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Just Call Me Louie I wear a lot of hats here at EPIX.  In addition to my adorable baseball cap and the occasional fedora (I’m neither a sports fanatic nor a hipster but sometimes my weave isn’t looking up to par) I also proudly boast my resident blogger hat.  But that’s not all… Sometimes I’m the den mother, sometimes I’m the office therapist and sometimes I’m the delivery boy.  Sometimes I’m the copywriter, sometimes I’m the jokester and occasionally (if there is a full moon) I’m the voice of reason.  Today I can add a new job to my resume… Lewis Black.  That’s right people!  Lewis has morphed from a politically savvy, sixty-year-old angry Jewish man into a wisecracking petite brunette millennial.  We both curse like sailors though, so luckily we didn’t need any adjustments in that department. I’m sure you’re wondering what the heck I’m talking about.  Well, we are having an EPIX Live event with none other than my boy Lewis Black and since it is a big fancy event with questions coming from you all we need a host.  Conan O’Brian is busy, we we’re bringing in our own big guns.  Today we met with four different potential hosts and did screen tests in fancy EPIX director’s chairs in front of a green screen.  Doesn’t that sound so professional?  Anyway, we needed someone to play the role of Lewis so the potential hosts had someone to practice on and guess who was available… lil ol’ L.T! Sadly I won’t be hosting the real event, but I’ll see if I can get some out-takes of the rehearsal off of the cutting room floor to share with you all.  It’s pretty fun to improvise and respond to questions from someone else’s shoes.  I had a great time and I hope it comes across… hopefully it will entertain the Editors a bit!  Want to watch the pros and see how it is really done?  Tune in on September 1st at 3pm to see whom we picked to host and, of course, the incredible Lewis Black as they discuss his new documentary, Lewis Black: Basic Black!  You’ll also be able to send your questions in and he’ll answer them LIVE – how cool is that?  Leave a question in the comments below and I’ll try to sneak it to the top of the pile. L.T.

Just Call Me Louie

I wear a lot of hats here at EPIX.  In addition to my adorable baseball cap and the occasional fedora (I’m neither a sports fanatic nor a hipster but sometimes my weave isn’t looking up to par) I also proudly boast my resident blogger hat.  But that’s not all… Sometimes I’m the den mother, sometimes I’m the office therapist and sometimes I’m the delivery boy.  Sometimes I’m the copywriter, sometimes I’m the jokester and occasionally (if there is a full moon) I’m the voice of reason.  Today I can add a new job to my resume… Lewis Black.  That’s right people!  Lewis has morphed from a politically savvy, sixty-year-old angry Jewish man into a wisecracking petite brunette millennial.  We both curse like sailors though, so luckily we didn’t need any adjustments in that department.

I’m sure you’re wondering what the heck I’m talking about.  Well, we are having an EPIX Live event with none other than my boy Lewis Black and since it is a big fancy event with questions coming from you all we need a host.  Conan O’Brian is busy, we we’re bringing in our own big guns.  Today we met with four different potential hosts and did screen tests in fancy EPIX director’s chairs in front of a green screen.  Doesn’t that sound so professional?  Anyway, we needed someone to play the role of Lewis so the potential hosts had someone to practice on and guess who was available… lil ol’ L.T!

Sadly I won’t be hosting the real event, but I’ll see if I can get some out-takes of the rehearsal off of the cutting room floor to share with you all.  It’s pretty fun to improvise and respond to questions from someone else’s shoes.  I had a great time and I hope it comes across… hopefully it will entertain the Editors a bit! 

Want to watch the pros and see how it is really done?  Tune in on September 1st at 3pm to see whom we picked to host and, of course, the incredible Lewis Black as they discuss his new documentary, Lewis Black: Basic Black!  You’ll also be able to send your questions in and he’ll answer them LIVE – how cool is that?  Leave a question in the comments below and I’ll try to sneak it to the top of the pile.

L.T.