I couldn’t decide which one was better.
El Saturday Night Live ha reavivado mi amor hacia Louis CK.
Retro Weekend: Then & Now - Louis CK
In honor of our Retro Weekend, we’re going to be spending the day looking at some Then & Now clips of your favorite comedians.
First up, Louis CK, pictured here on a 1993 episode of Two Drink Minimum and on The Daily Show this past July.
Be sure to get in on the Retro Weekend fun by tweeting your photos and memories of the 80s and 90s to @ComedyCentral with hashtag #RetroWeekend. They might even end up on the air.
There’s really been nothing else like it in the history of television, and it seems likely that as the decades roll on, more and more shows will be influenced by its blend of cynical comedy and genuine pathos, as well as its deeply personal worldview. Because the show is so cheap to produce, other networks are already looking into replicating it in a way that will hopefully garner larger ratings. (HBO already has a somewhat successful comedy highly influenced by Louie in Girls.) Nobody would argue that there aren’t other good comedies on television, but when series creator, writer, director, and star Louis C.K. lost the Emmy for Outstanding Actor In A Comedy Series to Jon Cryer Sunday night, it was somewhat similar to James Gandolfini losing to Dennis Franz or James Spader back in the day: The two shows felt like they occupied entirely different television universes.
This article explaining why Louie is the next stage in the evolution of the sitcom is worth a read, if you’re looking for something thoughtful and well-written.
Louie, 3x10: Late Show: Part 1
“You are thinking, I can see the wheels turning…You think it’s over and you’re afraid to try. I mean I get it that’s normal. I’ve seen it and I have seen it turn around…Look Louie we’re talking about the big game here so forgive me if I use big terms. Here’s the reality in ten years you’re gonna be teaching comedy at a community college to support your kids, and falling asleep to ‘The Late Show With Jerry Seinfeld.’ You’re a circling failure in a rapidly decaying orbit. That’s the reality as we talk now but you can change that. It’s in your power to change that. Yes you’ll have to work hard, and yes you’ll have to do things you haven’t done before and still your chances are very slim but you could change it. I’m gonna ask you one more time. David Letterman is retiring, you want his job?”
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Louie: I just don’t think this was meant to be…
That’s bullshit. I think that wasn’t meant to be is bullshit. You are tested in life, you know? Things aren’t just put in front of you for the taking. You have to go through something to get what you want. You can’t just drift through life and hope that love is just going to flow into you like plankton into a whale’s fucking mouth. You have to prove yourself, you have to make things happen and choose.
Oh Chloe Sevigny…for all the LOUIE tvgasm awards. Ahhhhh-mazing.
Louie, 3x06: Ikea/Piano Lesson
Maria Bamford: Hi so listen either you gave me the crabs or I gave you the crabs but anyway I have the crabs and you were inside me last week so you got crabs too. So.
Louis CK: Jesus
Maria Bamford: You didn’t feel itchy?
Louie CK: Yeah but I thought it was laundry detergeant.
Maria Bamford: No crabs. Uhhh so fuck you or sorry. I don’t know which one.
It’s fine that’s the level of passion a rug warrants. It’s a rug. It doesn’t solve all my problems but it doesn’t make me angry. It’s a rug. It doesn’t smell bad. It’s flat, it’s blue., it goes on the floor, it’s not coated with AIDS and it’s not a portal to a netherplace. It doesn’t make me cum but it’s fine.
Louie perfection. I want to go with Louis CK to IKEA and pick out a rug. That is all.