Richard Lewis (comedian) "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. Richard Lewis is ranked #45 on Comedy Central's
The Larry Sanders Show "The Larry Sanders Show". Matt Zoller Seitz wrote in "Time Out Los Angeles" that it introduced to television the cinematic technique of "walk and talk" where the camera follows the actors as they move around the offices in conversation. This later became an important part of the style of "The West Wing" and "ER". The show can also be seen as a distorted example of reality television because the portrayal of the talk show production is so convincing. According to Andrew Pulver in "The Guardian", "This is where it all began. The whole postmodernist, self-reflexive fact-fiction sitcom thing." After the