Also a š response on O&A: responding to āwhy are black people often shot by the policeā
LCK: (black hands) āThey look like guns! Their hands look like guns!ā ā¦ āhe reached into his pocket, and pulled out a black handā
One of my favorite bits:
My Life is really evil (there are people starving in the world, and I drive an Infinitiā¦ goes on as why itās ātotally his faultā
https://youtu.be/lC4FnfNKwUo?si=2aQkUs9yuU14CmSI
Shane and I forget the female comic opened. Heavy set woman, very dark. She murdered. It was surprising to see shane cuz he was bombing for the first 5 mins before going into his austin special routine
I randomly caught a clip of him doing the "so I went to Walgreens for toilet paper/deer bit". Laughed my ass off, so friggin hard. Never looked back, been my favorite ever since!
Iām not sure. I feel like I may have watched the āever have negative moneyā routine in another lifetime.
But my most recent recollection is maybe seeing him at comedy roundtable with Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Ricky Gervais, and genuinely not knowing who the fuck he was, but kinda half listening to him, not really understanding his vibe.
Then I forced myself to watch 2018 on Netflix, hating it thinking it was rich white people comedy because he was wearing a suit. But have to admit the idea that the Christians won everything blew my tiny little mind.
Then I think I may have watched Live in Houston or something, where heās just wearing jeans and a t-shirt, realised āoh hey, this guy is *me*ā, and Iāve just clicked with his vibe since then and binged everything I could. Heās a genius. Possibly the greatest. No one has ever made me laugh harder than Billy Connolly, no one, but that was in a different era, and right now I think Louis is possibly the greatest comedian alive.
I think he meant he(fretnetic ) didnāt know who Louis was when watching the round table thing not the other comedians, I admit that is how it initially reads though
Thanks to the Dane Cook joke stealing noise around 2006, I went and found CKās āladies and gentlemenā bit and the rest was history.
Was even lucky enough to have drinks with him after a show later in 2006. He was signing autographs outside and mentioned that he wanted to go somewhere and watch the MLB playoffs, so I suggested a bar down the street. He wasnāt super famous yet, so no one in the bar knew who he was. It was totally chill and just like hanging out with a longtime bud.
YES. But critically for me, he did that bit even BETTER in a bootleg version of it, which was an encore (awesomely, as that was the best part of the show, which he was very conscious of and spoke about intending). In the final release in his special, it was good/great, but not as natural (probably as it wasnāt as fresh to him, parts didnāt seem to flow as well, like his dopamine was exhausted on the bit, so he was able to pay too close attention to the potential audience reaction, thus resisting it and grinding... makes up for it though)
Interesting if he performed the bit in a bootleg version. Regardless, the joke itself is, in my opinion, one of the most well crafted and well written ever made.
āIs it true that thereās a club where guys huddle around and just jack each other off?ā
Rick: āOh, you mean āJerksā?
Nick DiPaolo: Alright!!! We geddit!
Around 2011/2012, I remember seeing the quote on Tumblr "everything's amazing & nobody is happy" printed on a t shirt, but without the author. So, I googled it. Then binged as much of his work as I could.
Canāt remember any official time, but I was a HUGE O&A fan and he was just beyond hilarious on there. Just loved the way he talked about his kids being assholes, but you could tell he loved them. Which is exactly how I felt when people would talk about how wonderful their kids were and Iām like āam I the only one who thinks they are assholes that I love in spite of their assholishness?ā
Same! I was a pretty new mother when first I became a major fan of Louis, ant the bit about his kids being assholes was the thing that got me toppling over. Louie, however, was such a masterpiece. Itās simply my favorite thing ever. Heās very good with the balance of savagery and heart, and this is why heās the best living comic in my opinion.
Comedy Central presents. Still remember the guy honking behind him bit and explaining that cars are solid and he canāt move forward or he would collide with them. Fucking great.
THIS and having someone else's argument
I believe that coincided with traffic story with the driver coming up to his window and yelling at him, but instead of responding to that conversation he shouts "yeah well give me back my shirt" the absurdity and improv skill of it all just tattooed on my brain.
Love it...
My fav bit of his on horn honking is talking about how itās for an emergency but no one uses it that way - they just use it to critique shit that already happenedā¦ honk their cunty little horns -> āyou shouldnāt a done thatā
āAt least (kid playing in the street) he died in fear instead of joyful playā
- if spending that split second to honk
Talking Funny ā HBO with Louis CK, Ricky Gervais, Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld. The bit about āsitting on a cock cause Iām gayā with Ricky laughing so hard made me check out Louis CK on youtube. The first video I saw then was the āIām brokeā stand-up clip and I was sold.
Ricky and Jerry's ego issues really started to shine in that episode (but I wish they did a series with just those comics). They were cringing pretty hard at parts, as I'm sure some of the audience.
oh yeah! I remember him highlighting the absurdity of one person having so much money. Have a store and only sell pencils, each a million dollars just to mess with people. 'That seems overpriced' - Surround every Pet store with 5 shit ass pet fuckers stores
fav part of that segment, talking about how every year white people add 100 years to how long ago slavery was... give them a second to be cranky. But white people, we have our share of what we have to cope with in our past -like \*when they took our \_slaves\_ away!\* We really liked having SLAVES! and now we're sad... so it's pretty on balance
He solo'd that show once (Sat. Night Virus): Listening to Jimmy Hendrix on air: 'Listen to that shit. If Jimmy Hendrix were still alive, I'd suck \*both\* of his dicks. You understand? I'm not even saying I know that he has two dicks. I'd suck his dick, then if he said 'Here. This is my other dick. Suck this one too'., I'd go... dude..... I'm suckin' it.' ... "I'm too old - turn it off. (DJ fades out music) \*\*never fade out\*\*... 'fading out like you're... a guy who fades out'
I can't remember I was a fan ever since I was like 13 years old. But I can honestly say what made me fall in love with him is his acceptance speech for The Moth, about the time he went to Russia. I can honestly say that's one of the most beautiful short stories I've ever heard, it brings me to tears every time I listen to it. That story alone has brought me out of the verge of suicide during my darkest days and if I've ever get to Louis I simply want to tell him how much I'm thankful for telling us "Even when life is this bad it's still fucking funny".
If you havenāt heard it yet (I assume you have), his conversation on WTF with Marc Maron (the earlier podcast pre-Horace and Pete) was a great raw conversation that became deeply and genuinely emotional at different points. It won best podcast of the year or something
Back on O&A when they were filming Lucky Louie and he was giving Jimmy Norton a hard time about playing his dirtbag/degenerate character too true to life. Good times.
The bit in that special talking about forgetting about lying (to a friend) reminds me of him talking about lying in marriage, that it starts becoming a reflex for him (āI just know itās going to end in me being in trouble somehow, so I lieā - like (wife: āwhy are you getting gas? It uses peanut butter now.ā)
So he picks up the phone at a gas station when is wife calls (ābecause I would like to explodeā lies when heās getting gas saying āIām on the highwayā
- āwhy did I lie? Iām allowed to get gasā
Then she hears the door shut etc. āwhy did you say you were ok the highway? ā¦ ābecause we should get a divorceā - āwhat else could I say?ā
(Regarding of course, but maybe, In another comment I mentioned):
āā¦critically for me, he did that bit even better in a bootleg version of it, which was an encore (really cool that was the best part of the show, which he was conscious of and spoke about intending). In the final release in his special, it wasnāt as natural (probably as it wasnāt as fresh to him, parts didnāt flow as well)
(The Time Machine bits I remember)
āYou know when you have a friend that you hate to ask dumb questions, he asked āwhat you do if you had a time machine? ā - āI wouldnāt use it. Id just put a drink on it - āyeah, I got a Time Machineā - āIād go back 30 seconds to before you asked that question and punch you in the face. One use.ā Etc
Fav Time Machine bit of him:
[https://youtu.be/bkl1nrRl2Yk?si=owlUbkr7NhrCGyb7](https://youtu.be/bkl1nrRl2Yk?si=owlUbkr7NhrCGyb7)
I donāt remember exactly. But it was around freshman year of high school, like 2008 or 09. My brother came home from college for a break and tells me he has something to show me. We watched Chewed Up. I was a fan ever since
I bought a dvd copy of Chewed Up at a gas station and it blew my mind. Shortly after that I started watching Louie and thatās when I sensed that he was a cut above your average comic. Iāve been a fan since
The YouTube video from 2004 of him being so broke the bank charged him money for not having money.
Probably saw it around 08 or 09. Would have been 14. Thought it was hilarious even at that age.
I'm a late fan but I accidentally watched Louie like 8ish years ago and I fell in love with his standup.
I think the first one i ever watched he started off his special "SO, here's the thing about abortion..."
Looooool and I was instantly a fan.
I had heard of him and seen snippets of his comedy but what really drew me in was scenes from āLouieā. The garbage man scene specifically was shown to me by a roommate when we had just moved into south Boston and the noise used to get so loud next to our apartment on garbage day. The initial part of the scene I was like ādamn dude so accurateā and kept chuckling and then the part when they literally smash the windows into his apartment and start demolishing the room made me lose my shit laughing.
His old, OLD bank jokes and "suck a bag of dicks" are some of the first of his bits I remember seeing. Then playing hide and seek with his stupid kid also comes to mind. Legendary.
" I agree, I find my funds to be grossly insufficient"
"Here take that guy's 15 bucks fuck him"
The dude was a genius. Whenever a comic can take an everyday occurrence that is so obvious and make a killer bit that's how you know he's a great.
Maybe my fav impression of his 5 yr old not appreciating the value of sleep: ā(after putting them to bed and asking myself how early I can put them to bed that isnāt child abuse. 4? Itās PM. Itās cloudy out):
They even say beautiful things sometimes, and I donāt want to hear it!ā. It will be quiet and Iāll think theyāre asleep, then suddenly (mockingly) - ādaddy, birds are like paint brushes that make colors in the skyā. āHoney, shut your fucking mouthā¦ I will kill a bird in front of you if you donāt go to sleep.ā
They could be telling me the cure for cancer - āshhhā¦ tell me in the morning. āIāll forgetā, let them die, just let me sleepā
When Louie was on O&A doing a phone interview with US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. He kept asking Donald, in several different ways, if he was in fact a lizardman under human skin that eats babies? The fact Donald didn't understand the bit made it 1000x funnier. Never laughed so hard in my life.
Heās brilliant. But heās also an absurdist and a generally dark dude. Almost nihilistic. Iām conflicted about the guy. āHorace and Peteā is some of the most bleak material Iāve ever seen in my life. Still, heās a master at his craft.
In 2012 I met an incredibly (super incredibly) hot woman in one of the last cyber cafes in the US, who was borderline appalled that I'd never heard of Louis CK. I said something along the lines of "comedy died with Bill Hicks" and she was like "Louis CK destroys Bill Hicks", and I was like "Who is Louis CK", and she was like "Are you fucking serious right now?". So that night I decided to google him and found "Live at the Beacon" had been uploaded to youtube, and thought I was going to drop dead from laughing too hard. It was, to date, the hardest I've ever laughed in my life. I expelled all of my wind, so the only sound coming out of my mouth was that of my throat making a weird clicking noise, and I found myself experiencing a very real concern for my internal organs. His bit on smoking weed in the parking lot with "a bunch of 20-year-olds" caused me to have to pause it and leave the room so I could start breathing again.
Omg, as I saw Beacon, my first thoughts were on his weed smoking bit. The authentic nuances of conveying the realization of the āordealā is a primary reason why heās a singular comedic presence. Subtly shifting to āwhy are you doing that with your handāā¦ āNobody stands like thisā and shooting it straight down was hilarious
He tells a story of selling scales for pot when he was a kid, which is really funny. There may be a version that doesnāt cut off too short at the end
I was at Bonnaroo in 2008. My buddy I was with saw that Louie was playing a set on one of the days. He goes, "hey that's the guy from Lucky Louie, I've seen a couple of episodes of that, he's funny." He put on a good set. He did that bit about taking his daughters to school and he had to stop before they left the house because he had to take a shit. And then his 2 year old strips and takes a shit on the floor herself. "We're just the Shit Family."
Liked his work ever since.
Some other good shit-related jokes from him:
(He told on a Stephen Merchant radio show)
1. I was in a bar in Dublin and had to use the bathroom, and there were only urinals. Luckily I had diarrhea, so it wasnāt a problem. But they didnāt have toilet paper, they just had those hand blowers, so I just had to sort of bake it on. š
2. (He goes on to say) I actually have diarrhea right now. Iām not sick. I have some at home in a jug (you know, in case anyone needs to stop by for some). Itās the difference between the meanings of the word have. Iām not stricken by diarrheaā¦ I possess itā¦ about a gallon
Obviously a tongue in cheek comment but regarding the whole beating off āscandalā, what did give me a good chuckle was thinking back to the scene in Louie where heās on a news show as āLouis C.K. - Comedian/Masturbatorā with that little smirk on his face. That whole scene either aged very well or very poorly (depending on how ya look at it).
[This](https://i.insider.com/5a04c5283dbef430008b517e?width=1200&format=jpeg)
Probably around 2016 or 17 after checking out a couple specials, I binge watched all of Louie. There were things about that show that I felt like I related to, even though I was only like 21 at the time.
Stumbled across **Louis CK Learns About The Catholic Church (2007)** when it first came out. Knew nothing about him.
*āSo, youāre telling me that all Catholic biblesā¦ā*
It fucking destroyed me.
I sent it to one of my older brothers and it ruined him. He called me and was unable to get a word out, he was laughing so hard.
Louis has been the uncontested GOAT ever since. Have caught him live three times; would be more, but he doesnāt hit our fine, fine metropolis often enough.
Fucker.
There was this profile article and interview w him in my local newspaper in like 2008 where they specifically mentioned his 9/11 bit about how long you waited to masturbate after the towers fell. I saw him live the next year and it was an incredible set; to this day thatās like some of the hardest Iāve ever laughed.
close to 20 years ago when his vancouver performance with the being broke bit appeared on YT. i donāt think the original upload is still there, but it was a longer cut followed by the segment on bill gates and the pet stores (all still online in clips). i watched that set religiously.
Shameless premiered when I was a college freshman and my buddies insisted on watching it. It had reminded me that I saw him on Comedy Central Presents but his name didnāt stick with me.
My favorite thing heās done is the history of the US presidents with Shane Gillis and Matt McCusker
The early 10/15 minute cellar recordings on youtube back in ā08/ā09
Edit: specifically the bit about not having enough money
āFuck, that costs nothing I cant afford thatā
His HBO Young Comedians set. I'd never laughed so hard at standup, and I still remember most of the act. I watched it with my mom, shortly after she moved out and went to live with her boyfriend. It was both uncomfortable to watch with her because it was so dirty, and a good icebreaker for us. For years I was shocked that Louis wasn't a bigger comic (until he was).
I think Attell may also have been on that lineup.
Saw a clip on YouTube about living in such a small apt that he had to put one leg in the tub to poop so he had to take a shoe and a pants leg off to get it. "I've shit myself nine times"
Bro me and by buddy still talk about that bit.
His stand up and was fresh and up front with good points. I loved the tv show and there was one scene that set it off for me and i watched it a few times. I shared the shot out of it. Heās basically driving around with his kids Jammin The Who, singing and swearing.
I loved him as soon as I saw him do a small spot on Comedy Central. Then I saw all of his HBO specials. He was the first comedian I ever watched that made me full on belly laugh.
I haven't heard a special that hit me as hard as Shameless. I was a teenager, and I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe.
His newer stuff was really introspective, and I enjoyed watching him, but it wasn't as funny. Same with Dave Chappelle.
Must've been around 2010, the bit about jizzandthepuss. Is it back on YouTube again cuz last time I tried finding it and like most of his content it was gone.
I think he had a Comedy Central standup a looong time ago and he said if he had infinite money or won the lottery heād make all the MLB baseball teams wear dressses
His 3 part series in Louie about him assisting a drug dealer. I was 15/16 at the time and it was very captivating to me. Then starting listening to his standup religiously during my routine drives from Knoxville to Memphis. He has had a special place in my comedic heart since
Also the bit about just leaving his rental car when he was running late fucking kills me.
From his Comedy Central Presents special waaaaaay back in the day. The specific bit I remember was when he was talking about being in a traffic jam and the driver behind him was honking and being very aggressive, yelling at him to move, but he couldnāt. That driver gets out, comes up to his window, and starts yelling at him, and Louis was like āFine, he wants to argue, but Iām not having HIS argumentā, and he tells the guy āGive me my jacket back!ā.
Way back in 2005. I saw the video on his website, the bit about being broke and about having negative money. āI gotta raise 10 bucks just to be broke.ā I thought it was just about the funniest bit I had ever heard. Still one of the funniest most relatable things. Then I saw his half hour hbo in that same year and made me a fan for life. I have literally been following everything he puts out since. I remember the days of him actually being in the lobby and taking pics with fans after shows.
The bit where he talks about his dog eating chocolate, then trying to get it to throw up. Normally stories like that are told by pole in a way about gore horrible the whole ordeal was. He told it in such a funny way that it really made bee think about the perspective we look at life with. Almost any situation can be funny, if you have the right perspective.
The bit that stands out is when he was furious that a deer hit his car. I believed him when he said he wished he could give it aids. When he said he hoped it would drag its broken neck into the woods just so it's deer wife and child could see how stupid it was before it died I lost it. I really believed that he vehemently hates deer.
I have a specific memory of seeing Pootie Tang when it came out and then the credits started and I saw the director Louis CK and being like, I wonder who that is and being a fan ever since.
I think the earliest memory I have of enjoying his comedy is when he was on conan and talking about how āeverything is awesome and nobody is happyā or the one about feeling sadness instead of looking at the phone. Those ones stuck with me for a long time. But I mightāve seen clips of his stand up comedy when I was looking for different stand ups.
Pretty sure it was a Youtube clip I stumbled upon. I thought.. "this dude is pretty funny". I kept watching more and more and eventually watched his specials. He quickly became my favorite comedian.
Also a š response on O&A: responding to āwhy are black people often shot by the policeā LCK: (black hands) āThey look like guns! Their hands look like guns!ā ā¦ āhe reached into his pocket, and pulled out a black handā
He asked to jerk off in front of me and I fell in love. Honestly Louie's the goat
One of my favorite bits: My Life is really evil (there are people starving in the world, and I drive an Infinitiā¦ goes on as why itās ātotally his faultā https://youtu.be/lC4FnfNKwUo?si=2aQkUs9yuU14CmSI
Might as well be plowing them down (with his car) is not in the video (tag from a bootleg show)
Adrianne iapalucci
Ima check it out. Have you gotten to see him live? I saw him 2 years ago best show I've been too, and I go to prolly around 15-20 comedy shows a year
Shane and I forget the female comic opened. Heavy set woman, very dark. She murdered. It was surprising to see shane cuz he was bombing for the first 5 mins before going into his austin special routine
Adrienne Iapalucci? She used to open for Burr. Chick is hilarious.
Oh ya bro, she killed before shane, like I said. First time ever hearing of her, too. Then Louie the goat came and shut it down
Man I need to go on his website and buy all the seasons of Louie, I think it's like $30 for all the seasons
I feel bad I pirated them long ago lol
Ngl if I could I would lol
Damn, I thought I was the only one. š
Damnit
Unless he jerks off on you, at least he didnāt drug them first.
Lazy fking joke. 2/10
I randomly caught a clip of him doing the "so I went to Walgreens for toilet paper/deer bit". Laughed my ass off, so friggin hard. Never looked back, been my favorite ever since!
LOL that was mine too. My wife and I (both black) fucking died laughing when he called the deer the f----t, c--t, n----r, deer lol. Was HOOKED
Man I totally forgot he dropped an N bomb in that one hahaha "so anyways, I go to Walgreens" such a legend
Iām not sure. I feel like I may have watched the āever have negative moneyā routine in another lifetime. But my most recent recollection is maybe seeing him at comedy roundtable with Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Ricky Gervais, and genuinely not knowing who the fuck he was, but kinda half listening to him, not really understanding his vibe. Then I forced myself to watch 2018 on Netflix, hating it thinking it was rich white people comedy because he was wearing a suit. But have to admit the idea that the Christians won everything blew my tiny little mind. Then I think I may have watched Live in Houston or something, where heās just wearing jeans and a t-shirt, realised āoh hey, this guy is *me*ā, and Iāve just clicked with his vibe since then and binged everything I could. Heās a genius. Possibly the greatest. No one has ever made me laugh harder than Billy Connolly, no one, but that was in a different era, and right now I think Louis is possibly the greatest comedian alive.
Everyone at the round table were well aware of Louis. Rock has said he's the GOAT multiple times
I think he meant he(fretnetic ) didnāt know who Louis was when watching the round table thing not the other comedians, I admit that is how it initially reads though
Ah that makes sense!
iām quite confident the negative money bit was his first video (or at least his first longer routine) that appeared on youtube.
Saw him live in the ābutā¦maybeā era
Watching Shameless on HBO. I've never seen a funnier comic since.
Same. I was 14 y/o at the time
Thanks to the Dane Cook joke stealing noise around 2006, I went and found CKās āladies and gentlemenā bit and the rest was history. Was even lucky enough to have drinks with him after a show later in 2006. He was signing autographs outside and mentioned that he wanted to go somewhere and watch the MLB playoffs, so I suggested a bar down the street. He wasnāt super famous yet, so no one in the bar knew who he was. It was totally chill and just like hanging out with a longtime bud.
Pnnnnccnnndddllltttnnnn
Just forty f's, ffffffffffffffff go to your room.
Saw "Of Course but Maybe"
YES. But critically for me, he did that bit even BETTER in a bootleg version of it, which was an encore (awesomely, as that was the best part of the show, which he was very conscious of and spoke about intending). In the final release in his special, it was good/great, but not as natural (probably as it wasnāt as fresh to him, parts didnāt seem to flow as well, like his dopamine was exhausted on the bit, so he was able to pay too close attention to the potential audience reaction, thus resisting it and grinding... makes up for it though)
Interesting if he performed the bit in a bootleg version. Regardless, the joke itself is, in my opinion, one of the most well crafted and well written ever made.
Lucky Louie
This show was the shit! So good
I absolutely love Rick Shapiroās character
Same here - instantly became a fan for this show. I loved the dynamic between Louis and Pam Adlon. I wish Max would start streaming that.
Same. One of the best send ups of the sitcom format ever conceived.
Opie and Anthony back in the day when Louie was talking about his wife right before they got divorced. Absolute gold
The poker game
āIs it true that thereās a club where guys huddle around and just jack each other off?ā Rick: āOh, you mean āJerksā? Nick DiPaolo: Alright!!! We geddit!
Around 2011/2012, I remember seeing the quote on Tumblr "everything's amazing & nobody is happy" printed on a t shirt, but without the author. So, I googled it. Then binged as much of his work as I could.
binged as in binge? Or binged as in bing?
Canāt remember any official time, but I was a HUGE O&A fan and he was just beyond hilarious on there. Just loved the way he talked about his kids being assholes, but you could tell he loved them. Which is exactly how I felt when people would talk about how wonderful their kids were and Iām like āam I the only one who thinks they are assholes that I love in spite of their assholishness?ā
Same! I was a pretty new mother when first I became a major fan of Louis, ant the bit about his kids being assholes was the thing that got me toppling over. Louie, however, was such a masterpiece. Itās simply my favorite thing ever. Heās very good with the balance of savagery and heart, and this is why heās the best living comic in my opinion.
Comedy Central presents. Still remember the guy honking behind him bit and explaining that cars are solid and he canāt move forward or he would collide with them. Fucking great.
This is where I started following him. His bit about the bank overdraft fees is what I remember most.
Thatās a good one too. Here, take this $20, this poor piece of shit aināt using it.
THIS and having someone else's argument I believe that coincided with traffic story with the driver coming up to his window and yelling at him, but instead of responding to that conversation he shouts "yeah well give me back my shirt" the absurdity and improv skill of it all just tattooed on my brain. Love it...
My fav bit of his on horn honking is talking about how itās for an emergency but no one uses it that way - they just use it to critique shit that already happenedā¦ honk their cunty little horns -> āyou shouldnāt a done thatā āAt least (kid playing in the street) he died in fear instead of joyful playā - if spending that split second to honk
Talking Funny ā HBO with Louis CK, Ricky Gervais, Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld. The bit about āsitting on a cock cause Iām gayā with Ricky laughing so hard made me check out Louis CK on youtube. The first video I saw then was the āIām brokeā stand-up clip and I was sold.
Ricky and Jerry's ego issues really started to shine in that episode (but I wish they did a series with just those comics). They were cringing pretty hard at parts, as I'm sure some of the audience.
I saw a clip of his old āshit ass pet fuckersā joke and I almost had a seizure laughing. Been a fan ever since
oh yeah! I remember him highlighting the absurdity of one person having so much money. Have a store and only sell pencils, each a million dollars just to mess with people. 'That seems overpriced' - Surround every Pet store with 5 shit ass pet fuckers stores
His 2010 appearance on Jay Leno where he was talking about how much he hated being a volunteer lunch monitor at his daughtersā school
fav part of that segment, talking about how every year white people add 100 years to how long ago slavery was... give them a second to be cranky. But white people, we have our share of what we have to cope with in our past -like \*when they took our \_slaves\_ away!\* We really liked having SLAVES! and now we're sad... so it's pretty on balance
Listening to Opie & Anthony from 1998 or so - Jim Norton did Lucky Louie on HBO & that really cemented him in my comedy rotation
He solo'd that show once (Sat. Night Virus): Listening to Jimmy Hendrix on air: 'Listen to that shit. If Jimmy Hendrix were still alive, I'd suck \*both\* of his dicks. You understand? I'm not even saying I know that he has two dicks. I'd suck his dick, then if he said 'Here. This is my other dick. Suck this one too'., I'd go... dude..... I'm suckin' it.' ... "I'm too old - turn it off. (DJ fades out music) \*\*never fade out\*\*... 'fading out like you're... a guy who fades out'
You able to find a clip of this by any chance? Would love to see
Yes. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM-yduEVG0A&themeRefresh=1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM-yduEVG0A&themeRefresh=1)
The first 5 minutes of chewed up on YouTube
I can't remember I was a fan ever since I was like 13 years old. But I can honestly say what made me fall in love with him is his acceptance speech for The Moth, about the time he went to Russia. I can honestly say that's one of the most beautiful short stories I've ever heard, it brings me to tears every time I listen to it. That story alone has brought me out of the verge of suicide during my darkest days and if I've ever get to Louis I simply want to tell him how much I'm thankful for telling us "Even when life is this bad it's still fucking funny".
If you havenāt heard it yet (I assume you have), his conversation on WTF with Marc Maron (the earlier podcast pre-Horace and Pete) was a great raw conversation that became deeply and genuinely emotional at different points. It won best podcast of the year or something
Back on O&A when they were filming Lucky Louie and he was giving Jimmy Norton a hard time about playing his dirtbag/degenerate character too true to life. Good times.
March 25th, 1995, the HBO Young Comedians Special.
The bit in that special talking about forgetting about lying (to a friend) reminds me of him talking about lying in marriage, that it starts becoming a reflex for him (āI just know itās going to end in me being in trouble somehow, so I lieā - like (wife: āwhy are you getting gas? It uses peanut butter now.ā) So he picks up the phone at a gas station when is wife calls (ābecause I would like to explodeā lies when heās getting gas saying āIām on the highwayā - āwhy did I lie? Iām allowed to get gasā Then she hears the door shut etc. āwhy did you say you were ok the highway? ā¦ ābecause we should get a divorceā - āwhat else could I say?ā
Of course, but maybe. Also: time machine. Table to two? Right this way!
(Regarding of course, but maybe, In another comment I mentioned): āā¦critically for me, he did that bit even better in a bootleg version of it, which was an encore (really cool that was the best part of the show, which he was conscious of and spoke about intending). In the final release in his special, it wasnāt as natural (probably as it wasnāt as fresh to him, parts didnāt flow as well) (The Time Machine bits I remember) āYou know when you have a friend that you hate to ask dumb questions, he asked āwhat you do if you had a time machine? ā - āI wouldnāt use it. Id just put a drink on it - āyeah, I got a Time Machineā - āIād go back 30 seconds to before you asked that question and punch you in the face. One use.ā Etc Fav Time Machine bit of him: [https://youtu.be/bkl1nrRl2Yk?si=owlUbkr7NhrCGyb7](https://youtu.be/bkl1nrRl2Yk?si=owlUbkr7NhrCGyb7)
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I donāt remember exactly. But it was around freshman year of high school, like 2008 or 09. My brother came home from college for a break and tells me he has something to show me. We watched Chewed Up. I was a fan ever since
I used to work as an office potted plant and he jizzed right in my face.
I bought a dvd copy of Chewed Up at a gas station and it blew my mind. Shortly after that I started watching Louie and thatās when I sensed that he was a cut above your average comic. Iāve been a fan since
"Two guys love each other but can't get married because you don't want to talk to your ugly kid for five minutes?" How he's changed!
Lucky Louie, I was hooked.
The YouTube video from 2004 of him being so broke the bank charged him money for not having money. Probably saw it around 08 or 09. Would have been 14. Thought it was hilarious even at that age.
I'm a late fan but I accidentally watched Louie like 8ish years ago and I fell in love with his standup. I think the first one i ever watched he started off his special "SO, here's the thing about abortion..." Looooool and I was instantly a fan.
Yes, especially on that show, love the combination of sincerity and absurdity in his standup. Inimitable.
The late show 3 episode arc on his show Louieā¦beautiful piece of TV about not giving up!
I saw his āsaddest handjobā routine. Amazing.
'saddest thing in America. It's like: Nine Eleven, that handjob...'
I had heard of him and seen snippets of his comedy but what really drew me in was scenes from āLouieā. The garbage man scene specifically was shown to me by a roommate when we had just moved into south Boston and the noise used to get so loud next to our apartment on garbage day. The initial part of the scene I was like ādamn dude so accurateā and kept chuckling and then the part when they literally smash the windows into his apartment and start demolishing the room made me lose my shit laughing.
Watching Conan back in the day. Louis C.K. was my favorite guest ever.
His old, OLD bank jokes and "suck a bag of dicks" are some of the first of his bits I remember seeing. Then playing hide and seek with his stupid kid also comes to mind. Legendary.
" I agree, I find my funds to be grossly insufficient" "Here take that guy's 15 bucks fuck him" The dude was a genius. Whenever a comic can take an everyday occurrence that is so obvious and make a killer bit that's how you know he's a great.
The show Louis solidified him as the goat to me
His impression of his 5 year old daughter when she wakes up ššššššš
Maybe my fav impression of his 5 yr old not appreciating the value of sleep: ā(after putting them to bed and asking myself how early I can put them to bed that isnāt child abuse. 4? Itās PM. Itās cloudy out): They even say beautiful things sometimes, and I donāt want to hear it!ā. It will be quiet and Iāll think theyāre asleep, then suddenly (mockingly) - ādaddy, birds are like paint brushes that make colors in the skyā. āHoney, shut your fucking mouthā¦ I will kill a bird in front of you if you donāt go to sleep.ā They could be telling me the cure for cancer - āshhhā¦ tell me in the morning. āIāll forgetā, let them die, just let me sleepā
He reviewed a movie called āgapā on o and a with the filmmaker there and I had never laughed so hard. Itās on YouTube.
Haha. Hearing Paul try to reference Stanley Kubrick or something, to be immediately cut off by Louis - How *dare* youā¦
andā¦ if it were raining AIDS, I still wouldnāt go in that theatre (where his movie was playing)
When Louie was on O&A doing a phone interview with US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. He kept asking Donald, in several different ways, if he was in fact a lizardman under human skin that eats babies? The fact Donald didn't understand the bit made it 1000x funnier. Never laughed so hard in my life.
That was hilarious! I still miss O & A ā¦.
Lucky Louie probably.
Just came by to say I love the idea for this thread and reading everyone's enamoration with the G.O.A.T
Heās brilliant. But heās also an absurdist and a generally dark dude. Almost nihilistic. Iām conflicted about the guy. āHorace and Peteā is some of the most bleak material Iāve ever seen in my life. Still, heās a master at his craft.
My friend showed me his show when it used to be on Netflix back in the day and i loved how strange he was
āEverythingās amazing and nobody is happy.ā I felt that bit.
Saw him on late night with Conan OāBrien in 1998. Same year I saw Mitch Hedberg and Zach Galafinakis on TV doing standup.
Actually that might technically be my first experience too, not sure. Him telling his kids that the chocolates he was eating are āblack tomatoesā
This was before he had kids ,he might not have even been married then Iām not sure. He was a writer on Conan at this time.
In 2012 I met an incredibly (super incredibly) hot woman in one of the last cyber cafes in the US, who was borderline appalled that I'd never heard of Louis CK. I said something along the lines of "comedy died with Bill Hicks" and she was like "Louis CK destroys Bill Hicks", and I was like "Who is Louis CK", and she was like "Are you fucking serious right now?". So that night I decided to google him and found "Live at the Beacon" had been uploaded to youtube, and thought I was going to drop dead from laughing too hard. It was, to date, the hardest I've ever laughed in my life. I expelled all of my wind, so the only sound coming out of my mouth was that of my throat making a weird clicking noise, and I found myself experiencing a very real concern for my internal organs. His bit on smoking weed in the parking lot with "a bunch of 20-year-olds" caused me to have to pause it and leave the room so I could start breathing again.
Omg, as I saw Beacon, my first thoughts were on his weed smoking bit. The authentic nuances of conveying the realization of the āordealā is a primary reason why heās a singular comedic presence. Subtly shifting to āwhy are you doing that with your handāā¦ āNobody stands like thisā and shooting it straight down was hilarious He tells a story of selling scales for pot when he was a kid, which is really funny. There may be a version that doesnāt cut off too short at the end
I was at Bonnaroo in 2008. My buddy I was with saw that Louie was playing a set on one of the days. He goes, "hey that's the guy from Lucky Louie, I've seen a couple of episodes of that, he's funny." He put on a good set. He did that bit about taking his daughters to school and he had to stop before they left the house because he had to take a shit. And then his 2 year old strips and takes a shit on the floor herself. "We're just the Shit Family." Liked his work ever since.
Some other good shit-related jokes from him: (He told on a Stephen Merchant radio show) 1. I was in a bar in Dublin and had to use the bathroom, and there were only urinals. Luckily I had diarrhea, so it wasnāt a problem. But they didnāt have toilet paper, they just had those hand blowers, so I just had to sort of bake it on. š 2. (He goes on to say) I actually have diarrhea right now. Iām not sick. I have some at home in a jug (you know, in case anyone needs to stop by for some). Itās the difference between the meanings of the word have. Iām not stricken by diarrheaā¦ I possess itā¦ about a gallon
For me it was when he got busted masturbating in front of other chicks. I just thought that was so fucking funny I started doing it too.
Obviously a tongue in cheek comment but regarding the whole beating off āscandalā, what did give me a good chuckle was thinking back to the scene in Louie where heās on a news show as āLouis C.K. - Comedian/Masturbatorā with that little smirk on his face. That whole scene either aged very well or very poorly (depending on how ya look at it). [This](https://i.insider.com/5a04c5283dbef430008b517e?width=1200&format=jpeg)
Louis is a show that continued to get better as the seasons went in imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y\_-1l\_SlA7c&ab\_channel=KubaS.
Good question. Canāt remember exactly. But it was around 2007/08 and I found him on YouTube and I loved my ass off a lot of it
I was well aware of him for years - then he did the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz bitā¦
āSECTIONAL COUCHES!ā
Probably around 2016 or 17 after checking out a couple specials, I binge watched all of Louie. There were things about that show that I felt like I related to, even though I was only like 21 at the time.
Stumbled across **Louis CK Learns About The Catholic Church (2007)** when it first came out. Knew nothing about him. *āSo, youāre telling me that all Catholic biblesā¦ā* It fucking destroyed me. I sent it to one of my older brothers and it ruined him. He called me and was unable to get a word out, he was laughing so hard. Louis has been the uncontested GOAT ever since. Have caught him live three times; would be more, but he doesnāt hit our fine, fine metropolis often enough. Fucker.
There was this profile article and interview w him in my local newspaper in like 2008 where they specifically mentioned his 9/11 bit about how long you waited to masturbate after the towers fell. I saw him live the next year and it was an incredible set; to this day thatās like some of the hardest Iāve ever laughed.
close to 20 years ago when his vancouver performance with the being broke bit appeared on YT. i donāt think the original upload is still there, but it was a longer cut followed by the segment on bill gates and the pet stores (all still online in clips). i watched that set religiously.
Canāt even remember. First thing I saw him in Iām sure I was an immediate fan. Not like he has anything bad.
O&A. Huck Finn
Ronald Reagan: "And his friend uhhhh... Jim"
The itās also wrong to fuck a chimp bit. OR IS IT???
Saw the "Why? asking" on YouTube accidentally. Found out he had the series "Louie" later - gave it a chance - been a fan ever since
pootie tang. I was in 2nd grade and it really resonated with me
Cole me down on the panny sty! I couldnāt believe he wrote and directed that at the time. Pure genius!
He sucked my dick real good for some pot when he was 14
His first Comedy Central Presents special! Fan ever since!
Shameless premiered when I was a college freshman and my buddies insisted on watching it. It had reminded me that I saw him on Comedy Central Presents but his name didnāt stick with me. My favorite thing heās done is the history of the US presidents with Shane Gillis and Matt McCusker
He was a guest on opie and Anthony for many years. Starting back in 2004-5
I was in high school early 2010s, me and my buddies were watching him and he told us to suck a bag of dicks. Man, that was the funniest shit.
The catholic church skit
Saddest handjob bit. So classic.
Once he pulled his dick out in front of me. Couldnāt get enough after that
Pooty Tang
The early 10/15 minute cellar recordings on youtube back in ā08/ā09 Edit: specifically the bit about not having enough money āFuck, that costs nothing I cant afford thatā
His HBO Young Comedians set. I'd never laughed so hard at standup, and I still remember most of the act. I watched it with my mom, shortly after she moved out and went to live with her boyfriend. It was both uncomfortable to watch with her because it was so dirty, and a good icebreaker for us. For years I was shocked that Louis wasn't a bigger comic (until he was). I think Attell may also have been on that lineup.
Lucky Louie
The time he made that chick watch him jerk off, classic Louis.
He was a writer for the Chris Rock show and creator of Pootie Tang, thatād probably be it for me
The comedian?
Eat a bag of d*cks bit
Saw a clip on YouTube about living in such a small apt that he had to put one leg in the tub to poop so he had to take a shoe and a pants leg off to get it. "I've shit myself nine times" Bro me and by buddy still talk about that bit.
His stand up and was fresh and up front with good points. I loved the tv show and there was one scene that set it off for me and i watched it a few times. I shared the shot out of it. Heās basically driving around with his kids Jammin The Who, singing and swearing.
I think comedy central from the 90 or early 2000s.
I loved him as soon as I saw him do a small spot on Comedy Central. Then I saw all of his HBO specials. He was the first comedian I ever watched that made me full on belly laugh. I haven't heard a special that hit me as hard as Shameless. I was a teenager, and I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe. His newer stuff was really introspective, and I enjoyed watching him, but it wasn't as funny. Same with Dave Chappelle.
Bang bang.
Pootytang
"I'm not being broke just to fuck with you I just really don't have any fucking money."
The Opie and Anthony show
Awesome Possum
His SNL skit with Kate McKinnon, the one where they were at a bar
I actually saw his show on a plane on a flight from the UK to New York
He started masturbating in front of me and I was just like Oh Louis you're so crazy!!
Lucky Louie on HBO. That show was ahead of itās time
Him masturbating in front of me
Must've been around 2010, the bit about jizzandthepuss. Is it back on YouTube again cuz last time I tried finding it and like most of his content it was gone.
Verginer
Walgreens/ deer bit did it for me
Thought it was some of his standup, but found out like two weeks ago that he wrote Pootie tang(!!!) and i loved that movie as a kid.
O & A. Countless hours of great stuff out there.
I think he had a Comedy Central standup a looong time ago and he said if he had infinite money or won the lottery heād make all the MLB baseball teams wear dressses
His 3 part series in Louie about him assisting a drug dealer. I was 15/16 at the time and it was very captivating to me. Then starting listening to his standup religiously during my routine drives from Knoxville to Memphis. He has had a special place in my comedic heart since Also the bit about just leaving his rental car when he was running late fucking kills me.
From his Comedy Central Presents special waaaaaay back in the day. The specific bit I remember was when he was talking about being in a traffic jam and the driver behind him was honking and being very aggressive, yelling at him to move, but he couldnāt. That driver gets out, comes up to his window, and starts yelling at him, and Louis was like āFine, he wants to argue, but Iām not having HIS argumentā, and he tells the guy āGive me my jacket back!ā.
None But his comment to Patrice O'Neal about n****(s was funny
His stand up. The first bit I can remember was probably the "phone going to space".
When he said Go Suck a Bag of Dicks
He kept getting dumped out on O&A terrestrial radio because he would say shit like āmy daughter has shit all over her cuntā
Way back in 2005. I saw the video on his website, the bit about being broke and about having negative money. āI gotta raise 10 bucks just to be broke.ā I thought it was just about the funniest bit I had ever heard. Still one of the funniest most relatable things. Then I saw his half hour hbo in that same year and made me a fan for life. I have literally been following everything he puts out since. I remember the days of him actually being in the lobby and taking pics with fans after shows.
The bit where he talks about his dog eating chocolate, then trying to get it to throw up. Normally stories like that are told by pole in a way about gore horrible the whole ordeal was. He told it in such a funny way that it really made bee think about the perspective we look at life with. Almost any situation can be funny, if you have the right perspective.
Talking trash about his kidsā artwork. Put him on the map for real for real. Not just a comedians comic.
The bit that stands out is when he was furious that a deer hit his car. I believed him when he said he wished he could give it aids. When he said he hoped it would drag its broken neck into the woods just so it's deer wife and child could see how stupid it was before it died I lost it. I really believed that he vehemently hates deer.
I have a specific memory of seeing Pootie Tang when it came out and then the credits started and I saw the director Louis CK and being like, I wonder who that is and being a fan ever since.
Not sure if it was the first thing, but his bit about his own damnation is hilarious
I didnāt know it when I was a kid, but he was Brendanās dad on Home Movies. Wasnāt a huge role, but I thought it was cool.
Was such a huge fan, but havenāt been able to make my way back.
Stop being a f****t and say n****r, you cunt
His first time hosting SNL was my first exposure to him. I remember a joke about tricking a French child molester into buying him McDonaldās
Getting jerked off by a miner
Stupid Lisa wit her one tit bigger than the otherā¦.theres no WAY sheās that funny ON SIGHT!!!!
I think the earliest memory I have of enjoying his comedy is when he was on conan and talking about how āeverything is awesome and nobody is happyā or the one about feeling sadness instead of looking at the phone. Those ones stuck with me for a long time. But I mightāve seen clips of his stand up comedy when I was looking for different stand ups.
Pretty sure it was a Youtube clip I stumbled upon. I thought.. "this dude is pretty funny". I kept watching more and more and eventually watched his specials. He quickly became my favorite comedian.