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I think it might finally happen, you guys. Everything is turning up Louis C.K.! Yesterday, of course, was the news that he has been cast for a multiple-episode story arc on Parks and Recreation, which yes, is an imperfect show, like why does Rashida Jones, a civilian, hang out at city hall so much? But it is not a “bad” show, and this is great news, so come on, how about a yay!? And today there is news that Louis C.K. has quietly taped a pilot for FX, tentatively titled Louie (I read something about that somewhere). From Variety:
It’s a grassroots project for Louis, who not only wrote “Louie,” but also cast it, directed it and even edited it, with the help of $250,000 in seed money from FX. Louis shot the low-budget project in New York.
“I said, wire me a quarter of a million dollars and I’ll give you a DVD in a month, and amazingly, they did,” Louis said. “Because it was only $250,000 they had the reasonable expectation that I wasn’t going to disappear with the money. To them, it’s a low-risk thing, and for me, I was able to try different stuff.”
Louis’ life situation as a recently divorced man still co-parenting with his ex-wife largely informs both his current standup routine and this new show. His experience as a fortysomething man back on the dating scene also plays a large role.
“It’s a unified stream of conciousness,” he said of the show. “It all comes from me being a 41-year-old divorced comic trying to raise children, meet people and have sex.”
Great news! FX will supposedly decide whether or not to pick up the show for a full season within the next 10 days.
But also!
Louis is nominated for an Emmy for outstanding writing in the variety/music/comedy category for his Showtime special Chewed Up (which is so great, duh, and if you haven’t seen it you should get your act together because what is wrong with you, seriously?), he has already taped another stand up special, and has a supporting role in the Ricky Gervais movie The Invention of Lying. That’s a lot of stuff!
All of this on the heels of his breakthrough appearance on Conan, a clip of which got millions of views on YouTube, but the whole thing of which you can see right here:
I mean, I know that they ain’t ready, but maybe they are ready!
Obviously, 2009 has already been a very big year for Louis, who while having a long and by all accounts highly successful comedy career has never seemed to really get the broad-based mainstream attention that he deserves for being THE BEST. But as big as 2009 has been (Chewed Up, viral Conan appearance, Emmy nomination, Parks and Rec this fall, all of the things that we have been talking about), I think that this is all just groundwork being laid, getting the sheeple’s eyes open because THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE. Like a mind bomb about to go off and put all the money in his pocket. Mo money mo problems, riiiight?!
In 2010, guys, BOOM. You’ll see.
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I wanna dip my balls in it!
Oh wait..
Hey Girls Gone Wild! Wire me a quarter million dollars! Nah, on second thought, I am totally going to disappear. But I also might send you some kind of DVD. So, low risk. Worth a try.
“I said, wire me a quarter of a million dollars and I’ll give you a DVD in a month, and amazingly, they did.”
So cool that he’s got it like that.
i like how he changed the spelling of louis to “louie” for the show. really sets a boundary between the character and the real person. plus it is easier to pronounce. although isnt his stage last name also a phonetic equivalent?
I’VE GOT PEANUT BUTTER ON MY DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!
If 2010 really does become the Year of Louis CK it is going to be the Best Year.
netflix was all like, ‘you give us $19.95 and we’ll send you 3 dvds THIS WEEK!’
I thought his show on HBO (Lucky Louis) was pretty funny. It’s a shame it was canceled so soon.
my favorite year of louis ck is 2001 – when pootie tang came out, but i can’t wait for all of these new projects.
Don’t forget Louis’s presentation of a very special episode of Videogum presents: Gabe’s existential crisis. You youngins might not think that post is such a big deal, but that was posted the week of Lindsay’s leaving and it brought us all down even lower. It pangs my e-heart even to remember it!
Agreed. What a horrible horrible week.
Oh MAN don’t remind ME. THAT WEEK was the worst (THOUGH for some REASON PEOPLE started liking me then too. I DON’T CLAIM TO BE A scientist). You have BROUGHT BACK PAINFUL memories to me, Kiss THE PAN.
Passerby if YOU COME ANYWHERE NEAR this. You will officially be TESTING me. And EVEN then, I may move PAST IT. And no RELAX technojeremy for YOU!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4f9zR5yzY
I love how this is a straight-up “puff piece” on Louis C.K. Like, full stop. No apologies or snark even feigned, either. Because your real and sincere love for the man and his work allows you to just go ahead and be his unpaid PR flack, and this is his press release. And you know that I’m not kidding when I say I love that.
He’s the only one you’d do this for. That’s love. Monogamous comedy love.
hm. i wonder what the story behind his divorce was. that is news to me.
His wife must be a frigid, humorless troll with a massive Carrot Top “in concert” record collection. What other kind of horrible woman would leave a comedic godsend like Louis C.K.?
Or maybe it just didn’t work out.
Louis CK deserves all the goodness that is coming towards him. he earned it. and is consistently the best.
Whenever I refer to him in coversation, I like to pronounce his name, “Louie Kkkk!” Like the sound a sneezing cat makes?
I can’t be the only one who does this.
Sa da tay!
Sepatown!
Imagine him as your zodiac animal.
The amazing thing to me is that “Parks and Recreation” is being picked up for another season. I guess Tina Fey has more pull at NBC than I realized.
I’m waiting for Rick Shapiro to ride the coattails of the year of Louis C.K. Talk about the world not being ready…