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scoobyood
01-07-2010, 13:17
Anyone else seen this new Louie C.K show? If not, this is the best new show you aren't watching.
It's like Curb Your Enthusiasm with a dash of Jim Jarmusch. Plus it has Seinfeld type stand-up sections, but they aren't locked to the beginning and the end. Very funny stuff.
Saw Louie on The Daily Show and both he and the bits from the show they had were pretty funny so I have been meaning to check it out at some point.
SIMON ADEBISI
01-07-2010, 18:24
Just watched the first ep. Very funny. The bits were he moved the black kids on the bus :lol:
Cheers I've not heard of this, I quite liked the short-lived Lucky Louie HBO show he did so will check this out
Yeah, I liked this a lot. I loved the toilet gag.
SIMON ADEBISI
02-07-2010, 23:18
So obvious but so so funny.
Just checked out the first episode, really liked it, far more so in fact than Lucky Louie, which was good but somewhat strangely sterile, maybe due to its studio-bound nature. Was somewhat reminiscent in tone of Annie Hall (there is the Seinfeld comparison to make but this felt far more raw), with the NYC setting and the jazz music and the social alienation and flights of fancy etc, although there were clear differences in situation and character. Not really feeling the Curb comparisons as this does have the sense of heightened sitcom reality, and the quick cuts of conversations rather than the excruciating minutiae. Hope he has a hit with this one cos he's a good guy, always liked him in interviews and on Howard Stern, and what stand-up I've seen.
Bapapapa
03-07-2010, 09:38
Just googled him and recognised him as Dave from Parks and Recreation - he was awesome in that so this is now a must watch for me.. :D
This is a bit of a mixed bag for me. I like it when he is interacting with women or doing his stand up and he bumbling along, but when he is talking with his friends it feels uncomfortable and the laughs are absent.
Mr Majestik
03-07-2010, 16:01
Just googled him and recognised him as Dave from Parks and Recreation - he was awesome in that so this is now a must watch for me.. :D
If you get the chance watch one of his stand up shows. fantastic stuff.
scoobyood
07-07-2010, 21:44
Liked the third episode, it wasn't as good as the other two story-wise, but Ricky Gervais was great and the final stand-up bit with the homeless person was genius.
SIMON ADEBISI
08-07-2010, 09:47
Gervais was so funny in this ep. If his laugh irritates you you're in trouble :lol:
When Ricky Gervais rolled out, I groaned because I don't particularly like him but those darn Americans keep giving him jobs. However the Dr. was very funny because he was so inappropriate, especially the in and out movement which made me :lol:
Excellent little show, this. I've laughed out loud at every episode so far.
Sounds good. Where is this on?
Love Louis CK's standup and whilst I haven't seen the show yet the promo was brilliant :lol:
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SIMON ADEBISI
09-07-2010, 08:42
Sounds good. Where is this on?
The place we dont talk about.
watched the pilot last night
thought the sitcom part was pretty good, but the stand-up sections not funny at all
scoobyood
15-07-2010, 11:20
Good one this week. Great to see Pamela Adlon (aka. Cougar Smurf aka. Bobby Hill from King of the Hill) in it. I suppose she's going to be the love interest for the season. If the show even does that.
Walrus Man
15-07-2010, 11:26
Sounds good. Where is this on?The place we dont talk about.
America?
mamboboy
11-08-2010, 14:45
Just thought I'd mention I'm enjoying this too. It isn't as laugh-out-loud funny as Curb, it's actually pretty dark in most cases. The whole episode where he goes to Birmingham was especially grim!
As mentioned, the stand-up scenes generally aren't funny. I wouldn't mind if the episodes were longer, but they seem to fly by - we're looking at around 12 minutes storyline and 8 minutes of (usually unrelated) stand-up :S
It looks great in HD too, which is a bit unusual/unnecessary for a comedy I guess!
On the strength of this, I went back and had a look at the original sit com, lucky louie, which is also pretty excellent, if anyone wants more. Its an out and out sitcom but definitely crosses lines other sitcoms won't go near.
This is a real gem, isn't it? I read that FX gave Louis ~$200k to make the pilot; he accepted it on the condition that he had all the control. They wired him the money; he made a pilot with it and sent it back to them. No network help or approval. He writes, directs, edits and stars in all the episodes, which is impressive.
(I also love the theme tune, which is a cover by Stories of a Hot Chocolate song called Brother Louie... or rather, it seems to be a re-recording by Stories singer Ian Lloyd, as the lyrics change from "cry" to "die" near the end.)
The swell thing about this show is its unpredictability, in terms of style. "Dr Ben" couldn't be more different from "Poker", the latter being the segment that sealed the deal for me: funny, serious, thought-provoking, all joined together with no seams. It all seems so raw and so personal, which is to be expected I suppose.
This week's "Dogpound" episode was another change: one longer film which changed direction as it went. Loved that scary stoner guy ("Unless you're too busy wearing those shorts"), and the bizarre half-heard dialogue on the TV when Louie woke up the next day.
Original and hilarious stuff. More of this please.
Original and hilarious stuff. More of this please.
It's already been picked up for a second season hasn't it? :clap:
scoobyood
12-08-2010, 19:24
I think some parts of this are better than Curb, it seems so much more personal. I love Curb and the plotting of that is still better, but this has more heart to it.
The best bit of the show so far for me, was the scene during the stand-up gig, where he calls the woman out for being a 'bad person'. After saying the worse things imaginable to her he then completely breaks down exactly why she is wrong and a total bitch. That's clearly pure wish fulfilment on Louie's part. But then, even though he wrote it, he doesn't give himself the pay off where he gets to **** her.
Bapapapa
12-08-2010, 19:56
Love the show - have quickly become a huge fan of Mr 'C.K.' :DThe swell thing about this show is its unpredictability, in terms of style. 'Swell'; <i>really</i>..? :dork:
GTFO!
I think this is the best "comedy" on US TV at the moment. The Bully episode was sublime, from the talk by (and back to!) his dad, through the firendly but menacing bullying, and then the unexpected stalking and the even more unexpected heart-to-heart. What a fantastic show this is.
'Swell'; <i>really</i>..? :dork:
GTFO!
Too American? Splendid. Supe. Top-drawer?
I love this show, it's brilliant. His stand up shows are some of the best US stand up I have seen in years.
mamboboy
19-08-2010, 13:31
The weed episode has been my favourite one yet. His neighbour is awesome! :D
Bapapapa
28-08-2010, 11:32
Wow! Bit awkward the beginning of this week's ep.. wtf!? :eek: :suspect:
The rest was great. The dentist was awesome and so was the last stand up bit.. "Suck it, you dirty Jew.."
:lol:
campdave
28-08-2010, 20:29
The best bit of the show so far for me, was the scene during the stand-up gig, where he calls the woman out for being a 'bad person'. After saying the worse things imaginable to her
Personally I found this the least funny bit of the series - it's not responding to a heckler, it's just calling someone names and has no wit or imagination. It seems to be a US thing to deal with hecklers in that manner, when their UK counterparts often insult the heckler in a pretty witty way, US comedians just tend to swear at the heckler.
Well, that's the end of the season. Utterly brilliant stuff. Touching (especially at the end), surreal (the anchorwoman!), cringeworthy (the club), and funny. So, so funny:He starts going 'HCCCCCCCCCH,' and now I know he's spitting past his dick into his own **** and ****, literally 18 inches away from my daughter's little face.That was the culmination of a stand-up bit that had me in tears of laughter.
Louis has commented (scroll down) (http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/louie-gym-night-out-here-stands-a-man?m=k) on Alan Sepinwall's blog about the series, partly in response to the earlier discussion (in which he also participated (again, look in the comments) (http://www.avclub.com/articles/god,44549/)) about different actors playing his mother. It gives an insight into what's going on behind the scenes and in Louis' head.
(Incidentally, the Sepinwall and AV Club reviews have been really good reads.)
jroadley
10-09-2010, 09:59
Loved it - but best scene for me was when he had to fly to Dallas or somewhere down south and they all thought they were gonna die on the plane.
I think a little bit of wee came out.. I will be honest.
ghost.ottercrab
24-06-2011, 20:20
The second season started last night. Good first episode, not as funny as some of last season, but still top notch entertainment. I love the way it's shot, the cooking sequence was really cool.
ghost.ottercrab
01-07-2011, 20:15
No one else watching this yet?:shrug:
Episode 2 was awesome, the crazy homeless guy's decapitationwas a hilarious WTF moment. The long take as he was walking with Janice was brilliant too, the way the show encompasses everything from the surreal, bizarre, poignant and funny is genius.
scoobyood
01-07-2011, 21:52
Oh yes, I'm watching! Every episode is a mini masterpiece and season two is maintaining the brilliance so far.
I'm utterly confused as to why the show still isn't on UK TV/Blu-Ray.
Sprout Crumble
02-07-2011, 21:57
Love this as well. Never know where its going and its full of surprises. It helps that it makes me LMAO as well.
LooNaTiK
02-07-2011, 22:04
woah? season 2?!
thanks for the heads up!
LooN
ghost.ottercrab
02-07-2011, 22:38
Cool interview he did recently.
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mamboboy
17-07-2011, 02:32
Not finding this as funny as the first season if I'm being honest. The last wasn't even funny, who thought having Joan Rivers as a cameo would be a good idea? And what was with the bums being swapped in the car in the third episode?
scoobyood
22-07-2011, 12:39
Tom Sawyer meeting Huck Finn bit was very funny this week... nearly wet myself.
MetalGearAl
22-07-2011, 16:00
Has he done any stand-up shows besides Hilarious? Any TV Specials, etc.?
Edit: Ah, a quick wiki check shows that yeah he's done a few!
Live In Houston (2001) (CD)
One Night Stand (2005) (DVD)
Shameless (2007) (DVD)
Chewed Up (2008) (CD/DVD)
Hilarious (2011) (CD/DVD)
Will try to get hold of those, I thought Hilarious was great. (but not hilarious ;) )
StephenM
31-07-2011, 23:55
Chewed Up is excellent.
Matt_Bro14
01-08-2011, 12:15
His sing along to The Who in the drive up to Gran's was amazing - the way the girls keep genuinely cracking up :lol: and then the ending with 'Look at the geese" :D
fattyboombatty
01-08-2011, 15:49
hadn't seen this show before but it's a firm favourite, now. watched lucky louis, too. an odd show but very entertaining. the decision for it to be a studio sitcom, but filmed like it was a sketch jarred at first, but after that it showed a lot of promise. i have a huge crush on pamela adlon, now. she's like a foul mouthed tiny demi moore.
his stand up/comedy is really honest and unashamedly personal. i think it'd be funny to see his kids reaction to how much smack he talks about them, when they're older.
Sprout Crumble
13-08-2011, 10:20
Masturbating to a picture of Loretta Swit while the BBC radio goes on about slaughter in Mogadishu has to be one of the funniest scenes i've ever seen. STill crying with laughter now.....
Brilliant series.
scoobyood
13-08-2011, 15:54
That whole episode was brilliant, then the last episode went somewhere completely different and sad. Doug Stanhope did a great job.
LooNaTiK
13-08-2011, 16:21
yeah, really enjoyed the doug episode. very nice performance, and quite touching too. loved the scene in the liquor store too, curry monkey... but then the solid 5 seconds of bleeping made me lol.
and yeah, the masturbation episode was excellent too.
LooN
ghost.ottercrab
19-08-2011, 17:13
Great interview with Louie on Conan:
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"GOODBYE JEWS!" :lol:
Has everyone else given up on this? I suspect I'm alone but the last double episode, with the Afghanistan tour, is one of the best things I've seen on TV this year.
scoobyood
28-08-2011, 13:39
No way, every episode of this show is a mini masterpiece. The Afghanistan one being a prime example.
Nope still absolutely adore it - I guess the reason it's quiet in here is there's very little to discuss, I would just post "superb" every week :D
This Afghanistan episode was just sublime.
Aye, I suppose coming in to heap praise all the time would be dull. The Afghanistan episode was stunning though. Crying, laughing all at the same time.
fattyboombatty
28-08-2011, 17:16
i liked the afghanistan episode right up until the very forced "see, we're all the same really, lets have a bbq." i can see what he was trying to do, but the execution was poor.
I could forgive him that as it was forshadowed neatly by the bit with the Christian girl to give it some symmetry.
I'm watching it every week still, and every week I'm blown away. "Duckling" was just the latest in a long line of brilliant episodes. I read that Louis actually filled FX in on what he was doing for this one, as he needed more budget; normally his arrangement means that he doesn't tell them anything until he submits the episode. (Apparently he also consulted a bit to get the Fox News show on board for "Come On, God".)
This, and Breaking Bad, are untouchable highlights of the summer. Nothing else on TV comes close.
fattyboombatty
30-08-2011, 13:57
i'm assuming the episode wasn't really filmed in afghanistan?
It was filmed in Texas and California.
http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2011/06/23/louis-ck-interview-part-2-money-and-mortality/
jroadley
11-12-2011, 07:12
He has financed and released a live show... only available off his website for $5
https://buy.louisck.net/
Please buy it - I've already seen it posted on usenet/torrent sites but give the man some respect - he has used his own $ to bring this to us.
It's 720p as well!
zantarous
11-12-2011, 09:21
You can pay by PayPal as well, have you seen it? Is it the same kind of stand up as he does in his TV show?
yes but more sweary/dark.
I bought mine yesterday looking forward to it
36Degrees
11-12-2011, 11:58
Oooh thanks for the update, purchased - seems like an awesome way of doing it - wish more things were like that!
it's probably his worst but still very enjoyable and obviously worth $5
scoobyood
11-12-2011, 13:11
Nice.... purchased.
DrVenkman
13-12-2011, 21:08
I think it's arguably better than 'Hilarious' if only because it's a little more focused. But everyone should buy it, $5 is amazingly cheap. I believe that if the plan works then that's how he'll distribute all his shows.
Apparently he has cleared over 110,000 downloads of this as of yesterday.
Quite. An achievement.
Not a penny going to Apple or anyone else either.
Captain_Howdy666
17-12-2011, 09:30
That's awesome. Ordered and whored the link on Facebook.
Nice statement from his website: https://buy.louisck.net/statement
He reckons he's cleared about $200k after costs ($370k if you don't include the cost of the show, which was covered by ticket sales). I would imagine that figure would rise quite substantially over the next few weeks. Yes, there are people who would torrent it, but there always will be. This experiment, along with the one Radiohead did with In Rainbows show that if you charge a reasonable price for something the majority of people will purchase it.
$200K after it being up just a week is staggering. He hasn't even really started plugging it yet - maybe he will decide he doesn't need to.
I would imagine we will see quite a few other 'experiments' like this now from all sorts of other people.
This experiment, along with the one Radiohead did with In Rainbows show that if you charge a reasonable price for something the majority of people will purchase it.
If you've already got a huge fanbase, that is. I'd love this model to work for more artists, but the two high-profile experiments we've seen so far involved fairly well-known people. I wonder how less well-known bands etc do with sales on Bandcamp and so on.
MetalGearAl
22-12-2011, 16:13
And he's giving a good chunk of it away - https://buy.louisck.net/index.php/news
DrVenkman
25-12-2011, 17:03
It's fantastic that he's giving away what he is, he could easily keep 3/4 of that but has given to charity/his staff instead.
I think it's safe to say that all of his standup will be given away like this from now on. Though sadly that won't stop the torrenting. There was an idiot on a popular torrent site who ripped it (And who Louis commented on) but thankfully he was largely shouted down on the comments (Though it didn't stop about 300k people from downloading it) because he claimed to be so 'conflicted' about it. It's remarkable that something that's on sale for $5 would still be largely pirated.
Captain_Howdy666
26-12-2011, 01:26
That's so amazing. :notworthy
36Degrees
26-12-2011, 02:35
It's fantastic that he's giving away what he is, he could easily keep 3/4 of that but has given to charity/his staff instead.
I think it's safe to say that all of his standup will be given away like this from now on. Though sadly that won't stop the torrenting. There was an idiot on a popular torrent site who ripped it (And who Louis commented on) but thankfully he was largely shouted down on the comments (Though it didn't stop about 300k people from downloading it) because he claimed to be so 'conflicted' about it. It's remarkable that something that's on sale for $5 would still be largely pirated. Pretty sure Radiohead's In Rainbows was still massively pirated, despite being able to pay $0 for it.... it's just a convenience factor, and you never know some of those 300,000 people who downloaded it might go on to buy it properly, but still, naughty people :p
I really do hope you're right and that other stand-ups will be released this way in the future, $5, region free, 720p mkv, instant download/DRM free... oh well, let's not tell the MPAA/RIAA/Other 4 worded companies (-:
Aziz Ansari is doing exactly the same thing now: http://azizansari.com/
I am sure there will be more.
MetalGearAl
22-03-2012, 09:16
Thought the preview clip was funny so paid for it last night. I still haven't watched Louie's gig yet though!
the Ansari one is pretty poor in my opinion.
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