up just because it was i was fascinated by it i and i didn't really want it i wasn't going to do it for a living at all so i always kind of did it to to kind of see you know to get some writing out there and just to see how it worked i was just looking at the mechanics of it

And I thought, if I listen to Lenny Bruce, I'm just going to imitate him. So I waited to the point where I felt I'm figuring out, but I mean rudimentary. And I listened to the Carnegie Hall thing, and that's just mind-boggling. I read the books that he wrote and listened to the other albums. All the other albums are just clips of his work. This thing is...

And I thought, if I listen to Lenny Bruce, I'm just going to imitate him. So I waited to the point where I felt I'm figuring out, but I mean rudimentary. And I listened to the Carnegie Hall thing, and that's just mind-boggling. I read the books that he wrote and listened to the other albums. All the other albums are just clips of his work. This thing is...

Oh, yeah. No, it's spectacular, you know, that he that he comes in there, that he shocked him from the beginning to the end. And he had a and something that I've always been attracted to. I don't write my act. So I basically work it out on stage. You vent it.

Oh, yeah. No, it's spectacular, you know, that he that he comes in there, that he shocked him from the beginning to the end. And he had a and something that I've always been attracted to. I don't write my act. So I basically work it out on stage. You vent it.