# When did Louis C.K. get a personality? Is it the beard?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 28, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-louis-c-k-get-a-personality-is-it-the-beard/594435 "2011-08-28T23:59:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-louis-c-k-get-a-personality-is-it-the-beard/594435/21 "2011-09-07T03:41:05Z")

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> [@Acsenray](#):
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> He got divorced in 2008, so far as I can tell.
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> [Here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhxutcpXPiE) an example of early Louie. He really has no personality at all (at least on stage), and he doesn’t seem like the same person at all as the Louis C.K. we know today. he doesn’t even look like the same person, except for the red hair.
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> By the way, did you know that Louie C.K. is Mexican-American? That was a surprise. (His family name, Sekely, pronounced more or less like “C.K.”, is Hungarian.)

Reminds me of the old joke.

“Hey, Louis CK, what happened to you? You look completely different!”  
“I’m not Louis CK.”  
“You used to be young and thin, now you’re old and fat.”  
“I’m not Louis CK.”  
“You used to have hair, now you’re bald.”  
“I’m not Louis CK.”  
“You used to tell absurdist jokes, now you tell jokes about your life and family.”  
“I’m not Louie CK.”  
“You used to be light-hearted, now you’re bleak and existential.”  
“I’m not Louie CK.”  
“Wow, you changed your name too!”

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-louis-c-k-get-a-personality-is-it-the-beard/594435/22 "2011-09-07T04:15:50Z")

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> [@Lakai](#):
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> You’re noticing his personality more because his current material comes from his inner soul.

And judging by the video **Swords to Plowshares** posted (great video, too), his balls.

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