Lewis Black | The Rant Is Due Best of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving. Traditionally a time for family gatherings, where Americans indulge in endless hours of eating, disagreeing with relatives, and watching usually uninspiring football. Or for your host, it's a time to flee the country, which may or may not have something to do with his mother's inability to cook a turkey properly. As usual, Lewis has his own unique perspective on the holiday, and in this collection of rants he addresses whether it's ok to cater to vegetarians, how to handle political discussions, and the horror that is Thanksgiving-themed Pringles.
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[@NewMessage]

'Lewis Black Friday' is a tradition I can get behind.

[@MrCountrycuz]

We still have Festivus!!

[@joshk.6246]

But like every week of the year we need it. 🤣

[@mariekastler5391]

I thought I was the only one who withdrew as a public service😉

[@lectrichobo6478]

Thanksgiving theme-flavored asbestos-pressed Pringle's chips. Pop open a can of that cancer-cluster crunch.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

exactly. 1000% perfect

[@bluetoad2001]

i’m a vegetarian and still find this funny as hell👍😎✅☮️Lewis is a national treasure✌️🥟🧀🧈🍔🍳🫕🍤🌭🥓🥩🥗🥗🥗🥗🥗

[@macofalltrades6396]

Thanksgiving, for the past 35 years, was for me a portal leading into the month-long hell that was Christmas season at my old job. Working in the freight business at that time of year SUCKED. This year, I am thankful that I am now retired and I don't have to do any of that shit anymore. Deck the Halls. And if they mouth off, deck your obnoxious overpolitical relatives too.

[@tncorgi92]

Congrats on making it thru all that to retirement. (One holiday season with FedEx was all I could handle.) Enjoy your holidays!

[@magnificentmuttley154]

Yes, "overpolitical" & "rabid political extremists" are the appropriate adjectives for many people these days, including relatives

[@Ookmongani]

Lewis, you're just the greatest. keep on keeping on!

[@elirien4264]

I once invited my sister and her husband for Thanksgiving and after that, I was bombarded with emails about how to cook the bird, what to serve with it, etc. And once they got here, she and my husband almost came to blowsover how long to cook it! Needless to say, she was never invited back. It's not worth it.

[@chrisP_wheats_and_raisins]

Had a turkey stuffed with 12 sticks of butter. When attempting to lift it onto the plate all I got was a clean rib cage. On the plus side, it wasn’t dry

[@girlygal098]

Heaven.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

lolll nice!

[@marvwatkins7029]

Lewis would make a great clergyman. His sermons would be magnificent.

[@DystopianChild]

I second this motion

[@24PALI]

Well said

[@Polyformatik]

Love his "gravy" 🤣

[@elainebilodeau6123]

I love you Lewis. I had a sucky day and I needed to hear you tonight. Thank you very much for the laughs.

[@DavidRichardson153]

Last year was the best Thanksgiving I ever had, and I am all set to have it again this year. Why? Because I am on the other side of the international date line, about as far away from my relatives as I can get without having to leave the planet (though I still kind of want to leave the planet). Plus, I can use the excuse of a bad internet connection to cut any and all Zoom/Skype calls with them short.

[@sarge420]

Lucky you...are you Okinawa?

[@DavidRichardson153]

@@sarge420 Good guess, but not quite. To be fair, I did not say if I was in the north or south. I'm actually in Middle Earth.

[@jujujupiter]

What was that? You’re coming in muffled. Are you there Dave? Dave? Hello. Hello are you there?

[@tomwestbrook]

Totally sympathize. Good luck with the space flight.

[@charlenemack7040]

David, you sound like my kind of a guy! I celebrate the holidays by NOT celebrating the holidays! It’s nice and peaceful there’s no arguing yelling or anything I love it! 🍵☕️

[@chriszeien9112]

Lewis Black for president.

[@markbeaver5010]

After my Mother passed away we went to my Brother's house for Thanksgiving, and about 2pm I noticed that I didn't smell that awesome smell of a roasted Turkey, so I meandered into their kitchen and noticed my Sister-in-Law forget to turn on the oven. Never the less, KFC was pretty good that day Lol!!

[@girlygal098]

Great story. 👍

[@enid0mom]

Did she ever get forgiven, if not forgotten?

[@paulheydarian1281]

@@enid0mom She was banished to an unfashionable fish n chips shop in East London.

[@chrischappell9824]

First comment! The man is a voice in the wilderness. Listen children, your world will be a better place.

[@petersutcliffe4927]

First reply to your comment, I agree with you completely! Happy Thanksgiving :)

[@DannySullivanMusic]

that's right. completely accurate

[@dustybragg4011]

Thank you Louis, I now have a new tradition. Lewis Black Friday.

[@sarge420]

I just want Stove Top Stuffing and gravey Lewis. Spending the day with some family members is as much fun as having a root canal without novicaine. Thanks for supporting OUR VETERANS. Love Ya Man!

[@DannySullivanMusic]

hahaha excellent

[@deedouglas636]

Laughing so hard I have tears in my eyes!!!

[@CheefSmokealot64]

Lewis Black is like my always pissed off uncle Ed. He tells great stories but always with righteous anger and laughs. 😂

[@daveluttinen2547]

I was informed we are going to Golden Corral for Thanksgiving. What sort of karma did I dish out to deserve such a treat? I think I'd rather eat Jeanne's (Lewis' mom) microwaved frozen turkey muck. Better yet, Lewis, please may I go to Portugal with you?

[@terywetherlow7970]

Always great to see a Lewis Black rant. Survived 2021 Thanksgiving myself. Now i just have to survive the rest of this crazy year......arghhhh.

[@JimAllen-Persona]

It’s been absolutely insane on the roads and in the stores for the past week. I never understand the craze to prep for a day we’ve set aside to be thankful.

[@jimjett9996]

Superb as always , love the grumpy sarcasm of Lewis!

[@bluetoad2001]

i spent two Thanksgiving holidays by myself and was perfectly happy. 👍😎✅☮️

[@stormwatcher59]

Right?! It's so easy being alone...and that kind of peace is something to be thankful for!

[@gamesman0118]

I'm with him on the "vegan" stuff. One day a year we get together to eat holiday food and you want to force your choice on others?

[@Zuraneve]

Not all vegetarians or vegans insist their choices get forced onto others though. Not even most of them. It's also kind of rude to invite someone to dinner, then not provide anything at all they can eat except bread. My family are die-hard carnivores, so I expect the only foods to be offered are ones that will literally make me spend hours in the bathroom afterwards if I eat them. I've tried eating a little something both before and after dinner, then only having bread during. Then I get yelled at for only eating bread. So my choices are, get yelled at for asking for ONE vegetarian dish, go hungry, get yelled at for only eating bread, spend hours in the bathroom being miserable, or get yelled at for not going to Thanksgiving at all. I usually pick the last option. I guess asking for green beans or mashed potatoes to have the bacon bits on the side instead of mixed in is just too much to ask for.

[@gypsysnickerdoodle4354]

wait… eating meat isn’t a Choice? I eat meat, but, since when is one person’s choice a Choice, but not when 2 people Choose?

[@samiam619]

@@Zuraneve Can’t you offer to bring the massed tators and green bean casserole? But what I don’t understand is why they put bacon in in the first place… Also bring the Pie you can eat!

[@SlackerXYZ]

And That's YOUR CHOICE bud. What are you 5?

[@zippyustar6350]

While we are at it I don’t need to know your sexual preference any more than you need to hear my technique for wiping my 😮 I don ‘t care nor do I need to think on it for even a nanosecond / recently a young married Mom working for school board told me the kind of sex she prefers is with objects?.. why do I need to know how to turn your crank ? I’m dating her Father-in-law who is shaking his head saying O my she’s at it again. Her poor husband just grins with nervous embarrassment Happy Thanksgiving. 😮

[@enid0mom]

My Thanksgiving memories are so much different than it seems like everyone else has. First, my mother made the tastiest, moistest turkey imaginable. Her giblet gravy was heavenly. Her hybrid cornbread dressing (she was raised in Arkansas, but her mother died when she was 11. I never figured out how she learned to cook.) beat anything I have ever eaten anywhere. Instead of all cornbread, she would use equal amounts of cornbread and dried white bread. We lived in a tiny town in miserable Eastern New Mexico and family would drive 1,000 miles to eat my Mom’s turkey. It had to be for the turkey and fixin’s because there was nothing to do in that town except Friday evening football during the season. (She died in 1981, so this was before everyone flew everywhere.) Then, I also don’t remember any family conflict over religion or politics. Virtually all of us were Roman Catholics who were FDR Democrats. (And EVERYONE smoked but me.) There was only one ongoing feud between my mother and a paternal aunt. My aunt had a grudge against my mother for something she didn’t even do. My aunt NEVER showed up for family holidays, so there were no touchy feelings around. Before we moved to God forsaken New Mexico when I was in high school, we lived in Denver where almost all my Dad’s family lived, so there wasn’t a holiday that we didn’t all spend together. Maybe my mind has cleansed itself of any negative stuff. My sister’s memories were the polar opposite of mine, so who knows. There hasn’t been a holiday remotely like that since my mother died.

[@davehowes5162]

Great rant by Lewis and I get your comment. You are simply a glass half full person. We find what we look for and you look for treasures. And you find them.

[@michaelwertzy9808]

MOM! True love forever. Seriously, she held our family together without trying. When she "passed" there was nothing connecting us anymore. Too bad and sad, but life is a bundle of everything. Thank you "T.G." !

[@girlygal098]

Love your good fortune. ❤

[@TheRamsesII]

Hear, hear! My experience was the same. Can't stand all these bitter jackoffs who love to try to ruin it for everyone else.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

i concur. absolutely true dude

[@michelleelizabeth1063]

I'm definitely doing a "Lewis Black Friday" this year 😁🎉

[@tncorgi92]

Try having a birthday right next to Thanksgiving. Your birthday lunch or dinner is basically leftovers. Any place you go out to is in apocalypse Christmas mode. Any cards you get are holiday greeting cards with "oh by the way happy birthday" added.

[@samiam619]

Big deal! Try being born 2 days before Christmas…

[@samiam619]

Oh. And 65 years later my Mom still blames ME for putting her in the Hospital for Christmas!

[@tncorgi92]

@@samiam619 My son was supposed to arrive New Year's Eve but waited until after Jan 1st. I joke that he cost us a tax deduction.

[@playnicechannel]

I have a dear friend who was born on Christmas Day. She mentioned one year when our friend group took her out for her birthday (so we also exchanged Christmas gifts) that as a child and a teen she was always really pissed off and resentful that every time someone gave her a birthday present she had to give them a gift back. So the friend committee got together and decided the next year we were moving her birthday to June 25. We threw a massive surprise party and after she stopped crying joyful tears she was happier than I’d ever seen her. After that year we always celebrated her birthday on June 25th

[@playnicechannel]

I have two brothers born the week before Christmas. My youngest brother came home Christmas Eve. My parents woke me up to see him under the Christmas tree. I was the oldest and I think they were expecting a different reaction. I looked around, observed him and said to my parents…. This BETTER not be the only thing Santa is bringing us. This story was retold every Christmas as if my 6 year old self was just a horrible big sister. The whole thing could have been avoided if before waking me, my parents had dragged all of Santa’s other gifts from their hiding spot and put them under the tree. But I guess THEY thought another baby brother WAS the best present. Not to the 6yo who now had two brothers in diapers to change and bottles to help with. But I did get my telescope so Santa was forgiven.

[@myfrestuff3453]

Happy Thanksgiving, Louis!

[@timtrottproductions]

Lewis makes Tourette’s look like a career move.

[@girlygal098]

🤯🤣👍

[@DannySullivanMusic]

hahaha man pro comment

[@michelephipps1288]

@@girlygal098 please look

[@magnificentmuttley154]

Watching his "Peanut Butter" rant was the first time I saw him. I thought he had tourette's too! Hey, some 17 year old stutterer got the golden buzzer on AGT. Why not?

[@katypillar22]

SO sick and tired of people believing swearing is actually what Tourette's is, and pop culture exacerbating this false stereotype.

[@zizzie4081]

I’m with you Lewis. Leaving is brilliant

[@waynepalumbo8917]

His resting pulse has got to be like in the 40's because he gets all his aggression out in his shows.

[@LibraryDrudge]

If I ever see another St. Jude's Children's Hospital commercial, with those creepy kids, I will wreck havoc on Tokyo. Godzilla, me, is fed up.

[@tgbedini]

I used to try to be out of town for work for the holidays. Now, I'm much less mobile, but thank goodness I've alienated almost every one I know, so I don't have to make excuses or turn anyone down, since I don't get invites I can sit around in my sweats with a beer and a bowl, watch terrible football, (have the Lions EVER been worth watching?) and tell the world to F-off.

[@samiam619]

I just watched their game today (12/5). They came back to WIN without time on the clock!

[@terrykoch3111]

I used to like him but he gets too many laughs soley from his tantrums and profanity. as a vegan I think he gives fuel to ignorant people who think such hatred and bigotry is permissable.

[@alycepandolfi6737]

I agree with u 100 percent. I get too angry. Disregarding peoples boundaries. So I must thank you for making me laugh about it.

[@hannahmore9118]

My family learned long ago how to do holidays with ten different political and religious views. We all agree to disagree quietly and without malice. We decided we love each other more than we need to talk about whatever it is. And we all know how to cook really well. Mom on e cooked the turkey outside in the barbeque. So good.

[@meisyg.8741]

Before COVID, I always leave to Denmark for Thanksgiving, can't wait to to go back to Denmark for Thanksgiving next year.

[@bobfitzpatrick8952]

This man's rant is the best thing I've experienced during this holiday. He gets to leave on Thanksgiving - damn, I'm jealous. :)

[@lovelyskull3483]

Pringles, the best fire starter.

[@gypsysnickerdoodle4354]

long with scented hand sanitizer…

[@buelan.6525]

I’m hooked on the salt & vinegar ones.

[@camwyn256]

"Why do people get fat in this country? Thanksgiving." -Lewis Black

[@paulheydarian1281]

Every day is Thanksgiving in America.

[@michaelw1669]

Every time I have to put up with my wife's family I am so glad I did not grow up with my family honestly Lewis Black a man I have never met has been more helpful in my live than any person that raised me in my life besides whoever called the cops on my family and got me out of that family I make fun of my wife and kid all the time for having parents. I just want to say thank you Lewis Black for helping me see through the stupid and laugh at it.

[@davebowles1957]

It's a tradition now for me; for 3 years I've stayed home all alone and said 'Fuck You!' to Thanksgiving while cooking myself a big 'ol T-Bone steak and few fried potatoes in a good old fashion cast iron skillet, indeed it is a meat-eaters holiday, thank you, Lewis. Next year I'm going to make tacos or something...

[@samiam619]

Where’s the leftover turkey for sandwiches? Green bean casserole? SMH

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Sounds tasty. I typically cook up some turkey breasts with BBQ and buffalo sauce, and have them over a nice salad, then go to a nice (because there's almost no one there) movie.

[@CRUZER1800]

Amen.. Brother..

[@girlygal098]

My husband and I order Thanksgiving from a wonderful restaurant in downtown Santa Fe every year. Luckily, our little city is blessed with quite a few award-winning chefs.

[@samiam619]

Let me guess. Your Award-winning Chefs can’t make a traditional Thanksgiving meal as it’s beneath their cooking skills?

[@paulheydarian1281]

@@samiam619 Yup, pretty much...!!!

[@MsRmaclaren]

I always spent Thanksgiving and Christmas at the relatives sick as a dog sitting on the toilet and puking at the same time. Food poisoning is a bitch. Never ever can I eat food that has been not properly handled and left out on the counter all damned day. I was 16 before I found out that I didn't have to be sick twice a year. I never went to any family dinners ever again and was much happier for it! I still hate both times of year.

[@o0o-jd-o0o95]

you know americans only get about half the holiday days and vacation days off than other countries get

[@tncorgi92]

We get less pay too, I'm sure.

[@paulheydarian1281]

@@tncorgi92 It's all about freedom.

[@robertbuchwald6514]

I wish he would say how he really feels.

[@jesmitty7639]

Man I’d rather have a root canal without pain meds than be with my side of our family.

[@SoItGoesCAL34]

Happy Thanksgiving. Have a wonderful time in Portugal, Lewis

[@1monagale]

Hilarious, I escaped to work in Breckenridge, CO and ordered Chinese food, best Thanksgiving ever.

[@danholm4952]

Im only 60 and almost all my family are dead~! I sure miss not long ago... It goes fast so if your still have family left? CHERISH IT!

[@nigeldeforrest-pearce8084]

Spectacular!!!!

[@sarahdeshay1394]

Portugal is a great place to hide.

[@andrewzab83able]

There is now a pumpkin pie flavored Cup of Noodles.

[@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek]

Brilliant!!!!

[@TheGreatConstantini]

Our family thanksgivings were somewhere between good and please can I go outside and play in the freezing weather rather than be subjected to this. My mother would make a turkey, occasionally it would be dry but her gravy was plentiful and covered up the desiccation. The sides were always good. So what was the problem. My grandmother would be there. And to say she was an unpleasant woman is like saying ….well I won’t go there. We were only aloud to speak if an adult asked us to, although my grandmother did talk to us it was mostly demeaning, horrible jabs at my sister. She spared me mostly. She loved to demean my mother and if the food was not to her satisfaction she would let my mom know it no uncertain terms that it was horrible. The saving grace is my mom always had lovely wine with the meal. And we all had a glass…or two. It made it somewhat bearable. So there you had two kids and their mom half crocked staring at their plates and wishing it was over soon. Oh and yes I became an alcoholic. Such is life when you start drinking a 5years of age. As an adult and having my own family the holiday was the opposite and always a joy…..until we moved across the country to be near my wife’s sister. The in-laws put on the holiday now. Replete with the requisite fighting, dry turkey, watery lumpy flavorless gravy, stuffing from a box, grey overcooked peas, and salad. Salad! Why is there salad?

[@atuuaolcom]

Outstanding

[@michaelanderson5747]

OMG, How prophetic was the Zica virus excuse? Lewis, you're a Goddamned psychic.

[@peziki]

Why bother w/baking. The best (truly!) pecan pie is Marie Callendar frozen. No fuss, no mess, just thaw and enjoy. No comm'l gain for me here.... just helpful info for all. Top w a scoop of french vanilla i.c.

[@goldengirl54]

LOL This year I have it at my daughters place. 😌

[@ld3511]

Finally Lewis is at 105k subscribers!! Wooo Hooo! Take care all!

[@sideshowbob]

Awesome!!!!! The only holiday that gives me more Dysfunction Family Memory PTSD than Thanksgiving is Christmas. I will say I do like the nutty cheese balls tho.

[@petersutcliffe4927]

My mother never made a good turkey either, I F-n feel ya, man!

[@Zuraneve]

My mom didn't start making good turkeys until she switched to boneless turkeys. It's just a turkey with all it's meat squished together into a ham-like shape. The problem with cooking turkeys is that the meat from the different parts cook at different rates, but people tend to just chuck the whole thing into the oven because "tradition."

[@petersutcliffe4927]

@@Zuraneve I never knew that about a boneless turkey. Thanks!

[@nigeldeforrest-pearce8084]

Marvelous!!!

[@sylviabrooksfunchess2438]

The First People celebrated the Harvest, being thankful and sharing their abundance with those less- fortunate. They gave thanks to Mother Earth & Nature, the Great Spirit, all who continually blessed them daily. Maybe we should focus on gratitude.

[@stephaniehand503]

thanks

[@christophercucchi6048]

Forget you forget you when we are gone you can dance in the garden😂😂😂😂

[@patrickwentzell4638]

I wish everyone happy laughs giving to the great comedians that deliver the best jokes for the fans everywhere. 😃😁

[@CARRJ142]

Great Video! Thanks

[@DonnaSnyder]

You're the best. You make me happy.

[@kbobdonahue1966]

Hey Lewis, I want to hear a rant about your thoughts on the turducken. You're awesome, dude. 🦃🐔🦆

[@martiansonmaui1749]

COVID-19 created the greatest excuse to avoid the family during the holidays, ever.

[@maperspective6685]

The best description of Pringles ever.

[@mmb628jr2]

This was Amazing!!!!😂😂😂

[@MangoHombre]

The GREATEST Thanksgiving I ever attended was the one where the average age of the six women in the kitchen cooking was 75 years old. This was in the early 1980s, so there was some depression era recipes involved.

[@Hagunemnon]

Ah, Thanksgiving. No matter how much I try to pare things down, since I've only ever had to feed a max of 3 people, I always end up making enough to feed a small army. Especially mashed potatoes. I swear, its like 2 potatoes can make enough mash to fill a 50-gallon drum. I guess growing up in the South, my brain's just trained to make massive feasts for any and all holidays and birthdays.

[@direwolf6234]

at summer camp when we played poker we used pringles as 'chips' ... i'll raise you 2 bbq's ...

[@kang1599]

Mr Black nice to see u again 🥰😂😱😆🤭🤣😂🥰😂

[@donnamauer3215]

@5:27 lol advice I've been looking for since June 16, 2015 🤣🤣🤣

[@barbarakilman271]

The Thanksgiving chips or candy makes me wonder if Jones soda still does that

[@user-Borgus]

Lewis Black is the best since George Carlin . He's on point with many of the ways I think of humans. WE SUCK AT THIS!!!!!!!

[@EpicJasonX9000]

I bet most people would of had a better Thanksgiving dinner at the Sawyer House. what's for dinner? YOU!!! XD

[@rutabagasteu]

Darn right. Out on the front porch.

[@75YBA]

🇨🇦❤️’s you Lewis!

[@producerk8247]

That sums it up!

[@darrylrogststad9392]

Awesome talent, very cerebral

[@racheladkins6060]

Turkey in November, Turkey in December. That’s too much.

[@odyoddeller]

Just waiting for his heart to give out. Kinda wouldn’t even be sad 😂

[@charlesputnam9370]

My daughter says she is not cooking traditional Thanksgiving food but I can come to dinner. I was polite but you all know what I really wanted to say.

[@mirosgerg]

Happy to see Vegeterian argument

[@TrevorKeenAnimation]

Maybe I'm biased but Canadian Thanksgiving is better. It's the second weekend in October. It's often still warm out and not so close to Christmas. Still have to put up with the relatives though.

[@naomilehman590]

I've only every had 2 crappy turkeys in my life. It's not hard to cook it if u pay attention😅😅

[@TheDewaltBoy]

Lol the good ol days of Zika

[@Grmario85]

That man is speaks the truth

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

This lifelong vegetarian loves your jokes.

[@jeremyharris6153]

Lewis always gives truth

[@jimmorrison8225]

I was at this show in Knoxville

[@samiam619]

Try being a cross country driver, you haven’t seen your family for three weeks. And then the Truck Stop you were planning on having thanksgiving turkey at, decided not to do it this year!

[@kimberlycornelius7911]

Must be nice to leave country during holidays take me please

[@jesmitty7639]

Burned on the outside frozen in the middle. WTH

[@JTD98PSN]

It’s a meat eater holiday lmao best way to describe thanksgiving

[@Polyformatik]

He is damn right all over !

[@fredricclack7137]

in Michigan, growing up, it was DDT/PBB & 👁️ chose MEAT!