Product Details

• Actors: Lewis Black, Eddie Brill, Jim David, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Gold
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (PCM Mono)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Laugh.Com
• DVD Release Date: August 23, 2005
• Run Time: 35 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000AGTQEK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,692 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "A Pair of Lewis Black Shorts" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money!, December 6, 2005

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J. Davis "cold feet" (Hastings, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Pair of Lewis Black Shorts (DVD)

Yuch! My husband and I are HUGE Lewis Black fans, based on his live proformances, CDs and Comedy Central apperances. I bought this DVD for my husband's birthday. I was embarrased when we watched it together. I would like to think that this was done when Black was young, hungry and obviously stupid, but he doesn't look that young in the skits. I am also ashamed of anyone who paid Black or any of the other performers for this work. We are not prudes and may have been able to look beyond the crude vulgarity of this work if it were only funny. Don't waste your money on this. Spend it on some of Black's audio CDs, esp. the White Album and The End of the Universe.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Some advance warning, please?, August 25, 2005

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E. Andersen-Vie (Dayton, OH, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Pair of Lewis Black Shorts (DVD)

I had no idea what to expect from this, and am still not sure how this pair of sketch comedy shorts featuring Jim Norton, Lewis Black, Greg Fitzsimmons, and Jim Gaffigan among others can be rated, or even explained as they are presented. Vaudeville and Laural & Hardy-inspired as these skits are, there is little to explain their concept or even what we are watching. On the DVD are two skits. That's about it. No interviews, no extra footage to invite the viewer into the concept, nothing.

That's not to say that some of the performances weren't well done. The ideas for these pieces do seem like they were good ones; I am, however, left with an empty feeling after. In the descriptive terms that Lewis Black has himself used in the past, A Pair of Lewis Black Shorts come up short and to many will come across as proverbial candy corn.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN!!!!, September 15, 2005

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ERNIE CLARK (BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Pair of Lewis Black Shorts (DVD)

THIS DVD CONTAINS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST SHORT FILMS OF ALL TIME

CALLED "SIDESPLITTERS: THE BURT AND DICK STORY". IT STARS

LEWIS BLACK AND JIM NORTON AND IT'S DONE DOCUMENTARY STYLE.

THE SHORT HAS STYLES RANGING FROM THE THREE STOOGES TO

LAUREL AND HARDY. PARTS OF IT ARE FILMED TO LOOK LIKE

AN OLD FILM FROM THE 30'S. I HAVEN'T LAUGHED THIS HARD IN YEARS!

THE SECOND SHORT, "THE GYNECOLOGISTS" IS FUNNY TOO BUT THE REAL GEM IS THE FIRST SHORT FILM. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND BUY THIS.

YOU WILL LAUGH YOUR ASS OFF! LEWIS BLACK IS A COMIC GENIUS.