• E! Online, Thursday, November 10, 2005 2:09 PM

In a move that is more surprising than a mid-winter hurricane, perpetually dyspeptic stand-up comic Lewis Black has signed with The Weather Channel as a nighttime contributor of meteorological shtick. Perhaps best known for his frequent rants on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," Black will appear on TWC late Wednesday nights on "Evening Edition with Dave Schwartz." He says he's already taped "five or six" two-minute segments. By signing diatribist Black, TWC is hoping to insert some offbeat levity into its overly familiar storm-clouds-are-overhead mix of news and information. E! Online says Black got the gig because, in his view, "I had more material on weather than anyone else."

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