Hey, thanks for those links - exactly what I was looking for.
― Odd Spice (Eazy), Thursday, 28 June 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
whatever % of the show's budget was spent on destroying that car was totally worth it
― goonrise zingdom (some dude), Friday, 29 June 2012 02:43 (eleven years ago) link
you're liveblogging a television sitcom
― some dude nights (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 29 June 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link
Oh shit! I forgot it started up again tonight. :(
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 June 2012 02:46 (eleven years ago) link
having a single opinion on something ≠ liveblogging something.
― Clay, Friday, 29 June 2012 02:46 (eleven years ago) link
i'm liveblogging this ilx thread
― Mordy, Friday, 29 June 2012 02:51 (eleven years ago) link
yay, off to the tivo.
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 June 2012 02:58 (eleven years ago) link
― some dude nights (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, June 28, 2012 10:45 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark
you're liveblogging that someone is liveblogging a television sitcom
― goonrise zingdom (some dude), Friday, 29 June 2012 03:01 (eleven years ago) link
noticed vernon chatman of wonder showzen, xavier renegade angel, etc was listed as a producer
ep was not great, but v happy it's back
― johnny crunch, Friday, 29 June 2012 03:09 (eleven years ago) link
ep was worth car destruction and confusing parking sign
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Friday, 29 June 2012 03:48 (eleven years ago) link
yeah end bit was good too /liveblogging
― goonrise zingdom (some dude), Friday, 29 June 2012 03:49 (eleven years ago) link
Him looking at the ice cream was great. Weird that he decided to show his 'ex-wife'.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Friday, 29 June 2012 03:51 (eleven years ago) link
also the quick "i should buy a motorcycle" turnaround.
lol at the old lady "obama" throwaway joke
― buh, Friday, 29 June 2012 03:52 (eleven years ago) link
Would be unsurprised to see a completely different ex-wife in a later episode.
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Friday, 29 June 2012 03:52 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i have no doubts about that.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Friday, 29 June 2012 04:02 (eleven years ago) link
the bit after the credits was pretty amazing, i've definitely been there
― frogbs, Friday, 29 June 2012 05:38 (eleven years ago) link
this maybe speaks to my emotional immaturity more than the quality of the ep but i thought the relationship stuff in this was really good, some sense of self-awareness and communication having to be dragged out of louie. & i am maybe overreading but i thought the clinton/gore sign in his apt was interesting too. he has this sorta self-effacing sense of what his character should be in the programme, some of his laziness, like when he gets in a fight with the right leaning comic in s1. it seemed like a prominent thing in support of him being just vaguely mired in the '90s.
― blossom smulch (schlump), Friday, 29 June 2012 13:25 (eleven years ago) link
the total disregard for continuity here is really neat and unlike anything I've ever seen on TV before; like, how the hell did Louie decide on that actress to play his ex-wife?
― frogbs, Friday, 29 June 2012 13:46 (eleven years ago) link
I mean I'm guessing she's just a great person for the part, but still, I can't even imagine another show that would just do that
Maybe my expectations were raised too high, but I was pretty underwhelmed by the premiere episode. Also, enough with the stereotype "I-write-well-for-women" Jewish super-smart castrating bitch who happens to be right character...we get it, you're coming off well, Louis, can we just get the old girlfriend back from wherever she flew off to? (and I loved season one but season two not so much)
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 29 June 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
(and I loved season one but season two not so much)
does not compute
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Friday, 29 June 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
oh wait, was season two with pamela adlon? all i'm saying is she was the saving grace of that season for me...sorry!
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 29 June 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
Feels like this show is about to get over-analyzed episode by episode versus praised as a whole (see: Slate).
― Odd Spice (Eazy), Friday, 29 June 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
the car!
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 June 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
meh. seems like the show has already hit the late Seinfeld stage. but i look forward to being totally wrong!
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 29 June 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
Eazy's right - I feel like this is the new Arrested Development and will be analyzed as such, but the writing isn't really that rock-solid; it's probably of a better quality, as a whole, but I feel like Louie is designed to be sort of hit-and-miss.
― frogbs, Friday, 29 June 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
I don't really buy that this was a "miss". I know MZS was saying that this season is a bit slow getting going but it really takes off about 5 eps in if that gives comfort to the people who didn't care for this. I'm happy to enjoy the rhythms of the show, really, and I love his attention to detail and the small but honest things like him lying on the couch there at the end.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Friday, 29 June 2012 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
Rad. I love the "is this after midnight?" bit.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 29 June 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
My favorite was that green sign with the line through it, "okay, what does this mean? It's not red, so it can't be bad, right?"
― frogbs, Friday, 29 June 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
this was a good epalso, GABY HOFFMANmy wife was like...she lookin OLDim like she's just keeping it real
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Friday, 29 June 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
*jizzes @ liveblog*
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 June 2012 23:50 (eleven years ago) link
I'm happy enough to be back in Louie world even if this wasn't the best episode (definitely laughed hardest at old lady obama joke)
― Number None, Saturday, 30 June 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
it's just got such a different vibe to anything else on tv
― Number None, Saturday, 30 June 2012 00:02 (eleven years ago) link
loved motorcycle shop dude too
― Number None, Saturday, 30 June 2012 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
actually the standup bit was pretty great also. Good episode
― Number None, Saturday, 30 June 2012 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
― Odd Spice (Eazy), Friday, June 29, 2012 11:53 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
'Louie' Recap: The Dumbest Thing You Can DoThe 10 most uncomfortable moments on the Louis C.K. sitcom's Season Three premiere
Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/louie-recap-the-dumbest-thing-you-can-do-20120628#ixzz1zEXoN6r4
― some dude nights (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 30 June 2012 00:54 (eleven years ago) link
i never thought i'd be one of those people that thought television was bad, but it's clearly turning everyone autistic
― some dude nights (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 30 June 2012 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
no dude that's the internet, TV is just one of the domains of inquiry
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Saturday, 30 June 2012 02:08 (eleven years ago) link
audience + pop culture = lists
I liked the episode, it was fun. Loved the way he nodded to the carefree euro 'HAY I'M RIDING A MOTORCYCLE AROUND TOWN' .while he's looking like the most awkward dude ever riding a motorcycle. And I got a kick out of the swarm of motorcycle stunt dudes coming from out of nowhere.
I dunno, I thought the girlfriend stuff was a funny play on 'ugh Louis you pathetic shlub'...ie him using her expectations of his loserness to get pretty much all the outcomes he wanted; breaking up with her, some comfort when he's hurt, and for her to leave once he got fed.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 June 2012 05:29 (eleven years ago) link
It wasn't omg awesome or anything, kinda weirdly disjointed with the vignettes but still fun
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 June 2012 05:30 (eleven years ago) link
'HAY I'M RIDING A MOTORCYCLE AROUND TOWN' .while he's looking like the most awkward dude ever riding a motorcycle.
Yep, he really knocked that "motorbikes are cool" thing right on the head. I was able to turn to my husband and say "that'd be you if I let you buy a motorbike."
― trishyb, Saturday, 30 June 2012 12:05 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 June 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 29 June 2012 17:31 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^ some bullshit, gonna annoyingly c&p this after each forthcoming rad episode
― blossom smulch (schlump), Saturday, 30 June 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
have fun with that, schlump!
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 30 June 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
gaby hoffman is TOO YOUNG for louis ck
― horseshoe, Saturday, 30 June 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 30 June 2012 19:28 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ha ha. i just think that part of this show's charm is its range & variety, which this ep did some work in expanding - the relationship dynamics thing, which afaict was a pretty novel depiction of shitty relationship miscommunication - & so naysaying on account of its maybe-failure as a comic exercise (like how seinfeld would suck if it wasn't funny) seems shortsighted. but i am a zealous defender of the show here, so.
― blossom smulch (schlump), Saturday, 30 June 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
Basically everyone who's seen the first 5 seems to agree that the first is the least exciting. Which has me very stoked indeed.
― Simon H., Saturday, 30 June 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
it felt very much like an odds and ends episode, same as the halloween thing from last season but much better. He says he has at least one multi part episode, so i don't mind him fucking around with a series of short gags about a fucked up day.Looking forward to the maria bamford arc!
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 30 June 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link