Richard Lewis on Countdown last night speaking about "The Half-Hour Newshour"

[GreenPartyVoter]

was utterly incomprehensible. The only thing I could think of was that he had SO much frustration built up inside him brought on by the multitude of ** admin sins that he wanted to speak about all of them and therefore really spoke about none.

Did anyone else get a sense of this?

[bluethruandthru]

1. Good description.

Utterly Incomprehensible. That man must have serious ADD. He couldn't stay focused long enough to finish a sentence. I'm sure his intentions were good, but, boy he sounded like a nutcase.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. I thought Keith look rather strained through it all. He probably felt

bad for Richard. :(

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. He didn't seem to understand he was there to be a commentator, not a

guest doing panel schtick.

[maxsolomon]

4. he's always like that

i never got the richard lewis thing. he didn't really have an opinion on it - just wanted to work in pogrom jokes.

he looks old, too. those must be some drugs he's taking to hold onto that hair.

[NYCGirl]

5. He is 60. NT

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Well he's looking all right for that age then.

[jayfish]

6. I Liked His Stand Up,...

but in situations where he's required to actually discuss a topic it can be brutal to watch.

Jay

[Tin Man]

8. Lewis' confused ramblings... forced me to flip. I returned to Countdown after he was gone.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. I stuck it out, but it was a cringe-fest most of the time. :^(

[Ediacara]

10. After about 3 minutes of his nonsense rambling I left the room

I can't believe KO invited him on and then seemed to be genuinely laughing at his "jokes."

[PA Democrat]

11. Did you here the really loud comments being made

before he was officially "on"? I am assuming that they had him miked and sitting in the studio ready to go on when it was time, but it sounded like he was making really loud commentary on the news Keith was doing.

Anyone else notice that?

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Yah, I did hear that. If they have him back they will probably have

to coach him a bit. I think he potentially had a lot of good things to say, but as someone else said he had trouble focusing and getting it all organized for the audience outside of his head.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

13. His shtick is so old

He does this self-obsessed Woody Allen thing that's all about fear and loathing but without any real insights. He's not an astute observer of anything but himself. What political comments he managed to get out between resorting to his old bits for laughs were vapid and shallow. Just...eccchhhhhhh.

[SoCalDem]

16. He always reminds me of how the old vaudeville comedians

remained on the scene, long after their humore was funny.. if it ever really was.

[Little Wing]

14. Coke?

[monmouth]

15. He made Musto looked genius!

[mwb970]

17. Lewis was a waste of time.

I had harbored a vague hope that he would bring some of his obvious intelligence and wit to bear on the wretched Fox Noise "comedy" show and why it was wretched, but they barely touched on that.

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. I htink he said he hadn't even seen it , which I thought was odd for KO to

bring him on to speak on the subject without having watched it.

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

19. Frankly, Lewis was unwatchable.

Seriously addled and NOT FUNNY>

[GreenTea]

20. Must be that new kidney Larry David donated.

[renate]

21. it was excruciatingly painful

I used to like him, about 20 years ago, on David Letterman's show. But 20 years of the same old "I'm a hypermanic loser" schtick is about 19 years too many.

It was horribly embarrassing to watch. I don't think he'll be back.