Zito talks with legendary comedian Lewis Black to help promote his upcoming appearance here in Tampa Bay Area. Lewis will be at the Mahaffey Theater, this Friday, December 17th at 8pm. Get your tickets over at ticketmaster.com. Hear the interview by clicking the play button above!
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 07: Comedian Lewis Black poses for a photo at a private event exclusively for SiriusXM subscribers at Barrow Street Theater on November 7, 2016 in New York City.
Zito and Lewis joke about how coming to Florida is how some people come to improve their mood, but he is unsure if that will help Lewis. Lewis is excited. He looks forward to the sun after being inside throughout Thanksgiving. Lewis laughs about how Florida has chosen to ignore the pandemic and continue to live their lives. Zito thinks it’s funny they waited till after Thanksgiving to drop a new variant as if hanging out with your family wasn’t bad enough let’s pile on the suck.
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 07: Comedian Lewis Black peforms at a private event exclusively for SiriusXM subscribers at Barrow Street Theater on November 7, 2016 in New York City.
Lewis gives his trick to avoiding family dinners after finding out his mother couldn’t cook. He makes people pick one to suffer through since Christmas and Thanksgiving are so close together. That only worked for so long, so now he makes plans to leave the country around these times to avoid those awkward family dinners. Over 15 years, it’s still working.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – JUNE 29: Comedian Lewis Black reads from his book “Me of Little Faith” during a performance at Largo at the Coronet on June 29, 2009 in West Hollywood, California.
This is the first time Lewis has been in the Tampa area in over 4 years, primarily because of the pandemic. He always plans one show in Florida every year, but it’s been an absolute blank for the Bay area. So what’s great is this is the first time that Lewis will be here at the Mahaffey.
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Zito wants to know if there will be a focus for Lewis Black’s famous angry rants for this show, and Lewis tells him that it’s just a matter of winding him up on something. However, he is upset with all sides of how this was handled, and so you can expect to feel some wrath if you are in the audience that night.