In 1997, the first episode of the
outrageous animated media satire South Park seemed to summarize the actor's status with a gag in which the two - year - old
character Ike is persuaded to jump from a spaceship and fall
several feet to the ground when his brother yells «Do your impression of David Caruso's career!»
Thus established, Black wrote
several more big - concept slam - bang thrillers — including The Last Boy Scout and The Long Kiss Goodnight, notable for their darkly comic tone and likable, if
outrageous,
characters, before stepping away from Hollywood for a few years.