Louie (Louis C.K.'s show on FX)

If you are a single hetero male comedian w your own TV show, you probably will be dating lots of women on your show. Look at Seinfeld.

does his character have a tv show?

oh nm I see what you're saying, it's just the nature of the medium/topic

I mean what do you want him to write about, doing his taxes?

yup that's all single white guys do, fuck lots of random women + taxes

yeah, fuck taxes

C'mon, man, that's such a stereotype. I hardly ever did taxes when I was single.

I mean go to the club, obviously. Fuck the taxes.

Second ep moved at a glacial pace

steven wright is p. good in this

skipped the 2nd ep but the third was pretty impressive

p. impressive is an understatement.

just a massive leap in quality from the first two.

yeah the extended duologue format is a way better fit, plus Laurie Metcalf killed it

good lord yes.
metcalf is secretly among the greatest actors of her generation.
this third ep easily justifies all the fumbling of the first two and it was exactly what I was looking for from this exercise.

like "louie" i think there's more punch in having the show meander and flop around and then occasionally pull into something laser-focused and ambitious like this.

haven't watched the second episode yet and haven't heard a good thing about it. can I skip right to the third?

Yes, though i thought it was okay.
I like the lange character

I'd watch the second tho it meanders. Wright is good and it establishes a bunch of stuff which i imagine will pay off later. Helps a little even with the setup for the third, tho the first gets you most of the way there.

Watched episode 5 tonight. This has become my favorite non-TV, TV show right now.

Steven Wright is so great.

CK tells Howard Stern he's losing millions on this, the former seems basically unconcerned.

I ended up pretty much loving this, though it would have been way better had CK cast a real actor instead of himself (though he's sometimes fine)

everybody on this show sounds like Louis CK talking to himself so subbing in another actor would not have made a noticeable difference to me

louie pulled the interview circuit superfecta now of talking abt this on howard, maron, bill simmons, & Charlie rose in the span of a few wks

The full ginsburg

he's lost money on the project and now it's done; I presume he's trying to get it sold to a network now.

He's selling the whole series for $31/pop, and then will sell it to Netflix or other later. It doesn't sound like he's scrambling to cover his ass - he wanted to release something without context before doing press, same as Bey et al.

did anyone watch them all? I wasn't really impressed w what I saw

I did, if you get to ep 3 and don't like it you should probably stop

yea its not really accurate to say hes lost money & its only done to the extent he hasn't decided if he wants to continue it

I want to watch it but will just wait til whenever he sells it to a service

did anyone watch them all? I wasn't really impressed w what I saw

I purchased the whole thing and absolutely loved it. "if you get to ep 3 and don't like it you should probably stop" is OTM advice.

Loved the first ep, keep meaning to get around to the rest.

It felt a little like some album where a load of virtuoso musicians came out and showed you how good they were at playing, but for acting. But I didn't feel it was self-indulgent at all, it was just like a great showcase for some great performances. It felt stagey and theatrical in the best way.

Saw him last night and he absolutely killed. A master at the height of his powers.

More than most comedians he seems to have a real knack for reinventing his sets, and instinctively knows when to put other projects on hold. So he does his show for a while, then stops, then tours, then starts a new show, then stops, then tours. I've seen him a few times, and only once was he less than his best.

i have tickets to the MSG show (first floor seats in the garden!); this'll be the fourth tour for me. He's consistently very good and it's best not to try to retell his jokes.

V true. His best material from last night was pretty much impossible to relay to anyone.

holy shit, horace and pete is a masterpiece. third episode is astounding (as mentioned above), but not necessarily a giant leap from the first two (as also mentioned above). i didn't watch it when it came out because i didn't want to pay (sorry) and i didn't feel like downloading, but it's on hulu now for those with that option.

his new standup special is great - starts and ends abruptly and maintains that weird balance of incredibly dark + goofiness that he's good at.

eh, I found it pretty hit and miss. When it was good it was quality though.

Do appreciate his thoughtful approach to comedy overall

is the bit about orpheus in there?

sorry, achilles rather

Yeah it is

i thought it was his darkest standup yet (last thing he did was Horace & Pete) but very good.... just hope he's ok!

it is v dark but not uncharacteristically so imo

sweet to see it dedicated to Garry Shandling at the end

he definitely frontloads it with the darkest stuff

the email chunk is still p funny

I also laughed a lot @ the magic mike > boyfriend stuff

i really enjoyed the stuff about heaven

the goat joke on SNL lol wtf