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

gbx, the faggot bit is definitely the worst (and least funniest) thing he's ever done on stage; but I think the amazing 10-minute Louie episode two bit at the poker table where Rick Crom totally takes him to task about it is prolly his penance.

yeah i can see that

to be clear, I don't think it's his funniest, just that he managed it better than anyone else could have? if that makes sense

i think the real diff between Patton and Louie is that Patton sets himself up as the outsider—sci-fi, too-smart-for-suburbia, anti-monoculture, english major, living embodiment of the Onion A/V Club. His comedy presumes a self-righteous feeling of alienation in his audience--whether that comes from being a comic geek, or a film snob, or an indie type, or a hipster, or a message board poster. It's kind a cuddly Sub Pop version of Bill Hicks or late-90s David Cross. Which, as far as I'm concerned, is a totally great thing. But...

Louie shoots way higher, going for a general Homer Simpson everyman vibe. His bits are all about how thinks he's stupid, fat, awkward, frazzled, weirded out by people, uncomfortable around women. It's a stark humanity rendered with hyperbolic tools and gallows humor. And you don't have to have listened to Stooges records or read The Watchmen to relate to that shit.

i watched the tosh 2.0. guy's stand-up special on netflix. have you watched his thing? he does all the race stuff and making fun of fat americans thing. he's like the bastard child of somebody. he goes for the "edgy" thing.

he does all the race stuff and making fun of fat americans thing. he's like the bastard child of somebody dane cook and charles mencia

i'm gonna start a rolling standup thread because this is getting outta control

i like tosh.0 a lot as a show but he definitely crosses the line b/w making race jokes & using comedy as an excuse to be a racist

Rolling Stand-Up Comedy 2011

It's kind a cuddly Sub Pop version of Bill Hicks

this gets at everything that bothers me about patton and bill hicks at once

kudos

Patton was on the Bill Simmons podcast this week. Good chat mostly but gahhh he is so that guy that if you say your favorite movie character is X, he will say his favorite is the guy in the third scene that no-one remembers....or if your favorite movie is X he will tell you all about movie Y that influenced movie X in a way that now makes you look like a heel for not knowing about movie Y. Love the guy, in fact am married to a version of him and have those tendencies myself but lol it gets a little much

Oops I forgot this wasn't even the Patton thread, soz!

Ha, I flipped through Zombie Spaceship Wasteland or whatever it's called at Borders the other day and he had this whole bit about how people who dismiss sci-fi out of hand miss out on all these great sci-fi novels and people who similarly dismiss country music miss out on some great Dolly Parton and Waylon Jennings albums and the thing is, I *totally* sympathize with this POV like 100%, but in context it seemed like it was just an excuse to drop references to various left-of-mainstream stuff he likes to boost his cultural cred. (NB I'm not actually familiar with P-Dog's stand-up at all; I think the only bit I've seen him do is the one about how you can tell he's fat by the way he pronounces the letter B.)

He's not even that fat, is he?

Nah, I think the bit was about how he feels like he's almost getting to that point.

He'll never get there by rejecting things like the famous bowl!

http://video.feministing.com/2010/07/29/louis-c-k-s-unfunny-sketch-about-race/
http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/05/being-white.html

smdh

the comment to the first link gets it

there used to be a ton of comments to that feministing post, weird

oh, all the crazy comments are at http://feministing.com/2010/07/29/louis-c-k-s-unfunny-sketch-about-race/

the default comment bug is a mudflap silhouette babe flipping people off

amazing. most of the commenters seem to get it though.

I am starting to get really disappointed by posts on this blog that read pieces of culture with no analysis, sense of irony, or recognition or satire, let alone any context in which to place this particular piece of this comedians work.

ty and otm.

"how many feminists does it take to screw in a light bulb"

Bruce Ratner can eat a bag of dicks.

― hstencil, Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:39 PM (6 years ago)

donald rumsfeld, are you a lizard?
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/02/25/rumsfeld_lizard_person/index.html

megalols at that whole clip

pretty much the best thing about today

so great.

oh thank you so much for this

"look at his fucking face... that is an easy mask to slip on and off"

So delicious hearing Opie and Anthony slowly lose control of their program

"NOBODY does!!"

btw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NhlvizRZoQ

also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjNgNDZzH5o

Woah she's super cute.

dying listening to that rumsfield clip

was this posted yet

http://i.imgur.com/ChdtI.jpg

lolll pootie tang is totally underrated

Ha, I misread that as "pootie tang is totally unedited." Then I thought, hm, that might fit.

holy shit!

One of the best shows on television...
Ricky Gervias's appearences as his doctor are funnier than shit...

new season in june! all the promos seem to be just footage from last season tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVoqZN4Is-8&NR=1

http://nymag.com/arts/tv/upfronts/2011/louis-ck-2011-5/

stoked for S2 - the bits described sound great. Hope he can keep it together, or maybe get some trustworthy help at some point, 'cause it seems like making 6 hours of actually-funny/compelling TV every year on your own is a bit much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXRViQ7rRk8

ha I just posted that independently on the Lucky Louie thread.

can't wait!

Deleted scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzbzQdeUfbs

that dude shouting in the background is LOLOLOL

also Shapiro!! hahah

the other comedians did not exactly help that clip

Disagree