# Louie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797 "2010-07-15T16:55:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/21 "2010-07-16T19:42:58Z")
Louis gave a good interview on [Fresh Air](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128343426), the other day, which promptly got [Fresh Air cancelled from Mississippi Public Radio](http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/07/15/4684985-louis-ck-gets-terry-gross-fresh-air-run-out-of-mississippi). ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/22 "2010-07-16T20:04:12Z")
I’ve seen every episode so far, and though not every bit hits its mark, I like it a lot. The poker scene was the best thing I’ve seen on television in a long time. I’d watch a show that was nothing but those guys sitting around a table talking. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/23 "2010-07-16T20:04:36Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > I imagine you’re referring to the routine about coming home to find his daughter stretching open her vagina? That had me hyperventilating the first time I heard it, and I still listen to it for a quick grin when I need one. 😃 What the hell? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Shocker\_Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Shocker\_Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shocker_Khan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/24 "2010-07-16T20:41:01Z")
I’m really enjoying _Louie_. I think it’s really well done. In fact, I like it much more than his stand up or _Lucky Louie_. And that Fresh Air interview is fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/25 "2010-07-17T00:48:57Z")
I really dug Lucky Louie on HBO and almost expected a show on F/X to be more Seinfeldian, which it appears to be. I think it’s got a great start, and Louis CK is really funny and very talented. I’ve been using the DVR to get the shows, which is the first thing I’ve used the DVR for on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/26 "2010-07-17T06:00:37Z")
I just wanted to add I am am enjoying this show as well. And the theme is quite the earworm. It is stuck in my head RIGHT NOW! ---
**Author:** ![ekweizn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7c8e57/32.png) [@ekweizn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekweizn)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/27 "2010-07-17T09:16:50Z")
I’ve been watching the show and have found it DVR-worthy. Scary psychologist is scary, however. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/28 "2010-07-17T23:02:37Z")
> [@Drum\_God](#): > > What the hell? :eek: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rcnXpOygKGI/hqdefault.jpg "Louis Ck - Shameless") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcnXpOygKGI) ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/29 "2010-07-18T02:00:32Z")
By the way, the actress who played the single mom in the last episode is the voice of Bobby Hill. You’re welcome. She’s also great in “Californication.” ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/30 "2010-07-18T03:05:49Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > By the way, the actress who played the single mom in the last episode is the voice of Bobby Hill. You’re welcome. > > She’s also great in “Californication.” Pamela Adlon. She played the wife in _Lucky Louie_ ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/31 "2010-07-18T05:16:17Z")
I saw ads for the show but wasn’t very interested until I heard the Fresh Air interview (highly recommended). I found the show on FX On Demand and watched all four of them in a row. Pretty much what everyone’s said - funny, sad, cringe-inducing, funny, bleak, interesting. I’m still thinking about it today - can’t say that about too many tv shows I watch. Between this and Justified, FX is hitting them out of the park. ---
**Author:** ![ripopgome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@ripopgome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ripopgome)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/32 "2010-07-18T17:52:45Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > By the way, the actress who played the single mom in the last episode is the voice of Bobby Hill. You’re welcome. > > She’s also great in “Californication.” Wasn’t she also his wife in Lucky Louie on HBO? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/33 "2010-07-18T18:15:44Z")
I _love_ Louis CK. Stumbled across him by accident on Netflix instant watch and about died laughing. I just heard about his show yesterday when my husband reported the _Fresh Air_ interview. I think we’ll be checking it out on Hulu soon. What network is it airing on? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/34 "2010-07-18T19:21:57Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I _love_ Louis CK. Stumbled across him by accident on Netflix instant watch and about died laughing. I just heard about his show yesterday when my husband reported the _Fresh Air_ interview. I think we’ll be checking it out on Hulu soon. > > What network is it airing on? FX ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/35 "2010-07-23T00:10:05Z")
Bumping this for the fifth episode, which was another winner. This show is really funny. Some of the bits on the airplane were a miss (or have just been done too many times before), but most of it was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![jrepka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@jrepka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrepka)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/36 "2010-07-23T18:23:11Z")
As someone who will immediately rolls his eyes when a stand-up goes into the _“What’s the deal with airplane food?”_ mode, I have to say I laughed at a lot of that skit – part of it was his nonchalant attitude to everything happening around him: the fighting cabbies, the brain-dead ticket agent, the news about the crash, the fat guy sitting on top of him, the pilot’s (that was Louis’ voice-over, BTW) Mr. Subliminal routine, and to top it off – the “glass” of water! I saw it as more of a meta-joke – it wasn’t about the indignities (explaining the purpose of the liquid), but about how routine it was for a guy who travels a lot. Louis’ [viral YouTube video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk), was partly about how we take the amazing stuff in our lives for granted, and this bit partly played on that. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/37 "2010-07-23T19:45:50Z")
It’s dark. It’s funny. It’s realistic in a way most TV shows aren’t. Now I wish we hadn’t deleted the last episode we watched - I wanna watch the poker part again. ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/38 "2010-07-23T21:20:37Z")
> [@jrepka](#): > > As someone who will immediately rolls his eyes when a stand-up goes into the _“What’s the deal with airplane food?”_ mode, I have to say I laughed at a lot of that skit – part of it was his nonchalant attitude to everything happening around him: the fighting cabbies, the brain-dead ticket agent, the news about the crash, the fat guy sitting on top of him, the pilot’s (that was Louis’ voice-over, BTW) Mr. Subliminal routine, and to top it off – the “glass” of water! > > I saw it as more of a meta-joke – it wasn’t about the indignities (explaining the purpose of the liquid), but about how routine it was for a guy who travels a lot. > > Louis’ [viral YouTube video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk), was partly about how we take the amazing stuff in our lives for granted, and this bit partly played on that. Good observations, I agree with everything you wrote. I thought at the beginning (when he laughs at the guy throwing a temper tantrum in the airport) that he was going to make a more explicit connection to the “everything is amazing” bit. It still worked the way he did it, and was probably better than rehashing that bit explicitly. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/39 "2010-07-30T04:15:55Z")
I love the comedian cameos. Myq Kaplan (currently on this season’s _Last Comic Standing_ was in this week’s episode (along with other comics, including Kurt Metzger, who was a previous contestant on _Last Comic Standing_ this season.) ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797/40 "2010-07-30T05:19:18Z")
Was a fan of _Lucky Louie_ and have been enjoying _Louie_ as well. On the documentary [I Am Comic](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568926/), Louis C.K. was praised as one of the most prolific comics in the business, coming up with a whole new 90 minute set every year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louie/546797.md?page=3)