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

Like, is he going all church basement and VFW hall indie (or equivalent)?

playing @ venues w/o exclusive deals is my understanding yah

So if he was the sort who could draw a lot more - like Dane Cook - would he not be able to do what he did, or would he just need to do multi night stands like in NYC?

basically. he said he couldve played madison sq garden but wouldve had to have $$ tickets & doesnt like the idea of stand up in such big rooms that much

Does the Season 2 DVD have any commentary? Would love to hear commentary on how some episodes/stories happened (Dane Cook for one), though on the other hand I don't really want to lost the weird-dream-ness of the show by learning too much.

wow he's performing at Severance Hall in cleveland, which is almost exclusively Orchestra/recitals/jazz once a year place

bottom building
http://media.cleveland.com/metro/photo/8954285-large.jpg

looks hilarious

Does the Season 2 DVD have any commentary? Would love to hear commentary on how some episodes/stories happened (Dane Cook for one), though on the other hand I don't really want to lost the weird-dream-ness of the show by learning too much.

― Odd Spice (Eazy), Thursday, June 28, 2012 5:32 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjkqu2f_OyU

i haven't seen any. what i saw of the s1 commentaries was great, though; he was eating & just sorta zoning in and out for some. he goes into the dane cook thing in some length in this, iirc (if it isn't that it's part one of the same thing), it's interesting

eazy - check this out

http://www.avclub.com/articles/louis-ck-walks-us-through-louies-second-season-par,61888/

setting this on the DVR reminded me how awesome the description was for the final episode of Season 2 - "Louie has a bad time in general"

playing @ venues w/o exclusive deals is my understanding yah

― johnny crunch, Thursday, June 28, 2012 5:21 PM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes. https://twitter.com/louisck/status/218114576233926656

Hey, thanks for those links - exactly what I was looking for.

whatever % of the show's budget was spent on destroying that car was totally worth it

you're liveblogging a television sitcom

Oh shit! I forgot it started up again tonight. :(

having a single opinion on something ≠ liveblogging something.

i'm liveblogging this ilx thread

yay, off to the tivo.

you're liveblogging a television sitcom

― some dude nights (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, June 28, 2012 10:45 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark

you're liveblogging that someone is liveblogging a television sitcom

noticed vernon chatman of wonder showzen, xavier renegade angel, etc was listed as a producer

ep was not great, but v happy it's back

ep was worth car destruction and confusing parking sign

yeah end bit was good too /liveblogging

Him looking at the ice cream was great. Weird that he decided to show his 'ex-wife'.

also the quick "i should buy a motorcycle" turnaround.

lol at the old lady "obama" throwaway joke

Would be unsurprised to see a completely different ex-wife in a later episode.

yeah i have no doubts about that.

the bit after the credits was pretty amazing, i've definitely been there

this maybe speaks to my emotional immaturity more than the quality of the ep but i thought the relationship stuff in this was really good, some sense of self-awareness and communication having to be dragged out of louie. & i am maybe overreading but i thought the clinton/gore sign in his apt was interesting too. he has this sorta self-effacing sense of what his character should be in the programme, some of his laziness, like when he gets in a fight with the right leaning comic in s1. it seemed like a prominent thing in support of him being just vaguely mired in the '90s.

the total disregard for continuity here is really neat and unlike anything I've ever seen on TV before; like, how the hell did Louie decide on that actress to play his ex-wife?

I mean I'm guessing she's just a great person for the part, but still, I can't even imagine another show that would just do that

Maybe my expectations were raised too high, but I was pretty underwhelmed by the premiere episode. Also, enough with the stereotype "I-write-well-for-women" Jewish super-smart castrating bitch who happens to be right character...we get it, you're coming off well, Louis, can we just get the old girlfriend back from wherever she flew off to? (and I loved season one but season two not so much)

(and I loved season one but season two not so much)

does not compute

oh wait, was season two with pamela adlon? all i'm saying is she was the saving grace of that season for me...sorry!

Feels like this show is about to get over-analyzed episode by episode versus praised as a whole (see: Slate).

the car!

meh. seems like the show has already hit the late Seinfeld stage. but i look forward to being totally wrong!

Eazy's right - I feel like this is the new Arrested Development and will be analyzed as such, but the writing isn't really that rock-solid; it's probably of a better quality, as a whole, but I feel like Louie is designed to be sort of hit-and-miss.

I don't really buy that this was a "miss". I know MZS was saying that this season is a bit slow getting going but it really takes off about 5 eps in if that gives comfort to the people who didn't care for this. I'm happy to enjoy the rhythms of the show, really, and I love his attention to detail and the small but honest things like him lying on the couch there at the end.

Rad. I love the "is this after midnight?" bit.

My favorite was that green sign with the line through it, "okay, what does this mean? It's not red, so it can't be bad, right?"

this was a good ep
also, GABY HOFFMAN
my wife was like...she lookin OLD
im like she's just keeping it real

*jizzes @ liveblog*

I'm happy enough to be back in Louie world even if this wasn't the best episode (definitely laughed hardest at old lady obama joke)

it's just got such a different vibe to anything else on tv

loved motorcycle shop dude too

actually the standup bit was pretty great also. Good episode

Feels like this show is about to get over-analyzed episode by episode versus praised as a whole (see: Slate).

― Odd Spice (Eazy), Friday, June 29, 2012 11:53 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

'Louie' Recap: The Dumbest Thing You Can Do
The 10 most uncomfortable moments on the Louis C.K. sitcom's Season Three premiere

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/louie-recap-the-dumbest-thing-you-can-do-20120628#ixzz1zEXoN6r4

i never thought i'd be one of those people that thought television was bad, but it's clearly turning everyone autistic

no dude that's the internet, TV is just one of the domains of inquiry