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Richard Lewis
Live From Hell
Release Date: 2000 11 14
Label: Grapeshot Records
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The first disc of this two-CD set is the soundtrack to the comedian's 1985 HBO special, I'm in Pain. Available on CD for the first time, the performance captures the neurotic comedian at his nervous best. Only Lewis could make paranoia and guilt sound so funny. Family, intimacy, and everyday life seem to be more than the comedian can bear, leaving him no response but to lash back at the world with pointed one-liners and hilarious observations. The second disc of the set is an extended interview conducted by magazine journalist Bill Zehme in 2000. Intimacy is a recurring topic, but Lewis also delves into politics, life as a comedian, and his battles with alcohol. The improvisational quality of the interview's give and take makes it an interesting and often riotous listen, with Lewis suddenly riffing on whatever subject lights his imagination. Not lost on him is the irony of a Jewish neurotic with hypochondriac-like leanings being interviewed in a radio studio owned by Christian Scientists, a religious group that doesn't believe in the use of medicine. A decade and a half after making it big-time as a standup comedian with his first cable special, Lewis sounds as weird, wired, and witty as ever. Brian Beatty, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Intro		1:09
2	Strangers and Jewish Satellite Dishes		1:00
3	Cops		:57
4	U.S. Mail		:57
5	Dry Cleaning Conspiracy		:54
6	Mother's Support?		1:06
7	Spitting on the Audience		:28
8	Gig From Hell		1:44
9	Deep South and Delicatessens		:28
10	Nashville and the King		1:13
11	Road		2:05
12	Television		:11
13	Porn Insecurity		5:38
14	Foreign Films		:34
15	Family Nightmare		1:12
16	Hawaiian Restaurant		:48
17	Cleanliness, a Dog's Suicide, Cottage Cheese, and Caesarian		1:19
18	Grandfather		:54
19	Grandmother		1:20
20	Car Trips		:54
21	Dumb and Old		1:00
22	Unhealthy Man		:55
23	Dates From Hell, Mistake Warnings, and Actresses		2:44
24	Cat from Hell		:52
25	Sex		:18
26	Birth Control		4:43
27	Orgasms and Lovemaking		2:02
28	"Welcome to Boston" and Christian Science		2:43
29	Medication		2:13
30	Spilling My Guts		:45
31	Middle Age		4:20
32	Little Tape Recorder Paranoia		1:10
33	Alcoholism, the Presidency, Roswell, and My Parents		:18
34	Alcoholism, the Presidency, Roswell, and My Parents		1:36
35	Alcoholism, the Presidency, Roswell, and My Parents		:50
36	I Apologize for Everything		:51
37	Bad Audiences		1:45
38	PMS, the Clitoris, Orgasms, and Don Ho		:26
39	God		:31
40	Penis and the Vagina		:21
41	Women and the Bible		5:46
42	Christian Science, Pt. 2		:27
43	Parenting From Hell		:40
44	Wolf Blitzer, Jesus, Fallwell, and Abe the Tailor		:51
45	I Scratched My Ass in Vegas		:48
46	Needs of a Comedian		2:08
47	Childhood		1:17
48	Italy		1:02
49	Sexual Hypocrisy and Republicans		1:10
50	Assholes, Puppets, Dogs, and Impotence		1:04
51	Horses		2:00
52	Little Tape Recorder, Pt. 2		2:17
53	Comedian From Hell		:41
54	Hypochondria		:12
55	Introus and Colonoscopies		:21
56	Wildlife Channel		4:09
57	Sexual Positions, Dr. J, and Condoms		:46
58	Vibrators, Dildos, and Willy Loman (Word Associations)		2:10
59	Actresses		2:20
60	Love		1:27
61	Penis		2:26
62	Happy		:43
63	Black		1:10
64	Therapy		6:21
65	Death		1:13
66	St. Peter		1:12
67	Paranoid Phone Call From Richard to the Record Company [*]		:37
68	Sinatra Story [*]		2:00

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