Richard Lewis
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Sep 19, 2026
Jeff GarlinGUEST
And so with my book, I was able to be more ruthless.
Matt WilsteinHOST
Well, you do include several people who have sadly passed away over the years, you know, You have Richard Lewis on the cover from Curb.
Matt WilsteinHOST
You have Bob Einstein, who played Marty Funkhauser and was so, so brilliant.
Matt WilsteinHOST
I'm curious if you could just share some memories of some of those figures who you have in the book who we've lost.
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Jeff GarlinGUEST
Personally, he's not like the biggest awe type guy.
Jeff GarlinGUEST
But like I said, he's a sensitive dude and he is sentimental.
Jeff GarlinGUEST
And his line about losing Richard Lewis, who was his best friend, he says, I've never been mad at Richard until he died.
Jeff GarlinGUEST
That's when I got mad at him for leaving me.
JoshGUEST
Well, they view the novel... as his suicide note and he did end up killing himself two weeks after he sold the film rights for this yeah the guy who wrote the novel which it's like it's obviously based it's very much based on him he was like a huge alcoholic in real life and like you know in and out of rehab and then just yeah couldn't take it anymore
Alex KellerHOST
yeah fucking it's uh this thing gets pretty bleak but like also like sublime in points it's weird but this movie opens up with uh him like sort of like just shuffling into uh this restaurant where richard lewis is um you know some like highfalutin hollywood producer and he's like talking to some actors you know some lady
JoshGUEST
actors actresses whatever you want to
Alex KellerHOST
whatever designation you want to give that and um you know he's schmoozing it up with like some other producer and nicholas cage comes up and he's just basically he's like oh my credit cards are all fucked up could i could i have some cash and uh you know the one producer is like and here's it comes the tie-in because he's like oh hey you were you were a writer on bay of pigs and And he's like, they gave me the credit, but I didn't do anything on that.
Alex KellerHOST
So this guy fucking...
Alex KellerHOST
And also, here's my question.
Alex KellerHOST
Richard Lewis...
Alex KellerHOST
He's in this.
Tim KalpakisHOST
Picture it for a little bit.
Tim KalpakisHOST
You can remember that because Richard Lewis, who promoted Boku, doesn't
Jeff DuttonHOST
drink.
Jeff DuttonHOST
Mike just keeps hitting my almost dead plant, and I'm afraid he's going to knock the very last leaf off of it.
Tom GriswoldHOST
Gary Busey
Chick McGeeHOST
... and, uh, I think it's Richard Lewis.
Tom GriswoldHOST
Oh.
Chick McGeeHOST
Yeah.
Eric WideraHOST
We'd also like to do a big shout out to those who've donated more than $250 in the last year, including...
Alex SmithHOST
Carrie Levy, Marnie Feltzer, Ron Savar, Stephanie Gabatuler, Patrick Lally, Richard Lewis, Margaret Leung, Cindy Harris in honor of Emily Guillaume, April Sear, Anna Naik, Sudha Chandrasekhar, Michelle Reisner, Asher Edwards, Susan Nelson, Rebecca Goldstein, Rochelle Bernacki, Carol Dietrich, Mark Andrews Wren, Elizabeth Cobbs, Amy Rock, Meg Walhagen, Xinyi Wang, Sharon Bragman, James Tulsky, and Yana Sarath, Kelly Strait, Michael Bordovsky, Jessica McFarlane, Gretchen Schwarzy, and Joshua Mesrich.
Alex SmithHOST
Rob Rezac, Diane Meyer and Sean Morrison, Elizabeth Chung, the John A. Hartford Foundation, Lloyd Wohlstadt, Harry Han, Bob Arnold, Ginger Robbins, Matt Schuster, Maureen Kearney, and Kenny Lam.
Alex SmithHOST
Thank you.
Tommy LugauerHOST
There's no filter on this? You have no filter.
Tommy LugauerHOST
And then once the person that got upset, Funkhausers girlfriend left and And Richard Lewis goes, hey, LD, Goldfish commits suicide in this water.
Tommy LugauerHOST
And Larry's like, well, why didn't you defend me? And Richard's like, well, I'm a guest.
Tommy LugauerHOST
You know, you just don't want to be rude.
Tony VGUEST
Well, you know, we used to pride ourselves on that back in the day when things started, you know, when clubs thought they needed more than just the local acts.
Tony VGUEST
They would bring people in, Richard Lewis, Howie Mandel, Professor Erwin Corey, Jake LaMotta, the ex-boxer.
Tony VGUEST
You know, they would bring them into these clubs.
Tony VGUEST
Yeah.
Bill AllredHOST
Okay, here we go.
Bill AllredHOST
Uh, number one on the list was Richard Lewis, a comedian known for his dark, neurotic, and self-deprecating humor.
Bill AllredHOST
As an actor, he was known for starring in the sitcom Anything But Love, and for playing the role of Prince John in Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
Bill AllredHOST
He also had a recurring role on Curb Your Enthusiasm with Larry David.
Bill AllredHOST
His struggles with sobriety movie, Leaving Las Vegas.
Bill AllredHOST
A Hollywood screenwriter, played by Nick Cage in this case, moved to Las Vegas to drink himself to death.
Bill AllredHOST
Number one, Richard Lewis.
Bill AllredHOST
Number two on the list is Cheryl Ladd.
Duncan ShieldsHOST
I don't care.
Duncan ShieldsHOST
I'm going to bring back old Thorin from 2016 because you know what? Richard Lewis once told me something by the numbers where I said something to him once.
Duncan ShieldsHOST
I'm like, oh, should I actually say this joke? And he was like, no, never worry about interrupting.
Duncan ShieldsHOST
If you've got straight fire, just say it.
Rick DiPietroHOST
[laughs] I, we can't, we can't help you.
Dave RothenbergHOST
Richard Lewis.
Rick DiPietroHOST
I, th- this is, this is on Jackson Dart, and it's on-
Dave RothenbergHOST
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