Richard Lewis (comedian)
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Richard Philip Lewis (born June 29, 1947) is an American comedian and actor. He has starred in sitcoms such as Hiller & Diller, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Anything but Love. He also plays Matt's rabbi father-in-law on 7th Heaven.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Lewis met Larry David, who was born three days after him, at Camp All America, in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, when they were thirteen. He is now featured in a recurring role on David's Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Lewis claims to be the originator of the expression "the ________ from hell" (the blank from hell) as in "the date from hell" or "the roommate from hell". This theory is expounded in the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode "The Nanny from Hell". Lewis has petitioned the editors of Bartlett's to be given credit for the coinage, but the editors claim that the phrase was a common idiom prior to Lewis' use of it. [1]
A documentary called Diary of a Young Comic (1974) captures a young Lewis as he moves from New York to Los Angeles.
Lewis has also achieved moderate success in films, appearing as Prince John in Robin Hood: Men in Tights as Julian Peters in Once Upon a Crime, and a supporting role as a frontier doctor in the 1994 comedy Wagons East. He also made a very brief cameo in the opening scenes of Leaving Las Vegas.
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[edit] Trivia
- Lewis endorsed the popular early 90s beverage, Boku.
- As a teenager Richard Lewis appeared on the Candid Camera television show.
- Lewis has written comic articles for magazines such as Playboy.
- Throughout the latter portion of his adult life, Lewis has often used the pen name "Aunt Dawn", particularly when scribing articles related to cooking.
- Lewis provided the voice for the golem in the episode of The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror XVII".
- In college, Lewis was in the Alpha Epsilon Pi Jewish fraternity at the Ohio State University
[edit] Famous Quotes
- "I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back."
- "I don't even masturbate anymore, I'm so afraid I'll give myself something. I just want to be friends with myself."
- "Before sleeping together today, people should boil themselves."
- "During sex I fantasize that I'm someone else."
- "My mother always phones me and asks, "Is everything all wrong?"
- "On New Year's Eve, people in New Jersey stay up til midnight and watch their hopes drop." [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Flamm, Matthew. Between the Lines. 60 Minutes. 11-01-2002. Retrieved on December 28, 2006
- ^ Byrne, Robert ed. The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said. New Jersey: Galahad Books, 1996.
