theslowrunner

One of the most wonderful shows you never heard of...

With the summer season starting to wind down a lot of us are looking forward to many of the shows that will return soon or maybe you are looking forward to the slew of new shows that most of the major broadcasters are going to choke down our collective throats. Though, if you are looking too far forward you might be missing some wonderful shows this summer season that will give you a great TV screen pale tan if you sit down and spend some time with them.

One of these shows that has captured my attention is Louie on FX network Thursday at 10:30. Louie is currently almost done with it's second season with only two episodes remaining. If possible I would highly suggest you finding a way to find as many episodes as possible to watch. With his most recent one hour USO special episode being at the top in which I will go into more detail later.

Louie is a show written, directed, edited and produced by the main star of the show Louis C.K. The story revolves around a fictional version of himself where he is a recently divorced father of two. The show follows very sardonic humor of Louis C.K. In which much of his humor exposes many of the things we feel through his horrible self loathing of himself. You follow along many of the situation Louis faces through his very dark but down to earth lens of him directing. Despite Louis C.K almost despairing look on life you never really get the feeling that he hates everything. In the end you truly get a sense that he loves his life and that all that muddled shit there is a sense of beauty in life.

Louie supported by wonderful guest stars that propel his very dark sitcom. From Ricky Gervais playing himself as a wonderfully mean spirited doctor to Dane Cook who has a wonderful conversation addressing the concerns of plagiarisms of jokes. The guest star list of Louie series is filled with comedians who all seem to fit a role and make everything thing wonderfully surreal and realistic at the same time.

To get a understanding one only has to watch the recent "Ducky" episode to understand what Louie is all about. The episode opens with Louie picking up one of his daughter from school. It is there that he discovers that the class has been raising ducklings together. Initially Louie refuses to care for them since he will be away for a week to do a USO tour in Afghanistan. Though, the teacher in a rather aggressive manner pushes the ducklings into the care of Louie for one night before returning them the next morning. Later along we find him taking part in the USO tour only discover that one of his daughters has stored a duckling in his bag. I cannot ruin the rest of the episode but never has a sitcom hour long special really touched me in the way this one has.

Louie is a wonderfully dark sitcom show that seems to hold it's heart with the flabby arms of it's comedic star. It's pushed along by the great acting of Louis C.K and the host of guest stars that come to not steal the show but support a low budget cable comedy.