RICHARD LEWIS: I'M DOOMED (TV)
Summary
This stand-up comedy performance features complaining comedian Richard Lewis. In this program, Lewis intersperses his neurotic comedy routine with scenes of a therapy session he has joined. Topics of the performer's unique mix of humor and paranoia include the following: how he dresses and the problems that go along with shopping for new clothes; what it's like to join a therapy group or visit a psychiatrist; being afraid to go to the bathroom days before he has a show to perform; what must have been the worst job in history, creating the Guiness Book of World Records; how he deals with his mother's psychotic behavior; being a fan of boxing and wrestling; having dinner with a magician; the perks that go along with stardom; sitting in first class while your idol is in the row across from you; bringing his entire family to New York City to attend a Broadway show; family weddings; the cosmic importance of sex; why you should never buy major appliances at a drug store; having low self-esteem and how it drastically affects your love life; becoming a father and the pressures of making sure the child grows up right; singles bars not being what they used to be; and sex and the aging process. This program is closed-captioned.
Details
- NETWORK: HBO
- DATE: November 30, 1989
- RUNNING TIME: 0:51:59
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:39106
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: HBO - TV, 1990
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Howard Klein … Executive Producer
- Vic Kaplan … Producer
- Eddie October … Associate Producer
- Bruce Gowers … Director
- Richard Lewis … Writer, Performer
- Richard Dimitri … Cast, Dr. Rose
- Danny Aiello … Guest
- Marv Albert … Guest
- Angie Dickinson … Guest
- Robert Goulet … Guest
- Mickey Mantle … Guest
- Dudley Moore … Guest
- Ferdie Pacheco … Guest
- Simpson, O.J. (Orenthal James Simpson) … Guest
- Howard Stern … Guest