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EspionageComedian ( Edward Morgan Blake) is a fictional character. He debuted in the, published in 1986 and 1987. The Comedian was created by writer with artist. As with most of the main characters in the series, he was an analogue for a character, in this case the.
Moore imagined the Comedian as a mix between the Peacemaker with 'a little bit of ' and 'probably a bit of the standard patriotic hero-type'. Contents.Character background Events of Watchmen The story of Watchmen starts with the aftermath of Edward Blake's murder in 1985. Fellow crimefighter, independently investigating the murder, discovers that Blake was in fact the Comedian. The main plot of Watchmen initially involves Rorschach's suspicion of a plot to kill costumed heroes ('masks'); his continuing investigation into Blake's murder leads to a much larger, more horrifying secret. The Comedian appearances in Watchmen consist of of the other characters, and is also mentioned in Under The Hood, the fictional of Hollis Mason (Nite Owl I) that appears in Watchmen issues 1-3.The Comedian was a -chomping, gun-toting -turned- agent. When he first became a costumed adventurer in 1939, he dressed in a -like costume with a simple.
A brutal, Blake manages to expunge most from the harbor. He became the youngest member of The Minutemen, a prominent group of heroes. After a photography shoot, he attempts to rape fellow Minuteman; she escapes only when another Minuteman, interrupted the assault and beat Blake, breaking his nose. The Comedian was expelled from the group—but Silk Spectre's agent persuaded her not to press charges against him for fear of what it would do to the group's image. He impregnated Silk Spectre with her daughter and successor, Laurie, during a secret, consensual encounter years later.
In the 1940s, Blake updated his Comedian uniform, after being stabbed by a small-time hood. He adopted a leather outfit that served as light, adorned with short star-and-stripe-themed sleeves and a small button.
He retained the small domino mask and began carrying a pistol. He fought in, becoming a war hero in the.
It is also implied, but not directly stated, that he murdered Hooded Justice in revenge for the beating he suffered.By the late 1960s, Blake had begun working as a covert government operative. Hollis Mason, the original, had published his autobiography Under the Hood by this point and in it disclosed the Comedian's sexual assault on Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre. In 1966, he was invited to join the Crimebusters by Captain Metropolis, but he quickly ruined the older hero's hopes of a new team by mocking him, and pointing out that old fashioned crime fighting methods would not save the world from nuclear war.Alongside, the Comedian played a major role in the United States'.
Shortly after Manhattan's godlike powers forced the to surrender, Blake was confronted by his lover, a pregnant Vietnamese woman; she is referred to as 'Liao Lin' in 's draft. He told her bluntly that he planned to leave the country immediately without her, and in a rage she slashed his face with a broken bottle. Blake shot and killed her, but the attack left his face permanently disfigured with a scar running from his right eye to the corner of his mouth. After this incident, he began wearing a leather -style mask when dressed as the Comedian.The costumed adventurers faced massive backlash and rioting in 1977; in response, Congress passed the Keene Act, requiring all heroes to register with the government if they wished to remain active. The majority of them 'retired' in anonymity; while others, such as Rorschach, continued their activities in open defiance of the law. Doctor Manhattan and the Comedian were two of the few who registered and were employed by the government.
Blake enjoyed his new role in the government and the protection it offered, even going so far as to suggest to members of President Nixon's staff that he had killed and before they could reveal the details of the, as well as being behind the execution of (on Nixon's orders). The in 1980 was resolved when Blake freed the captives after an assault.It was during his return from a government mission in 1984 that Blake discovered the island where Adrian Veidt was conducting his experiments that would ultimately destroy New York City. Shocked and appalled by what he finds, Blake realizes that no one will believe him if he reveals Veidt's plan. Veidt, to ensure that Blake does not compromise his operation, confronts Blake in his high-rise apartment and throws Blake out of the window, killing him. Before Watchmen In Before Watchmen: The Minutemen #1, additional details are revealed about the Comedian while material from the main story is somewhat.
It is revealed that the Comedian got his start as a costumed adventurer at the young age of sixteen and had a prior criminal record for assault. Unlike the rest of the costumed heroes of the Minutemen, he is shown to be driven by and an inherent love for violence. In particular, he assaults a after breaking up a bar fight and steals liquor and money from the cash register.
The issue also implies Blake may have been a victim of severe as he claims that a 'caseworker' told him what he suffered was the cause of his violent outbursts, though Blake's status as an makes the claim uncertain.Before Watchmen: Comedian #1 rewrites the character's back-story further. It is revealed that Blake was close personal friends with and as well as. This contradicts the main Watchmen series, which cast Edward Blake as a close personal friend of (for whom he had worked as an assassin). The mini-series reveals that Blake was responsible for the murder of (ordered by Jackie Kennedy, behind her husband's back) as well as revealing that, despite strong innuendo from both Blake and Ozymandias, that he did not kill John Kennedy and was attempting to confront when he found the villain watching the live coverage of the assassination, including Kennedy's death, which caused the two foes to commiserate in their grief. It is implied that a former FBI agent with a resemblance to Blake may have been behind it. Events of Doomsday Clock In the sequel comic book, the Comedian seemingly turns up alive when he confronts Ozymandias at the time when he was in the DC Universe meeting with. It is revealed that Doctor Manhattan has captured the Comedian from moments before his death, causing him to wash ashore outside the city of Metropolis and greeting him.
The Comedian continues on the trail of Mime and Marionette. He catches up to, Mime, and Marionette when they attend an underground villain meeting held by to discuss the Superman Theory. He makes himself known by shooting in the face. While pursuing them, he evades 's attacks, shoots Riddler in the leg, and uses a grenade to defeat the other villains present. When Mime and Marionette are in bed together the next morning, the Comedian catches up to them, planning to use them to find Ozymandias. Before the Comedian can do anything, Joker comes to Mime and Marionette's rescue where he uses a joy buzzer on the Comedian.
As Batman gets free and fights Joker, Mime and Marionette escape with the Comedian and the Lantern Battery. Upon catching up with Ozymandias and shooting him, shoots the Comedian with a device which returns him to the moment he was taken from, leaving him to die. Character inspiration and origin of name Alan Moore has stated that the Comedian, besides his comic book inspirations, was also based on, a former FBI agent and a figure in the as the chief operative in the unit during the. Liddy was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wiretapping for his role in the scandal. Moore imagined the Comedian as Liddy with 'comic book muscles'.In the comic, explains that Blake's moniker of 'The Comedian' stems from his cynical and arguably selfish world perspective that 'in an insane world', one can only laugh, as if everything is 'a joke'. Moore took the idea of the name from 's novel.
Powers and abilities The Comedian was a skilled hand-to-hand combatant in excellent physical condition, even at the time of his death at the age of 61. Blake was proficient with his, and, and was shown using a variety of conventional weaponry in his adventures (, etc.). His government-sanctioned activities suggest that he received training in covert operations and unconventional warfare.The smiley face badge. The Comedian's badge in the 2009 filmThroughout the work, the Comedian is typically seen wearing or in close proximity to the ' button which is closely associated with him, and has become the iconic symbol of the Watchmen series as a whole. At the beginning of the series, the button is smeared with a single drop of blood which, if the button is viewed as a clock face, is at the position of the minute hand of the at the time of the series, five minutes to midnight.In other media Film. The Comedian appears in, portrayed by.Video games. The Comedian appears in a in, voiced by Mark Silverman.Motion comics.
The Comedian appears in, where he, along with every other character in the series, is voiced by.References. Cooke, Jon B.
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Richard Lewis | |
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Birth name | Richard Philip Lewis |
Born | June 29, 1947 (age 72) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Medium | Stand-up, television, film |
Nationality | American |
Years active | 1977–present |
Genres | Black comedy, surreal humor |
Subject(s) | Self-deprecation, neuroticism, psychotherapy, hypochondria, paranoia, depression, human sexuality, Jewish culture, pop culture, family, eating disorders |
Spouse | Joyce Lapinsky (January 2005 – present) |
Notable works and roles | Marty Gold in Anything but Love Himself in Curb Your Enthusiasm |
Richard Philip Lewis (born June 29, 1947) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
He came to prominence in the 1980s as a comedian specializing in self-deprecating humor before turning to acting. He is known for co-starring in the comedy series Anything but Love (1989–92) and for his recurring and semi-autobiographical role in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–present).
Early life[edit]
Richard Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Englewood, New Jersey, where he graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1965.[1] His father worked as a caterer and his mother was an actress. The Lewises are Jewish[2] but not especially religious.[3] Lewis recalls his childhood antics at school as a class clown resulted in negative reactions from teachers at times.[3]
Lewis attended Ohio State University. He was a member of the Eta chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity there.
Career[edit]
Lewis began performing stand-up comedy in the 1970s. He worked as a copywriter for an ad agency by day, while honing his stand-up act at night. The ad agency was named Contemporary Graphics (now defunct) and was located above Lovey's pizzeria in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey. Lewis gained popularity in the 1980s with numerous appearances on Late Night with David Letterman and his own television specials on HBO. He is noted for always wearing an all-black outfit.[4]
Lewis made his acting debut in Diary of a Young Comic. He co-starred with Jamie Lee Curtis on the TV sitcoms Anything but Love, which ran for four seasons, and with Don Rickles on Daddy Dearest. Lewis had a recurring role in Rude Awakening and as Rabbi Richard Glass in 7th Heaven. He appears in the Tales from the Crypt episode 'Whirlpool.' In 2007, he made a cameo appearance as Phillip in George Lopez. He also made cameos in Everybody Hates Chris as an old man in the hospital bed next to Chris Rock and as Charlie Sheen's accountant in Two and a Half Men.
Lewis has written comic articles for magazines such as Playboy and endorsed the popular early-1990s beverage Boku, as well as Snapple and Certs breath mints.
Lewis has achieved moderate success in films, appearing as Prince John in Robin Hood: Men in Tights, as a frontier doctor in Wagons East, as an unemployed actor in Once Upon A Crime and as himself in The Wrong Guys. He plays the lead role of Jimmy Epstein in Drunks and in Game Day. Although most of his performances are in comedy, Lewis also appears in the dramatic films Leaving Las Vegas, Hugo Pool, and The Maze.
On January 9, 2001, Lewis visited The Howard Stern Show to promote his book The Other Great Depression, which described his recovery from alcoholism. Lewis has been sober since August 4, 1994.
He had a frequent recurring role as a character based on himself in Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry David and Lewis met at summer camp in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York when they were 13.[5]
Richard Lewis is ranked #45 on Comedy Central's list of '100 Greatest Standups of All Time.'[6]
Lewis claims to be the originator of the phrase 'The ______ from hell' as in 'the night from hell', 'the date from hell' or 'the roommate from hell'. This theory is expounded in the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode 'The Nanny from Hell'. Lewis has petitioned the editors of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations to be given credit for the coinage, but the editors claim that the phrase was a common idiom prior to Lewis's use of it.[7] (For example, during World War I, kilted Scottish soldiers were given the nickname 'The Ladies from Hell' (translation of German 'Die Damen aus der Hölle') by German troops. A short story, 'The Man from Hell', by John Russell Fearn was published in Fantastic Adventures in 1939.) However, the Yale Book of Quotations attributes the phrase to Lewis.[8][9]
Filmography[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1977 | Diary of a Young Comic | Billy Goldstein | Gary Weis | TV movie |
1980 | House Calls | Dr. Leon Prometheus | Bob Claver | TV series (1 episode: 'The Phantom of Kensington') |
1985 | Temporary Insanity | TV movie | ||
1986 | Riptide | Andrew Fitzsimmons Carlton III | Michael Switzer | TV series (1 episode: 'The Wedding Bell Blues') |
1987 | Harry | Richard Breskin | TV series (7 episodes) | |
CBS Summer Playhouse | Joey | James Komack | TV series (1 episode: 'King of the Building') | |
1988 | The Wrong Guys | Himself | Danny Bilson | |
Tattingers | Longo | Allan Arkush | TV series (1 episode : 'Death and Taxis') | |
1989 | That's Adequate | Pimples Lapedes | Harry Hurwitz | |
1989–92 | Anything But Love | Marty Gold | TV series (56 episodes) | |
1992 | Once Upon a Crime | Julian Peters | Eugene Levy | |
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story | Edward Sanders | Joyce Chopra | TV movie | |
1993 | Daddy Dearest | Steven Mitchell | TV series (13 episodes) | |
TriBeCa | Joseph | Melanie Mayron | TV series (1 episode: 'Stepping Back') | |
The Larry Sanders Show | Himself | Todd Holland | TV series (1 episode: 'Life Behind Larry') | |
Robin Hood: Men in Tights | Prince John | Mel Brooks | ||
1994 | Wagons East | Phil Taylor | Peter Markle | |
Tales from the Crypt | Vern | Mick Garris | TV series (1 episode: 'Whirlpool') | |
1995 | A.J.'s Time Travelers | Edgar Allan Poe | Mike Finney | TV series (1 episode: 'Edgar Allan Poe') |
Drunks | Jim | Peter Cohn | ||
Leaving Las Vegas | Peter | Mike Figgis | ||
1996 | A Weekend in the Country | Bobby Stein | Martin Bergman | TV movie |
The Elevator | Phil Milowski | Arthur Borman Nigel Dick Rafal Zielinski | ||
1997 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Old Beggar | Ed Bell | TV series (1 episode: 'The Golden Goose') |
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | Richard | TV series (1 episode: 'Undercover') | ||
Hugo Pool | Chick Chicalini | Robert Downey, Sr. | ||
The Maze | Markov | Joëlle Bentolila | ||
1997–98 | Hiller and Diller | Neil Diller | TV series (13 episodes) | |
1998 | Rude Awakening | Harve Schwartz | TV series (6 episodes) | |
1999 | Hercules | Neurosis | Eddy Houchins | TV series (1 episode: 'Hercules and the Tiff on Olympus') |
Game Day | Steve Adler | Steve Klein | ||
V.I.P. | Ronald Zane | Patrick R. Norris | TV series (1 episode: 'Big Top Val') | |
Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm | Himself | Robert B. Weide | TV movie | |
2002 | Presidio Med | Francis Weinod | Christopher Chulack | TV series (1 episode: 'Once Upon a Family') |
2003 | Alias | Mitchell Yaeger | Ken Olin | TV series (1 episode: 'A Dark Turn') |
2002–04 | 7th Heaven | Rabbi Richard Glass | Ken Olin | TV series (9 episodes) |
2004 | Two and a Half Men | Stan | Rob Schiller | TV series (1 episode: 'I Can't Afford Hyenas') |
The Dead Zone | Jack Jericho | Anthony Michael Hall | TV series (1 episode: 'The Cold Hard Truth') | |
2005 | Sledge: The Untold Story | Himself | Brad Martin | |
Las Vegas | Stan | Tim Matheson | TV series (1 episode: 'Fake the Money and Run') | |
George Lopez | Phillip Nickleson | Victor Gonzalez | TV series (1 episode: 'George Finds Therapy Benny-ficial') | |
2006 | The Simpsons | Golem | Matthew Faughnan David Silverman | TV series (1 episode: 'Treehouse of Horror XVII') |
Everybody Hates Chris | Kris | Victor Nelli, Jr. | TV series (1 episode: 'Everybody Hates Kris') | |
2007 | BelzerVizion | Himself | Richard Goldstone Matthew D. Panepinto | Short |
2008 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sportsman Larry | Peter Leto | TV series (1 episode: 'Closet') |
2009 | The Cleaner | Henry | David Barrett | TV series (1 episode: 'Trick Candles') |
2010 | Funny or Die Presents | Shades | TV series (1 episode) | |
'Til Death | Miles Tunnicliff | Rob Schiller (2) | TV series (3 episodes) | |
2000– | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Himself | TV Series (32 episodes) | |
2011 | Lewis on Film: The Oscar Edition | Seth Morris | Short | |
Pound Puppies | Buddy | Greg Sullivan | TV Series (1 episode : 'Rebel Without a Collar') | |
2012 | Vamps | Danny | Amy Heckerling | |
2014 | She's Funny That Way | Al Patterson | Peter Bogdanovich | |
2015 | Blunt Talk | Dr. Weiss | TV series (6 episodes) |
References[edit]
- ^Condran, Ed. 'Richard Lewis: All Grown Up; Veteran comedian Richard Lewis insists he wasn't raised in New Jersey, he was, 'lowered in New Jersey.', New Jersey Monthly, October 20, 2015. Accessed August 27, 2018. 'Richard Lewis came of age in Englewood, but the veteran comic insists he wasn’t raised in New Jersey. Rather, he quips, 'I was lowered in New Jersey.' Still, the 68-year-old actor/comedian, a 1965 graduate of Dwight Morrow High School, has a soft spot for the town of his youth.'
- ^Firestone, Jay (2008-03-13). 'Richard Lewis, comedian from heaven'. The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
But his sense of disconnect could just as easily be attributed to his Jewish upbringing in New Jersey.
- ^ abSher, Cindy (October 4, 2012). 'Veteran comics Susie Essman and Richard Lewis to bring the laughs to JUF's Vanguard Nov. 5'. juf.org. Jewish United Fund. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
- ^Fine, Marshall (February 25, 2007). 'Richard Lewis: The Metamorphosis'. The New York Observer.
- ^Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry David On Richard Lewis (Paley Center, 2002). YouTube. 10 December 2008.
- ^'Comedy Central 100 Greatest Standups of all Time'. listology.com.
- ^Flamm, Matthew (November 1, 2002). 'Between the Lines'. Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2009-07-18. Retrieved December 28, 2006.
- ^Yale Press Log: Yale Gives Richard Lewis HellArchived 2008-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, 2006-10-11. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^Zwicky, Arnold. Language Log: Yet Another Snowclone Omnibus, 2007-08-11. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
External links[edit]
- Richard Lewis on IMDb
- Richard Lewis Naked DVD Documentary at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-02-20)
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