HBO has decided to take a chance with a show unlike any other original series they currently have out there. From The Sopranos to Entourage to Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO has won over cable audiences by creating great comedy and drama through originality and moving away from what makes some broadcast television dull to watch. So it must have made HBO subscribers gasp at the thought of a half-hour sitcom taking the stage on Sunday nights, right after Entourage.
Lucky Louie, starring Louis CK as broke-ass, balding family man Louie, is everything the network sitcom is not –and yet, it is. The first episode of its debut season starts off with a classic bit – classic in the way that the "Why?" bit is an old cliché. What Lucky Louie is trying to do with this opening, though, is show you why it is different and why it belongs on HBO. Does it succeed? Well, yes more than no. Louie's daughter starts a barrage of "Why?" and Louie's answers begin in the way you would expect in any old sitcom. Gradually, the answers are more unexpected and the bit ends strong. Sadly, there are one too many whys, so the laughs of the live audience die down after about the fourth "Why?"
I can't really say that this bit was even needed, but as I said before, Lucky Louie has to prove that it belongs and it's not the uncoordinated doofus trying out for the varsity team. As the episode goes on, Lucky Louie impresses you and then lets you down. There is daughter Lucy's birthday party scene, where the new black neighbors come in to join the festivities along with Louie's friend Mike (Mike Hagerty, we'll get to him later) and Jerry (Rick Shapiro) the creepy, shady uncle. The scene feels a bit forced, but it's the jump-off point for all the other issues that come up in this episode.
There are racial issues concerning the new neighbors, namely the unnecessarily uncomfortable situation Louie creates whenever he talks to his black neighbor, Walter. There is also the issue of sex (or the lack thereof) between Louie and his wife, Kim (Pamela Adlon). Louie has the sudden urge to take a teen magazine and hurry into the closet to pleasure himself. Now, this closet masturbation didn't seem right at all because I know that most guys would go to the bathroom to get rid of some frustration, but I see where Louie wouldn't have his wife barge in on him using the facilities. Thankfully, the conversation between Louie and Kim is hilarious.
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1 - Joan Hunt
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2 - John aka wookiewho
I found the show to be very funny and fresh, Ive read less than good reviews on the show and sat plfffttt!!! Real people in the real world sometimes like to just laugh at crude and funny stuff. I dont watch comedys for cerebal stimulation, I watch them to laugh.. I rarely listen to reviewers as I couldnt stand Seinfeld, and I didnt love raymond. I recommend the show to anyone who knows how to laugh and to the bad reviews i say, Give yourself an enema and give it another shot.
3 - nelly aka the people's choice
I don't care what anyone say's this show is halarious and it's touch's home with alot of it's topic wwheather ur rich or poor black or white man or women it's 1 of the realest shows out there and they takle real life unlike these other show that sugar coat life louie u are ok in my book
4 - Vichus Smith
Well the show is gone now, with no chance of coming back, so your opinion doesn't extend as far now.