Lewis Black's Rantcast #94 - Unprecedented
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- It has come to your host’s attention that some in the audience are upset with and/or annoyed by the rubber chicken. Maybe they don’t understand the importance of the rubber chicken in the history of American comedy, especially on the Vaudeville circuit. Many of those old Vaudeville theatres still exist, and Lewis will be performing at several of them in the coming months including the Paramount Theatre in Rutland VT, the Embassy Theatre in Fort Wayne, IN, and the Fox Theatre in Tucson, AZ. From coast to coast the spirit of Vaudeville lives on in these venues, where the appearance of a rubber chicken would not elicit a hint of controversy or surprise. But without the proper historical context, appearances by the rubber chicken in more modern forms of media have unleashed an unprecedented level of criticism. So, we want to hear from you the audience; should the rubber chicken stay or go? Let us know in the comments.
As for the events of the week, the word unprecedented applies to many of them. Unprecedented implies an event that has never happened before, or could not have been expected to happen given the circumstances. It is something new, novel, surprising, or original. If the event could have been foreseen, it should not be described as unprecedented. So, let’s all back away from the feigned surprise at the Pete Davidson/Kim Kardashian breakup. What was unprecedented this week was the FBI serving a former president with a search warrant and searching his property for classified documents. Also unprecedented is a former president keeping top secret documents in his home. (To be clear, the latter is the cause of the former.) In other unprecedented news from the crime blotter, a man was arrested for using a finger-gun to rob paper napkins from a Waffle House. The only unsurprising thing about both of these alleged crimes is that they happened in Florida.
The rants cover a range of topical topics including abortion, trans rights, the separation of church and state, home buying, and working at the VA. And to add to the unprecedented events of the week, we have a rant in support of winter.
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I love the rubber chicken! He makes more sense than most of our politicians.
heck yeah! i'd join a rcrc (rantcast rubber chicken) fan club if there was one
So so fucking true!
Clucking chicken .like real ones.
Not only more sense, but also a backbone!
The joy In Lewis’s eyes when the rubber chicken crows is only confirming the sanity, genius, and tenacity required for captain Black to deliver us, with unmatched comedic talent and skill, from the seas of our insecurities, to the shores of some sort of confidence.
So... nay?
@@rachelguderjahn2231 to quote the Fonz, “Aaaayyyy”👍
@@Moekoffee2001 *laughs*
@@Moekoffee2001 To quote Fozzie, "Wakka wakka wakka"
Why do we have a teacher shortage?
My ex-wife has a degree in teaching. She had to jump through hoops just to get her teaching license, then more hoops to get a teaching position,.....but the pay was low, the parents, students, and administration treated her like crap, and she had to spend money out of her own pocket just to be able to do the job. Then trump cut the amount that teachers and other public service personnel could claim for taxes.
She quit after a year.
I don't blame her.
There isn't a shortage the only ones staying for the abuse is due to the fact that they'll loose $hit "benefits"
@@katherenewedic8076
Are you saying that there’s no teacher shortage?
OR
Are you saying that some teachers are hanging on to their jobs to keep their benefits?
These are two different things, and both, or neither, could be true, regardless of whether the other was true or false.
@@katherenewedic8076 What?
It's is & has always been pathetic the low wages of teachers. And the disrespect they get. Let the little brats stay at home and give their parents the grief if they aren't interested in learning.
Perfect explanation....sorry about your ex-wife having to weather all that just to try and educate the upcoming generation...so very sad ad Must be addressed and corrected...
Yay for the rubber chicken he's comic relief in this world of madness that people failed to understand the true meaning of him keep it up Lewis
Yay! Rubber chickens still rock. My husband is on year 19 of teaching. Hugs.
Thank him from all of us. I'm also a teacher of years, and it's not getting easier.
The most apt definition of trump I've ever heard is "The turd that just won't flush." Wow is that descriptive and accurate.
I can never unread that statement but we all know how true it really is!
He's in need of a plunging and a good snaking!
A man who's managed to cover 90% of his head with 20% of his hair. (Christopher Hitchens)
The same thing can be said of the entire Democrat Party.
Yay for rubber chicken
Yay!
I just always wondered what the origin was and now I know! Keep em around. He drops little pearls of wisdom. He's smarter than the -average- smartest Republican.
Yes, yes, yes! The rubber chicken is the Hardy to Lewis's Laurel. You can't break then up. 😁
"This is a fine mess you've gotten us into, Oligarchy."
Rubber chicken was admittedly a little unnerving when I first started listening to the Rantcasts , but now I can't imagine it without him!
Rubber chicken is like very old comedy. Hell everyone used to own a rubber chicken, at some poi t it was a gag gift. Just like everyone owned two or three magic tricks
I think not having the Rubber Chicken in the into would be as alien as having someone else replace Lewis for the rant cast.
"You don't run a government by saying there shouldn't be a government." THIS.
This is a Fact but only rational minds can understand...
You're correct, Louis. The A1C test gives you a good idea of your blood sugar for the prior 3 month span. It tells your doctor, if you're a diabetic, if you've been managing it well, if you are not diabetic, it can tell you if you MAY BE in danger of becoming diabetic or if you are pre-diabetic.
YAY for the Rubber Chicken! He’s a modern day prophet!
Fake Ewes -- Rapture Prophets and Evangelical Zionists -- the highest PAID spiritual authorities on American TV screens -- proclaimed Trump chosen by God to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem, and DECEIVED 100's of millions of Christians, worldwide. How will they escape? it is a serious sin to mislead the ewes in the pews. Will they pretend, BEFORE GOD, that they did not know? Will you?
Tremendous show. Keep the chicken!
Yay for the rubber chicken! He always has something interesting and provocative to say... he needs to stay, hands down! Keep up the amazing and hilarious work you're doing Lewis.
I love that the rubber chicken has like an old Timey southern lawyer accent
Yay for the rubber chicken
Woo-hoo! #94! Most Excellent Good Sir Lewis!
Thanks for the kind words about Chautauqua. As a lifelong Chautauquan, 7 generations of my family going there, I grieve for the innocence lost. It was already getting more expensive and restrictive but after the S R event, they will have to step up security. Sad.
JUST SAYING L, I LOVE YOU , I LOVE YOU , I LOVE YOU FOR EVERYTHING. The years i watched the us news ,i am happy with you saying the things i would say if i had a voice and you also make me smile. You are right on the money with everything. Greetings from the Netherlands. Have a good day.🍷
I raised three children and graduated with high honors….I think I would be a good grade school teacher, but the requirements are monetarily unsustainable
Yea!! We need intelligent commentary !!
I miss precedented times. Thank you for what you do.
37mins in begins the best rant of WHY no laws should interfere with a patient and their doctor decisions. So wonderfully said and read. It must be conveyed in court!!!
Being a tax preparer, the tax credits will only be viable if you do a Schedule A form for itemized deductions instead of standard deduction
Awesome rant, Lewis! Refreshing to hear truth.
YEA to the rubber chicken, because yea means YES, and yay means woohoo! I like audio 'buttons' in a podcast, they are like callbacks or mantras and the rubber chicken's sound perfectly encapsulate the idiocy of what's going on
Yeah for the rubber chicken 🐔 😜 ❤.
Yay! Keep em! I love the rubber chicken!
Yay rubber chicken! The only time it has shocked me is when I fall asleep to reruns of your Rantcast but that is my fault, not yours. He is your sounding beaKon 😉
My son and I vote YAY for the rubber chicken!
All this time I thought he was the rudder chicken, going in circles like the rest of us. Thanks Louis, love you!
To the Right, to the Right, to the Right -- now you're going Left?
Spilled milk = Udder Waste. Borrow + Bomb = a False Profit
BS makes Scents. Bias makes Cents, even if it doesn't make any Sense.
See also: Be us and Buy Us.
I love Rubber Chicken. Never leave us.
Your Rants are gold I wish I had immortal parents like you do sir.
I love you Lew, I really do. You've been the standard go-to comic in my family for decades now. I vote "nay" on the rubber chicken based on the noise alone since I listen to you while working and it's always so damn loud compared to the base-level volume, but I do so very much enjoy you expressing your opening salvo about the week's events. If you need the rubber chicken to do this, then keep it goin' my dear friend and I'll gladly live with it.
You are so right Lewis, please make this evil man just go away. He is destroying this great country.
Epochal Eclipse a CROSS America on April 8th 2024, when MORE shall be revealed to those with "eyes and ears." The rest will see only an eclipse. 'Matthew 16: 4 Jonah 3: 4-5, 8 Jonah 4: 11 Don't stare at the sun.
The Rubber Chicken stays!!! And I agree with Tina, and everyone who is cool with the chicken! It cracks me up that you explained that it was a throwback to vaudeville! OMG! Love you, Lewis! Blessings ~_~ 🙏❤🙏❤🙏
54 % of white women voted for the Trump’s Supreme Court. Ohio Representative (Loveland, Ohio) Jean Schmidt stated pregnancy was an “opportunity,” no matter what age or situation. This is the times we live in. Dying during childbirth isn’t an issue with the majority of Americans, even if an abortion is necessary.
Amy's rant is one that should be on the National News and read loudly to a Joint Session of Congress.
Glad I found you lewis! I
always love to listen.
The rubber chicken reminds me of a speech therapist who showed up at school for Halloween wearing a white lab coat, a stethoscope, and a rubber chicken hanging out of her pocket. We all need to laugh and there are few things funnier than rubber chickens! I think the chicken should stay. Yay Chicken!
Yea for the rubber chicken!
Fuck yeah to rubber chicken.
what happened in Cincinnati further confirms that Ohio is insane. And I get to say that because I grew up in Ohio. And the people are indeed crazy.
Yay, I love rubber chicken 👍🏼❤️💯
Love it. Don't stop!
I live in Florida and DeSantis' with his so called smart ideas has decided to give our veterans a job as teachers. Without any certification and just letting people with no experience or training teach our kids. I have so much respect for Veterans and thank them for their service. We have a teacher shortage here in Florida as many left because of all the rules DeSantis made without a vote on it, and is trying to break up the teachers unions by doing this. He will be paying them less money and a classroom full of kids is hard to manage. I would hate to think about someone with PTSD to be in a room with 30 plus kids not listening to him/her. They want to make kids into little fascists. Already banning math text books which is a scam to get books bought by a company in Texas which is invested in by the Governor of Virginia. There is millions of dollars to be made as text books are expensive. The School Boards and our taxes have to pay for this. Please vote Blue and vote him out this fall. He is a Hitler wannabe and can never be President. He is worse than Trump if that is even possible. Trump needs to be indicted for his crimes. He is not above the law and is causing more violence. Vote Blue like your life depends on it, because it does. I love the chicken Lewis and love your rants. Thanks.
I absolutely agree.
DeSAntis - He's just Showboating.
DeSantis is a rino like Cheney and Romney none of you can name any of Trumps crimes because he didn't commit any and if you think Trump university was a crime then you must have a thing against financial seminars cause last I checked those weren't illegal. You people are too prideful to admit you're wrong you have all invested too much time into hating Trump that you can't back down now. You people are what's wrong with society. Don't bother proving me wrong cause you can't and you never will. All of your words and actions speak for themselves.
Thanks for reading my rant. It’s was pretty cool, pun intended. ^-^
Yes to the rubber chicken. I am going into year 28 of teaching middle school. Sometimes you and the rubber chicken and the Ranters, and I know how crazy this is, the on voices of reason in my week!
Yay! The rubber chicken represents our collective consciousness and brings us perspective.
Thanks Lewis for keeping it real.
Excellent rant!
Thank you Lewis l appreciate you.
Yay! Keep the rubber chicken!
It took me a while to get used to him, but now I don't want your podcast without him!
Rubber chicken yes. Lewis thank you for this rant. Funny as hell and straight to my heart. Your Chautauqua words brought tears to my eyes.
I can’t think of a more fitting metaphor for the discourse in this country…than arguing with a rubber chicken.
Love love love the rubber chicken's wisdom.
I couldn’t believe they were still going out together. I can’t believe I got an update from Lewis black about Pete Davidson’s love life.
The Rubber Chicken is classic... Love it... And, love You, Lew!
YA! I love the rubber chicken! But most of all we love you Lewis!
Enough is enough!
I could be way out of line but know what this Rantcast could use?
More Rubber Chicken!
Yay for the rubber chicken!!!
Yay for the rubber chicken!!!!!
Do you ever feel like a target of hate? Honesty seems to attract anger.
YEA for the rubber chicken!!! Also, thank you for your Rantcasts.
When the guy came up, I was expecting a Red pill, and a blue pill, but he had a box of pills, in every color of the rainbow, and in a few colours as well. There was even one "Rainbow Colored" pill and one that looked like a rubber chicken. I didn't know which one to take, and so I just went to Starbucks, and had a their "pill" expresso.
Oh, and I'm glad to hear the rant about the VA office. Did you know that the VA is protected, by law, from lawsuits? Well, it is.
As you may have noted, it's hard to say, the laws against abortion are contrary to the separation of church and state. Abortion is a religious thing. To try and tell someone that a fetus is more important than the woman carrying it, is to say that that person is not the equal of other people. If the woman dies, while carrying the baby, the baby usually dies. If it's a choice of either/or then I'm sorry, it should be the baby.
Rent will never come "back to normal". I live in a place which was about four hundred dollars a month when I moved here in two thousand ten. It wasn't worth that much, but it was right across the road from my hospital, and so I moved in. Over the past twelve years the rent has doubled, and there has been NO upgrade of the property. I'd move, but there's no place better that I can afford. This sucks.
This is a problem that nearly all of us on fixed income now(75 yrs old) who rent have had to face...
When the Democrats slipped a Mickey into our drink, the Republicans quickly countered with a Donald. And that made us Goofy.
Yea! 👍🙂 🇨🇦
Yeah for rubber chicken 🍗
I'm no fan of the Rubber Chicken, but I appreciate the nod to Vaudeville. The practice of acknowledging those who paved the way has great merit. Most of all though, I enjoy witnessing the extreme glee with which you dive into the gag. The Rubber Chicken must live on.
Yea 👍 per chicken. I remember rubber chickens from the 60's. LOL 3:03 yeppers. WOW exeptional rants by all. Thanks.
Hey LB, love your comedy!! I have your talking/cussing figurine. Was the only way I could listen to someone speak for four loooongest years of recent, about wore the cuss button out. Also have a small sized rubber chicken on dash of my car at all times, like a protective angel on the fender, I call him “my lucky dead chicken”. I stopped at a car dealership recently and the young sales guy rushed out, said “I had to meet the guy with a rubber dead chicken on his dash” wrongfully thinking I’d be extra interesting. Quirky yes, interesting, no. Keep on Truckin a long time yet Lewis !! Upside down inside out America loves you now more than ever.
The old people in office aren't doing $hit for this old person
Rubber chicken 🐔 yaaay!!
I'm sure Lewis takes good care of all his needs, & he's crowing 🐓 his gratitude.
Yay! For the rubber chicken!
I didn’t know the back story but it didn’t matter. I can’t believe people are upset about a rubber chicken. 😂
PLEASE LET THE RUBBER CHICKEN BE! I have my own RC, and she is so inspired by your chicken, Lewis!
P.S. I hope Salman Rushdie makes a quick recovery, it is horrendous to think something that horrible happened here, to someone who came to America to escape such violence!
P.P.S. as always, I LOVE YOU LEWIS!
No, Lewis, you're not losing your grip. We need you to help us keep a grip on something -- anything -- in this modern Hellworld reality that we now live in, and you have a grip worth talking about.
The federal govt, including the President, has no power to pardon a state crime.
If a state Governor wanted to issue the pardon for a state crime of abortion (or related such as aiding, abetting, whatever), then they would have the power to do that. But then, what are the odds of a Governor who would be on that side if the state has a law against abortion?
Never understood what the rubber chicken bit is. Thanks for explaining. Keep it, don’t keep it… don’t care.
Love from Columbus Ohio ❤
Yea Rubber Chicken!
I love the rubber chicken! His views and opinions are clear and unbiased, and his words are plain and consise and he's easy to understand!
The Rubber Chicken is hilarious! Love it.😎👍🏻
You are amazing. I agree
Yay for the rubber chicken 🐔.
Rubber Chicken for Congress!
A "House" (Country) divided can (will) not Stand. Democracy failing.
Yeah for the Rubber Chicken!
The rubber chicken must stay! He’s the clarion call of the rant cast, couldn’t imagine it without its mascot and town crier!
The rubber chicken makes my dog go crazy 🤪 but keep it anyway I can just turn the sound off
Yay yay yay for the rubber chicken!!!!
I absolutely love the rubber chicken! I did not know that he originated in Vaudeville. I think he is just adorable and I am always interested in his opinions.
The rubber chicken could chime in another time also. It's a straight up voice. Love it.
Isn't this crazy, Lewis? I don't really care one way or the other about the rubber chicken. He seems to tickle you and has better comments than most of our politicians. Ha ha. If he makes you smile then keep him. When did all these people become judge and jury for everyone else? I think we need to listen to all the noise going on in our country. Poor Ohio, poor US. Personally and as a nation. We are better than this. Amen to everything you were speaking about. We sure need you and your voice of reason..hang in there. We need you!
Thank you Lewis 😊
Love the chicken!
Yea!
Yay. more rubberchicken! !! greatings from Norway
YAY ! Love rubber chicken. Crazy thing is, I'm beginning to understand his communication.
As for the over 70s in Congress...public school teachers are forced to retire at 70. Could there be a reason? I agree with Lewis that this isn't a 100% thing. There was a wonderful science teacher at my high school in the 1990s that was forced to retire...but for the most part we had a few teachers that were past their experation date and weren't 70 yet. The truth is that this 45 year old agrees with that 27 year old. There shouldn't be an overwhelming majority of elderly people deciding my kid's futures! We have a member of Congress who appears to be going senile, but that's apparently okay. If for no other reason, than to make room for a new crop of almost elderly people to get their chance at governing this country, we need these people to retire. By almost elderly, I'm talking about 50/55 year old people that have been waiting, in some cases 20 years, to get their chance! SERIOUSLY WTF! Wow! I did 2 mini rant comments for one Rant Cast...thanks Lewis...I guess I just needed to get it off my chest. Thanks to your ranters as well. Have a great day (if you can) everyone! Lol
EDIT: Had to edit because "dam you auto correct" changed ranters to renters! OMG! I feel another rant coming on!