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Louis C.K.'s new TV show on FX

fustercluck

fustercluck

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Louis CK is one of the funniest motherfuckers on the planet. All in favor...say so.

Hoping his great comedy comes through in full force for his new TV show on FX which starts Tuesday I think. He had a show on HBO 6 or 7 years ago but it wasn't very good...then again I only saw very little of it, but it was like a family sitcom with added laugh tracks, so....yeah.

Anyways, I have high hopes for his new show 'Louie' on FX. I've seen some clips and they made me laugh. Just watching him on the Daily show and Leno (I only watched cause Louis was on 🙂 ) this past week, He was really funny.
 
i love the bit where he and his wife are playing hide-and-seek with his daughter who is hiding in plain sight but they have to pretend they don't see her then they get into a fight about why the linen closet is called a linen closet.
 
He's a great comedian but his last show was fucking terrible. I hope this one does well for his sake. The 'gay porn' promo he did for the new show had me dying.
 
Platypus said:
He's a great comedian but his last show was fucking terrible. I hope this one does well for his sake. The 'gay porn' promo he did for the new show had me dying.
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I'm not gonna say it was terrible, but it was not great either. He's a better comedian than he is an actor. Lucky Louie was a pretty typical cheesy sitcom with a laugh track.
 
I dont see why people think he is funny. He is like a two bit clown that was fired from a birthday party and managed to get a gig keeping a mike warm. Among the worst of the gutter comics.
 
BoberFett said:
I'm not gonna say it was terrible, but it was not great either. He's a better comedian than he is an actor. Lucky Louie was a pretty typical cheesy sitcom with a laugh track.
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fustercluck said:
...then again I only saw very little of it, but it was like a family sitcom with added laugh tracks, so....yeah.
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You guys have NO IDEA what you are talking about. Lucky Louie was taped before live audiences. NO LAUGH TRACK AT ALL.
 
The guy has his moments.

With better consistent joke telling, he could up his game to the top of the comedy league.
 
dr150 said:
The guy has his moments.

With better consistent joke telling, he could up his game to the top of the comedy league.
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The problem is that he's too dirty to be shown on regular cable so most people don't know him at all. I think he does as well as anyone can... he just doesn't get the viewers.
 
Scholzpdx said:
You guys have NO IDEA what you are talking about. Lucky Louie was taped before live audiences. NO LAUGH TRACK AT ALL.
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I don't care if the audience was alive or non-existent. Whether it's a pre-recorded laugh or a flashing sign telling the audience to laugh, it's bullshit either way. The show was OK at best, not nearly as funny as his stand-up.
 
BoberFett said:
I don't care if the audience was alive or non-existent. Whether it's a pre-recorded laugh or a flashing sign telling the audience to laugh, it's bullshit either way. The show was OK at best, not nearly as funny as his stand-up.
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Jesus... you know nothing about that show.

There were no signs of any sort. People laughed at what they thought was funny. That's why certain jokes on the show actually tanked while other parts that weren't meant to be funny turned out hilarious. This was noted multiple times in the actors commentary on the DVD box set as well in critic's shows.

No bullshit. Its all you.

Edit: Example= On the very first scene of the pilot, Louis is talking to his daughter. The biggest laughs came from the middle of the joke when he was talking about how service replaced manufacturing jobs, rather than the typical laughs he got during standup when he says he was high all the time. What I find funny about that scene is that the intended punchline "because god is dead and we're all alone" didn't get half as many laughs as the previous two major punchlines.
 
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Scholzpdx said:
Jesus... you know nothing about that show.

There were no signs of any sort. People laughed at what they thought was funny. That's why certain jokes on the show actually tanked while other parts that weren't meant to be funny turned out hilarious. This was noted multiple times in the actors commentary on the DVD box set as well in critic's shows.

No bullshit. Its all you.
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I agree. His show was great because it was real. Some jokes worked, others didn't but it was an attempt to make a real sitcom.
 
I liked lucky Louie for the first few eps, but it got old too quick for me. Hope this show has more staying power, although these days his comedy is just about his issues with kids/parenting so it's kinda getting boring and predictable.
 
For those who were wondering:

"Louie" starts airing Tuesdays beginning June 29 on FX

EDIT: Just read info on Cable Box
Episode 1: Louis goes on a date; Louis takes a field trip
Episode 2: Louis and friends play poker; Louis' divorce is final

Cant wait! Louis C.K is effing hilarious!
 
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Scholzpdx said:
Jesus... you know nothing about that show.

There were no signs of any sort. People laughed at what they thought was funny. That's why certain jokes on the show actually tanked while other parts that weren't meant to be funny turned out hilarious. This was noted multiple times in the actors commentary on the DVD box set as well in critic's shows.
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I think what he was saying was some people think the standard sitcom setup is soooooo last millennium and it didn't work in that circumstance (matter of opinion). I hope the last sitcom I ever see (filmed in front of an audience) will be Seinfeld. Time to retire the live studio audience/applause signs though. It just doesn't seem right anymore. It worked in a different era of television. But, I guess Two and a Half men is really popular (never seen it nor wanted to). If they film in front of an audience, do a few jokes then flub their lines, they have to tell the same jokes again. How much can an audience laugh at the same joke?

But I digress. I'm just talking in general and not about CK's old show. Lucky Louie might have been a funny show but I wasn't really interested back then (was a long time ago). I think he'll be much more suited to the style of his new show, more of a movie format.
 
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