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Once the "happiest season of all," the daunting days between Thanksgiving and New Year's often end with a hangover, a potbelly, and enough credit-card debt to make our heads spin. In Surviving The Holidays With Lewis Black, the "Curmudgeon of Comedy" Lewis Black returns to History to make sense of the 36-day marathon of stress that consumes us all. Armed with history, humor and his trademark ranting, the ever-acerbic Lewis takes a comedic look at how to survive the "month-long festival of consumption" without losing your mind. Watch as Lewis consults experts in holiday history, anxiety and gift giving, and explores the meaning of Kwanzaa, the history of Chanukah, and the real Saint Nicholas. He'll interview turkeys on a turkey farm, do a stint as a department store Santa and investigate why we drink on New Year's Eve. Fellow comedians, including Bob Saget, Craig Ferguson, Joy Behar, and David Alan Grier, weigh in on the anxiety-inducing holiday season and offer survival tips of their own.
Original Release
11/23/2009
US Release
11/23/2009
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lewis Black | Self - Host / Self |
Orny Adams | Self |
Franklyn Ajaye | Self |
Wil Anderson | Self |
Amy Aquino | Self |
Herb Astrow | Self |
Ian Bagg | Self |
Joy Behar | Self |
Richard Belzer | Self |
Owen Benjamin | Self |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lewis Black | Self - Host / Self |
Orny Adams | Self |
Franklyn Ajaye | Self |
Wil Anderson | Self |
Amy Aquino | Self |
Herb Astrow | Self |
Ian Bagg | Self |
Joy Behar | Self |
Richard Belzer | Self |
Owen Benjamin | Self |
Shelley Berman | Self |
Matt Braunger | Self |
Bryan Callen | Self |
Peter Colapietro | Self |
Bethany Dwyer | Self - Comic / Self |
Matt Dwyer | Self |
Craig Ferguson | Self |
Kirk Fox | Self |
Don Friesen | Self |
Nancy Giles | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lewis Black | Executive Producer |
JoAnne Astrow | Executive Producer |
Steve Kroopnick | Executive Producer |
Carl H. Lindahl | Executive Producer |
Mark Lonow | Executive Producer |
David McKillop | Executive Producer |
Stu Schreiberg | Executive Producer |
Shae Kennedy | Producer |
Ken Pisani | Producer |
Richard Tucci | Producer |
Wendall Adams | Producer |