Lewis Black's "You Didn't Do Your Homework" (with guest host W. Kamau Bell)

Good One: A Podcast About Jokes

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Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

This week on Good One, comedian and television host W. Kamau Bell fills in for Jesse for a Good One-style interview with comedy legend/Daily Show mainstay Lewis Black. Coming off the heels of his fifteenth (yes, you read that right) stand-up special, Kamau and Lewis do a bit of a retrospective of Black’s career, and give us a peak behind the process of how he writes his comedy. Watch Lewis Black's latest special Tragically, I Need You free on YouTube. Pre-order Jesse's book, Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604714/comedybook Follow Lewis on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Kamau on Twitter. Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Good One, a podcast about jokes, I'm your host Jesse David Foss.
0:15.6	This week's guest is Lewis Black.
0:17.4	I feel like I've known Lewis and his persona as long as I've known comedy, as he's been
0:22.4	appearing on the daily show since 1996.
0:25.7	Lewis has a new special out on YouTube called Tragically I Need You.
0:29.0	It's his 15th.
0:30.9	I'm currently putting the finishing touches on my upcoming book, Comedy Book, How Comedy
0:34.7	Concert Culture and the Magic that makes it work, which is out in November 7th linked
0:38.4	to pre-orders in the show notes.
0:40.3	As a result, W. Kamala Bell filled in to bring you a Good One style interview.
0:44.3	Okay, I say Good One style because they do talk about the process of creating comedy,
0:48.2	but he does not stick exactly to our one joke format.
0:51.0	Nonetheless, it is quite an enjoyable conversation, but one of the most unique comedic processes
0:56.4	out there.
0:57.4	So, we'll start with a joke from Tragically I Need You.
1:00.6	Here is Lewis Black.
1:02.5	And let me just say, I know that for those of you who came here tonight and don't know
1:16.9	me, you were probably just a bit shocked.
1:23.4	But I came all the way for this.
1:31.4	And if you don't know me, I'm just going to tell you upfront, this could be a long night.
1:45.2	It really could.
1:46.2	And if you get upset tonight, it's on you.
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