 A republican stands up in congress and says `I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA!!` and the democrat stands up after him and says `AND I CAN MAKE IT SHITTIER!!` I do have certain feelings. My feeling is that whoever is in charge, I want him out. [on why he will not campaign for political candidates, quoted in The Boston Globe, Aug. 1, 2004]
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In my lifetime, we`ve gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We`ve gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I believe that in 12 years, we`ll be voting for plants.
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Trivia
Graduated from Springbrook High School in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Attended the Yale School of Drama.
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Once worked for the Appalachian Regional Commission under President Nixon.
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Toured Europe with childhood friend, Cliff, in the late 60s with the intent on "hitchhiking and getting laid", neither of which were successful. His tour took him to London, Paris, Vatican City, and many cities in Italy, Spain, Tunisia, and Germany. Among others, he saw the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona and visited the Nazi concentration camp, Daccau.
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His mother, Jeannette, taught math in an all-black high school in Washington, D.C. She quit after the administration told her to stop straying from the rigid curriculum, wherein there were no real practical applications for students, many of whom were not going to college.
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Is a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.
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His father, Sam, was a mechanical engineer who built sea mines for the government during World War II and the Vietnam War. He quit ten years earlier than he had planned after reading the Geneva Accord and deciding there was no justification for the United States occupation of Vietnam. He then dedicated his life full-time to art, mostly stained glass and painting. He was also the one who introduced his son to theater and play writing, two things that defined Lewis Black's artistic endeavors long before stand-up comedy.
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Played basketball in high school.
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Once worked for the Silver Spring Post Office.
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Once co-owned a theater in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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He has written 40 plays.
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Had a younger brother named Ronald, who died of lung cancer in his 40s sometime in the mid 1990s.
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Graduated from University of North Carolina and Yale University
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Went to University of Maryland his freshman year.
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