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

worth repeating cuz I always think about this when I see the opening:

i know that pizza place, it's at the west 4th street stop and it is TERRIBLE pizza... perfect indicator of how little he respects himself and a great nod to a new york state of mind where you're like "fuck i gotta eat something... oh man, this is expensive... oh man this is terrible... oh i can't even finish this... fuck it, gotta go... when am i gonna figure out how to feed myself like a grown up instead of feeding myself shit... oh fuck, i'm so late" etc ad infinitum
― predeep natsvitika (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, January 11, 2011

ha, that ain't just a new york state of mind

yes, especially as a prelude to drinking

lol eating shitty food when yr hungry... ny state of mind

typical new yorkers, thinking they invented everything..even laziness

louis is ABOUT a nyc state of mind; it is SET in nyc and generally revolves around situations that can only take place in nyc; that's the show, not me being provincial

what does that even mean

"we do things a little different here"

new yorkers may not have invented late night pizza but i feel certain they invented the "free topping", i.e. creating a thick layer of cheap parmesan, chili flakes and oregano by shaking the jars for a good five minutes

this is a dumb argument but come on. yes it's a show about new york to some degree but shoving disgusting food in your face and hating yourself as you do it is a louis c.k. running theme and resonates universally.

forks dude i'm just bustin' yer balls. surely that's part of the nyc state of mind!

i thought it was a south carolina thing

cinnabons

truly one of his great bits

and perhaps the peak of loathing-over-food humor

of course it resonates universally, but the closer you are to its home base the more it's gonna click with you. I'm sure alaskans felt the DEEP VIBES of Northern Exposure in ways you and I will never understand.

and latebloomer I'M TRYIN TA POST OVAH HEAH GET YA FUCKIN HEAD OUT YA ASS

gummy bears are my cinnabuns. when i was like 17 i inadvertently ate a two pound bag during an episode of M*A*S*H, forgot that i'd eaten it, and went looking in the kitchen for more. i was very upset to learn i'd stolen them from myeslf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmQ0mqr69Vs

so many excellent facial expressions in that four-minute clip

new yorkers may not have invented late night pizza but i feel certain they invented the "free topping", i.e. creating a thick layer of cheap parmesan, chili flakes and oregano by shaking the jars for a good five minutes

― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, July 7, 2011 10:28 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

i must be a secret new yorker then

seriously sometimes it's like listening to the hateful voice in my own head, but with way, way better jokes

i'm buying a cinnabon at the airport...that i arrived at

yeah he has really tapped into something with his self-loathing eating humor

The cinnabun thing is amazing. I FEEL YOU LOUIS I REALLY DO.

I lost it the first time I heard that bit.

"that i arrived at"

killed me

haha you can always tell when a comedian has changed the game in certain respects because they recast awful things you have done to yourself for years as "something comedian x would do a bit on"

Oh and I totally do Tracer's free topping thing with the parm, chilli and oreg and I am from NY.

haha i think followed by a real mad FRUIT AND SHIT
xxp

mmm i want to go to pinocchio's and get me a slice from the angry hockey dudes

I just found out about Pinocchio's like a month ago. It was pretty great at 2:00 am tbh.

they are never nice, and the pizza is never not amazingly good. did you try the sicilian? it is maybe my favorite pizza ever.

Yeah - it was the sicilian. I'd have to get it again to really make up my mind because I only had a couple bites but it did seem pretty good and I can be sort of picky about pizza.

ahahahahahaha

"Dude, I'm eatin that. That's what's gonna happen next. You decide if we're gonna be in the paper tomorrow but that shit's going in my face."

Also: "cinnabon jizz".

:D

i worked at a cinnabon for a summer (it was part of my food service rotation at a theme park) and to be fair we didn't get that many self-loathing "fat faggots." but that might not be a representative experience -- skinny people allow themselves to oink out at situations like theme parks.

i don't think there's any objective truth to his take on cinnabon i think it's a subjective expression of his self-loathing

cinnabon patrons, i mean

like i have eaten cinnabon and i'm p sure i was not a man while doing so

(and it *was* the skinny/average folx who were all "gimme extra frosting!")

but were you self-loathing, hs?

you know it! my subjective expression of that experience is, "i feel like i have instantly contracted diabetes"

(and it *was* the skinny/average folx who were all "gimme extra frosting!")

― don't believe the HYP (get bent), Thursday, July 7, 2011 1:04 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

sort of feel like we should let louis ck know; maybe it would make him feel better. probably not.

pizzas i monkey flip em with with the funky rhythm i be shakin pizza flakin free toppins i be makin

never had a cinnabon but have SEEN them and damn that is some hardcore shit
but i don't even eat at dunkin donuts or anything so i am not the target audience

he's not really a big guy anyway, but he commented on that on the daily show (e.g., what he said about bin laden when dude got found).

guyz u r not rhyming

u_u

no, we're not.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-28-2011/louis-c-k-

pizzas i monkey flip em with with the funky rhythm i be shakin pizza flakin free toppins i be makin

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, July 7, 2011 1:08 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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I think I've only had Cinnabon like once in my life but I identify with the general sentiment and situation our man is talking about. Cinnabon can be a stand in for many many things. Was at Cheesecake factory recently and remarked on how much I hate myself every time I eat there. It's a thing.