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

something hilarious about louis facing the greatest opportunity of his career producing the saddest arc. would watch a david lynch talk show where the monologue is composed of 30 and 40 year old jokes.

gotta say, i am not looking forward to the end of this season

this show is so frustrating

the second they walked into that office and stood in the lobby I kept thinking, "this is like a david lynch scene", because of the camera angle, mainly. And lo and behold! I was pretty proud of myself there.

Wow, DL doing the Late Show would be so awesome. So cool that Louie gets to experience that, for a minute or two at least.

I dig this story arc but this kind of thing really isn't made for the 30 min w/ commercials format

the second they walked into that office and stood in the lobby I kept thinking, "this is like a david lynch scene"

the second they opened the door to his office and there was that low-volume roar in the background I thought the same thing

episode wasn't particularly funny tho, apart from Lynch showing him how introducing a show is done

the post-credits part had a real Lynchian feel to it too

def a few homage-y touches in there.

yeah, the noise partic

lynch at the desk was holy-shit

the noise when he opened the door made me say "it sounds like a david lynch scene now. oh lol theres david lynch!!" it was like they had lynch just direct that scene. the overhead shot of the drawer opening especially

yep exactly

I'm withholding my judgment until the finale, but I'm feeling a little frustrated. Loved the Lynch bits. Loved Louie's daughter busting the meat thief.

There is an episode after the third part, right?

nope, next week is the season finale

this arc does seem kinda stupid and overly meta

awesome guest stars notwithstanding

Ok, just looked it up and there is an ep after next week's.

well oops!

something hilarious about louis facing the greatest opportunity of his career producing the saddest arc. would watch a david lynch talk show where the monologue is composed of 30 and 40 year old jokes.

― balls, Friday, September 14, 2012 2:06 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^ this

this show understands something about the huge sadness that is the flip side of any "great opportunity" and i love it for expressing that.

Finally, a dope episode.

just rewatched the whole shebang - it's more a medium-length film than a series of episodes, and plays much better that way.

exactly. I love the show but it's kind of like Arrested Development in that regard, it's not really a "tune in next week for 20 more minutes of this" type thing. Still it feels stupid to complain, this whole arc is in my opinion the high point of the show.

that was an hour of build up for one of the biggest laughs I've had in 2012
YOU KNOW YOUR PROBLEM IS... you're just a... pencil... penis parADE. blblblblblblblbppppppppppp!

by the way I'm not really getting what Seinfeld's involvement in all this really was

maybe seinfeld was just another pawn/bargaining tool? towards the end when the cbs president said the options thing i thought there'd be some sort of twist.

"PENCIL PENIS PARADE" was amazing and a potential great band name.

does anyone know what that piano score is? i almost teared up when his kids brought him the card

it's original, along with basically all of the show's scoring.

the scoring is interesting, there's definitely pieces that are deliberate homages to other pieces (like the Donald Byrd "Cristo Redentor" mention upthread)

xp I don't remember the numbers but didn't they imply that Seinfeld would be super expensive too? Was Louie supposed to be a bargaining chip for both of them? I'm just trying to figure out why he came into the room to say he had signed, doesn't make sense to me yet.

I had thought that Lynch's last piece of advice there was probably referring to the Letterman thing in some way but I didn't figure it out because it seemed to conflict with what Seinfeld was doing.

He was just trying to fuck with his head so he'd screw up or blow off his test show.

(Thereby removing one of CBS's options.)

So he was sent as a goon by CBS? I guess that kinda makes sense

Also, gotta say that in addition to Lynch that kid who plays Louie's agent really did a great job in these last episodes

he was sent as a goon for himself. seinfeld didn't know that letterman was still an option, saw louis as his only comp (chris rock apparently not a factor), did a number on louis cuz it's show business not show friends only it backfired and managed to motivate louis enough to do a great show. cbs meanwhile gets the leverage they need against letterman, their target all along. i can understand ppl not liking it or thinking it dragged on too long but i thought this was a nice arc w/ an honest happy ending, esp if his character actually manages to change and exhibit this growth from here out.

although you're right that lynch's advice DID apply to the letterman thing didn't it, as much as it immediately applied to seinfeld part of me thinks that letterman in fact was what lynch was actually talking about. am going to miss lynch btw. liked that all of the high profile comedian appearances made them look bad (w/ leno of all ppl being the most ambiguous). wondering if the boxing training was just a tip of the hat to louis training w/ mickey ward in real life or if that's going to be a thing going forward. seems a waste of isiah whitlock otherwise.

aha, I hadn't even considered that Seinfeld didn't know Letterman wasn't retiring, now it makes sense to me.

this show's definitely been weird with its guest stars thus far. nobody's been anything like what I'd have expected them to be (outside of his comedian pals like Todd Barry, Norton, DiPaolo, etc.) I will say that Lynch has probably been the best one so far.

i like chris rock's appearances alot, probably the most i've ever liked his 'acting' tbh. i haven't minded the guest stars as much as other ppl (hasn't annoyed me anywhere near the level of the big celeb guest stars in season 3 of 30 rock for example) but i did feel this warmth when he was hanging w/ his comedian bros at the end. never ever thought i would be happy to see nick dipaolo.

i've liked silverman's appearances too but yeah lynch has been the best

I really liked these episodes, but one thing I couldn't figure out, particularly in the 3rd ep: the scenes with his daughters had this really sentimental music playing each time he explained that taking a job hosting a late night tv show would mean that he'd see a lot less of them, etc. And there was something about the way it was done that was just completely not typical of the tone of the show—which, I know, is about constantly upsetting our expectations—so much so that I wondered whether it was a gentle parody, like 'this moment is serious and heartfelt, cue serious heartfelt music'

I got a "yeah we know it's corny, go with it mofo" vibe from that stuff and esp the "revelation" scene where Louie and the agent figure out they're getting played. Not to mention the Rocky stuff. The whole thing toys with extreme accessibility in a way I found enjoyable (and weirdly affecting).

never ever thought i would be happy to see nick dipaolo.

real talk

I really liked these episodes, but one thing I couldn't figure out, particularly in the 3rd ep: the scenes with his daughters had this really sentimental music playing each time he explained that taking a job hosting a late night tv show would mean that he'd see a lot less of them, etc. And there was something about the way it was done that was just completely not typical of the tone of the show—which, I know, is about constantly upsetting our expectations—so much so that I wondered whether it was a gentle parody, like 'this moment is serious and heartfelt, cue serious heartfelt music'

― America's Mobile, Friday, 21 September 2012 17:03 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah this is true, like an extra step
the scene w/his daughters coming over to give him a card almost made me cry. or him in times square - not hollering at a building, just him in times square. he has a lot of bathos, i guess he is this perfect mix between looking tough & looking doughy & vulnerable, it just slays me.

or those shots of him running through the streets, & then w/the kids joining him. he films new york so fucking beautifully! like the arrangement of the shots was super ambitious & smart, w/a camera intersecting & then driving alongside him. killer.

I wondered if the kids running with him was unplanned, like the dude flicking off the camera in the opening sequence (which I hope isn't gone for good).

ah, I guess it would have to be scripted or they'd be waving at the camera. It was a nice touch, anyway.

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idk man i thought the same

great payoff. whole arc felt very honest, and i was surprised that it did't stay dark all the way though, but the uplifting part wasn't too cornball. the one ridic thing was how baffled louie was by basic talk show convention -- like asking your guest a question or w/e.

that was annoying. "ok, do an interview." "WHAT?!?!?!??!"

however, dad night live ftw. really great episode.