i totally spelled the show wrong. i should go to bed...
― scott seward, Thursday, 12 August 2010 04:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
this show is so awesome that it deserves 40 threads tbh
― gg eileen (jjjusten), Thursday, 12 August 2010 04:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
can you change the thread title to louie? i hate when i do things like that. this show waa made for me. lots of shows are. the t.v. knows what i like. he's such a good writer.
― scott seward, Thursday, 12 August 2010 04:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
why yes i can!
― gg eileen (jjjusten), Thursday, 12 August 2010 04:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
Such a great show. Louis CK is the SHIT
― VegemiteGrrrl, Thursday, 12 August 2010 04:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
heckler shutdown is like the best 5 minutes of uncomfortable television of all time imo
― gg eileen (jjjusten), Thursday, 12 August 2010 04:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
so is this gonna be the new louie thread now?
― Mordy, Thursday, 12 August 2010 04:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
it's pretty amazing. i always think i'm beyond amazement cuz i'm so old and jaded but then something comes along and amazes me. i like that.
x-post
― scott seward, Thursday, 12 August 2010 04:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
it doesn't have to be! i just needed to testify and i couldn't find the old one fast enough.
i think the shrink is an amazing recurring character
― Mordy, Thursday, 12 August 2010 05:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
from wiki:
He was married to New York artist and painter Alix Bailey in 1995; they divorced in 2009. He has two daughters from the marriage[9] and shares joint custody of them with Bailey.[10]
― scott seward, Thursday, 12 August 2010 05:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
I already went all over the moon about the poker scene on the first thread, but that was also amazing
― gg eileen (jjjusten), Thursday, 12 August 2010 05:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
I will be trying this in a few minutes. I don't know this guy!
― The world's leaders on pills (admrl), Thursday, 12 August 2010 05:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
i'm about to watch the new one. exciting!
― Mordy, Thursday, 12 August 2010 05:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
he likes the helicopter idea:
http://www.youtube.com/louisck#p/u/30/AO1KsU1rG7s
― scott seward, Thursday, 12 August 2010 05:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
the matthew broderick scene. oh man, i laughed and laughed. lots of stuff made me laugh. out loud. loudly. maria laughed a lot too. we laughed together.
― scott seward, Thursday, 12 August 2010 05:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
first episode is kinda clunky, but the instasmile date thing is so fucking brilliant that it makes up for it
― gg eileen (jjjusten), Thursday, 12 August 2010 05:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
the couple that LOLs together...
― The world's leaders on pills (admrl), Thursday, 12 August 2010 05:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
just posted this on the other louie thread, but the coffee shop routine from last night was the cinematic equivalent of how I feel on ILM
― Darin, Thursday, 12 August 2010 06:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
And yeah, as disjointed/clunky/whatever this show is, I totally look forward to it every week. I love that Louie just says 'fuck it' to any real story lines or what have you.
― Darin, Thursday, 12 August 2010 06:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
If we're posting things in both threads: that ice cream scene was just brutally real for me.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Thursday, 12 August 2010 06:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
Liked the first ep, was pretty good. I'm trying to get over my reservations about the production "style". It isn't exactly like CYE, although some of the acting pushes it in that direction.
― The world's leaders on pills (admrl), Thursday, 12 August 2010 16:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
i'm trying to think of another show about a guy who is basically sensible and lovable but hates himself. seinfeld: sensible, he loves himself. CYE: hates/loves himself, is in no way sensible.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 12 August 2010 17:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
the matthew broderick scene. oh man, i laughed and laughed.
seriously, i could watch him doing variations "your father is dead" for an entire episode
― caek boss (latebloomer), Thursday, 12 August 2010 18:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
variations on*
― caek boss (latebloomer), Thursday, 12 August 2010 18:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 14:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
Scott, post this stuff in the actual Louie thread, for fucks sake
Come anticipate Louis C.K.s HBO sitcom LUCKY LOUIE with me
― na'vi buffalo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 14:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
that's actually the thread for HBO's LUCKY LOUIE
― the disappearance of apollo creed (s1ocki), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 14:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
and we've been talking about LOUIE in it for like three months now.
― na'vi buffalo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 14:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
just becuz whiney wants people to post in th other thread i am posting in this thread..may they join in a golden tapestry.....i heard him talkin about this show and now watch it on th boot legz tube idea/.//its so good...it makes people run away from th room..then run back when they hear sumthin funny..search also th npr interview he did recently...hes in town alot bxing/training and playin guitar..i dont feel like bothering him..i dont want to become th "annoying fan upstate" character in hz routine...love himmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
― danbunny, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 14:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
there is a piece sumwhere where he talks about other male characters who basically love themselves versus those that hate themselves...th ep w th kid and th single mom was awesome
― danbunny, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 15:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
really? it came off as flat for me
the bit he was doing in the beginning about feeling full was funny, but the whole heckler thing, including when he runs into the woman later on in the bar seemed pointless to me, and i guess confusing in tone, as well. like, at first i thought the whole thing hinged upon tension between him and his balding schlubby comic cronies and the heckler gal, and there would be some huge satisfying blowup, but the whole thing just sort of fizzled out. or was that the point?? i'm confused. what was i supposed to be laughing at or pondering over?
― dell (del), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
like larry david's cye character is pretty horrible, but somehow likeable. louis' character in that scene seemed completely devoid of even the tiniest shards of charisma or intersting-ness
― dell (del), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
David's character deals with social anxiety by trying to dominate it and the show climaxes when he fails.
Louis's character deals with social anxiety by being completely overwhelmed and bewildered by it and the show climaxes when he breaks the whole thing down in one very intense, cathartic conversation
― na'vi buffalo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
lovable prick vs. lovable loser
― na'vi buffalo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
i refuse to make that choice because i love all of ilx equally
― gg eileen (jjjusten), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 17:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
great episode tonight - really kept wondering where this was all going. once again, loved the attitude of the ending
― Nhex, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 04:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wow, great ep. Wonder how he'll cap the season off...is the finale next week?
― Simon H., Wednesday, 18 August 2010 04:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
Finale is not until Sept. 7 I believe.
― Jouster, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 05:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
Sweet deal.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 18 August 2010 06:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
what a weird fuckin show
― diurnal eternal falafel (get bent), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 06:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
heh the kid's look at the end
― dont wear sh@q without the fu (tremendoid), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 06:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
switching channels from this to colbert is very jarring
― diurnal eternal falafel (get bent), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 06:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
watching the next episode of louie, he has an alcohol hangover from smoking marihuana. have neglected these thanks to dvr
― dont wear sh@q without the fu (tremendoid), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 06:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
he's kind of cute in a ginger divorcee kinda way when he has facial hair and looks like a giant child molester when he doesn't
― A B C, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 07:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
i luv this show
This is def. shaping up to be one of the strongest first seasons of any show in recent memory - lots of memorable scenes and odd touches, but still feels like it has room to grow and change. The fact that this last ep was suspenseful and touching as well as being funny as hell is a testament to its unique malleability - people call it CK's Curb, but that show is so much more traditional.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 18 August 2010 07:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
I was thinking the exact same thing, Simon (about it being a really strong first season), tho I immediately thought that Community's first season is still stronger.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 07:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
See I love Community, but I think it suffered from its insanely huge season length, which inevitable resulted in 6 or 7 "meh" episodes. I could see it hitting a pretty insane stride when it comes back, though, since the back half of the first season went from strength to strength. (I also hope Harmon has the balls to limit it to 3 or 4 seasons as he's hinted at in the past.)
― Simon H., Wednesday, 18 August 2010 07:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
This is clearly and completely the best show on television, bar none.
― this isn't STRAWBERRY 0_o it's RAWBERRY (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 21:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
that's nothing compared to the Jesus masturbation episode in season 3.
― nobody's bitch speaks again (some dude), Saturday, 22 December 2012 02:18 (5 months ago) Permalink
wkiw ramon
― 乒乓, Thursday, 27 December 2012 17:42 (4 months ago) Permalink
that was probably my fav ep in a while
― 乒乓, Thursday, 27 December 2012 17:48 (4 months ago) Permalink
lol, this is my old gym
― ILX is not a non-profit — we are just not profitable (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 27 December 2012 18:55 (4 months ago) Permalink
aero to thread
― autistic boy is surprisingly good at basketball (silby), Friday, 28 December 2012 02:09 (4 months ago) Permalink
― ILX is not a non-profit — we are just not profitable (forksclovetofu), Friday, 28 December 2012 13:02 (4 months ago) Permalink
I continue to liveblog my watching of louie long after everybody else has finished
was disappointed with the posey episodes because the strength of the shoe really has been louie encapsulating 'real' people (or archetypes) into these little figurines in his episodes but I'm still not sure that manic pixie dream girls actually exist irl (also kinda my beef w/ chløē but I think louie was cutting more into the fantasy-realm part of the show with that ep)
― 乒乓, Monday, 31 December 2012 16:13 (4 months ago) Permalink
feel like I have to acknowledge louie's wardrobe at this point too - I love that his jackets and shirts are so functional and basic and exactly the kind of clothes you would expect him to wear - like that big shapeless jacket he wears with the faux fur lining, the crew neck long sleeves always w/ that triangle stitched below the neck (what's the name for that kind of neck)?, dark colored t-shirts, never ever a collar
― 乒乓, Monday, 31 December 2012 16:16 (4 months ago) Permalink
it's true, artistically this has been, as sullivan would say, a really big shoe
― some dude, Monday, 31 December 2012 16:19 (4 months ago) Permalink
also i've been waiting for someone to make the standard wardrobe of fat white guys who don't care how they look seem noble and dignified, thank you from the bottom of my heart
― some dude, Monday, 31 December 2012 16:20 (4 months ago) Permalink
seeing him tonight in baltimore. wonder if he'll do any newtown material?
― you are my capitalism (spazzmatazz), Monday, 31 December 2012 17:14 (4 months ago) Permalink
finished season 3 - prob best scene I've seen recently that was set in china
i know a sorta WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY AND PULL YOU INTO THEIR HOMES message is maybe a little pat, but i feel like the story had enough use for it that it worked
yeah, true, but feel the need to point out that there's also a gross underpinning to this, the power dynamic between the West and the rest of the world
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:24 (4 months ago) Permalink
also january in beijing be hella cold, 12 degrees in beijing right now ^_^
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:25 (4 months ago) Permalink
Louie: France *in Mandarin, pronounces it wrongly* [perhaps pronouncing it like 'melon'?]
louie pronounces it 'fǎ guā' iirc which kinda sounds like "shǎ guā" (傻瓜）which means 'idiot' (literally means 'stupid melon')
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:30 (4 months ago) Permalink
haven't seen the show, but i heard this guy has a pretty masterful sense of rhythm
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:32 (4 months ago) Permalink
he is very ratchet
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:34 (4 months ago) Permalink
Lady leads Louie into the house.Somebody: Someone's here to eat.
he refers to louie as a '洋人'which means foreigner or more specifically a westerner
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:36 (4 months ago) Permalink
I'm still not sure that manic pixie dream girls actually exist irl
that ep reminded me a LOT of a girl i knew in new york, especially the exhaustion and actually-i-'m-not-that-into-your-manic-spontaneity aspect that can set in extremely quickly
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 19:24 (4 months ago) Permalink
but also the flip side, finding yourself climbing up stairwells in unlikely parts of town, this person being like a pass into a totally different city that exists right in the same city you thought you knew
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 19:26 (4 months ago) Permalink
― 乒乓, Wednesday, January 2, 2013 1:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
right, yes. I could take a hysterical NYRB thinkpiece approach & claim that this is an intentional microcosm of insular western dependence, but it isn't anything I'd thought through or past. I do feel like, more generally in the show, money isn't really a factor but that there's an implied sense of ill-thought out profligacy to most all of Louie's behaviours. it comes up in stand up sometimes, his kind of blank, lazy hunger for just distraction.
― kristof-profiting-from-a-childs-illiteracy.html (schlump), Thursday, 3 January 2013 16:37 (4 months ago) Permalink
yeah I can see that. I guess I just expected that a show that's known for exposing the dark, jerky side of otherwise seemingly innocuous interactions sort of missed the boat on an opportunity to also show that side for the white-person-in-china scenario, but I can understand wanting to end the season on a happy note
― 乒乓, Friday, 4 January 2013 17:13 (4 months ago) Permalink
the next season is set in china, louie is navigating the complexities of western dependence on chinese welfare while maintaining a consciousness of that labour's catalystic effect on a radically different economy. otm anyway; i can feel demanding when asking extra of things that are already a lot, & it's only a ten minute segment, &c, but it's maybe too straightforwardly a white guy with mythical china at his disposal, sure.
― kristof-profiting-from-a-childs-illiteracy.html (schlump), Friday, 4 January 2013 17:47 (4 months ago) Permalink
His late show in London on Thursday night was the best stand-up I've ever seen.
― Deafening silence (DL), Sunday, 24 March 2013 10:07 (2 months ago) Permalink
It was great.
― Gukbe, Sunday, 24 March 2013 10:26 (2 months ago) Permalink
saw him at the O2 and he was great!
― The @glennbeck have raisin b-lls and rice crispy d-ck (stevie), Sunday, 24 March 2013 11:04 (2 months ago) Permalink
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/arts/for-louis-c-k-the-jokes-on-him.html?_r=0&pagewanted=all
― 乒乓, Friday, 5 April 2013 13:10 (1 month ago) Permalink
good interview
― I offer about as much diversity as a saltine cracker. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 5 April 2013 13:23 (1 month ago) Permalink
Watched the first season last week and loved it, but actively rolled my eyes whenever Gervais's doctor character appeared onscreen because he managed to suck all the funny out of the thing for as long as he was onscreen.
― Matt DC, Friday, 5 April 2013 13:38 (1 month ago) Permalink
I thought he was funny!! I like when they introduce characters who are totally at odds with the rest of the show.
― frogbs, Friday, 5 April 2013 13:40 (1 month ago) Permalink
I watched part of the first season on netflix. Someone had recommended it to me based on some post I had made about how miserable my life is. I got all the way up to where he calls some woman a cunt. Maybe this show works better for people with a different set of cultural touchstones or something.
― how's life, Friday, 5 April 2013 14:13 (1 month ago) Permalink
what are your cultural touchstones?
― Mordy, Friday, 5 April 2013 14:17 (1 month ago) Permalink
I can't find the clip, but there's this great interview where he's talking about different network standards, and how on FX you can't show breasts, but there's an episode of The Shield where a police officer says "It appears he murdered her and then ejaculated on her stomach" and then they zoom in on jizz on a dead woman's stomach. So his friend suggested that they should censor women's breasts using an image of jizz on a dead woman's stomach.
― --808 542137 (Hurting 2), Friday, 5 April 2013 14:44 (1 month ago) Permalink
― how's life, Friday, April 5, 2013 10:13 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
fwiw, I wasn't too comfortable with this scene either. I also found the one about hating his mother pretty offputting. He has a sometime tendency to wallow too much in the shit.
― --808 542137 (Hurting 2), Friday, 5 April 2013 14:45 (1 month ago) Permalink
"As soon as you crack your knuckles and open up a comments page, you just canceled your subscription to being a good person."should add this to the FAQ imo
― I offer about as much diversity as a saltine cracker. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 5 April 2013 14:48 (1 month ago) Permalink
Expanded bit on Lynch from that interview: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/louis-c-k-and-the-ballad-of-jack-dall/?partner=rss&emc=rss
― Gukbe, Sunday, 7 April 2013 12:39 (1 month ago) Permalink
New special is BRILLIANT. Probably the most I've laughed at one of his sets ever.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 14 April 2013 17:15 (1 month ago) Permalink
Get ready to hear a whole lot of plaudits for the "of course, but maybe" capper.
― Simon H., Sunday, 14 April 2013 22:42 (1 month ago) Permalink
that was the weakest part imo
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 14 April 2013 22:48 (1 month ago) Permalink
haven't seen the recording yet but i don't think that part merits either fear of saturation/appreciation - like it's really funny & smart & that in itself isn't cloying! - nor downplaying.
― big bobby digital fan (schlump), Sunday, 14 April 2013 22:58 (1 month ago) Permalink
is this the same stuff he did on tour last year?
― frogbs, Sunday, 14 April 2013 23:35 (1 month ago) Permalink
― markers, Sunday, 14 April 2013 23:37 (1 month ago) Permalink
after visiting b&n today i can confirm this exists. flipped through it
― markers, Sunday, 14 April 2013 23:38 (1 month ago) Permalink
*gets ready to hear plaudits*
― zero dark (s1ocki), Sunday, 14 April 2013 23:38 (1 month ago) Permalink
hello this is louis ck, please listen to my new album on spotify
― markers, Sunday, 14 April 2013 23:44 (1 month ago) Permalink
the taped show had a lot of material he didn't do at the ny show and some of the jokes were told differently... not always better imo, but sometimes. good stuff altogether. he sounds A LOT like carlin in this special.
― gr8 tr∞lls i have known (forksclovetofu), Monday, 15 April 2013 04:25 (1 month ago) Permalink
can't believe he didn't include the old lady at the airport bit.
He can save that one for the show.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 15 April 2013 04:32 (1 month ago) Permalink
he did that one for SNL
― Mordy, Monday, 15 April 2013 12:28 (1 month ago) Permalink