What is Richard Lewis?
{{Infobox comedian | name = Richard Lewis | image = Richard Lewis (cropped).PNG | caption = Lewis in 2013 | birth_name = Richard Philip Lewis | birth_date = {{birth date|1947|6|29}} | birth_place = [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|2|27|1947|6|29}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | medium = [[Stand-up comedy|Stand-up]], [[television]], [[movie]]s | nationality = [[Americans|American]] | active = 1971–2024 | genre = [[Black comedy]], [[surreal humor]] | subject = [[Self-deprecation]], [[neuroticism]], [[psychotherapy]], [[hypochondria]], [[paranoia]], [[Clinical depression|depression]], [[human sexuality]], [[Jewish culture]], [[popular culture|pop culture]], [[family]], [[eating disorders]] | influences = [[Buster Keaton]], [[Woody Allen]], [[Lenny Bruce]], [[Richard Pryor]],<ref>Interview with Bill Zehme, ''Richard Lewis: Concerts from Hell: The Vintage Years'', [[Image Entertainment]], Released 2005-09-13</ref> [[Jonathan Winters]], [[David Brenner]] | influenced = Kevin Richard, [[Artie Lange]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20239025_3,00.html|title=Artie Lange: 'F--- It, I'll Write a Book'|publisher=[[EW.com]]|author=Kirschling, Gregory|date=2008-11-07|accessdate=2008-11-11|archive-date=2008-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212050918/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20239025_3%2C00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Paul Rothbart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm4757466/|title=Paul Rothbart|work=imdb.com}}</ref> [[Bobby Slayton]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theunwritablerant.libsyn.com/ep-39-interview-with-bobby-slayton|title=The Unwritable Rant: Ep 39 - Interview with Bobby Slayton|website=theunwritablerant.libsyn.com}}</ref> | spouse = {{marriage|Joyce Lapinsky|2005}} | notable_work = '''Marty Gold''' in ''[[Anything but Love]]''<br />'''Himself''' in ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'' | signature = | footnotes = }} '''Richard Philip