Black on Black

What a genius Lewis Black is!
I'm in the process of listening (it's better than reading) his book "Nothing's Sacred". It prompted an urge to download all his Back in Black segments from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. I can no longer watch the show itself because of a cable versus satellite competitions and regulations and cost-value schemes, but the internet serves me with the highlights.
Anyway, it has been a long time since such a politically aware comic has been so affective is Lewis Black. Politically in the way of Political-Correctness comic, not a Political-Governmental way.
Satire about celebrities and minorities and life in general has been amiss since someone invented political Correctness, and that person should be shot. Jon Stewart has made a whole career of it. There have been people in the past, Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, and others I might no even be aware of, but in my life-time I can barely remember any. None that were really exceptional (may Chris Rock forgive these lines). It's more than making jokes about them, it's putting them in a rediculous light.
Returning to Lewis Black, I just love him. He doesn't always make me laugh, and that's exactly the point. He touches nerves that most people nowadays stay away from. Things that I may not find funny, do not put me off of listening to every word he has to say. He warns us about the things in life we might take too seriously, and points out their absurdities. He points out the naked kings we wish to follow, worship, and celebrate. The way we empathize with celebrities who a suffer minor indignation, while our neighbors and fellow men wallow in true misery.
And on top of that, he is funny!
What else can we ask for?!