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

I rewatched the first two seasons of Louis this past year. Some of it really holds up! Much of it is forever tainted. It's shocking how much of CK's work hinges on the presumption that he's playing the part of an asshole with the insight of a decent guy showing what assholes are like. I was a very very big fan! I saw him live for like five years in a row and enjoyed his shows a lot! Culture has shifted.

I have never liked Seinfeld, for whatever reason.

Culture has shifted.

Speaking of Seinfeld--remember when a famous guy didn't even have to bother hiding his relationship with a 17 year old?

You don't have to spend your 30s complaining about Shitty Wok either!

I'm not really doing that either, afaik if I've ever said anything about this it's the same as the Chappelle/LGBTQ thing - the jokes aren't funny and they keep telling the same ones over and over again, so if they're not bigoted they're trying damn hard to appeal to those who are. none of this has a thing to do with Louie, who in fact was for a good while the model of how to do offensive/edgelord humor in the 21st Century, to the point where nobody really had a problem with him dropping the N-word in his sets as recently as like...2015.

xp his beef with bobcat goldthwait is apparently because bob pointed it out on live tv
https://www.thedailybeast.com/bobcat-goldthwait-breaks-down-his-30-year-beef-with-teen-loving-jerry-seinfeld

(i like bobcat btw)

I look forward to the day when I never have to hear about Louis CK or Dave Chappelle ever again

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, December 19, 2021 6:39 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

great place to start is not posting in a Louis CK thread.

frogbs, I know. Your schtick is going into threads about once-funny edgy guys who turned out to be less-funny edgy guys and insisting they're not-funny edgy guys...

Like, I'm sorry, yes, the trans stuff is ugly and tired, we all agree, but I'm not buying that a lapsed South Park stan subjected himself to like a straight hour of Chappelle just to sit solemnly and stoicly like you're watching The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

that's an uncharitable reading, Whines. most people just watch whatever everybody's talking about bcz FOMO. people wanna have a take about the thing that's getting all the action, so they watch chapelle / the beatles / succession / whatever. plenty of other people also watch the stuff because they like it but I don't have any trouble believing that a dude thought "here's a thing going on, I'll just watch it." I will, however, constantly shame people for this behavior because it is dumb, but that's me.

It is incredibly dumb behavior!

And also, I'm not talking about "most people" I'm talking about frogbs

shut the fuck up whiney

gentlemen! you can't jerk off in here! this is the louis ck thread!

lmao

lol

Your schtick is going into threads about once-funny edgy guys who turned out to be less-funny edgy guys and insisting they're not-funny edgy guys...

what the fuck? I don't think I've ever said any of these guys are "not funny". if I believed that, I wouldn't post about them. in fact if you actually bothered to read my posts in the Chappelle thread my main frustration with him is that he's too funny and talented to be doing the stuff he is now! like sure he's not as good as he was back in '03 but he's still arguably one of the best in the world. I watched several of his Netflix specials and thought they were, despite the ugliness, pretty good. why wouldn't I watch this one, especially considering it was all anyone was talking about for 2 straight weeks?

if you actually bothered to read my posts in the Chappelle thread my main frustration with him is that he's too funny

wow, fp for transphobic frogbs

cool post!

I wish I had a schtick

schtop down a schtree

Chuck Tingle with a wise perspective

https://www.facebook.com/100044554564295/posts/460557085439440/?d=n

gotta say the author of "Slammed In The Butt By My Handsome Laundry Detergent Pod" is totally otm there

tbf I have 0 clue why whiney is going into attack dog mode over this issue on this website

It is a mystery

i cannot help if you made yourself not funny

in fact

(whiney's not in attack mode by the way, he's doing a bit. i understand if you don't like the bit though.)

his bit is tedious and he should reevaluate life choices for continuing to shit this place up with his tedious insecure aggression for so many years

my bit of pointing out tedious bits is tedious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_4HSMuo86U

that's a fucking jam btw

The only Louie comedy bits that sticks with me as still genuinely good is his story about going to Russia at the dissolution of the USSR, and the kids smelling paint or the like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wali_4tdQ-g

strange to say, but Louie was at his best playing with morality. Same goes for his show, all I can remember is the episode where he finishes having a meal with the Chinese family. He is an ass, but I’m willing to make a stake that there was a genuine talent rarely shown in his work in these moments, and so he was not only a “cultural-moment-rider”, and the humour of his bits are not entirely predicated on him being a good guy deep down (though obviously the majority of them are).

I don’t know why I’m defending actually, because these moments were few and far between the dross and vile of his regular work. No desire to watch his new stuff, but I still appreciate some of his bits as stand-alone great work.

Lynch in Louie was classic too.

i would argue that there's a lot of good louis and louie material. he's a good storyteller and has great timing and often a good eye. more's the pity he poisoned the well.

I feel like it’s beside the point whether the material *was* good because it no longer *is* good, for me at least anyway. It’s not like he wrote routines with repeatable jokes or punchlines — the personality he presented (and lied about) is so baked into the gags… I just can’t watch him for more than a dozen seconds without feeling angry or disappointed.

At the risk of starting a war with weak convictions, my point was that I don't agree that the entire well is poisoned. Maybe it's wrong to try partition the well? Either/or, its probably a silly question to ask in light of the pain he has caused. Here's to the "the death of the author" as I enjoy a story about Russia

Don't know anything about his standup or TV show. All I know is American Hustle, and he's quite good playing a straight arrow FBI agent--Bradley Cooper imitating him is the funniest moment in the film.

you should def be posting in a thread about him then

I generally try to make my frame of reference clear when posting about something, especially when narrow. But let me try again.

He's quite good playing a straight arrow FBI agent in American Hustle--Bradley Cooper imitating him is the funniest moment in the film.

Happy? I'll pretend there's lots of familiarity behind that statement.

Yeah, what the H Clemenza? If you have a controversial take to post like that, you should at least watch 30+ hours of the man’s work. It’s common etiquette

You can’t really honestly evaluate his character and performance in American Hustle unless you do the work and rank his top masturbation jokes.

No posting until you’ve analyzed Pootie Tang shot by shot

I see, it's joke material now. Gross.

I’m here for advice @vindiesel https://t.co/uyEPlsyEbj

— Louis KC (@notlouisck) December 25, 2023

Not his account...

Oh duh, sorry. Fell for the blue check, my bad.