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These voices in my head don’t stop when the stage lights go down. When I’m touring, I have a LOT of down time on buses, planes, rickshaws, etc. And when I’m not touring, I need something to do at my health club, so they don’t think I’m casing the joint. So here’s a collection of what I've had my hand in over the last couple of decades.

TVMajor Television Appearances

The Root of All Evil (2007 – present)
Lewis acts as judge, jury and executioner as he goes after what he considers to be the Root of All Evil. From week to week, prosecutors such as Greg Giraldo, Paul F. Tompkins and Patton Oswalt argue their cases for who's more evil, with match-ups including Oprah vs. The Catholic Church, Paris Hilton vs. Dick Cheney, Disney vs. Scientology, sororities vs. strip clubs and more!



The Daily Show (1996 – present)
Nothing's Sacred by Lewis Black (2005)From the beginning of The Daily Show, Lewis was a weekly fixture. During the nascent days of the show when Craig Kilborn was host, Lewis would have two minutes to rant about whatever bothered him. Sitting at a desk in the back offices, lighting up on many occasions, he would give a tirade which would make the viewer think he was about to stroke out. As the show has grown and matured, Back in Black evolved as well. Lewis was brought into the studio, given theme music (Back in Black, of course), graphics and the addition of video footage to accentuate his ravings. Having never lost that ‘oh my god this guy is going to pop an artery’ feel, Back in Black is still one of the most popular segments on the show.   

Comedy Central Presents (1998)
"If it weren't for my horse..." Although not Lewis' first stand-up appearance on the network, this 1998 program was his first full length special. More social commentary than in his later specials, Lewis unleashes his rage on weather and weathermen, sun block, flu shots and Bill Clinton. But perhaps the most memorable bit in this special is Lewis’ recollection of the moment at IHOP where he heard the dumbest thing ever uttered.   

Comedy Central Presents (2000)
“No flying cars, NO FLYING CARS!” Lewis sets the tone on his second stand-up special by opening with “The new Millennium SUCKS!” But it’s the 2000 elections and their candidates that elicit Lewis’ full ire. Not one to pick sides, Lewis takes a dim view of the presidential and New York Senatorial candidates, tearing them apart piece by piece. Still aggravated over Bill Clinton’s escapades in office, Lewis wraps up the evening with a hilarious reading that highlights why no one from Arkansas should be elected President for the next 100 years.

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Comedy Central Presents (2002)
“MTV is to music as KFC is to chicken!” Even before the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction, MTV was screwing with the Super Bowl halftime show much to Lewis’ irritation. The “trifecta from hell” of Britney, N’Sync and Aerosmith was the offending line up that caused Lewis to snap. Then there was candy corn, the early arrival of Christmas and the end of the universe to push Lewis to the edge of sanity. But it’s his commentary on a post 9/11 world of religious fanatics, both domestic and foreign, where you realize it’s not Lewis, or us, that are crazy, but the rest of the world   

Taxed Beyond Belief (2002)
Set at St John’s University, Lewis, as Professor Black, teaches a ‘Taxes 101’ course to students which highlights the utter stupidity of our tax system. Lessons are supplemented with interviews with a New York City accountant, Bob Dole, John McCain and Larry King. The highlight of this special is watching Lewis going apoplectic trying to explain just a few of the 6000 pages of US tax code. You’ll never fill out a tax form the same again.   

The Happy Elf (2005)
Click to buy The Happy Elf at Amazon. (opens in new window)The Happy Elf is an animated Christmas special based on original works by Harry Connick. It is the story of Eubie, one of Santa’s elves with a propensity for being annoyingly jubilant, who decides to bring a little Christmas cheer to the dour Bluesville. Lewis voices ‘Norbert,’ the head elf who is tad on the irritable side and has serious issues with the ever cheerful Eubie. Imagine that.   

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Black on Broadway (2004)
Click to buy Black on Broadway at Amazon. (opens in new window)This is Lewis’ first HBO special filmed at the famed Brooks Atkinson Theater in New York City. Aggravated as always, Lewis starts off with good natured jabs at the audience and builds to fever pitch ranting about our political system ("The Democrats are the party of NO ideas, and the Republicans are the party of BAD ideas!"), the economy, Americans' obnoxious, reflexive patriotism, the current misguided health mania, and comparisons between the present day terrorism fears and the nuclear paranoia of his childhood.   


Red, White and Screwed (2006)
Click to buy Red, White & Screwed at Amazon. (opens in new window)Originally scheduled to be filmed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Lewis’ second HBO special had to be relocated to the Warner Theater after Kennedy Center officials felt his profanity-laced sets (specifically his usage of the word ‘fuck’) would not be a good representation of the Center. Lewis’ incredulity at the turn of events sets the tone for the entire night. Reaching near nuclear levels regarding George W. Bush's second term, Dick Cheney's hunting mishap, airport security, the president's support of creationism, and the inanity of 24-hour cable news, Lewis delivers an hour of cathartic laughter to an appreciative audience.   


Notable TV Guest Appearances
   - Late Night with Conan O’Brien (1997 – 2007) – 11 appearances
   - Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2005 – 2007) – multiple episodes, 'The Deadly Duplicator'
   - Law & Order: SVU (2004) – Obscene, 'BJ Cameron'
   - The Brak Show (2003) – Braklet, Prince of Spaceland, 'Zorator'
   - Homicide: Life on the Street (1997) – Deception, Laslo 'Punchy' Deleon
   - Law and Order (1991) – Aria, 'Director Franklin'
   - The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1990-1991) – multiple episodes, 'Bernie'   

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FILMMajor Motion Picture Appearances
Man of the Year (2006)
Click to buy Man of the Year at Amazon. (opens in new window)Man of the Year is a funny and provocative film about what would happen if a talk show host ran for President…and won. Lewis plays Eddie Langston, a well-worn comedy writer that ends up as speechwriter for would-be candidate Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams). Langston is caught between Dobbs desire for a serious candidacy and his own desire for Dobbs to be funny. Lewis has several good scenes, but the standout scene is Lewis talking about his love-hate relationship with TV.

“If everything seems credible then nothing seems credible. You know, TV puts everybody in those boxes, side-by-side. On one side, there's this certifiable lunatic who says the Holocaust never happened. And next to him is this noted, honored historian who knows all about the Holocaust. And now, there they sit, side-by-side, they look like equals! Everything they say seems to be credible. And so, as it goes on, nothing seems credible anymore! We just stopped listening!”   


Accepted (2006)
Click to buy Man of the Year at Amazon. (opens in new window)High school slacker Bartelby Gaines is rejected by every college he applies for so he creates a fictitious university to fool his parents into believing he actually will be going to college. The ruse works a little too well, though, and rejects from all over show up at the fake university for classes. Lewis plays ‘Uncle Ben,’ Bartleby’s best friend’s uncle, who they tap to be the dean of their fake college. Uncle Ben’s barely contained resentment of the government, educational system and modern life in general provide Lewis with a great premise to riff from. Many of his scenes with students were improvised as director Steve Pink just let him go.

“Look, we throw a lot of fancy words in front of these kids in order to attract them to going to school in the belief that they’re gonna have a better life, and we know that all we’re doing is breeding a whole new generation of buyers and sellers, BUYERS AND SELLERS! Pimps and whores, PIMPS AND WHORES! and indoctrinating them into a life-long hell of debt and indecision!”   

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Farce of the Penguins (2006)
Click to buy Farce of the Penquins at Amazon. (opens in new window)From the twisted mind of Bob Saget comes a take off the Oscar winning March of the Penguins. In Saget’s version, however, the penguins aren’t so much noble as they are horny. Lewis voices ‘Jimmy,’ the best penguin buddy to Saget’s ‘Carl.’ The mockumentary chronicles their trek to breeding grounds and their overwhelming desire to get laid.

“I'm so full right now if I farted, an anchovy would come out of my ass, and then I'd eat it.”   


Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
Click to buy Unaccompanied Minors at Amazon. (opens in new window)It’s Christmas Eve and a huge blizzard has shut down Hoover International Airport. Among the stranded travelers, five “Unaccompanied Minors” are determined to max out their holiday by running wild inside and outside the airport. Lewis plays Oliver Porter, the disgruntled and overworked airport official similarly stranded after his one and only vacation gets canceled due to the weather. Without a parent in sight, the rambunctious five outwit and outrun Porter and his gullible assistant (Wilmer Valderrama). The highlight of this kid flick is a six minute chase scene through the airport and down a snowy mountain. Lewis did his own stunts, being pulled down a Utah ski resort in a kayak, at night, in mind numbing temperatures. Check out the gag reel on the DVD for some hilarious outtakes of that stunt.

“Well…..this should be interesting.”   

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Sidesplitters: The Burt and Dick Story (2000)
American Dummy (2002)
The Gynecologists (2003)

Farce of te Penquins (2006)Lewis had prominent parts in each of these three profane and hysterically funny short films produced by Adam Dubin.

In Sidesplitters, Lewis, paired up with the dark and brilliant Jim Norton, plays half of an x-rated vaudeville team which could never get through a bit without dissolving into profanity laden outbursts. The wicked turn of Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on first” bit will either highly offend or cause gales of laughter.

“You gotta fuck her ass!”

In American Dummy, Lewis plays a comedy club owner killed by a rogue ventriloquist dummy. This twisted comedy about delusion, greed and murder stars a host of comedians and one very hot ex-porn star that does the unspeakable with said dummy on the comedy club bar.

“You better be great, kid, or next week this place is going to be a warehouse and you’ll be the stock boy.”

In The Gynecologists, Lewis plays against type as Mafioso ‘Cookie LaMotte.’ Cookie wants the guy who deflowered his daughter brought to rough justice and sets off perhaps the most oddball mistaken identity/chase scene ever put to film. There are more comics in this film than can be counted on two hands and all have memorable scenes.

“You son of bitch! You fucked my underage daughter!”   

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The Deal (1998)
The Deal is a dark and surreal comedy about a clandestine meeting between the world's two most powerful businessmen who negotiate a deal so immense, so awe-inspiring, so big, the meeting progresses from the enlightening to the ridiculous. Adapted from a one-act play written by Lewis, the two character, dialogue driven piece is as bizarre as it is funny. Lewis captures the dialogue of business with such cleverness that it never matters what actually constitutes the deal. The film ran for a time on The Sundance Channel and can be found on a DVD compilation called Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life.

VENEER
These are strange times, Boular. That suit you’re wearing. It’s quite stunning. And so soft to the touch.

BOULAR
Yes. My pride and joy. Comes from the Patchula Indians. I ran across them in the remote wilderness of New Guinea. A small tribe. Worshipped ticks. Laughed a lot. A quiet people.   

MINOR FILM APPEARANCES
   - The Aristocrats (2006)
   - The Night We Never Met (1993)
   - Joey Breaker (1993)
   - Jacob's Ladder (1990)
   - The Hard Way (1991)
   - Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)   

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BOOKSMajor Publications

Me of Little Faith (2008)

"What do we believe? And for God's sake why?

Those are the thorny questions that Lewis Black, the bitingly funny comedian, social critic, and best selling author, tackles in his new book, Me of Little Faith. And he’s come up with some answers. Or at least his answers. In more than two dozen essays that investigate everything from the differences between how Christians and Jews celebrate their holidays, to the politics of faith, to people's individual search for transcendence, Black explores his unique odyssey through religion and belief.

Growing up as a non practicing Jewish kid near Washington, D.C., during the 1950s, Black survived Hebrew school and a bar mitzvah (barely), went to college in the South during the tumultuous 1960s and witnessed firsthand the unsettling parallels between religious rapture and drug-induced visions (even if none of his friends did). He explored the self-actualization movements of the 1970s (and the self-indulgence that they produced), and since then has turned an increasingly skeptical eye toward the politicians and televangelists who don the cloak of religious rectitude to mask their own moral hypocrisy.

What he learned along the way about the inconsistencies and peculiarities of religion infuriated Black, and in Me of Little Faith he gives full vent to his comedic rage. Black explores how the rules and constraints of religion have affected his life and the lives of us all. Hilarious experiences with rabbis, Mormons, gurus, psychics, and even the joy of a perfect round of golf give Black the chance to expound upon what we believe and why —in the language of a shock jock and with the heart of an iconoclast.

"To put it as simply as I can," Black writes, "this is a book about my relationship to religion, where my — dare I say it? -spiritual journey has taken me...what it’s meant and not meant to me, and why it makes me laugh."

By the end of Me of Little Faith, you'll be a convert."


Here's a small excerpt.....

What am I doing putting my two cents in about religion?

Because I think it’s taken too seriously, and anything that takes itself too seriously is open to ridicule.

But when you write about people's beliefs, you are asking for it. Every page in this book has the potential to offend someone, somewhere, in perpetuity, throughout the universe. That doesn't even count the critics who will say it’s not funny enough. Or serious enough. Or spiritual enough.

Religion, funny? You've got to be kidding. I am kidding, but it's not going to be seen that way by some people, which is why you’ve got to keep poking fun at it. After millennia of religion being used as a club, someone’s got to search for organized religion's funny bone.

To put it as simply as I can: This is a book about my relationship to religion, where my—dare I say it?—spiritual journey has taken me. From the religious dead-ends I have wandered into the pinpricks of light I have seen and barely understood, it’s all here, in its complicated and infuriating glory.

And all of this is just my opinion, the way I look at religion, what it's meant and not meant to me. And why it makes me laugh.

So if religion has taken over your life and you don't want to think about it or laugh about it because it will upset you, do me a favor:

Don't read the goddamn book. Ever.

And ever. Amen.


Nothing Sacred (2005)
Nothing's Sacred by Lewis Black (2005)"You've seen him on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart offering up his trademark angry observational humor on everything from politics to pop culture. You've seen his energetic stand-up performances on HBO, Comedy Central, and in venues across the globe. Now, for the first time, Lewis Black translates his volcanic eruptions into book form in Nothing's Sacred, a collection of rants against stupidity and authority, which oftentimes go hand in hand. With subversive wit and intellectual honesty, Lewis examines the events of his life that shaped his antiauthoritarian point of view and developed his comedic perspective. Growing up in 1950s suburbia when father knew best and there was a sitcom to prove it, he began to regard authority with a jaundiced eye at an early age. And as that sentiment grew stronger with each passing year, so did his ability to hone in on the absurd. True to form, he puts common sense above ideology and distills hilarious, biting commentary on all things politically and culturally relevant. ""No one is safe from Lewis Black's comic missiles." (New York Times) “You have been warned.... "

Introduction: Why I Hate Authority

What am I doing writing a book?
I can't sit still for that long.

For reasons that now escape me, I wanted to be a foreign service officer. Who knows, maybe I thought it was glamorous, or maybe the idea of travel just appealed to me. (I doubt I was really interested in shaping American foreign policy; that sounded too much like work.) I soon discovered how many requirements there were to qualify for a job in foreign service, and that's when I decided that I wanted to be a writer, because there were no requirements. All you had to say was, "I am a writer," and you became one. You didn't even have to write anything. You could just sit in a coffee shop with a notebook and stare into space, with a slightly bemused look on your face, judging the weight of the world with a jaundiced eye. As you can see, you can be completely full of shit and still be a writer. Okay, maybe that's the one requirement.

I also thought it was going to be a great way to meet girls, but it wasn't -- probably because as I was staring into space, I no doubt looked mildly retarded. You see, I wanted to write plays, which in retrospect is a lot harder than learning Mandarin, I think. How I ended up in this delusional state shall be saved for another time.

Eventually I began to fill the pages in front of me with words. It was exciting. It was romantic. And yet I felt like I was losing my mind, listening to voices in my head while trying to overcome years of lethargy by sitting and stewing in my own juices for hours. My brain was constantly humming with a little voice that would cry out, "Are you insane? Who would want to read this drivel of yours, let alone perform it? There are real jobs even you can do and contribute to society. You are insane, aren't you? You just want to end up in an asylum somewhere, where they will take care of you." And in the twenty or so years that I wrote plays, I made less than I would have if I had chosen to be a migrant worker.

And so after years of playwriting, I became a successful comic. Go figure. So imagine my surprise when Steve, my agent, called and asked me if I wanted to write a book. Without hesitation I said, "Of course I want to write a book." But my brain was shouting, "You're insane."

Doesn't everyone feel they can write a book? Doesn't everyone feel that with just a few tens of thousands of well-chosen words they could put the earth right back onto its proper axis? (Maybe that's not the case nowadays; maybe everyone just wants to be on a reality TV show and have people write about them.)

With so many more places to drink coffee nowadays, I leaped at the opportunity to share my insights with the world. Ask someone to write a book and that person's ego knows no bounds.

After years of working as a comic, I know how to talk funny. But can I write funny? So that the words leap off the page in such a way that the reader is filled with glee? You don't know till you try, and there are legions of critics ready to tell you that you aren't funny in the least.

So what was I going to write about...? Certainly not politics, as the shelves are filled with wonderfully funny works that have successfully covered that subject, by writers from Art Buchwald to P. J. O'Rourke to Michael Moore.

I am no David Sedaris or Dave Barry or Mark Twain. Jesus, Mark Twain -- not only was he funny, but he's dead and he's still funny.

I picked up a cup of coffee and stared off into space. It's not so romantic when you actually have to have thoughts and write them down, especially now that I apparently had a severe case of ADD. My head just couldn't wrap itself around a topic, because I got bored immediately with any topic that came to mind. In my desperation to come up with an appropriate subject, I even considered writing about interior decorating, which I know nothing about.

Then one day, while sitting on a plane, headed to God knows where, I had a revelation. I am constantly in the air sitting next to guys who are about my age, and they talk to me as if I am twenty years younger than they are. And they seem twenty years older than I am. They always seem to have sticks up their asses. Where was my stick, I wondered? Where did the stick come from? Was there something inherent in being an adult that I had missed? Why did so many of my generation seem to have gone on to become joyless and officious snots? How could Dick Cheney and George W. Bush be around my age and yet it was as if we were living in parallel universes? Was there something wrong with me that when I heard the words "get on board" I would rather drown? It's not a question of politics. It's deeper than that. It has to do with our points of view, the way we look at the world. Where did mine come from?

That's what this book is about. Maybe I am emotionally stunted, but by the time I was in my early twenties I had developed the way I look at life, and it hasn't changed much since then.

This is the road I traveled, as I remember it -- which may not always be accurate, since as I have gotten older my memory has become a blender.

And so we begin.

Copyright © 2005 by Lewis Black

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CHARITY
52nd Street Project
The 52nd Street ProjectThe purpose of The 52nd Street Project is to give every child the experience of success through writing and performing his or her own plays. Economically disadvantaged children from the "Hell's Kitchen" neighborhood of New York City are paired with professional theater artists to create, mount and perform original theater pieces. The individual child is the focus of this Project's work. Workshops take place in local community centers and theaters, as well as during out-of-town retreats. They include One on Ones, in which youth are paired with adults to create a work especially for them that is performed by the child with that adult. In Two on Twos, a professional playwright creates a play performed by two 52nd Street Project participants. Playmaking is a series of playwriting classes for young people developed by Daniel Judah Sklar from his book Playmaking: Children Writing and Performing Their Own Plays. These classes were adapted to include a performance component. An ongoing acting company of children is under development. In addition, based on their experience, The 52nd Street Project has written a practical guide to teaching theater arts to children.

Lewis has been involved with project for many years as a mentor and created the Ron Black Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of his late brother in 2000. He is currently a member of their Advisory Board and Co-Chair of their Capital Campaign.

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Autism Speaks
At Autism Speaks, the goal is to change the future for all who struggle with autism spectrum disorders.

The foundation is dedicated to funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments, and cure for autism; to raising public awareness about autism and its effects on individuals, families, and society; and to bringing hope to all who deal with the hardships of this disorder. They are committed to raising the funds necessary to support these goals.

Autism Speaks aims to bring the autism community together as one strong voice to urge the government and private sector to listen to our concerns and take action to address this urgent global health crisis. It is their firm belief that, working together, they will find the missing pieces of the puzzle.

Autism Speaks. It's time to listen.

Lewis has been involved with Autism Speaks for the last two years and has participated in the Night of Too Many Stars as well as other Autism Speaks fundraisers.

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The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
The Brady Center to prevent Gun ViolenceThe Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and its legislative and grassroots affiliate, the Brady Campaign and its dedicated network of Million Mom March Chapters, is the nation's largest, non-partisan, grassroots organization leading the fight to prevent gun violence. The Campaign is devoted to creating an America free from gun violence, where all Americans are safe at home, at school, at work, and in our communities.

The Brady Campaign works to enact and enforce sensible gun laws, regulations, and public policies through grassroots activism, electing public officials who support gun laws, and increasing public awareness of gun violence. Through Million Mom March Chapters, The Campaign works locally to educate, remember victims, and pass sensible gun laws, believing that children have the right to grow up in environments free from the threat of gun violence.

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Award Presentation to Lewis Black

Lewis receives Brady Center award from Pres. Mike Barnes, 2005.

The Brady Center, works to reform the gun industry by enacting and enforcing sensible regulations to reduce gun violence, including regulations governing the gun industry. In addition, we educate the public about gun violence through litigation, grassroots mobilization, and outreach to affected communities.

Lewis has been a supporter of the Brady Campaign, raising funds and awareness for the last five or so years. He was honored by The Campaign in 2006 at a Washington D.C. ceremony for his commitment to ending gun violence.

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Childrens Health FundChildrens Health Fund
The Children's Health Fund, co-founded in 1987 by singer/songwriter Paul Simon and pediatrician/child advocate Irwin Redlener, MD, is committed to providing health care to the nation's most medically underserved children through the development and support of innovative primary care programs and the promotion of guaranteed access to appropriate health care for all children.

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Chlidrens Health Fund Benefit, 2009 - From L to R: Karen Redlener, Lewis Black, Charles Grodin, Irwin Redlener


CHF is passionate about our purpose and goal of supporting medically underserved children through direct primary health care and by functioning as a voice for disenfranchised families. We encourage you to get to know us better and to better understand the cost-saving and life-enhancing benefits of quality health care for all children.

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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
The Cystic Fibrosis FoundationThe mission of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a nonprofit donor-supported organization, is to assure the development of the means to cure and control cystic fibrosis and to improve the quality of life for those with the disease. The Foundation is the leading organization in the United States devoted to cystic fibrosis. It has more than 80 chapters and branch offices nationwide and funds and accredits 115 CF care centers across the country, including 94 adult care programs, which provide patients and families with vital treatment and other CF resources. In addition, 54 affiliate programs provide multi-disciplinary care for CF with Foundation support.

The Foundation is one of the most efficient organizations of its kind. In 2006, nearly 90% of every dollar of revenue raised was available for investment in CF research, care and education programs. The National Institutes of Health and many prominent publications, including Forbes and USAToday, have heralded our innovative business model, which fuels drug discovery and development programs.

Lewis Black and John Bowman at the 2005 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Golf Outing

CFF golf outing, 2005 - From L to R: Ben Brewer, Joe Grifasi, Drew McCoy, Gail Greenburg, John Bowman, Lewis Black

Lewis has been a friend and supporter of CFF for nearly 15 years. He lends his talents to their fundraising golf tournaments and programs, helping to raise thousands of dollars for the foundation.

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Rusty Magee Clinic for Families and Health at the Ackerman Institute for the Family
Opened in 2006, the Rusty Magee Clinic for Families and Health is named in memory of Rusty Magee, composer, lyricist and comedian for theater, film and television, a loving husband and father who exemplified invincible courage, unflagging good humor and huge generosity of spirit during his long battle with cancer. The clinic carries his name with special pride, and the work with families struggling with illness honors his legacy.

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Offering a full range of therapeutic services to couples and families coping with the many stresses of medical illness, the Rusty Magee Clinic for Families and Health is dedicated to helping families as they make their way through the unfamiliar terrain of the changes demanded by illness.

The clinic’s family therapists are especially trained to deal with the impact of illness on relationships – the devastating effects on emotional well-being, communication, financial resources, daily routines and meaningful rituals, all of which are disrupted when illness enters a family.

Unique among services in the tri-state area, the Rusty Magee Clinic for Families and Health responds to the needs of diverse families, helping to re-build relationships frayed by illness and loss.

Families who work with the clinic resolve conflicts, lower anxiety, solve problems and renew their own natural resilience.

Nancy Giles and Lewis Black present Sweet Appreciation award to Steve Olsen at Rusty Magee Clinic fund raiser.

Nancy Giles and Lewis present the first "Sweet Appreciation" award to West Bank Cafe owner Steve Olsen at the 2006 Rusty Magee Clinic fund raiser in NYC.

Lewis and Rusty were long-time friends and collaborators, working together at the West Bank Café’s Downstairs Theater Bar during the 1980’s. They remained close after the theater closed and continued to work on projects together. Lewis participates in the yearly fall fundraiser, Sweet Appreciation, with all proceeds going to the clinic.

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