Picture Mort Sahl

Richard Lewis' shtick still fueled by neuroses and anxieties

Q: But doesn’t most comedy - especially yours - come from being something less than well-adjusted?

RL: Most of the comedians I like — and the great ones — were totally twisted. Riddled with pain and phobias and dysfunctions. Give me Richard Pryor talking about setting himself on fire, and you have a pretty funny and real and exquisite routine.

Everything that strikes me as funny generally has to do with something that is bothering me. I’m close friends with [comedian] Jonathan Winters . We’re both recovering alcoholics. We were both raised in families that were like being raised by wolves. Actually, wolves would have done better. We have a lot in common. The majority of comedians use comedy to vent their frustrations and feel less alone on stage. When people laugh about my fears, bad ex-girlfriends, it helps.

Q: You’ve famously been in therapy for decades. Can stand-up be therapeutic?

RL: My mother and I had sort of a crummy relationship. My family wasn’t the most nourishing nest to go out into the world from. Never did I realize that I would be holding onto these emotional abuses forever. But I did. When that microphone goes on, I feel obligated to be the messenger for people who have gone through these feelings. The scar tissue just opens up, and it pours out of me. I need an audience almost more than they need me.

Q: Can stand-up be therapeutic for your audience?

RL: After shows, people come over to me and thank me for being miserable. We shake hands. I take a picture with their camera. And I feel so good. It’s like that old joke about standing next to a fat person, and you feel thinner. My audiences feel much better off when they come out of the theater.

I’m so self-deprecating by nature. But with a mic, it’s like being in Yankee Stadium . And my talking about recovery has helped effect change. I’ll tell drug horror stories and see a wife in the audience give an elbow to her husband. I know exactly what is going down: “You’re a fan of Richard ‘s. He’s made a change, why can’t you?” I know this happens because people tell me. I want people to know that I’m an alcoholic. There are billions of them. And if they’re fans of mine, I might push them to a point to take another road.

Download Don't Make Waves Movies - Killean

Don't Make Waves movie download

Actors:

Don't Make Waves Trailer, Reviews, Schedule, Photos and Don't Make Waves Cast on TVGuide.com Don't Make Waves In the opening moments of the 1967 film Dont Make Waves, Tony Curtis pulls up beside a billboard welcoming him to Malibu: Where The Action Is. Don't Make Waves: Information from Answers.com Plot British director Alexander MacKendrick helmed this farcical romantic comedy set in Southern California. Starring Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Robert Webber. Carlo Cofield ( Tony Curtis ) is a footloose tourist who meets. Don't Makes Waves Hollywood's Greatest Muscle Movie By Gene Mozee Muscular Development, December 1967 . The. New York tourist Tony Curtis falls asleep on a Southern California beach on his first night in the. Carlo Cofield ( Tony Curtis ) is a footloose tourist who. Most Helpful Customer Reviews: This really is a pretty good little movie, it's just too bad it's been so overlooked. Don't Make Waves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Don't Make Waves (1967) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer sex farce (with elements of the beach party genre) which starred Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale and Sharon Tate. Muscle men are becoming more and more. It's just plain FUN. Don't Make Waves - Bodybuilding, Weight Training, Nutrition and. Don't Make Waves (1967) - Overview - MSN Movies British director Alexander MacKendrick helmed this farcical romantic comedy set in Southern California. Don't Make Waves | Moviefone - Movies | Movie Times | Tickets. Don't Make Waves (1967) - IMDb With Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Robert Webber, Joanna Barnes. Don't Make Waves Movie Tickets, Reviews, and Photos - Fandango.com Get the Don't Make Waves plot, movie times, movie trailers, movie tickets, cast photos, and more on Fandango.com.

Ruby Paints a Picture

Mort

Picture

Picture this, how pictures work

Picture this