210 - Idiot's Delight

Lewis Black's Rantcast

Lewis Black

Comedy, Leisure, Stand-up

4.8 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Lewis has always liked the title of the play Idiot’s Delight and it certainly seems to be describing the times that we are currently in. As the world spent a collective moment watching The Super Bowl this weekend, Lewis has a message for the NFL and its almighty self-importance. Big game aside, each passing day seems to sound a red alert in our nation’s capital and though he might be able to give our Leader credit for one thing, that good will is dashed almost immediately with bad cabinet choices, dismantling of agencies, and the proposal to put his face on Mt. Rushmore? While the GOP get’s its fair share of “Fuck You’s” this week, Lewis has some for the Dems as well. All in a week’s work. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that one of our longer rants of the week are about bidets and the need to keep your ass clean. ___________________ For advertising opportunities email: [email protected] ___________________ TOUR DATES: http://www.lewisblack.com/tickets GET MERCH: http://www.lewisblack.com/collections ____________________ SUBMIT RANTS TO LEWIS Have something you want to get off your chest? http://www.livelewis.com _____________________ SUBSCRIBE TO THE RANTCAST http://www.lewisblacksrantcast.com ____________________ FOLLOW LEWIS https://www.lewisblack.com https://www.instagram.com/thelewisblack https://www.twitter.com/thelewisblack https://www.facebook.com/thelewisblack https://www.youtube.com/OfficialLewisBlack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We're going to have a flyover. We're going to do this. We're going to roll out the flag.
0:03.2	We're going to do everything.
0:05.2	Stop it. Okay?
0:07.5	Flip a coin, kick off. Let's move on.
0:11.0	All right? This is bullshit.
0:15.4	This could all go horribly wrong at any minute.
0:20.1	Hello and welcome to the 210th edition of Lewis Black's Randcast entitled Idiot's Delight.
0:28.5	Yes. And it truly is. It's one of my favorite titles of a play and then a movie.
0:36.9	It was written by Robert Sherwood, Sherwood back, I believe,
0:40.4	in the 30s. And I read it then. I read it. And probably saw the movie and I would love to
0:50.8	give you the plot, but my memory is slipping and sliding at best,
0:57.3	and certainly when it goes way, way back in terms of all the plays that I've read,
1:01.4	I just always delighted in the title.
1:06.4	I just think it's a great title, Idiot's Delight.
1:11.0	And it certainly describes the time that we're in,
1:14.1	where that certainly you've got to be an idiot to take delight in what is happening around us.
1:20.2	And let's start with one of the most idiotic openings of a Super Bowl I've ever seen.
1:25.8	They just can't pack enough shit out there as if they're the fucking Vatican, okay?
1:32.8	Stop with the self-importance National Football League.
1:36.7	Just stop it, okay?
1:39.3	Please get a grip.
1:41.4	All right, now we're going to, it's like being at the, you're not the Vatican,
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