SARASOTA – He’s the “King of Rant,” and he’s coming to rant in Sarasota. Comedian Lewis Black will return to the Van Wezel Sunday, December 11.
He’s performed on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” since the late 90s and has performed in almost three dozen comedy specials, including for HBO.
One of his trademarks is his animated finger-wagging as he talks about current events, politics, and as his website says, “anything else that exposes the hypocrisy and madness he sees in the world.”
In my interview with him, Black told me why he used to talk so much quicker in his earlier comedy specials.
“I was in panic mode so it would be rapid fire,” Black says, “and it also was rapid fire was that I was afraid someone would heckle. So it was always rapid fire to kinda seal that off.”
For the full interview with Lewis Black, watch the SNN Weekend Edition Sunday starting at 12 and 5.