Chicago: They paved a fetid swamp/and put up a parking lot

Oh wow, Louis C.K. is part Mexican, and English is his second language after Spanish, and he has dual citizenship.

You are in love with him, aren't you?

I just woke up from a dream about him.

Ha no, but a couple of years ago I did ck
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Oh weird- that typo was an interesting coincidence.

Anyway I was saying, a couple years ago I did consider a crush on him. I've been reading about him but that's just bc, well, you know how I am with my interests. Big flame-up at first.

Have you seen the dentist episode of Louie?

No. I'm at maybe ep. 7 or 8 in the first season. I stayed up way too late last night watching juuuust one more.

It's coming up soon--I won't say anything more.

Oh, I just paused to look up the episode guide: the dentist is episode 10, and the second half of that episode ("Tarese") is my favorite of the whole season.

I saw one really weak episode last night. The one with the heckler and the air travel. It was way out of place.

I hated that one.

I have to keep googling b/c I've forgotten almost all of the S1 episodes already. Except "Bully," which I think is the best of the season.

Heckler and air travel were not in the same episode.

Tarese was my least favorite.

I liked travel day/south. God was my favorite not funny one.

i have been enjoying the wtf podcast -- i don't really find the guy annoying at all. my only gripe is that i usually listen to podcasts when i am trying to fall asleep and it does not put me to sleep at all. (bbc history of the world in 100 objects? that puts me straight to sleep, god bless it)

I hated Tarese, too. Like, let's break all the comedy rules and be fresh and funny unless it's jokes about black women or fat people. Then the same old tired bullshit will do just fine.

Although the fat jokes in Air Travel were less insulting bc they humanized the fat guy and him and Louis snuggling together was really cute.

xp

I'll just say, though, the actor playing Tarese was amazing, her timing and all.

I've always had this thing where I tend to overlook skeezy content when something is well made. Or something like Moneyball--not skeezy at all, but the way the director focused on reaction shots mattered to me so much more than what they got right and what they left out.

NO SPOILERS HERE BUT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT A SHOW YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN, EVERYONE
Oh, right. Well the air travel was out of place, but not bad. The heckler one was the really weak and terrible one and what sucks is that I thought it could have been really interesting. The enormous potential of the premise was squandered.

I haven't seen Tarese yet.

xp - yeh the fat guy on the plane was not too much of a lazy fat joke b/c the scenes in the airport and plane were so stylized (the guy was sitting 1/2 on his lap) and Louie is chunky.

what do you mean by skeezy?

goddammit i got fancy new "apple caramel" donuts at dunkin' donuts and they taste exactly like stale plain cake donuts. no hint of apple or caramel. fuuuuck i hate my life

just kidding.

you guys should watch shows i like and watch so i can contribute. watch "bob's burgers," that show is great.

i wasn't joking about these donuts being lame. they are boring.

By "skeezy content" are you talking about what Jenny said re fat or black people (or gays, Indians, or women)?

xp - Nick, I thought you watched Louie?? You should. It's pretty great.

i've watched maybe like 10 episodes trying to get into it but i just can't get excited about it. but i feel like i've talked about that enough on this thread and elsewhere.

Jeff and I were just talking about how donuts used to be this amazing delicious thing and how they are just underwhelming and sad now. At least from DD. There are probably delicious artisinal donuts somewhere in this city.

Oh! Apple caramel donuts from the Amish bakery (Risen Roll, I think). Those restore my faith in donuts.

By skeezy I mean dubious content, content that offends some people but "works" for craft reasons. I'll tell you what I liked about Tarese...after Jesse watches it.

Meanwhile:

goddammit i got fancy new "apple caramel" donuts at dunkin' donuts and they taste exactly like stale plain cake donuts. no hint of apple or caramel. fuuuuck i hate my life

Nick, I will buy you beers if you memorize that verbatim and we all go to Zanies on open-mic night and you get onstage and say it.

Nick, maybe you should say that, pause for a laugh, then say it again. And your open-mic routine will just be repeating it over and over again until they physically manhandle you off of the Zanies stage.

tbh i always find doughnuts/donuts vaguely disappointing. like gnocchi. maybe i've just never had good doughnuts/donuts/gnocchi. the exception is when you can get krispy kremes while they're still warm but that's like a whole different animal.

i need to start using "aja" (all joking aside) instead of "tbh"

that would be a good standup persona, the guy who takes the trivial disappointments in life and turns them into huge deals. "what's the deal with airplane peanuts? the bags are so small! it makes you think about how tiny you are in this universe ... i want to slit my throat."

Innocuously Angry thread is a goldmine of source material for that.

Just found this on the Louie thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NhlvizRZoQ&feature=player_embedded#!

I have thoughts on the matter or dubious content, but right now I'm in a super crabby mood and not able to express my thoughts. Also, my keyboard just got stuck typing ''''''''''''''''''''''' and it was not a physical problem. That made me even more upset.

to cross-reference amanda's wtf post with the louie talk, if you haven't already listened to the wtf episodes (it's a 2-parter) with louie ck, you should all do so. probably the best wtf episode ever.

i have enjoyed the ones with sandra bernhard and conan o'brien a lot. kind of surprised i don't find him more irritating, but i totally don't!

Corey+ Lechera (+ any other Chicago ilxor who would like to see me at pretty much my lowest poor in a decade) I'll be in Chicago tonight, and I might have a window of free time around 5:30-7 or so, if anyone wants to grab dinner. I have plans with old friends after that in the Logan square/wicker park area, so if we could meet up somewhere in that general area it would work well. Send me an email at (redacted)

― Z S, Tuesday, September 27, 2011 11:18 AM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark

I can't do this, but maybe one of you can buoy the spirits of this fine young man.

:( i would like to meet ZS but i have to be at work until 6 and so probably wouldn't be able to get there in time.

you guys have a very similar sense of humor

he's one of my favorite young ILXors, along with abbott (RIP) and max - they all seem like really smart people who are also funny and not dicks

Wait how young are these ILXors?

they're like 2-5 years old
very advanced for their age verbally

I have met Max. He is tops.

I have no recollection of ere reading this persons posts.

Of ever

wait that's bullshit, all ilxors are dicks

But really, most of the time I don't notice who is posting. I just read the content.

i think z_s, abbott, and max are all in their mid-20s?

What happened to Abbott??? She was my anosmia buddy :(

Also, I can't go out tonight :(

she quit ilx a month or two ago

I still exist on ILX. But barely. I do miss you guys.