that's actually the thread for HBO's LUCKY LOUIE
― the disappearance of apollo creed (s1ocki), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
and we've been talking about LOUIE in it for like three months now.
― na'vi buffalo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
just becuz whiney wants people to post in th other thread i am posting in this thread..may they join in a golden tapestry.....i heard him talkin about this show and now watch it on th boot legz tube idea/.//its so good...it makes people run away from th room..then run back when they hear sumthin funny..search also th npr interview he did recently...hes in town alot bxing/training and playin guitar..i dont feel like bothering him..i dont want to become th "annoying fan upstate" character in hz routine...love himmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
― danbunny, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
there is a piece sumwhere where he talks about other male characters who basically love themselves versus those that hate themselves...th ep w th kid and th single mom was awesome
― danbunny, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
heckler shutdown is like the best 5 minutes of uncomfortable television of all time imo
really? it came off as flat for me
the bit he was doing in the beginning about feeling full was funny, but the whole heckler thing, including when he runs into the woman later on in the bar seemed pointless to me, and i guess confusing in tone, as well. like, at first i thought the whole thing hinged upon tension between him and his balding schlubby comic cronies and the heckler gal, and there would be some huge satisfying blowup, but the whole thing just sort of fizzled out. or was that the point?? i'm confused. what was i supposed to be laughing at or pondering over?
― dell (del), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:11 (thirteen years ago) link
like larry david's cye character is pretty horrible, but somehow likeable. louis' character in that scene seemed completely devoid of even the tiniest shards of charisma or intersting-ness
― dell (del), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
David's character deals with social anxiety by trying to dominate it and the show climaxes when he fails.
Louis's character deals with social anxiety by being completely overwhelmed and bewildered by it and the show climaxes when he breaks the whole thing down in one very intense, cathartic conversation
― na'vi buffalo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
lovable prick vs. lovable loser
― na'vi buffalo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:19 (thirteen years ago) link
i refuse to make that choice because i love all of ilx equally
― gg eileen (jjjusten), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
great episode tonight - really kept wondering where this was all going. once again, loved the attitude of the ending
― Nhex, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 04:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, great ep. Wonder how he'll cap the season off...is the finale next week?
― Simon H., Wednesday, 18 August 2010 04:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Finale is not until Sept. 7 I believe.
― Jouster, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 05:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Sweet deal.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 18 August 2010 06:02 (thirteen years ago) link
what a weird fuckin show
― diurnal eternal falafel (get bent), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 06:29 (thirteen years ago) link
heh the kid's look at the end
― dont wear sh@q without the fu (tremendoid), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 06:33 (thirteen years ago) link
switching channels from this to colbert is very jarring
― diurnal eternal falafel (get bent), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 06:37 (thirteen years ago) link
watching the next episode of louie, he has an alcohol hangover from smoking marihuana. have neglected these thanks to dvr
― dont wear sh@q without the fu (tremendoid), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 06:51 (thirteen years ago) link
he's kind of cute in a ginger divorcee kinda way when he has facial hair and looks like a giant child molester when he doesn't
― A B C, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 07:04 (thirteen years ago) link
i luv this show
This is def. shaping up to be one of the strongest first seasons of any show in recent memory - lots of memorable scenes and odd touches, but still feels like it has room to grow and change. The fact that this last ep was suspenseful and touching as well as being funny as hell is a testament to its unique malleability - people call it CK's Curb, but that show is so much more traditional.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 18 August 2010 07:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I was thinking the exact same thing, Simon (about it being a really strong first season), tho I immediately thought that Community's first season is still stronger.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 07:20 (thirteen years ago) link
See I love Community, but I think it suffered from its insanely huge season length, which inevitable resulted in 6 or 7 "meh" episodes. I could see it hitting a pretty insane stride when it comes back, though, since the back half of the first season went from strength to strength. (I also hope Harmon has the balls to limit it to 3 or 4 seasons as he's hinted at in the past.)
― Simon H., Wednesday, 18 August 2010 07:49 (thirteen years ago) link
This is clearly and completely the best show on television, bar none.
― this isn't STRAWBERRY 0_o it's RAWBERRY (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
When that kid was threatening him in the diner, my heart started RACING
― this isn't STRAWBERRY 0_o it's RAWBERRY (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link
it was like FUCK i feel like this is happening to me
^^^otm
― sleepingbag, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, that shit felt very, very real to me.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 22:47 (thirteen years ago) link
it was real real but i couldnt get past why would you shush a pack of teenagers like that (borderline dickishly) and some sort of malicious harrassment (at the very least). is that done? seemed like even louie (actor louie) had trouble walking it back a far enough to make his sheepishness 100% believable.
― dont wear sh@q without the fu (tremendoid), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
http://db.tt/TUwASLH
play this please
― danbunny, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link
and not expect
― dont wear sh@q without the fu (tremendoid), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes it is very hard to believe that a New Yorker would be dickish to a pack of New Yorkers.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
that could and would beat his ass? on a date? ny physics?
― dont wear sh@q without the fu (tremendoid), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
As for not expecting it ... I don't think he considered the repercussions of his actions much.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Which is not the first time on the show that he made an unwise decision.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link
when Louie cuts to commercial, the commercials seem that much more bullshit in comparison
also, NOT a dickish move as far as i'm concerned.
― this isn't STRAWBERRY 0_o it's RAWBERRY (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link
not the shushing necessarily but he put a fine point on it...like he was ready and willing to back it up? the rules of ny interaction could very well be fucking me up i'll give you that
― dont wear sh@q without the fu (tremendoid), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
well, I dunno; if you're gonna tell them to be quiet, you can't very well be like "um guys could you keep it down a bit"
Incidentally, that exchange really would be unlikely to happen; the guy behind the counter would've gotten involved. But man it felt real.
― this isn't STRAWBERRY 0_o it's RAWBERRY (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I've been in plenty of late night spots where the people behind the counter are completely useless.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 23:21 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzbURUrgQao
― this isn't STRAWBERRY 0_o it's RAWBERRY (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 23:38 (thirteen years ago) link
lolled p.hard when the stoner threw the water bottle out the window onto the car
― ___wayne_grow___ (cozen), Thursday, 19 August 2010 09:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow that episode was something else.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 August 2010 10:50 (thirteen years ago) link
The last one, I mean. Fuck.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 August 2010 10:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought when you cum a ball shoots out. WAAAHAHAHA
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 19 August 2010 12:49 (thirteen years ago) link
i like this thread more
― plax (ico), Thursday, 19 August 2010 13:09 (thirteen years ago) link
the conversation at the end was fucking mint
― SYNTAX ERROR (remy bean), Thursday, 19 August 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
thing about that scene where he stalks his would-be attacker was that there were ample shit-just-got-real fight scene opportunities and that, the dad putting hands on his son notwithstanding, they resolved their problems with words (mean words initially, but words)
kinda wish the mom/dad of the bully had asked "why did you follow my son home, you creep?"
― handel's messiah complex (m bison), Friday, 20 August 2010 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link
similarly, the heckler scene....it's like publicly he unleashes fury, but in their private conversation he's like "that really hurts my feelings when you talk during my set". i dunno, at the <3 of ck's shit, even at his worst...like the least otm moments, i always feel like there's a fundamental sense of decency 2 him.
― handel's messiah complex (m bison), Friday, 20 August 2010 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
this show is so awesome that it deserves 40 threads tbh
― gg eileen (jjjusten), Thursday, August 12, 2010 12:42 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark
― Sun Tea (Pillbox), Friday, 20 August 2010 03:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I find it hard to believe a jock would put louie down so eloquently IRL, but that's beside the point I suppose. I love how he seems to have made a catalog of life's most uncomfortable moments, they're almost so bad that I feel like I've repressed them and only remember them when I see them on the show. Like after the episode with his mother I wondered if I kind of hate my parents too.
― badg, Friday, 20 August 2010 03:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Man that last episode. Wow.
― WHAT IS JOHN GUILT? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 20 August 2010 05:00 (thirteen years ago) link
It is a mystery
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 20 December 2021 21:46 (two years ago) link
i cannot help if you made yourself not funny
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 December 2021 22:11 (two years ago) link
in fact
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 December 2021 22:11 (two years ago) link
(whiney's not in attack mode by the way, he's doing a bit. i understand if you don't like the bit though.)
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 December 2021 22:12 (two years ago) link
his bit is tedious and he should reevaluate life choices for continuing to shit this place up with his tedious insecure aggression for so many years
― class project pat (m bison), Monday, 20 December 2021 22:34 (two years ago) link
my bit of pointing out tedious bits is tedious
― licorice in the front, pizza in the rear (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 20 December 2021 22:37 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_4HSMuo86U
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 20 December 2021 22:41 (two years ago) link
that's a fucking jam btw
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 December 2021 22:45 (two years ago) link
The only Louie comedy bits that sticks with me as still genuinely good is his story about going to Russia at the dissolution of the USSR, and the kids smelling paint or the like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wali_4tdQ-g
strange to say, but Louie was at his best playing with morality. Same goes for his show, all I can remember is the episode where he finishes having a meal with the Chinese family. He is an ass, but I’m willing to make a stake that there was a genuine talent rarely shown in his work in these moments, and so he was not only a “cultural-moment-rider”, and the humour of his bits are not entirely predicated on him being a good guy deep down (though obviously the majority of them are).
I don’t know why I’m defending actually, because these moments were few and far between the dross and vile of his regular work. No desire to watch his new stuff, but I still appreciate some of his bits as stand-alone great work.
Lynch in Louie was classic too.
― hrep (H.P), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 01:39 (two years ago) link
i would argue that there's a lot of good louis and louie material. he's a good storyteller and has great timing and often a good eye. more's the pity he poisoned the well.
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 02:54 (two years ago) link
I feel like it’s beside the point whether the material *was* good because it no longer *is* good, for me at least anyway. It’s not like he wrote routines with repeatable jokes or punchlines — the personality he presented (and lied about) is so baked into the gags… I just can’t watch him for more than a dozen seconds without feeling angry or disappointed.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 03:11 (two years ago) link
At the risk of starting a war with weak convictions, my point was that I don't agree that the entire well is poisoned. Maybe it's wrong to try partition the well? Either/or, its probably a silly question to ask in light of the pain he has caused. Here's to the "the death of the author" as I enjoy a story about Russia
― hrep (H.P), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 03:19 (two years ago) link
Don't know anything about his standup or TV show. All I know is American Hustle, and he's quite good playing a straight arrow FBI agent--Bradley Cooper imitating him is the funniest moment in the film.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 03:44 (two years ago) link
you should def be posting in a thread about him then
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 05:13 (two years ago) link
I generally try to make my frame of reference clear when posting about something, especially when narrow. But let me try again.
He's quite good playing a straight arrow FBI agent in American Hustle--Bradley Cooper imitating him is the funniest moment in the film.
Happy? I'll pretend there's lots of familiarity behind that statement.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 05:20 (two years ago) link
Yeah, what the H Clemenza? If you have a controversial take to post like that, you should at least watch 30+ hours of the man’s work. It’s common etiquette
― hrep (H.P), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 05:34 (two years ago) link
You can’t really honestly evaluate his character and performance in American Hustle unless you do the work and rank his top masturbation jokes.
― Evan, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 13:09 (two years ago) link
No posting until you’ve analyzed Pootie Tang shot by shot
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 13:19 (two years ago) link
I see, it's joke material now. Gross.
I’m here for advice @vindiesel https://t.co/uyEPlsyEbj— Louis KC (@notlouisck) December 25, 2023
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 26 December 2023 04:10 (five months ago) link
Not his account...
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Tuesday, 26 December 2023 04:51 (five months ago) link
Oh duh, sorry. Fell for the blue check, my bad.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 26 December 2023 05:02 (five months ago) link