Funny how about a third of the stories felt somehow conventional/familiar (though really funny)--especially the bratty kid, the Melissa Leo date--versus a whole other original genre.
I've said it before, but I really like how starting a Louie episode is a lot like reading a new short story by a favorite writer--no clue as to whether it's going to be epic or intimate, light or dark, rather than just comedy or drama.
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 7 October 2013 17:00 (ten years ago) link
oh yeah, forgot about melissa leo!
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 7 October 2013 17:32 (ten years ago) link
And if i've not OTM'd you before, I am OTMing you now. OTM!
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 07:27 (ten years ago) link
a few funny bits here w/Seinfeld:
http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/louis-c-k-comedy-sex-and-the-blue-numbers
― Darin, Sunday, 5 January 2014 06:49 (ten years ago) link
re: the yacht story http://gothamist.com/2012/09/04/photo_louis_cks_yacht_gets_stuck_in.php
― Mmm yes hello (crüt), Sunday, 5 January 2014 07:42 (ten years ago) link
I loved the reveal about what he does on his day off: smoke weed, get in a taxi and people-watch, and go to an Imax movie.
― calstars, Sunday, 5 January 2014 13:35 (ten years ago) link
steven wright writing for Louie is interesting
― mustread guy (schlump), Sunday, 5 January 2014 16:46 (ten years ago) link
^^^ i thought this too
― the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music (stevie), Sunday, 5 January 2014 19:35 (ten years ago) link
i always wanted to see those two movies he made
― mustread guy (schlump), Sunday, 5 January 2014 19:45 (ten years ago) link
http://feministing.com/2014/01/07/how-louis-c-k-helps-the-domestic-workers-movement-by-showing-that-parenting-is-work/
― let's transcend (sleepingbag), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:07 (ten years ago) link
― mustread guy (schlump), Sunday, January 5, 2014 2:45 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Pootie Tang is on DVD
― lisa 龜 (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
and streaming on netflix!
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
what's the other one?
― calstars, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
'tomorrow night' - he's putting it out to buy for $5 in feb
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:29 (ten years ago) link
yeah so hyped
― mustread guy (schlump), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:33 (ten years ago) link
oh btw i meant steven wright's two movies! both shorts, one ~won an academy award~
― mustread guy (schlump), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:34 (ten years ago) link
is 'tomorrow night' a new project?
― calstars, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:39 (ten years ago) link
no, it's an old movie he made that looks terrible.
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
naw man it looks really good
― mustread guy (schlump), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k_Dq-NoVbI
― mustread guy (schlump), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:44 (ten years ago) link
wp:Steven Wright was awarded an Oscar in 1989 for Best Short Live-Action Film for The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, which he co-wrote (with Michael Armstrong) and starred in.[15]
― calstars, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VWOTSR3RLg
― the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music (stevie), Thursday, 9 January 2014 12:44 (ten years ago) link
2 episodes a week!
http://i.imgur.com/KNKDrdJ.png
― Number None, Thursday, 13 March 2014 21:36 (ten years ago) link
yesssss
― Simon H., Thursday, 13 March 2014 22:41 (ten years ago) link
Hate how my brain is trained to see "2 episodes a week!" translated to "network with little confidence in product is going to burn it off"
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Thursday, 13 March 2014 22:45 (ten years ago) link
This is p much the only-ever exception to that case, if the FX chief is to be believed.
― Simon H., Thursday, 13 March 2014 23:00 (ten years ago) link
Great news!
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 14 March 2014 01:44 (ten years ago) link
watched the pilot episode of Lucky Louie last night. weird sitcom format. also noticed that he's had that matriarchy/first guy to punch his mom bit that he did on SNL last week for quite some time.
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 April 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link
Louis C.K. @louisck 14m
tonight at 10pm 2 new episodes of LOUIE on FX. I hope you like to look at and listen to them.
― j., Monday, 5 May 2014 17:18 (ten years ago) link
I took a year off between last season and this one, mostly so I could have more time to do the show, to make it better. This season is very different from past seasons. The first three episodes are pretty typical of what we've done in the past, Self-contained stories. But the next 6 episodes after that are all connected in one story. Then we have a three part story and a two part story. So lots of… parts stories. Yeah.
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 May 2014 20:56 (ten years ago) link
haha 'parts stories'
like 'chapter books'
― j., Monday, 5 May 2014 20:57 (ten years ago) link
the scene with the garbage men really fuckin' nailed it, that was every Tuesday at my last apartment
― frogbs, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 04:47 (ten years ago) link
I admit that if I was gonna guess this season's guest stars, Charles Grodin and Yvonne Strahovski would not have been my first picks.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 6 May 2014 08:07 (ten years ago) link
had a nightmare about paying a rich man 5k a month for the rest of my life. maybe not quite that detailed but that was certainly the gist. louis is good at hitting those terror spots; the doughnut store bully still engages fight/flight when i watch it.
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 14:06 (ten years ago) link
Is it too much to hope that Louis develops a blood condition sometime over this season? Because GRODIN
― maura, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:36 (ten years ago) link
First two were a'ight with some good moments, felt like first gear Louie though
― Simon H., Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:44 (ten years ago) link
Points for wringing some near pathos from Jim Norton's masturbation habits.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
that's sort of the thing with this show, every time the episode ends I usually think "was that it?" because they go by so quickly and don't usually contain a lot of plot. I did like some of the touches in this one...at the cafe with Tom Papa with all the zombie-like teenagers on their phones in the background - it would seem very cliche and kinda dumb if he focused on it more, but as a background detail it was neat.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
That was Todd Barry
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
correction. I always confuse those two.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 18:33 (ten years ago) link
Cutting broccoli florets over a pot that's still not boiling
― 龜, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 05:59 (ten years ago) link
i don't know, maybe he's setting us up for a great multi-episode run, but this show hasn't done it for me since the 1st season...he took two years(?) off to work on the show and those first two episodes were the result?
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:07 (ten years ago) link
i thought he took time off to not work on the show.
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link
I thought I remembered him saying he wasn't thrilled with the last season, that he was going too fast and wanted to take a lot of time to rejigger the show
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:13 (ten years ago) link
If the 2nd season didn't do it for you it's probably not gonna work at all going forward.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:14 (ten years ago) link
I can't recall which epsiodes were in which season, but it's all been of a consistently high quality as far as I'm concerned.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
the 3 "Late Show" eps were my favorites yet
― frogbs, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:33 (ten years ago) link
first ep was p great, second one w the rich model sort of petered out
― stadow shevens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:33 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I feel like the same types of gags are circulating over and over--quirky weird authority figure (Lynch/Grodin), sluts-and-nuts scoring-above-my-level, etc....
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:33 (ten years ago) link
I felt that way about the rich model storyline as it was unfolding, but the resolution and scene with the lawyer were pretty hilarious. Loved Seinfeld being an utter dick to Louie as well.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:46 (ten years ago) link