Customer Reviews

Anticipation

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I had the pleasure of getting an early peek at this material when I went with a friend to see Lewis Black on New Year's Eve of 2007; the material on the CD was almost identical to what I heard. However, I had forgotten all the exact jokes, so I bought the album anyway. I laughed just as hard now as I did then.

Many of the jokes revolve around anticipation and how the anticipation of any event is better than the event itself. He talks about the anticipation of losing your virginity, how gamblers and golfers live their lives in anticipation, and he throws that theme in during his Santa track is a hysterical moment. A lot of these jokes are great because, as Bill Maher would say about Carlin, if you remove the punchline, the comments he makes are great material anyway. But even in some of his less "philosophical" stuff, he's still hilarious; any Lewis Black fan knows his mannerisms by themselves are worth quite a few laughs. But there are many to be had in this album regardless.

One thing I noticed was the nature of the jokes -- there are less political jokes. His Santa material deals with politics, but it doesn't deal with issues that happened recently. Even though his commentary on today's news is usually hilarious, the problem I've always seen with those jokes it that they're topical and don't age well; they can't find new fans. These jokes, however, about Christmas, golfers, and his losing his virginity are jokes that new listeners can hear 20 years from now and still understand. That's one thing I've always worried about with Lewis Black, but this album is one of his performances that'll age very well.

Another reason why I'm giving this album five stars is due to the fact that it never seems to sag. His Carnegie Hall Performance was great, but I felt it slowed down once it got to the topic about his performance at the White House dinner; it didn't help that his material on that was close to 20 minutes. This one doesn't seem to ever sag, which makes it well worth the money. Buy it.

Mr. Black's "anticipation" is a very sly title for an album. One of the routines of the album has to do with that subject and it is a great one to discuss. There are also very funny routines about losing his virginity, santa claus, Channukah etc... many of the other topics being tied in to the main theme of anticipation. In doing that he shows the hallmark of a great story teller.

Also not mentioned is Mr. Black's great talent of the art of speaking, whereas he has great timing, delivery and knows the art of highs and lows that are needed for a long dialogue.

One thing that I noticed, in the photo on the inside jacket there is a picture of Mr. Black on the inside. If one covers each half of his face one side looks like he is smiling the other looks sad. That might really say a lot about this great man and comic. He is able to take the sadness and frustration of the world and make me laugh and smile about it, which really is a wonderful gift to give the me and hopefully the world.

After listening to this gem by Lewis Black, it is with little doubt, his best work yet. Lewis losing his virginity to a LP record is hysterical and his funniest is "Blueberry Pancakes". Will make any man think twice before he makes pancakes for his wife. Buy this today because it is worht it!! By Brian Paillette

Lewis Black is perhaps the funniest stand up in the country right now - or at least approaching the level of the chris rocks and george carlins (rip) of the world. This is another hillarious album by Black. I love the first track.

I bought this CD as a Father's Day gift for my fiance, because we both love Lewis Black. I thought that it would be a good CD because it was knew and we hadn't heard these jokes before and oh my gosh it was AMAZING! so funny!! The delivery of the CD only took about 2-4 days after I ordered it and was in perfect condition, I would recommend this user and CD to everybody.

I loved this CD, and I laughed my [...] off. Worth every penny. Lowlights include golfer jokes that aren't quite as good as George Carlin's, and some others I don't remember that lead to mere chuckles. But once he got into the holidays, I experienced huge laughter. I'm new to Black, so I can't compare this to any of his other work...but I'm a fan for life now.

A great addition to Lewis Black's collection. I laughed out loud while listening to this and found it just as enjoyable as his other discs. Any fan of comedy will love this disc!

I really like Lewis Black so I am biased. He makes a lot of sense even by ranting and raving.

My wife and I are big fans of Lewis Black and try not to miss anything he does. We have spent enjoyable times listening and laughing at his CD's or DVD's (So uncontrollably one time playing a CD in the car that I had to pull over).
Maybe we've gotten to expect the same thing with everything he does ....
This one seemed to leave us wanting a little more. To our taste, it started off on a strong note and then seemed to lose it's edge toward the end. Enjoyable...For sure , but not as much as other things Mr. Black has done.

Thanx for Black's audio cd. He's 1 of the very few best comics out there today. Most of the media is politically correct.