haha <3
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
so far the most awkward thing has been the 'create dumb woman who talks during his standup show, make fun of her, then give himself ten more minutes to explain why she is a horrible person'
I thought it was a set up to the second half of the show, where Louie essentially does the same thing on the set of the movie by not respecting what everyone else was trying to accomplish. I thought the point of this episode was he that he's a hypocrite because he was lecturing this horrible woman on not respecting his craft and then he turns around and does the same thing.
― Nicole, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
I guess that makes sense? I was mostly distracted by OLD MATTHEW BRODERICK
― iatee, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
SO OLD WTF
'someone robs the bodega' was kinda painfully formulaic
― iatee, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
I liked Tarese (cashier ep) a lot because there was this contrast between his romantic oer-side-of-the-tracks romantic fantasy and the reality of actually attempting the courtship.
― do you not like slouching? (Eazy), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think he should even attempt to write dialogue for female characters
― iatee, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 18:34 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
simon is otm here:characters who aren't "Louie" are generally there for him to react to, be they male or female.
i feel like a broad judgement on female characters on the show fails because of pamela adlon, & because of his kids!, all of whom are strong enough to stop it being about specifically female characters but maybe peripheral characters. tbh the other female characters, to whom he's reacting, have usually been characters inserted to direct the plot - so it's the pta woman he's going to sleep with, or someone he has to get nervous before going to meet, etc. there's also that kind of half-surreal quality to women's dialogue in the show - the estate agent, the pta woman, the woman who picks him up after a show in her car in times square - like they emphasise louie's emotional immaturity or lack of ease by seeming to operate in a different register to him - more straightforward, or formal, or professional or w/e. so again it's about him, how he can't have a conversation with a cheerleader.
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
about the creepiness of his fantasies, btw, i remember a friend, who came down on the side of finding him sorta suspicious, saying she cracked up when a scene ended with him googling an actress when he was about to jack off; i don't have the requisite knowledge of '70s american tv actors to know who it was, but i think an actress from mash?, maybe? like it would be the perfect outdated, semi-nostalgic crutch for him to resort to fantasising about.
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
Yup, it was Loretta Swit.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
SO HARSH!
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyd3ssz8Yd1qzraqfo1_500.png
― ENBB, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
classic example of missing the point
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
like that fatality was pretty fucking clearly not played for laughs
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
I laughed but ymmv apparently
― Simon H., Wednesday, 25 January 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
his kids would be the major exception to any generalizing about weakness of female characters on the show, of course. they're great. pamela adlon's character is also great, but i think that's largely her excellent performance. i could go into more detail here but whatever. i am inclined not to care too much about this generally because again, the weakness of female characters seems like a subset of the general weakness of non-Louie characters and not really the point of the show. also because at least the Louie character/Louis C.K. himself seems like he genuinely likes women, which is more than i can say for many male protagonists of tv shows.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 26 January 2012 02:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2012/01/louis-ck-is-creating-a-sitcom-for-cbs.html
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 30 January 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
*concerned look*
― Wie wol ich bin der vogel has noch den erfret mich das (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 January 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
My only concern is that CBS would somehow fuck it up. But given Louis' willingness to walk away from his FX deal, it doesn't seem likely that he'd let CBS mess with the show too much.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 30 January 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
i wonder if he's producing or what. like it's hard to see how it fits. his general attitude toward sitcoms is p promising though - that they should be individualistic & not so much writers-room joke strings &c
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Monday, 30 January 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
just trying to imagine the poker game discussion of the word faggot on CBS and failing.
― Wie wol ich bin der vogel has noch den erfret mich das (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 January 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
I coulda used an fx version without that discussion
― iatee, Monday, 30 January 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
i wonder if he's producing or what.
According to this, he's an executive producer.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 30 January 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
Because apparently doing every single job on 6.5 hrs of Tv a year isn't enough? I'm less concerned about CBS fucking up as I am about it getting in the way of Louie in some way.
― Simon H., Monday, 30 January 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
But given Louis' willingness to walk away from his FX deal
wait what?
― dave cool it (stevie), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
When he made his proposal to FX, he basically said to them, "If you don't meet these conditions, I'm not doing the show."
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 30 January 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
i dont find this show very funny outside of the standup segments, and i cant really get past that. i guess everyone else is able to cut loose and enjoy it for the oddity that it is, but it just doesnt do much for me. there are definitely times where i appreciate the things it does that no other show would even attempt - like the "who are you" singalong in the racist grandma ep - and there's a lot of those moments to be sure, buuuut, i dunno. ive only seen a few of the s2 eps, so i need to see the whole thing i suppose. the one where he gives pam adlon a big speech about his real feelings for her really... did not work for me.
― Hungry4Ass, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
that was my favorite episode!
― lukas, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
if you approach this show expecting laffs then you are doing it wrong imo
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
well i certainly dont EXPECT laughs from it anymore, but i dont find the weird half hour dramedy thingie that it is particularly compelling either.
― Hungry4Ass, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, it's really more of an experiment than a comedy and i love it for that
― Wie wol ich bin der vogel has noch den erfret mich das (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
Hungry 4 ass, you need to watch season 1! so much better than season 2
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
i watched most of s1! i think i missed 2 or 3 eps
― Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
nuh uh xpbut yeah watch it if you haven't!, obv. i was thinking 'only some of s2, all of s1'
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
the one where he gives pam adlon a big speech about his real feelings for her really... did not work for me.
this was only the realest shit he ever wrote
― j., Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
ha ha, so otm
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
that would speak poorly for his standup if it was true! (its not)
― Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
love both but s2 >>>>> s1 imo
― Simon H., Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
I liked season 1 was better. I was sort of bored of it by the time I finished season 2. I like the show but I generally prefer his standup.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji1XWAaZekQ
― caek, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:39 (twelve years ago) link
As Seen On:reddit: the front page
― caek, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
haha 'you're so beautiful to me. shut up!' don't know why the scene is flipped horizontally tho.
― jerk with enough manpower (shaane), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
To trick the YouTube copyright robots
― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 01:30 (twelve years ago) link
TV: Newswire: Louis C.K.'s CBS sitcom will now star Ashley Tisdale
― Mordy, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://media.avclub.com/images/articles/article/69/69373/DunhameCK_jpg_300x1000_q85.jpg
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
sad trombone
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
heh, that's the tiny furniture chick right?
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
her HBO show Girls looks like it might not be as bad as Tiny Furniture
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
Tiny Furniture was dope, so I will def watch Girls.
I wonder if Chris Eigeman is gonna be a regular or just a guy who pops up in one ep. Saw him in the trailer.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
If ILX does a most hated poll, I'm voting Tiny Furniture
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
I'm voting milo z jk lol
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
i liked tiny furniture
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link