Black is Black

Just watched an advance copy of Lewis Black's HBO Special which airs May 15. It's called "Black on Broadway" and subtitled "Everyone's a comedian," which I guess explains the above graphic. I am hesitant to rave too much about this show because Mr. Black starts out by complaining about people who tell their friends how funny he is, thereby putting undue pressure on him to live up to the advance word. His set is similar to what I saw him do a few months ago at the Comedy and Magic Club — or at least edited down from a similar performance — but not exactly so. (One of the nice things about Black is that he seems to actually talk to his audience rather than deliver a routine by rote.) He talks about the weather, about flying to New Zealand, about what we've done to water in this country, about the greedheads at Enron, homeland security, Weapons of Mass Destruction and other goodies. Anyway, make sure you catch it.