Martin Lewis is a British-born, Hollywood-based humorist, commentator, producer and radio host.

Starting his career as a protégé of fabled Beatles publicist Derek Taylor – he has had a storied 36-year history as a journalist, columnist, writer, humorist, monologist, comedic performer, radio host, TV host, TV correspondent, Master of Ceremonies, producer (of movies, TV, radio, DVDs, stage shows and record albums), talent manager, record company owner, independent film distributor, film-festival curator, political commentator, pioneering organizer of benefit events, human rights activist - and as an award-winning publicity & marketing strategist. He is also a noted raconteur and Bon Vivant!

He is noted for working in many spheres of the arts, entertainment and media worlds simultaneously (music, comedy, film, stage, DVD, TV, radio, literature, political commentary etc) - and for successfully undertaking several different roles in these endeavors - including writing, performing and producing. He is also highly regarded for the creation and implementation of the publicity and marketing strategies and campaigns to promote his - and other people's - projects.

Among his many film, TV and DVD productions - he produced the legendary Secret Policeman's Ball series of benefit shows/movies/albums for Amnesty International (1976-1984) starring Monty Python, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Rowan Atkinson & Billy Connolly et al; The DVD Editions of The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles On The Ed Sullivan Show and the Who's The Kids Are Alright. He personally recruited Pete Townshend, Sting, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Bob Geldof, Phil Collins et al to join Amnesty International's ranks and produced their landmark solo performances for the organization.

He offers his perspectives (sometimes serious – often sardonic) on politics and pop culture for a broad spectrum of worldwide media outlets including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and the BBC. He has written extensively for TIME.com (including coverage of the 2000 Presidential Election as Special Correspondent), Salon.com and TruthOut.org. He hosts his own daily 4-hour radio show heard internationally on Sirius Satellite Radio – on Steven Van Zandt’s Underground Garage channel.

He likes living in Hollywood because it constantly lulls him into a false sense of in-security.

Lewis is currently developing concepts for several new TV and radio shows. He also has a few breakfasts in development - and a couple of lunches in turnaround...

He is The World’s LEAST-Reserved Englishman… MARTIN LEWIS!


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Blog Entries by Martin Lewis

Fox News Gives E.D. Hill A "Terrorist Fist Jab"... Out The Door!

8 Comments | Posted November 20, 2008 | 03:30 PM (EST)


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Fox News Channel's E.D. Hill shopping for a new job...

Poor Edith. (Yes E.D. Hill's real first names are "EDITH ANN" No wonder she tried to add some spice and intrigue to her bland blondeness by calling herself "E.D.")

She served her Fox...

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Barack Obama: America's First Jewish President!

14 Comments | Posted November 14, 2008 | 06:30 PM (EST)


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If Bill Clinton famously was -- according to Toni Morrison and many members of the Congressional Black Caucus -- America's First Black President -- then surely Barack Obama can lay claim to being America's First Jewish President!

Notionally of...

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Reality Check Amidst The Joy: Prepare for 2010 and 2012

4 Comments | Posted November 5, 2008 | 09:45 AM (EST)


I am of course thrilled by the results.

Being an old bird -- and I believe a wise old bird -- I am also impelled to think ahead.

Notwithstanding the eloquence and nobility of Obama's victory speech last night and his aspirations for healing the divisions of the past...

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Ann Coulter & Dick Morris Concede Obama Victory!

1 Comments | Posted November 3, 2008 | 02:38 PM (EST)


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"Know Thine Enemy" is such a wise adage. So I make a point of keeping track of the private rantings of right-wing whack-jobs (copyright: Senior McCain adviser) such as Ann Coulter and Dick Morris.

You know the rats...

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Sign The Big Apology To George W. Bush!

9 Comments | Posted October 29, 2008 | 08:20 AM (EST)


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President Bush

We the undersigned owe you a HUGE apology.

If we had known 8 years ago that you would:

• Preside over the largest government spending since LBJ
• Nationalize many of the US's largest banks (Right on Comrade!)
• Graphically demonstrate the dangers of...
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Drudge Drops Obama Bombshell!

29 Comments | Posted October 27, 2008 | 09:37 AM (EST)


This is the huge headline on the Drudge Report as of 9am EDT on Monday October 27th 2008

2001 OBAMA: TRAGEDY THAT 'REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH' NOT PURSUED BY SUPREME COURT

You click and you link to a YouTube clip titled "Obama Bombshell Redistribution of Wealth Audio Uncovered". The...

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Bush & Powell Caption Contest!

32 Comments | Posted October 19, 2008 | 12:59 PM (EST)


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A Penny For Their Thoughts...

Come up with the "thinks" balloon for Powell and/or Bush after Powell's endorsement of Obama.

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Part Of The World Fell Apart Today... Shed Your Tears For Levi Stubbs

3 Comments | Posted October 17, 2008 | 02:34 PM (EST)


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Levi Stubbs, lead singer of the Four Tops, and the deeply soulful voice of a generation - died today.

Of all the tributes to the emotional depths that his plaintively husky voice articulated for so many millions of people around the world - the...

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Meet The Real Joe-The-Plumber!

10 Comments | Posted October 16, 2008 | 11:51 PM (EST)


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Logo of a REAL Joe-The-Plumber

So - like practically everything else John McCain has said over the past few years - since he sold his soul to the right-wing nut-base of the Republican Party in return for a grab at the...

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Drudge Report Incites "Kill A Mockingbird" Racial Fear Of Obama

32 Comments | Posted October 14, 2008 | 07:51 AM (EST)


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This is the photo that Matt Drudge chose to illustrate a headline from a Reuters news story titled "Obama goes door-to-door to drum up votes in Ohio" that he linked to on the Drudge Report as of 7.45am EDT - Tuesday October 14,...

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Exclusive! Tapes Of Palin Debate Cram Session!

3 Comments | Posted September 30, 2008 | 08:20 PM (EST)


I KNEW we'd heard that voice somewhere before!
And I knew we'd heard this ANSWER somewhere before!

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"Something doesn't smell right..." - David Letterman (September 24th 2008)

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McCain: "I've Suffered For My Country..."

Posted September 4, 2008 | 11:50 PM (EST)


"Now it's your turn..."

(with props to Neil Innes)

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McCain Salutes Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" Speech

Posted August 28, 2008 | 12:36 PM (EST)


"I am grateful for the fact that I have a wonderful life. I spent some years without a kitchen table, without a chair, and I know what it's like to be blessed by the opportunities of this great nation. Cindy's father, who barely finished high school, went off and distinguished...
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McCain's MLK Moment: "I Have A McDream!"

Posted August 25, 2008 | 03:18 AM (EST)


"I am grateful for the fact that I have a wonderful life. I spent some years without a kitchen table, without a chair, and I know what it's like to be blessed by the opportunities of this great nation. Cindy's father, who barely finished high school, went off and distinguished...
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Exclusive! Biden's First Words On Being Selected!

Posted August 23, 2008 | 02:22 AM (EST)


"I feel as if I am walking with destiny, and that all my past life has been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial...


I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous...

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The Punk And The Godmother -- A Timely Parable

Posted August 20, 2008 | 11:56 PM (EST)


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Punky's Dilemma: WHO will the punk pick as his support act?

I'm the guy in the sky, flying high, flashing eyes

No surprise, I told lies, I'm the punk in the gutter
I'm the new president and I grew and I...

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Jesse Helms: Yankee Doodle Jesse

Posted July 4, 2008 | 02:33 PM (EST)


He's a Yankee Doodle Jesse
A Yankee Doodle do or die
A real live nephew of the Ku Klux Klan
Died on the Fourth of July...

"I hope what future generations learn about me will be based on the truth and not the deliberate inaccuracies those who...

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George Carlin: Seven Words You Can Say On HuffPo...

Posted June 23, 2008 | 02:22 AM (EST)


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• Brilliant

• Witty
• Perceptive
• Incisive
• Erudite
• Genius
• Irreplaceable

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[Turn Toward Obama And Smile]

8 Comments | Posted March 21, 2008 | 03:31 PM (EST)


[Turn Toward Obama And Smile]

Well there's no counting the value of an endorsement when the endorser needs that stage instruction in his endorsement speech! As reported by Jake Tapper on his ABC blog.

Meanwhile - you have to love Bill Richardson's new look...

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Spitzer: How Will The "New Type Of Politics" Handle This?

Posted March 10, 2008 | 02:31 PM (EST)


It's 2.25pm EDT on Monday March 10, 2008

The New York Times has broken the Spitzer prostitution story. Other media are all over it.

I wonder how long it will take for standard-issue photographs of Spitzer and Hillary Clinton attending the same events - of which there must inevitably be...

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