Louie (FX)

don ramo · 30-06-2012 10:15am

jesus that was funny ****, i thought the car getting crushed was a bit stupid but it lead to him getting the bike which was ****ing epic

:D:D

louies ex wife is smoking i must say,

no pamela adlon:(

IsaacWunder · 03-07-2012 9:55pm

The critics love the new series:

The fourth episode is also terrific. And then comes the fifth, which is so good that I don’t even want to talk about it, which puts me in an odd position as a critic. (On Twitter, I said the episode was so good “it beat the previous episodes to death.”) So, you know, go watch it. Maybe you won’t like it as much as I did: it happens. I just want you to find it for yourself. We can come back and talk about it later.

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2012/07/09/120709crte_television_nussbaum?currentPage=all

Was going to wait and watch them all together when it finished but, based on the reviews, I think I'll be checking it out sooner.

johnny_ultimate · 06-08-2012 12:52am

I'm just catching up on this show, and the second half of season one has convinced me Louis CK may be the best thing to happen to television comedy in a very long time. The God episode was perhaps one of the greatest, strangest, most intelligent things I have ever seen on TV. I've heard season two and three are even better, so I look forward to gorging on them over the current weeks

This is how you do comedy - intelligent, provocative, insightful and, of course, very very funny.

expectationlost · 06-08-2012 1:41am

ep 5 is great, that manic dream pixie girl in all those movie maybe she's more manic then pixie.

el dude · 28-08-2012 6:39pm

So that's what i look like sat on the bog, iPad in hand. :eek:

Loved the opening to last weeks episode too 'STOP IT!' just wasn't expecting it. Best comedy going for me. Up there with Curbed.

don ramo · 22-09-2012 8:09pm

aww poor louie and jerry seinfeld is an asshole:D, great 3 episodes, i thought things might change for louie and we'd get a season out of this story, building him up as a contender for hosting the late show, and then take it away, but i suppose louie is a sad sack and always will be:D

don ramo · 24-09-2012 11:44am

great to see the show get some recognition, 2 writing awards for C.K:)

Boom_Bap · 24-09-2012 5:22pm

Louie C.K. deserves to sweep award shows.

This season has been excellent. Better than excellent.

The one thing that I particularly love is the treatment of Louie's agent in the last 4 or 5 epsiodes. He's treated as a piece of furniture, and it reaches it's climax when

there is a scene with Louie and the coach, Louie gets up to storm off, and the camera pans to the agent sitting there speechless who has been out of shot for the whole scene and told to leave

. That type of comedy was always used in It's Always Sunny, so I'm gathering that is where the inspiration for that shot comes from.

pickarooney · 25-09-2012 11:59am

I like the fact that Doug is actually pretty good as an agent even though nobody takes him seriously. I can't stand when shows have completely incompetent assistants.

Richard Dower · 09-10-2012 7:08pm

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fx-louis-ck-delay-louie-season-4-return-date-377458

FX is delaying the return of critical darling Louie from summer 2013 to spring 2014.

Louis C.K. Teases Seinfeld Guest Spot, New Ex-Wife and Offers Tour Updates
During a conference call with reporters Tuesday, FX president and GM John Landgraf announced that Louis C.K. requested and received an extended hiatus between the recently completed third season and the upcoming fourth frame.

^ a delay like this could kill the show!

expectationlost · 09-10-2012 8:19pm

its always what your hoping for dick, let the guy do other things, the show will better for it when it comes back

don ramo · 09-10-2012 11:32pm

expectationlost wrote: »

its always what your hoping for dick, let the guy do other things, the show will better for it when it comes back

yeah i heard there's a prize for the person who predicts the most cancellations:D:D:D, and there's also one for who gets it wrong the most, richard is winning both ATM:p

sad to see it wont be back for 2 years, but TBF the guy is probably one of the hardest working people in the industry, and the 2 year hiatus wont effect a show like this in the least, if you watch it you should know that richard,

PanaDrama · 05-12-2013 11:21pm

Jesus that was relentlessly grim

05-12-2013 11:40pm

Huh?

SimonQuinlank · 06-12-2013 1:29am

The 'New Years' episode?I thought it ended rather nicely,nice cameo from Poehler too.

Gingervitis · 08-05-2014 9:38am

Bump because of the new season.

They're showing two episodes a week now, and they are gold. Can't believe how much I missed this, laugh out loud funny so many times. Plus, Yvonne Strahovski, Jerry Seinfeld, Victor Garber... the cameos are as excellent as ever.

Boom_Bap · 08-05-2014 10:59am

The bin man scene was awesome. I love this show. Real strong return.

D.Q · 08-05-2014 2:32pm

Good start to the season. Where was the theme song though!?

johnny_ultimate · 23-05-2014 1:03pm

I'm watching the new series at the UK pace of an episode a week as opposed to the two in the US. It kills me there's more Louie out there, but at the same time rationing it to ensure it lasts longer is something worth enduring!

Anyway, I've said it before but Louie is the best thing on TV right now (well, from what I've seen anyway: I'm sure there's equally good stuff out there I will one day catch up with). I have nothing but fanboy enthusiasm for it, and what it's doing cannot be understated. It's proper 'auteur' television: one man's full-on realisation of his strange, dreamlike and fiercely intelligent vision. It's effectively a complete deconstruction of modern masculinity, diving deep into the mundanity of modern life and finding both remarkable insight and inspired comedy. While it's frequently very, very funny indeed (the model episode was a masterclass in cringe comedy and carefully crafted surrealism) it also communicates its themes in ever compelling ways. Just watched the 'fat woman' episode last night, and was blown away. After a subtle build up, its astonishing conclusion and monologue hits like a brick, thanks to Sarah Baker's impeccable delivery that addresses a pointlessly taboo subject in an admirably frank and passionate way. And Louis lets the camera soak it in in a wonderfully long and intense take - how rare is it to see a five minute plus sequence in TV without a single edit? How the cinematography positions and highlights the characters further articulates the themes being discussed in the remarkable scene.

Anyway only three episodes in and season four is already living up the high water mark set by the previous ones. This is as intelligent, funny and progressive as television gets. I believe the next batch is a six-part episode - cannot wait to see what Mr. CK does with that expanded scope

S.M.B. · 01-06-2014 1:54am

Elevator (Part 4) is possibly the best 23 minute episode of TV I've ever seen.

This season has been outstanding so far.

allybhoy · 01-06-2014 12:28pm

Watching it also, amazing series, probably my favorite show on at the moment. Can somebody clarify one thing for me though. I was discussing the series with a friend of mine. In the flashback scene of Louie when he was in his 20's and engaged, wasnt the white girl with him in the hotel Janet? My friend thought it wasnt because of her skin colour but i thought it was obvious that it was her...the whole "wouldnt it be funny if you got pregant" line at the end of that scene was the whole point of the flashback...that they were about to split up right before she got pregnant with Lilly. I pointed out that both his daughters are Caucasian despite their mother etc etc so it shows skin colour is irrelevant in the show.

pickarooney · 01-06-2014 1:41pm

Yeah, it was her. Louie is always messing about with stuff like that, whether with a deep symbolic meaning or just for a laugh.

BopNiblets · 01-06-2014 1:54pm

"That lady would feel better if I didn't drink lemonade for two years... I don't know that b*tch!"

deisedude · 03-06-2014 12:08pm

I've watched 4 episodes of Louie and really wanted to like it but I just don't find it funny enough to persist with it

AnonoBoy · 03-06-2014 12:37pm

deisedude wrote: »

I've watched 4 episodes of Louie and really wanted to like it but I just don't find it funny enough to persist with it

It's not a regular sit-com - more a series of interesting, sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant short films.

Boom_Bap · 03-06-2014 3:09pm

I've found myself trying to describe the show to others, and have had great difficulty in doing so.....and after typing that, I've realised that is a subject he touched on when trying to explain

his relationship with the Hungarian lady to his ex-wife

.

Maybe 'Awkward' is the best description?

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/06/most-awkward-moments-on-louie/?utm_campaign=complexmag+socialflow+06+2014&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

_Whimsical_ · 03-06-2014 4:46pm

I think it's like a little snapshot of real life, or how a real person might react in awkward situations. It's feels like Woody Allen's stuff without the clinically neurotic people, which is a relief. I like that it presents him as a real person,not a caricature,his vulnerability is never shied away from,he's hapless in way you believe. It's not funny exactly and it's not very often trying to be funny. It's just presenting a little window on a pretty ordinary guys life, a good guy doing his best,without the usual in your face, distinct points or punchlines or weekly contrived hilarity we are used to in sitcoms.
At the same time it does make it's points, about love,about family,about children,about relationships and even if they're big they're generally subtle and a lot is communicated just by an exasperated expression on Louie's face. Like real life his daily life isn't a series of carefully punctuated revelation's or moments of insight that he's conscious of. They're more there for us to reflect on.

As a complete aside
One thing I'm often transfixed by during his comedy monologues in the show is his tendancy to reach back behind himself and caress the wall.Not just supporting himself,actually caressing it, like an obvious little self comfort gesture. It kinda makes him more believable as the character to me for some reason, a little show of vulnerability maybe.

expectationlost · 03-06-2014 7:59pm

and i wonder why the stage isn't bigger.

awkward and uncomfortable too

do watch his ep of comediansincarsgettingcoffee for his story about getting his boat stuck http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/louis-c-k-comedy-sex-and-the-blue-numbers he really does get him in these situations

BopNiblets · 07-06-2014 11:12pm

The last two episodes were great, grabbing the various lights and the banana to go out in the storm, and then in Episode 10 the conversation after trying to make out with Pamela just cracked me up for some reason.
I've also noticed it's beautifully shot recently, maybe it's always been but they make the show look great.

PanaDrama · 13-06-2014 5:06pm

Think its been rubbish lately.

briany · 13-06-2014 5:16pm

It's surprising that Louis C.K. hasn't been offered more work in the realm of serious writing and directing, because he's shown himself to be more than capable of it.

4th series has been great, overall, but sometimes it feels as if it's turning into "Synecdoche, New York". Louie is at it's best when the more artsy ambitions are offset by gut bustingly funny moments.

sabat · 13-06-2014 6:21pm

Yeah, apart from the episode with Seinfeld in it and a few other moments this has been a very weak series, unless there's a point to all this and the last scene of the last one blows my mind unexpectedly.

S.M.B. · 13-06-2014 8:19pm

What? This season has been amazing. The pacing of it may be a little odd but the standard has been ridiculously high.

And who's to say he hasn't had offers? He has got such a sweet deal at the moment that he could be perfectly happy continuing as is.

expectationlost · 13-06-2014 8:54pm

briany wrote: »

It's surprising that Louis C.K. hasn't been offered more work in the realm of serious writing and directing, because he's shown himself to be more than capable of it.

the last movie he directed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpV2ULCb6WU

Pootie Tang http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258038/combined

briany · 13-06-2014 11:52pm

expectationlost wrote: »

the last movie he directed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpV2ULCb6WU

Pootie Tang http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258038/combined

Wada tei....

Louis talks about making that on Howard Stern. Basically, he says the cut he put together for the movie was nothing like what the studio head wanted. He got booted off the project and the studio cobbled something together.

Honestly, though, Pootie Tang is one funny comedy, despite all it's production problems.

Standman · 17-06-2014 4:38pm

Really liked the flashback episodes about him smoking weed when he was a kid. Nice little arc about him and his friends going through a significant time in their lives, felt like a movie.

It's hard to put this show into a specific genre. Before this season I would have called it a comedy (even though there were still serious bits), but this season feels way more like a drama with some odd splashes of surreal comedy.

I think that's what puts a lot of newcomers off the show this season, they watch it expecting a comedy and it's not what they get.

briany · 17-06-2014 8:15pm

Standman wrote: »

Really liked the flashback episodes about him smoking weed when he was a kid. Nice little arc about him and his friends going through a significant time in their lives, felt like a movie.

It's hard to put this show into a specific genre. Before this season I would have called it a comedy (even though there were still serious bits), but this season feels way more like a drama with some odd splashes of surreal comedy.

I think that's what puts a lot of newcomers off the show this season, they watch it expecting a comedy and it's not what they get.

Newcomers should always start from the first episodes to ease into it. The earlier episodes of Louie have some brilliantly funny moments. There's great stuff in this series as regards jokes but it's certainly not pushed out front. It's very situational.

Frank O. Pinion · 19-01-2015 10:32am

A fifth season of only 8 episodes starts on Thursday, 9th April.

S.M.B. · 19-01-2015 9:56pm

And beyond the show itself,

Hitfix wrote:

"Louie" returns on April 9. Louis C.K.'s next stand-up special will have its debut on FX. And FX has ordered a comedy pilot from "Louie" veteran Pamela Adlon that will be co-written, directed and produced by Louis C.K. Oh and the Louis C.K.-produced comedy "Baskets" will premiere in 2016.

sabat · 10-04-2015 4:12pm

Thread bumped for new season; I haven't watched it yet...

sabat wrote: »

Yeah, apart from the episode with Seinfeld in it and a few other moments this has been a very weak series, unless there's a point to all this and the last scene of the last one blows my mind unexpectedly.

Well, thankfully the last season actually did finish very strongly in the end, mainly due to Pamela's reappearance and the plot with the Hungarian woman; I still maintain that it flagged badly in the middle few eps though.

sabat · 11-04-2015 12:42am

Simply one of the greatest ever episodes of the show; let's hope the rest of the season is just as good...

expectationlost · 11-04-2015 4:08am

Louie' Season 5 Premiere Recap: Up All Night to Get Potlucky
New York Observer

great headline

Boom_Bap · 13-04-2015 10:45pm

Just watched episode 1 of the new season. Incredible, still giggling to myself here.

South America.
Penguin.
And the angry lesbian.

DareGod · 20-04-2015 11:20pm

I loved the first three seasons. One of the funniest shows I've ever seen, and he's possibly the funniest standup I've ever watched.

But I have to say that the new episodes, for me, aren't that great. I'm surprised that anyone's finding them to be particularly good. The two so far have left me feeling bored.

civis_liberalis · 09-05-2015 6:12am

Jesus H Christ, that latest episode...

Nightmares.

Excellent episode though.

Boom_Bap · 09-05-2015 5:26pm

That feckin thing in the nightmares made me jump once or twice. Great episode, particularly the montage type thing at the end.

Also, If i recall correctly, that bit about stealing the joke, that is probably inspired by the episode of comedians in cars getting coffee that he guested on. I think he talks to Jerry about that.

Excellent show that keeps getting better.

evilivor · 09-05-2015 8:42pm

Boom_Bap wrote: »

That feckin thing in the nightmares made me jump once or twice. Great episode, particularly the montage type thing at the end.

Also, If i recall correctly, that bit about stealing the joke, that is probably inspired by the episode of comedians in cars getting coffee that he guested on. I think he talks to Jerry about that.

Excellent show that keeps getting better.

The song is pretty amazing.

civis_liberalis · 09-05-2015 10:52pm

evilivor wrote: »

The song is pretty amazing.

Boom_Bap · 10-05-2015 9:59am

completely forgot about the song, I had zoned out and wasn't really listening and just caught the end of it as the credits began to roll.
Thanks for the reminder on that

smilerf · 05-07-2015 1:22pm

Watched first 3 episodes. Bored the tits off me

Louie (FX)

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