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Source: Tulsa World, Okla.迷你倉Sept. 27--One thing Lewis Black learned this summer: Some Texans don't have much in the way of a sense of humor.In July, Black used his regular "Back in Black" segment on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" to respond to a TV advert by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, urging New York businesses to relocate to the Lone Star State."'Don't Mess with Texas'?" Black asked in his trademark choleric tone of just barely choked-back rage. "No. Don't f--- with New York!"The comedian talked about feedback from the segment in a recent phone interview."A lot of the stuff I got back on things like Twitter and Facebook let me know that a lot of Oklahomans were very pleased to see that bit," he said, laughing. "But Texans ..."Look, you live next door to a place that keeps saying 'We're the greatest' day after day after day, and it gets exhausting," he said. "So I called them on it. And what I found fascinating was how seriously some people took that. I mean, the whole thing about New Yorkers (urinating) wherever they want -- how much do I have to undermine the place where I live for people to accept that this is a joke?"But then, getting riled up -- about politics, religion, the inanities of modern life in general -- has been Black's stock in trade as a performer, from his stand-up routines to his comedy specials for HBO and Comedy Central, to his appearances in films and TV shows.Anger has been good for Black, but he wishes people realized he's capable of portraying other emotions."David Kelley (creator of "L.A. Law" and "Boston Legal") wrote the show 'Harry's Law' for me," Black said. "And as we were preparing for that, David said to me one thing he realized was that I didn't have to try to sound sarcastic. Just the way I said things made them sound 儲存倉hat way. And that was kind of a revelation for me."It might also explain why "Harry's Law," when the show finally made it on the air, starred Kathy Bates."I'd like to do different things, sure, but once you're Lassie, you're always Lassie," Black said.To underscore that point, Black mentioned that he's currently working on the next animated film from Pixar, "Inside Out," in which he gives voice to one of the emotions inside a young girl's brain."I'm Anger," he said. "And that's fine, because it's a great cast, and doing things like this is a nice break from doing the stand-up, which goes on. Once I started doing stand-up, I basically haven't stopped."So the acting jobs are a nice respite from the road," Black said.His Tulsa performance will come after another Oklahoma stop, this one at Rose State University. That event will be a benefit to help the victims of the May 20 tornados."We booked that show just a couple of weeks before all those towns were devastated," Black said. "And I called my agent and said, 'Look, we can't just come in there and do a show and take all these people's money after something like that.' So we're donating most of the proceeds to the relief funds. There are some expenses we have to cover, but the rest of it we're donating."I always have a soft spot for Oklahoma because my father went to the University of Oklahoma and always spoke well of it," Black said. Then he laughed and added, "Now when we get to Tulsa, things change. That show won't be a benefit. You people there in Tulsa still have a few dollars to rub together."James D. Watts Jr. 918-581-8478james.watts@tulsaworld.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) Visit Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) at .tulsaworld.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉最平