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

i think i sorta believe that the show is actually a documentary

nah yeah on some level part of me assumes this is all just lightly decorated irl

well i guess the latest episode basically makes this point but he seems p committed to such a level of emotional truthfulness that its p easy to extend that to the factual parts of the show, like 'this really happened' or w/e

a shitty comic is just a shitty comic until he becomes the most successful comic in the country

― Gukbe, Friday, August 5, 2011 9:20 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

dude is a viking in terms of marketing and self-promotion

w/ the comedy, not so much

dance cook

thats when i'm a viking

are we viking or are we dance cook

i have never really seen his comedy, i assumed he got famous for making creepy bros feel good about walking around saying 'THE SHOCKER!!'

Season 3 confirmed. Not that it's a shock.

everybody dance cook

I did the math the other day and worked out that an entire season of Louie (roughly 200k-250k an episode going by the pilot's budget) is cheaper than (or at least roughly equivalent to the cost of) one episode of Breaking Bad ($3.2 million) - and recently their ratings have been pretty similar. So yeah, kind of a no-brainer.

also FX gets that the syndication/DVD/streaming rights justify reasonable money invested
AMC overspends and then pulls back for some reason

in interviews louis has been immensely proud of his ability to bring the show in on budget and he should be, it's amazing how little they cost for what they are

I like the more jagged editing in the current season. I think it was the road-trip episode where the theme song cut out a second early.

xpost that may be a bit of the old filmmaker mentality working as well - any good filmmaker knows that the ability to bring a production in on budget is the first step toward actually working again

good show; nowhere near as good as this thread would have you believe tho

because it's BETTER

Just watched the latest episode. Hmmm, what's this funny feeling...oh, weird, it's respect for Dane Cook. Watching that made me wish musicians would act out a similar sequence (much how I wish there was a WTF equivalent on musicians).

Figured out that this is on Hulu+ tonight and watched the first couple of the new series. So good.

cozen i don't know that it's so much that the show is totally brilliant at everything it does, but that it seems to exist apart from the normal contours of american television, which is thrilling

Also, I know there was an episode explaining how he got the cushy new brownstone

ok i've seen the newest ep and i think iago is maybe confused by the way it opens in the past, with a really big nice house? cause that's pre-divorce. afaict louie still lives in the (nice) apt next to the awesome neighbors who helped him with his sister.

(of course, this show's reality changes slightly from one show to the next - it wouldn't be that surprising to have louie living in a totally difft house next week and no reference made to it at all)

and that house was presumably in LA

ha yeah i thought that entryway looked a little spacious for a brownstone

Lucky Louie was shot in LA fwiw

considering that he had some freedom to do "edgy" material on Lucky Louie, I imagined that sitcom in the last episode to be some nameless pilot he worked on that never went anywhere, and not Lucky Louie.

pretty sure it was based on this - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0889653/

aww, evan handler was in it.

man, alternate reality Louis on CBS doin hella trad sitcom shit is blown my damn mind

even in alt-universe, cynthia watros still plays long-suffering girlfriends.
L O S T

I have two new episodes listed on my guide this week.

yeah there are 2 this week.

omg thanks to Sunny S for finding this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pc02QHQl3Q&feature=player_embedded#at=252

Spray paint my face on a tit. Fuck your mother with a frog.

LOL.

Also, I'm getting ready to head to the airport. Awesome timing. ha.

speaking of vacuuming up other people's ideas, there was a bit of m maron's WTF going on in that scene with dane cook

How is that vacuuming up other people's ideas, exactly

Yeah. I mean, Dane Cook talking about people accusing him of stealing jokes wasn't solely the property of WTF...and the "beef" was between him and Louis anyway, so...

So - the guy from The Man Show who looked, pre-Louie ep, like a walking mugshot deserves an Emmy.

I've never seen The Man Show, but Doug Stanhope turns up a lot in the UK on various things. He's pretty funny. He was great here.

http://www.xpautographs.com/9016-5389-thickbox/loretta-swit-autograph.jpg

Wow, so I guess we get *two* sublime fart jokes this season.

Both eps were so good tonight that I felt compelled to complement him directly on Twitter, the sort of thing I *never* do.

"do you ever get too proud of yourself for not being a piece of shit?"

Stanhope's records are great. I love him so much.

How is that vacuuming up other people's ideas, exactly

i just meant the format - confessional confrontation between comedians - reminded of Maron's show

don't worry, i'm not accusing louis CK of stealing or whatever

ENBB, when you told me you were heading to the airport id be lying if i didnt hope for a moment you'd hit some turbulence and start shouting 'BABIES WITH AIDS BABIES WITH AIDS'

stanhope & the anti-masturbation chick both had some loong monologues damn

Holdin' out for a season finale Louie/Pootie Tang crossover event.

according to CK 5 eps still remain? I guess there's 14 in this season then.

apparently a two-parter called "Duckling" airs on 8/25. Intriguing!

i lolled at the posting of this JPEG image

http://www.xpautographs.com/9016-5389-thickbox/loretta-swit-autograph.jpg

also, stanhope blew me away. i remember hating him, but now i like him.