Tuesday 27 July 2021

The Louie Show | CBS | 1996

January - March 1996
CBS | 6 episodes (1 unaired) | Sitcom


WHO'S IN IT? Louie Anderson, Bryan Cranston, Laura Innes, Kate Hodge, Nancy Becker-Kennedy, Paul Feig.

SYNOPSIS: Louie Anderson plays Louie Lundgren, a psychotherapist in Duluth, Minnesota. Due to a costly repair bill for his roof, Louie needs to find a housemate to offset the cost - Californian Gretchen answers the ad, recently only deciding to move to Minnesota because people in the midwest live average live a 1.3 years longer.

VERDICT: 

"I've been wanting to do a sitcom for a long time," Louie says to the studio audience as the show opens, "but never have been able to figure it out..." going by how the show panned out he didn't quite figure it out - six episodes were produced but only five aired. Apparently, Anderson wasn't too pleased with the final product due to network meddling.

CANCELLED BEFORE ITS TIME? I liked it, Louie wasn't annoying as I expected, and the show had a good mix of nutty characters.

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