his new standup special is great - starts and ends abruptly and maintains that weird balance of incredibly dark + goofiness that he's good at.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 6 April 2017 20:40 (seven years ago) link
eh, I found it pretty hit and miss. When it was good it was quality though.
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Thursday, 6 April 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link
Do appreciate his thoughtful approach to comedy overall
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Thursday, 6 April 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link
is the bit about orpheus in there?
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Thursday, 6 April 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link
sorry, achilles rather
Yeah it is
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Thursday, 6 April 2017 21:01 (seven years ago) link
i thought it was his darkest standup yet (last thing he did was Horace & Pete) but very good.... just hope he's ok!
― flopson, Thursday, 6 April 2017 21:04 (seven years ago) link
it is v dark but not uncharacteristically so imo
sweet to see it dedicated to Garry Shandling at the end
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 6 April 2017 21:08 (seven years ago) link
he definitely frontloads it with the darkest stuff
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 April 2017 21:17 (seven years ago) link
the email chunk is still p funny
I also laughed a lot @ the magic mike > boyfriend stuff
― johnny crunch, Friday, 7 April 2017 12:57 (seven years ago) link
i really enjoyed the stuff about heaven
― J0rdan S., Friday, 7 April 2017 16:47 (seven years ago) link
the goat joke on SNL lol wtf
― k3vin k., Sunday, 9 April 2017 04:21 (seven years ago) link
That whole monologue was great. "I know you can hear in my voice that I'm white..."
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 9 April 2017 12:43 (seven years ago) link
yeah the laundry thing was really good
― k3vin k., Sunday, 9 April 2017 16:20 (seven years ago) link
Was expecting guy to maybe start fading out (last few seasons of his show have been mostly zzz IMO) but his new standup is sharp as hell. Great SNL monologue too. Still top of the pack.
― circa1916, Sunday, 9 April 2017 16:26 (seven years ago) link
i was fading on him until i watched horace & pete a few weeks ago. i found the thread and tried to rave revive it, but in retrospect i was performing CPR on a corpse in the haunted woods. anyway, i thought horace and pete was flat-out brilliant and it made me excited about whatever he does next.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 9 April 2017 16:33 (seven years ago) link
I watched the first episode of H&P and felt like he was maybe, uh, up his own ass a bit, taking to heart his ~grim truth telling sad clown/artist~ space but that was probably a shitty read on it. Will give it a full watch soon enough. Probably when I'm less depressed.
― circa1916, Sunday, 9 April 2017 16:46 (seven years ago) link
every single episode is more depressing than the one before, all the way through the end
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 9 April 2017 16:49 (seven years ago) link
i think the reason the corpse cannot be revived is because it's really not a show i'd recommend to anyone. it's so fucking sad. it's reaaaaaally sad, relentlessly so.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 9 April 2017 16:50 (seven years ago) link
that eliminates about 99.9% of his audience but it's too bad because the format of the show is so unique. but even that is offputting - imagine sitting down to an 8-hour play with 10 intermissions. but somehow it works so well.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 9 April 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link
the first episode is easily the worst, it leans heavily on the "sad assholes talkin bout politics" stuff which is definitely the weakest part of the show
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 9 April 2017 16:56 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I think fundamentally it did come down to "this is too bleak for me right now and I know it's just going to get worse" so I put it aside. One day.
― circa1916, Sunday, 9 April 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
good monologue
― SSN Lucci (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 9 April 2017 17:57 (seven years ago) link
The birthday clown piece seemed like something he brought in with him. Really well done.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 9 April 2017 18:01 (seven years ago) link
Didn't really find much of the Netflix standup funny.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 9 April 2017 20:00 (seven years ago) link
I did like when he used the audience member's "CHRIST!!" thruout the "years" bit
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 9 April 2017 20:05 (seven years ago) link
most of that monologue was at least two years old; had heard it in concert.the giraffe bit was relatively new and cracked me up tho
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Sunday, 9 April 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link
It's like he gave himself the challenge of the toughest subjects to build a comedy set around: abortion, 9/11, ISIS beheadings, rescue dogs, etc.
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Monday, 10 April 2017 01:34 (seven years ago) link
Loved the quick bit about people before Christ counting down years and not knowing why. Much of it was very good and much better than whatever the last special was.
― Evan, Monday, 10 April 2017 04:42 (seven years ago) link
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Sunday, April 9, 2017 8:34 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this occurred to me, too
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 10 April 2017 14:52 (seven years ago) link
i recall louie saying in an interview that he was listening to a george carlin set in the car or something and carlin led with an abortion joke, which impressed the hell out of louie. the show was in missouri or something. maybe that was his inspiration. i feel like this is a stevolende post.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 10 April 2017 14:56 (seven years ago) link
something like that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R37zkizucPU
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 02:53 (seven years ago) link
That's awful.
― Heavy Doors (jed_), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 03:28 (seven years ago) link
It's not funny. His delivery is terrible. I like him but no.
― Heavy Doors (jed_), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 03:30 (seven years ago) link
He's not doing material...
― Evan, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 04:32 (seven years ago) link
http://www.thedailybeast.com/tig-notaro-louis-ck-needs-to-handle-his-sexual-misconduct-rumors?source=facebook&via=mobile
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Thursday, 24 August 2017 01:22 (six years ago) link
I'm assuming (based partially on his dodgy non-response) that there's something there, and also that he knows there's no way to address it without tarnishing his brand and rep, so he'll never do so unless someone forces his hand. Depressing but hardly surprising.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 24 August 2017 02:17 (six years ago) link
so this movie of his sounds like an extraordinarily bad idea huh
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 12:40 (six years ago) link
I understand your reservations but I think you'll be pleasantly surprised if you watch Pootie Tang with an open mind.
― Scott Staph (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 12:44 (six years ago) link
ha, for real I made a game effort of watching Pootie Tang once upon a time and just count not stand more than half an hour
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 12:45 (six years ago) link
i keep starting his different shows and not finishing them. started horace & pete and baskets and the new one with whatsherface as a single mom but i never finish them. i also have that weird "should i still listen to my Swans albums?" feeling now with him because the internet says he is a sex criminal.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:02 (six years ago) link
he doesn't have a lot of creative involvement in Better Things iirc. adlon directed the entire upcoming season
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:03 (six years ago) link
Horace and Pete is a little much for me. It's like watching 5 Louis C.K.s talking about Louis C.K. stuff
― crüt, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:06 (six years ago) link
I basically loved H&P for its audacity, though the scenes of characters discussing the election were uniformly terrible
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:10 (six years ago) link
Better Things is wonderful
― Cyndi Larper (stevie), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:49 (six years ago) link
hazlitt.net/feature/truth-jest
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:53 (six years ago) link
oops http://hazlitt.net/feature/truth-jest
Haven't watched Horace & Pete, but Better Things season 1 was fantastic. I didn't get around to it until it was on Hulu for free, so I guess I'll catch season 2 in a year or so.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:57 (six years ago) link
I found BT a bit hit-and-miss (and the privilege levels on display a little much) but I hear very good things about S2.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 15:01 (six years ago) link
New interview:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/movies/louis-ck-rumors-wont-answer.html
Premise sounds like prime Louie, in a potentially good way, but hard to imagine walking up to the box office and saying "Two for I Love You, Daddy."
― Eazy, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link