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Premieres on Thursday, June 23rd.
What is Louie?
Louie is a critically-acclaimed narrative, disconnected vignettes, and stand-up show from Louis CK,possibly the greatest stand-up comedian working today. Louis stars as an exaggerated version of himself; divorced, depressed, and raising two daughters in NYC. (he likes to point out in every interview that he's not actually miserable)
He not only stars, but writes, directs, edits, and produces, which gives him an absolutely unprecedented amount of creative control over his show. Essentially, FX gives him money and gets a show back, at no point approving scripts and actors, giving notes, etc. This results in one of the most refreshingly original shows on television that seamlessly switches between comedy and drama and narrative and standup.
Who is this Louis CK guy?
Louis CK is an incredibly prolific stand-up, producing a new hour of material each year for the past few years with no signs of slowing down. Hilarious, Chewed Up, and Shameless are his taped comedy specials and all of them are incredible. As much as I like this show, really nothing compares to the brilliance of his stand-up. Watch his specials!
You may have caught his previous show Lucky Louie, a traditional studio-audience sitcom, on HBO, which seems to get a love-it or hate-it reaction from fans. Luckily for the latter, Louie is nothing like Lucky Louie and is just about as far from the traditional sitcom as you can get.
You also may have caught Louis on various talk shows and widely-circulated Youtube clips..
Promo 1
Promo 2 (it's an old promo from last season, but it's incredible - watch it)
credit and thanks to feedmyleg at Something Awful for this OP.
Premieres on Thursday, June 23rd.
What is Louie?
Louie is a critically-acclaimed narrative, disconnected vignettes, and stand-up show from Louis CK,
He not only stars, but writes, directs, edits, and produces, which gives him an absolutely unprecedented amount of creative control over his show. Essentially, FX gives him money and gets a show back, at no point approving scripts and actors, giving notes, etc. This results in one of the most refreshingly original shows on television that seamlessly switches between comedy and drama and narrative and standup.
Who is this Louis CK guy?
Louis CK is an incredibly prolific stand-up, producing a new hour of material each year for the past few years with no signs of slowing down. Hilarious, Chewed Up, and Shameless are his taped comedy specials and all of them are incredible. As much as I like this show, really nothing compares to the brilliance of his stand-up. Watch his specials!
You may have caught his previous show Lucky Louie, a traditional studio-audience sitcom, on HBO, which seems to get a love-it or hate-it reaction from fans. Luckily for the latter, Louie is nothing like Lucky Louie and is just about as far from the traditional sitcom as you can get.
You also may have caught Louis on various talk shows and widely-circulated Youtube clips..
Promo 1
Promo 2 (it's an old promo from last season, but it's incredible - watch it)
credit and thanks to feedmyleg at Something Awful for this OP.
