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Don Stugots

06-11-2006, 05:15 PM

<hr color="cococo" align="left">Se7en wrote: HBox wrote: Lucky Louie premieres tonight. Honestly, none of the ads made me laugh and Jimmy's overly defense attitude towards critics reviews this week have me pessmisitic about it, but I'll give it a watch. Jimm's overly defensive attitude followed by two bad reviews made me think that perhaps the show really is just dogshit.<hr color="cococo" align="left">

i hadnet read any reviews, i usually dont, i watch or read for myself then make up my mind.

As for Jimmy's defensiveness, maybe its just nerves. maybe it the fact that he has alot riding on this or that he knows all the fans will be watching and ready to make fun of him. i guess we will see. i am prepared to not like the show except for his scenes.

AngelAmy

06-11-2006, 05:16 PM

i saw it yesterday and i thought a lot of it was funny...looking forward to the rest of the season

Bama

06-11-2006, 05:17 PM

I'm watching because of Louis CK.  Never seen a Norton clip.

flavopop

06-11-2006, 05:30 PM

I agree with Stugots, I too am a Big Lil Jimmy fan, his standup is TOP NOTCH I TELL YA.  The Daily News gave this show a pretty good review, and Louie Ck iis a good comic in his own right.Lets all pull for Lil Jim to hit it big with this show...

Don Stugots

06-11-2006, 05:40 PM

<hr color="cococo" align="left">flavopop wrote: I agree with Stugots, I too am a Big Lil Jimmy fan, his standup is TOP NOTCH I TELL YA. The Daily News gave this show a pretty good review, and Louie Ck iis a good comic in his own right.Lets all pull for Lil Jim to hit it big with this show...<hr color="cococo" align="left">

what someone agreed with me? how did that happen?

my reading of the book HOW TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE the other night is paying off already!!! YAY ME

Snoogans

06-11-2006, 06:46 PM

less then impressed so far. The show really isnt that good

Don Stugots

06-11-2006, 06:48 PM

its not, but Jimmy is stealing the show.

tele7

06-11-2006, 06:50 PM

When did The War At Home move to HBO?  Cringe!

Snoogans

06-11-2006, 06:52 PM

this show really does suck

Snoogans

06-11-2006, 07:00 PM

I dont think Ill be sticking around much longer, I may give it next week and thats about it

chili

06-11-2006, 07:02 PM

Yeah, not to be a Negative Nancy or anything, but I expected a lot more out of the show, I would still give it more than zero stars like that fat bitch did the other week. 2 1/2 stars out of 5, and I'm staying open minded and hoping the next episode is better.

HBox

06-11-2006, 07:02 PM

That was way too sitcom-ish. Like, all the bad, forced, overly setup jokes. Not so good.My review came in way too short. Kinda like the show. Ba-zing!jimmy is a bad actor. sorry.

This message was edited by HBox on 6-11-06 @ 11:03 PM

Gvac

06-11-2006, 07:03 PM

Wow.That was truly awful.Could they have tried any harder to cram more obscenities into the script?  It sounded painfully forced. If that's the pilot that's supposed to pull us in I fear next week's episode.

Bama

06-11-2006, 07:04 PM

I'm watching it on TIVO.I laughed out loud at least five times so far. Haven't seen Norton yet.The opening "birthday party" scene was garbage though. The black barbies stuff sucks too.

Bama

06-11-2006, 07:06 PM

Norton is a horrible actor.

HBox

06-11-2006, 07:10 PM

Bob Kelly alone on Tourgasm has alread made me laugh more than I did on Lucky louie.

Bama

06-11-2006, 07:11 PM

I love this show!

chili

06-11-2006, 07:32 PM

I agree with HBox on the Bob Kelly thing, he was hilarious, who is that gel haired douche that started crying? What a fucking faggot. They should leave him at some rest area along the tour so he can go crinkle crinkle plastic bag in the stall.

Bama

06-11-2006, 07:40 PM

Bob Kelly = not funny.

chili

06-11-2006, 07:42 PM

C'mon Bama, Bob Kelly is great. His standup isn't quite as funny as his stories are, however. The one about getting the colon cleansing in some chick's apartment that he told to Lil Jimmy was classic.

Bama

06-11-2006, 07:44 PM

I'm not kidding. I did not laugh once during the whole show.

Reephdweller

06-11-2006, 07:46 PM

For a pilot episode I liked it. I agree with many of the arguments about the structure of the show and some of the forced humor, etc. Though I think that people forget that sometimes shows need a few episodes to build the characters and the chemistry. I tried very hard to watch the show from the perspective of someone who doesn't know Jimmy or Louis CK and I can certainly see how someone might not like the show. I'm hoping within the next few episodes that the show does come into it's own. My two wishes for the show are that I wish the show's set seemed a little more upscale than the shorestring budget type set that it appears to be. I also wish that the show would have been filmed more in a Curb Your Enthusiasm type style instead of a live studio audience type feel. Aside from that though it's fine. We'll see how it goes from here.

This message was edited by Reefdweller on 6-11-06 @ 11:47 PM

Bama

06-11-2006, 07:49 PM

Since there is no Tourgasm thread....I've never heard of this guy before. He seems like a dick. That spike hair kid needs to go. All the same, if a guy can't handle getting his balls busted you need to lay off. It just stops being funny.

legroommusic

06-11-2006, 07:50 PM

my buddy rick shapiro's on that show. hope the show went well for him.

TheKnicks23

06-11-2006, 07:52 PM

Man, a few buddies and I watched the show after catching Entourage
and the first scene actually embarassed me.  I literally
apologized for that scene, it was SO BAD.  I keep thinking back to
Colin Quinn's insult about the show on OnA "Shut up King of Queens with
cursing".I realy wanted to like the show, but it really is a
standard, shitty family sitcom with cursing and HBO content.  I
actually feel bad for OnA - having to defend that show is a really bad
place to be in.On a side note, Tourgasm was awesome.  Bob Kelly is hilarious.

chili

06-11-2006, 07:54 PM

Well Bob Kelly is on O&A a lot, kind of a prick who seems to get himself into ridiculous situations in real life, I can't quantify his standup, however. I don't think he went to far with the spike hair guy, if a guy can't take his balls being busted over something little, it's his problem.

Bama

06-11-2006, 08:05 PM

It probably would have been funnier if I listened to O and A and heard the guy.If all I saw of Norton was Lucky Louis, I wouldn't think he was funny either.

This message was edited by Bama on 6-12-06 @ 12:05 AM

TheGameHHH

06-11-2006, 08:13 PM

The show sucked. Norton can't act. I wonder how they'll spin this on O&A tomorrow.

HBox

06-11-2006, 08:15 PM

TheGameHHH wrote: The show sucked. Norton can't act. I wonder how they'll spin this on O&A tomorrow.   Fill up the line with sycophnats to start the show, take a bunch of them, then bitch about wackbag, take a call from someone who didn't like it, bash him relentlessly, bitch for an hour, and if they have time left, do a show.

UnknownPD

06-11-2006, 08:19 PM

Zero Stars was being kind

Snoogans

06-11-2006, 08:23 PM

OnA had already seen the first episode of the show, so they knew what happened when they were talking it up. They are gonna have no defense

chili

06-11-2006, 08:24 PM

HBox, totally agree. O&A will fry up a sacrificial lamb caller who doesn't like the show. They will bash the Wackbaggers. Bottom line was that LL was highly disappointing, and I hate it for Jim. On a second note, the constant bitching on O&A is making me sick. I hope for them that they get what they want but I don't think that on the air is the place to do it. We missed 2 days of shows last week (on the XM side) for their bitching.

kdubya

06-11-2006, 08:39 PM

I thought Lucky Louie was funny. Also why did this thread turn into anti O and A?

This message was edited by kdubya on 6-12-06 @ 12:41 AM

HBox

06-11-2006, 08:45 PM

kdubya wrote: I thought Lucky Louie was funny. Also why did this thread turn into anti O and A?

This message was edited by kdubya on 6-12-06 @ 12:41 AM  Because they had an especially bitchy week last week.

IamFogHat

06-11-2006, 09:44 PM

Jimmy Norton is pretty much the one person i would want to be a protege of, having said that I don't have HBO but will catch the replay at my sister's house later in the week, and oddly enough the moment that made me laugh out loud more than anything as far as the promos go is lil jimmy where he's got a handgun at the table and louie says "hey, put that down" and jimmy says "don't worry, the safety's off...oh wait, now it is." had me fuckin' rollin. anyway, based on what i've seen i know people wanna jump on the hate bandwagon, but i have a feeling it's something we're going to need to get into the flow of.  it's somewhere between getting on it's feet and quirky and hysterically funny.  once it finds its feet it'll be amazing.  give it a fucking chance.  and appreciate the great lines that the studio audience didn't have time to get.

JohnnyCash

06-11-2006, 10:02 PM

I thought it was very funny. And it was only the pilot. I think it will be a really good show.

Billy Staples

06-11-2006, 10:09 PM

Louie CK wrote Pootie Tang also.  He also beat me at poker, he's a lucky guy that's all!!!  good luck

Billy Staples

06-11-2006, 10:16 PM

<blockquote />Fill up the line with sycophnats to start the show, take a bunch of them, then bitch about wackbag, take a call from someone who didn't like it, bash him relentlessly, bitch for an hour, and if they have time left, do a show. wow, change a few of the names and stuff and its every Don and Mike show you have got ot give every new show a minimum of 2, hopefully 3 loks before you make a personal decision on it.   Remember funny if funny and it will show if they let them . My buddy was working on a showwith amajor name on these boars esp Wackbag....and the fucking channel wouldnt let them do shit....all retars in suits who think they know what funny is calling the shots on peple who do this for a livelihod.  fucked up sysem

Se7en

06-11-2006, 11:13 PM

HBox wrote:  TheGameHHH wrote: The show sucked. Norton can't act. I wonder how they'll spin this on O&A tomorrow.   Fill up the line with sycophnats to start the show, take a bunch of them, then bitch about wackbag, take a call from someone who didn't like it, bash him relentlessly, bitch for an hour, and if they have time left, do a show.Don't forget the part where they say, repeatedly, "If you don't like it, don't watch it!" and then act as if they've won the argument.

Sheeplovr

06-12-2006, 02:06 AM

I thought the show was very funnyjust i wish i didnt know luis cks act already so the most of the jokes werent new but they were still funny Norton
acting was really bad like maybe more episodes down he gets the hang of
it but it was like a kindergarden pagent play the little girl was
better then him so that seams pretty funny

davidb72

06-12-2006, 03:31 AM

Sheeplovr wrote: Norton
acting was really bad like maybe more episodes down he gets the hang of
it but it was like a kindergarden pagent play the little girl was
better then him so that seams pretty funny 
   I can here Opie this morning... "See, maybe that's the bit. Jimmy is really a very good actor, kind of like DeNiro or Brando, but he was playing a bad actor on the show. See, it's really very complicated."  That's one thing about O&A that turns me off, they think their humor is "too cool for school" and so "cutting edge"  that mere mortals like us can't get it.

Hottub

06-12-2006, 04:17 AM

Not good at all. I think I chuckled once. I'll give it one more shot, for Jimmy's sake. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't even give it that.Why?Because it sucked.Why?Because a comedy is supposed to be funny.Why? Eeecchhh!! <edit> Yeah, I know. Cancel my HBO, flush my TV down the toilet, and fuck my mother! </EDIT>

This message was edited by Hottub on 6-12-06 @ 8:19 AM

badorties

06-12-2006, 05:03 AM

The show sucked. Norton can't act. I wonder how they'll spin this on O&A tomorrow. it's like he didn't know what to do with his hands ....the show was 'eh' i was expecting a bit more (for no real reason) ... but, compared to the abortion half hour that followed, it looked genius ...tourgasm was dreadful -- the only thing less funny than dane cook, is listening to him talk about his comedy ... and the clay aikens/crying comic was a real un-funny pussi just don't get the whole dane cook thing ...

Bill From Yorktown

06-12-2006, 05:14 AM

watched it again last night - laughed as hard as I did the first time I saw it (couple of days ago).

jafter

06-12-2006, 06:38 AM

I want my 6 minutes back.   That was the worst piece of shit ever put on tv.  If that fucking kid said "Why" one more time I was going to blow up the studio with everyone in it.   The wife is a total bitch, the lead guy is a fucking moron, and the rest of the cast suck also.   I am sorry Norton got involved with that show.  What was the cost of set design 3.50, I think they spent 3.49 to much.   Thank God for TIVO so I could skip up to when Jimmy came on then turned it off.  It may last 3 episodes at most.   Sorry Jimmy bail as soon as you can.  Have your character commit suicide on the show.

TheQuestion

06-12-2006, 07:03 AM

Actual dialogue from the show -Wife: I want you to put your cock in my pussyLouie: I want to put my cock in your pussy, but every time I put my cock in your pussy I realize your pussy is a chamber of financial ruin.   I can't believe anyone actually speaks that way and uses the words "cock" and "pussy" 7 times in a 20 second conversation.  I also can't believe anyone over the age of 13 finds it funny.

Plethora

06-12-2006, 07:10 AM

<img width="120" height="207" border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/14/Butt-headprofile.jpg/120px-Butt-headprofile.jpg" />Huh-huh, you said Chamber

kdubya

06-12-2006, 07:24 AM

davidb72 wrote:  That's one thing about O&A that turns me off, they think their humor is "too cool for school" and so "cutting edge"  that mere mortals like us can't get it. Enough about O and A, this is about Lucky Louie, if ya want to bitch about O and A go to another thread.If you don't like the show, fine, tell us why. I agree some stuff was really forced. The birthday party scene was kind of hard to watch, but over all I laughed a good bit. I hope it gets better as time goes on. I love Louis CK, I think he is really funny. I can't get enough of him ignoring his daughter.Let us know "YOUR" opinion. If you don't like it because of O and A, you are an idiot.

JustJon

06-12-2006, 08:07 AM

I'm not into sitcoms, generally.  With the exceptions of Arrested Development and The Office, I really haven't watched any in years.  In fact, had it not been for Jimmy and the fact that it was on right after Entourage, I wouldn't have even given it a chance.  It was ok, I laughed a couple times.  It's basically a sitcom with dirtier themes and words.  Eh.  I'll leave it on again next week because it's between Entourage and Tourgasm. And guys, let's not turn this into an OnA bashing thread.

QueensideDave

06-12-2006, 08:23 AM

I thought the show was really funny over all.  I really enjoyed Louie trying to get his neighbor to like him and I loved the classic sitcom feel to it.  I think most of the reviewers were off base by comparing it to other hbO comedies and were most likely not a fan of this type of humor.

torker

06-12-2006, 08:52 AM

I stinks and I don't like it. 

King Imp

06-12-2006, 09:13 AM

TheQuestion wrote: Actual dialogue from the show -Wife: I want you to put your cock in my pussyLouie: I want to put my cock in your pussy, but every time I put my cock in your pussy I realize your pussy is a chamber of financial ruin.   I can't believe anyone actually speaks that way and uses the words "cock" and "pussy" 7 times in a 20 second conversation.  I also can't believe anyone over the age of 13 finds it funny. I'm in no way a prude, far from it actually, but I have to agree here. Some spots, like this, were just way too forced. There is funny and then there is "let's try to be vulgar to shock people."

Snoogans

06-12-2006, 09:17 AM

I dont think it was to shock people. I think it was more cause thats what people expected. Aside from the language, the show really isnt much different from a network sitcom. I think they tried to put alot of language into it just to justify it being on HBO

booster11373

06-12-2006, 10:07 AM

If that show was trying to be funny by not being funny then it was a hit.

Doctor Manhattan

06-12-2006, 10:09 AM

I'm not so sure about the show, but I'm now a huge fan Pamela Adlon (formerly Pamela Segall) and all that ass!

ChimneyFish

06-12-2006, 12:28 PM

torker wrote: I stinks and I don't like it.  Sorry to hear that. Is it a medical condition????<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/tongue.gif" border="0" />          Anyhow, I thought it was alright. Nothing great, but I think there could be potential there. I actually liked Jimmys' part. I think his acting will improve(it has to<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/wink.gif" border="0" />), seeing as this was the pilot. I'll keep watching.

Jennitalia

06-12-2006, 12:30 PM

not bad for a first episode.  i'll definitely stick around for it, though.

davidb72

06-12-2006, 12:47 PM

kdubya wrote:Let us know "YOUR" opinion. If you don't like it because of O and A, you are an idiot.   I don't know, after that scolding I think I'll keep my opinion to myself... I was addressing the previous posts saying about how O&A were going to handle people saying Lucky Louie sucked. I listen to O&A everyday, listen to R&F everyday. I like them both. I like you too. No homo.

torker

06-12-2006, 01:30 PM

ChimneyFish wrote: torker wrote: I stinks and I don't like it.  Sorry to hear that. Is it a medical condition????<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/tongue.gif" border="0" />Apparently I'm dropping more than just T cells.

NortonRules

06-12-2006, 01:40 PM

Keep in mind - the first season of Seinfeld is unwatchable.  Give it time. 

MilkmanDann

06-12-2006, 01:54 PM

Liked it. Jimmy a scene stealer. Didnt realize Jerry Minor in it, the most under-utilized guy on SNL since I've watched it. Very good cast

drusilla

06-12-2006, 02:17 PM

i must admit that i laughed a few times.  it was better than i
expected.   i've always liked pamela adlon (delores
rebchuck!)   but jimmy sucks.  & its not cause i'm
not a fan of his comedy.  he's just a really bad actor.

cougarjake13

06-12-2006, 02:30 PM

drusilla wrote: i must admit that i laughed a few times.  it was better than i expected.   i've always liked pamela adlon (delores rebchuck!)   but jimmy sucks.  & its not cause i'm not a fan of his comedy.  he's just a really bad actor. no way i disagree, spiderman 2 would have been nothing without him<img height="100" src="http://home.comcast.net/~bob80/RFnetCougarJake13.jpg" width="300" border="0" />

mikeyboy

06-12-2006, 02:33 PM

cougarjake13 wrote: drusilla wrote: i must admit that i laughed a few times.  it was better than i expected.   i've always liked pamela adlon (delores rebchuck!)   but jimmy sucks.  & its not cause i'm not a fan of his comedy.  he's just a really bad actor. no way i disagree, spiderman 2 would have been nothing without him<img height="100" src="http://home.comcast.net/~bob80/RFnetCougarJake13.jpg" width="300" border="0" />Norton wasn't in Spiderman 2.

cougarjake13

06-12-2006, 02:37 PM

mikeyboy wrote: cougarjake13 wrote: drusilla wrote: i must admit that i laughed a few times.  it was better than i expected.   i've always liked pamela adlon (delores rebchuck!)   but jimmy sucks.  & its not cause i'm not a fan of his comedy.  he's just a really bad actor. no way i disagree, spiderman 2 would have been nothing without him<img height="100" src="http://home.comcast.net/~bob80/RFnetCougarJake13.jpg" width="300" border="0" />Norton wasn't in Spiderman 2.the first one then ???

mikeyboy

06-12-2006, 02:38 PM

cougarjake13 wrote: mikeyboy wrote: cougarjake13 wrote: drusilla wrote: i must admit that i laughed a few times.  it was better than i expected.   i've always liked pamela adlon (delores rebchuck!)   but jimmy sucks.  & its not cause i'm not a fan of his comedy.  he's just a really bad actor. no way i disagree, spiderman 2 would have been nothing without him<img height="100" src="http://home.comcast.net/~bob80/RFnetCougarJake13.jpg" width="300" border="0" />Norton wasn't in Spiderman 2.the first one then ???Yeah.

Reephdweller

06-12-2006, 05:28 PM

One of the things that was interesting to me today was hearing lots of people where I work talk about how much they really liked the show. I know none of them don't even know Jimmy Norton or anything, but rather just watched it because it was on HBO. Only one person in my office mentioned Norton to me because she remembered me mentioning the show and she asked me which one he was. So perhaps it was a success on some level.

Sleeves

06-12-2006, 06:01 PM

just about to go watch...Jimmy's the best...but it's hard to imagine him not self-conscious as an actor...Seemed like Ron skimmed passed the subject of Lucky L pretty quickly today, simply mentioning something about Jimmy being in it...and Fez politely said that he enjoyed it...

Marc with a c

06-12-2006, 06:05 PM

i haven't seen it yet, i'm going to watch it later, but i can't imagine
it being worse then web junk 20 which o&a raved aboot.

TheQuestion

06-12-2006, 06:07 PM

Sleeves wrote: just about to go watch...Jimmy's the best...but it's hard to imagine him not self-conscious as an actor...Seemed like Ron skimmed passed the subject of Lucky L pretty quickly today, simply mentioning something about Jimmy being in it...and Fez politely said that he enjoyed it...  You caught that too, huh?Evedder - seriously, don't waste your time.

UnknownPD

06-12-2006, 06:08 PM

Here's my useless review... This was nothing new. It was the same "sitcom gimmicks" we've seen a million times with added cursing. The writing sucked and was predictble. But, the thing that struck me the most was the lack of chemistry between the cast members. It was a though everyone was acting as individuals not an ensemble. Just wasn't very good. But luckily for all concerned its on HBO so they'll give it a chance to grow.By the way the no laugh track laugh track is amazingly annoying.

Snoogans

06-12-2006, 06:09 PM

its about 900 times worse then webjunk 20

Marc with a c

06-12-2006, 06:11 PM

TheQuestion wrote: 
Evedder - seriously, don't waste your time.  it's either sit on ronfez.net and watch real world road rules challenge or sit on ronfez.net watching lucky louie and entorage.as you can see my time is not very valuable. <blockquote />

Snoogans

06-12-2006, 06:17 PM

Watch just Entourage and then stick a pen in your eye for a half hour. Its 9 times better

zildjian361

06-12-2006, 06:30 PM

Snoogans wrote: its about 900 times worse then webjunk 20           NOTHING could be worse then webjunk 20.no matter how much O&A promote that fool.

Snoogans

06-12-2006, 06:34 PM

OnA aside, I form my ideas about shows after I watch them. WebJunk is like Married with Children good compared to Lucky to Have a Job

zildjian361

06-12-2006, 06:43 PM

good for you i just watched it , let it grow, it,s like listening to a cd once.i laughed. entourage was nothing you didnt expect either.

Snoogans

06-12-2006, 06:45 PM

no, its not like listening to a CD for awhile. Entourage was what you expected from entourage, not shows on NBC. Lucky louis was a BAD netwrk show with language dropped in. Not only did I not like it, I actually HATED it and will not be watching it again. It was CRAP. that opening bit was the worst, i didnt laugh at all.

Gvac

06-12-2006, 06:51 PM

Snoogans, I couldn't agree more.  I was actually pissed off after I watched it last night.  It seriously may be the worst show I've ever seen in my entire life, no exaggeration.  I chuckled once but for some reason felt embarrassed the rest of the time.  Maybe it's because I like Jimmy and was rooting for him.  I could only imagine what Opie, Anthony, and Norton would be saying if they reviewed the show and didn't know anyone in the cast.

tele7

06-12-2006, 06:52 PM

Sleeves

06-12-2006, 07:09 PM

Just watched it.  Not great, but has potential. Some initial offputting things are hard to get over - the show seems to be purposefully mediocre looking, both the sets and the production values are really out of sync with the rest of what's going on in TV.  I felt like I was watching a taped episode of Welcome Back Kotter or a Saturday Night Live skit.  But - this grew on me after a while and maybe it was just a nostalgia thing for me. Even the cut-scenes showing 8 or 16 millimeter clips of the supermarket or the Western Union place seem purposefully trying to recreate the old-fashioned 70's feel of TV. The acting - it's almost like a filmed play with lots of hit and miss moments.  There are times when actors stumble a tiny bit or kind of mis-time their line, which is again odd to see in a TV show.  I thought Jim was actually pretty good and held his own.  Wanted more of him.  He's an old-fashioned kind of actor - kind of like Don Rickles, bugging his eyes and pulling faces.  He also reminded me a bit of Mr. Gleason. And, in fact, watching this made me want to see Jim in a new Honeymooners show. The writing - sometimes the writing is decent.  Sometimes really hacky.  But the characters are pretty good and I actually like the set-up.  At least the set-up isn't "high concept" - i'm in the mood for low-concept. I'm a little undrawn to Louis CK, but maybe he'll grow on me. He kind of seems like the sort of actor who'd play the semi-nice guy on an episode of CSI, who then turns out to be the serial killer.  He doesn't seem like "funny" is his primary thing - and I think that's why the show can feel hacky and the comedy forced.  He's not primarily a comic - I don't know what primarily he is, but if "funny" is on his list of talents its lower down.  That sounds like a slam - but really I mean that what he wants to do is create a show that has humor in it, but also...I don't know.  But there is some straining sense that he wants this show to be heartfelt, despite the language.  Overall - it's not awful.  For a first episode, I'd give it a C+.  It's not slick, it's not terribly funny, it's not super original - but it also isn't the glossy magazine creation of some super-production team.  It's likeable, but you have to be pretty forgiving and not come at it like it's gonna knock your socks into next week.  anyway...I really have too much to say about small things...

Snoogans

06-12-2006, 07:13 PM

Gvac wrote: Snoogans, I couldn't agree more. I was actually pissed off after I watched it last night. It seriously may be the worst show I've ever seen in my entire life, no exaggeration. I chuckled once but for some reason felt embarrassed the rest of the time. Maybe it's because I like Jimmy and was rooting for him. I could only imagine what Opie, Anthony, and Norton would be saying if they reviewed the show and didn't know anyone in the cast. I think you nailed it perfect, Gvac. I dont think I hate the show as much as I do because of the show. The show sucks, but it sucks on a level with alot of other suck. I think i just hate it more then those because I really wanted to like it and thought I would like it. Plus I told a few people to check it out cause of Norton and the show and everything, and it kinda made me feel stupid 

This message was edited by Snoogans on 6-12-06 @ 11:25 PM

zildjian361

06-12-2006, 07:15 PM

Snoogans wrote: no, its not like listening to a CD for awhile. Entourage was what you expected from entourage, not shows on NBC. Lucky louis was a BAD netwrk show with language dropped in. Not only did I not like it, I actually HATED it and will not be watching it again. It was CRAP. that opening bit was the worst, i didnt laugh at all.           Whatever , lets see what next week brings. its not tv its HBO<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/wink.gif" border="0" />

Snoogans

06-12-2006, 07:24 PM

yea, and HBO isnt supposed to be normal TV with curses. Its supposed to be shows that could only be there, or are just different from anything networks would take a chance on. They coulda cleaned this up and sold it to NBC, and that is another thing that makes me hate it more.

Gvac

06-12-2006, 07:29 PM

Snoogans wrote: Plus I told a few people to check it out cause of Norton and the show and everything, and it kinda made me feel stupid 

 Ha!  Same here bro. One of my buddies called me today and said "what was that show you told me to watch on HBO last night?"  I said "Lucky Louie.  Why?""Because I want to make sure I never watch it again by accident."

WhistlePig

06-13-2006, 08:19 AM

Sleeves wrote: Just watched it.ÿ Not great,
but has potential. Some initial offputting things are hard to get over -
the show seems to be purposefully mediocre looking, both the sets and the
production values are really out of sync with the rest of what's going on in TV.ÿ I
felt like I was watching a taped episode of Welcome Back Kotter or a Saturday
Night Live skit.ÿ But - this grew on me after a while and maybe it was just a
nostalgia thing for me. Even the cut-scenes showing 8 or 16 millimeter clips of
the supermarket or the Western Union place seem purposefully trying to
recreate the old-fashioned 70's feel of TV. The acting - it's almost like
a filmed play with lots of hit and miss moments.ÿ There are times when actors
stumble a tiny bit or kind of mis-time their line, which is again odd to see in
aÿTV show.ÿ I thought Jim was actually pretty good and held his own.ÿ Wanted
more of him.ÿ He's an old-fashioned kind of actor - kind of like Don Rickles,
bugging his eyes and pulling faces.ÿ He also reminded me a bit of Mr. Gleason.
And, in fact, watching this made me want to see Jim in a new Honeymooners
show. The writing - sometimes the writing is decent.ÿ Sometimes
really hacky.ÿÿBut the characters are pretty good and I actually like the set-up.ÿ
At least the set-up isn't "high concept" - i'm in the mood for low-concept. I'm a little undrawn to Louis CK, but maybe he'll grow on me.ÿHe kind of
seems like the sort of actor who'd play the semi-nice guy on an episode of CSI,
who then turns out to be the serial killer.ÿ He doesn't seem like "funny" is his
primary thing - and I think that's why the show can feel hacky and the comedy
forced.ÿ He's not primarily a comic - I don't know what primarily he is, but if
"funny" is on his list of talents its lower down.ÿ That sounds like a slam - but
really I mean that what he wants to do is create a show that has humor in it,
but also...I don't know.ÿ But there is some straining sense that he wants this
show to be heartfelt, despite the language.ÿ Overall - it's not awful.ÿ
For a first episode, I'd give it a C+.ÿ It's not slick, it's not terribly funny, it's not
super original - but it also isn't the glossy magazine creation of some super-
production team.ÿ It's likeable, but you have to be pretty forgiving and not come
at it like it's gonna knock your socks into next week.ÿ anyway...I really
have too much to say about small things...

Keep it up--you're very insightful.

I too didn't think it was awful, but didn't think it was terribly funny either. Just
so-so. It did kinda remind me of a little better version of "The War at Home"
which is unwatchable. I'll give this show another chance and watch it next
week. I do wish they'd ditch the annoying laugh track. That's why I don't watch
network TV sitcoms.

Davios

06-13-2006, 08:38 AM

I watched it and actually had really high expectations considering I love Jimmy and was hoping for the best. That being said, I pretty much hated it. If Jimmy weren't a part of it I would blast the entire thing. Aside from the fact that it is like every other sitcom on nbc with swearing, the swearing was completely ridiculous. It's one thing to use cursing in the manner of an entourage or hell even the sopranos, it is another to use it in the fashion of Lucky Louie. No married couple with a damn child is going to be walking around the house talking about pussy and cocks, the scene where the wife actually bends over and tells Louie to "tap that ass" made me cringe. As has been stated earlier, the dialogue just seems incredibly forced. They curse just for the sake of cursing, and quite frankly it takes the value away from said cursing. The only part of the entire show that made me giggle was the start when Jimmy was referring to the cofee purchased for him and he stated" I mean, WHAT THE FUCK" and even that alost its comedic value by the end. We do all have to remember it was the pilot, but it was still a bad episode. 

This message was edited by Davios on 6-13-06 @ 12:40 PM

Servo

06-13-2006, 08:43 AM

Sleeves wrote: Just watched it.  Not great, but has potential. Some initial offputting things are hard to get over - the show seems to be purposefully mediocre looking, both the sets and the production values are really out of sync with the rest of what's going on in TV.  I felt like I was watching a taped episode of Welcome Back Kotter or a Saturday Night Live skit.  The acting - it's almost like a filmed play with lots of hit and miss moments.  I'm a little undrawn to Louis CK, but maybe he'll grow on me. He kind of seems like the sort of actor who'd play the semi-nice guy on an episode of CSI, who then turns out to be the serial killer.  He doesn't seem like "funny" is his primary thing - and I think that's why the show can feel hacky and the comedy forced.  He's not primarily a comic - I don't know what primarily he is, but if "funny" is on his list of talents its lower down.  Sleeves, I agree with you for the most part.  I didn't feel like a sitcom to me, but rather like a taped play or sketch.  I enjoyed that.  Oh, and Louis CK IS primarily a standup comic - much of the dialogue of the pilot episode was based on his standup (like the "why?" scene with his daughter, the masturbation stuff, and the scene in the park where he talks about leaving a marriage.)Overall, I thought the show was pretty good, and had potential to get better. Also, someone mentioned a laugh track.  They don't use one.  I caught HBO's behind the scenes short on the show - Louis CK made a point of explaining that the don't use laugh tracks and they don't try to "sweeten" jokes that don't go over in post-production.  I think Norton mentioned that on O&A too.

TheMojoPin

06-13-2006, 08:49 AM

Louis CK is a brilliant comedic writer, especially when he's writing for other people's shows.As a standup/actor...eh, not so much.

JPMNICK

06-13-2006, 09:01 AM

I actually think this show will get better as they actors settle in to their roles.  the first episode was painful to watch, i am giving it 6 episodes before i fully judge.

kdubya

06-13-2006, 09:33 AM

Am I alone in thinking that the woman that played Louie's wife was kind of hot?

Davios

06-13-2006, 02:59 PM

kdubya wrote: Am I alone in thinking that the woman that played Louie's wife was kind of hot? Absolutely not. I thought she was hot in a housewife kind of way. Like you could easily envision her living across the street from you and want to fuck her.

TooLowBrow

06-13-2006, 04:13 PM

Davios wrote: kdubya wrote: Am I alone in thinking that the woman that played Louie's wife was kind of hot? Absolutely not. I thought she was hot in a housewife kind of way. Like you could easily envision her living across the street from you and want to fuck her.  isnt she bobby from king of the hill? i thought norton said that on o and a

Marc with a c

06-13-2006, 04:16 PM

i'm aboot to start it on demand.  i have really high expectations.

Marc with a c

06-13-2006, 05:08 PM

i didn't laugh once.  not even close that's all.

TheMojoPin

06-13-2006, 09:27 PM

toolowbrow wrote: Davios wrote: kdubya wrote: Am I alone in thinking that the woman that played Louie's wife was kind of hot? Absolutely not. I thought she was hot in a housewife kind of way. Like you could easily envision her living across the street from you and want to fuck her.  isnt she bobby from king of the hill? i thought norton said that on o and a Yup, she is.  I saw her topless in some awful film back in the 90's, and man, they were fantastic.  Same with the woman who does the voice of Tommy on Rugrats.The perv on me would make them do the voices while we were lost in the moment.

FUNKMAN

06-13-2006, 09:33 PM

caught some of it tonight and tuned in when Jimmy was doing his part right before saying "i got to go sell some weed"...  didn't see enough of Jimmy to really comment. I thought the wife was pretty good, the line when she called her husband a "polesmoker" was pretty funny. one thing i noticed is there seems to be the 'minutest delay' when the actors reply to each other. there is a real 'slow flow' feeling to what's going on.  looks like a bunch a people fairly new to acting which is not a real bad thing as long as you're not taking yourself too seriously...

Alice S. Fuzzybutt

06-13-2006, 09:38 PM

I thought it was...ok. It's all jokes from Louis CK's stand up. Which I enjoyed the first time around. I love Norton. He's a creep in real life and he was cast as a creep in this sit-com. In black socks. I'm not sure if the show would have been better if he had more scenes.To be honest, I was watching Super Group and I turned into this trian-wreck of a show at 10:30. "Lucky" for me VH1 repeats shows. A lot.

kellermcgee21

06-13-2006, 10:46 PM

watching lucky louie makes me miss mr. show

JustJon

06-14-2006, 07:27 AM

Yup, she is. I saw her topless in some awful film back in the 90's, and man, they were fantastic. Same with the woman who does the voice of Tommy on Rugrats.The perv on me would make them do the voices while we were lost in the moment.  Pamela was pretty hot and I've crushed on EG Daily (from Rugrats) for years.

FMJeff

06-14-2006, 07:54 AM

JustJon wrote:  Yup, she is. I saw her topless in some awful film back in the 90's, and man, they were fantastic. Same with the woman who does the voice of Tommy on Rugrats.The perv on me would make them do the voices while we were lost in the moment.  Pamela was pretty hot and I've crushed on EG Daily (from Rugrats) for years. She could've been yours if you gave it a shot, Jon. Nobody can resist your long flowing locks and pedophile smile.

TheKnicks23

06-14-2006, 08:31 AM

Can we settle down all this "character development" talk.  Its
a fucking sitcom, it should be immediately funny and the characters
should be funny and "understood" in the first episode.I don't
recall while watching Entourage or Curb that I had to "get used" to
Drama or Jeff.  And even more, this is a traditional sitcom, not a
mix of comedy/drama with a story.Hey, I got no problem if you
like the show, but saying that you need time for the characters to
unfold in a 2 set sitcom is ridiculous.

walking joint

06-14-2006, 08:46 AM

it was okay...hopefully as the characters develop and i get to know them i'll like it more.

TheSpacePope

06-17-2006, 08:10 PM

I love Jimmy's stand-up and I really wanted Lucky Louie to be good because it'd be good for him, but it was honestly terrible. Louie CK can't act and the whole thing just came across as very amateur and not really funny. In fact, Jimmy's small part was probably the funniest part of the show. I'll give it a few more watches because it's hard to write off a series just from the pilot, but I'm not too optimistic about it. As far as Tourgasm went, I didn't like that either. Ron put it best; the whole sensitive comic angle doesn't really work for me. Bobby Kelly rules, but he's not enough to save the show. I probably won't watch too much more of this either unless something really hookes me. I had high hopes for HBO's summer Sunday lineup, but Entourage is the only really worth watching at this point.

This message was edited by TheSpacePope on 6-18-06 @ 12:11 AM

Reephdweller

06-17-2006, 09:24 PM

So even though Norton himself has said that the show gets a lot stronger as it goes along we're not supposed to accept that? If you didn't like the show, don't watch it. Me personally I'm going to give it a few more episodes to see how it goes. And some shows absolutely do have character development. It can occur for numerous reasons, a writer can be replaced with someone else who takes the character to a whole new level, - there's numerous things that happen over the course of a show's season that usually spell out the direction of the show. The sense I get is that the show will get better overtime and I'm willing to give it a shot.

Se7en

06-17-2006, 09:25 PM

TheMojoPin wrote: toolowbrow wrote: Davios wrote: kdubya wrote: Am I alone in thinking that the woman that played Louie's wife was kind of hot? Absolutely not. I thought she was hot in a housewife kind of way. Like you could easily envision her living across the street from you and want to fuck her.  isnt she bobby from king of the hill? i thought norton said that on o and a Yup, she is.  I saw her topless in some awful film back in the 90's, and man, they were fantastic.  Same with the woman who does the voice of Tommy on Rugrats.The perv on me would make them do the voices while we were lost in the moment.She also played a whore in Rob Zombie's "The Devil's Rejects".

HBox

06-18-2006, 06:59 PM

That was an improvement, I did laugh this time. Still too many obviopus sitcommy setups and awkward, overworked lines.[size=1]Norton's still a crappy actor...........

Reephdweller

06-18-2006, 06:59 PM

I don't give a fuck what none of you say, that last episode was pretty damn funny. Plus the preview to the next one looks pretty funny too.<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/laugh.gif" border="0" />

flavopop

06-18-2006, 07:16 PM

I laughed alot more this week.  Lets give it some time guys.  Lil Jimmy was a twitching freaky mess, just like he should be!  Louies wife is a doll and that black chick is smokin too! Louie Ck used some of  his stand up routine in the dialog tonight.."Stop smashing into me so hard with your snatch"  is a classic line!  Much better, hope it gerts more gooder!   SEEEYAAA

scorpion

06-18-2006, 07:33 PM

Second episode alot better.  Some good lines.  No really ever seen Louie CK's act I don't know which come from his act.Yes Next week looks better.

Bama

06-18-2006, 07:53 PM

Funny, but the simulates sex was gross. Norton's getting better.

mikeyboy

06-18-2006, 07:59 PM

I know some people think the wife is pretty hot, and before I said, "Yeah.  Okay.  I guess can buy that."  Tonight when I was watching it, it occurred to me that she looks kind of like Steve Perry, and now when I looks at her, I can't get past that.

King Imp

06-18-2006, 08:03 PM

I must admit, the second show was much funnier than the first. All the sex scenes had me cracking up and the part at the very end with the black couple, even though you knew it was coming, was funny.

Tenbatsuzen

06-18-2006, 08:16 PM

mikeyboy wrote: I know some people think the wife is pretty hot, and before I said, "Yeah. Okay. I guess can buy that." Tonight when I was watching it, it occurred to me that she looks kind of like Steve Perry, and now when I looks at her, I can't get past that.   wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'

Reephdweller

06-18-2006, 08:26 PM

I recognize the wife from Say Anything, she was one of Lloyd Dobler's friends.

FUNKMAN

06-18-2006, 08:39 PM

Reefdweller wrote: I recognize the wife from Say Anything, she was one of Lloyd Dobler's friends.i thought the exact same thing and a few minutes ago searching Say Anything images cause i have no idea what her name is. she played in a few movies back then, kind've tomboyish, balck hair and rosie cheeks...honestly can't believe you thought the same thing...   although i thought she just looked like the girl but never thought she was wactually that girl

Bama

06-18-2006, 08:46 PM

It's good that she's not too hot for him. That really annoys me about shows.

kdubya

06-19-2006, 05:42 AM

I thought last nights episode was funny. My only complaint is I could have done with out naked Louie cock

Snoogans

06-19-2006, 06:12 AM

Last night's episode was definately better. I really wish Norton was a better actor, because the content of his lines are fuckin histerical. Still I give the show overall a 4 which is up 3.9 from the .1 i gave last weeks

El Mudo

06-19-2006, 06:21 AM

I know some people think the wife is pretty hot, and before I said, "Yeah. Okay. I guess can buy that." Tonight when I was watching it, it occurred to me that she looks kind of like Steve Perry, and now when I looks at her, I can't get past that.

The person I was watching with made that EXACT SAME POINT...which led to a long round of "Oh Sherrie" jokes

Snoogans

06-19-2006, 06:41 AM

I just say YUST and small town girl everytime i see her

TheQuestion

06-19-2006, 07:08 AM

I hadn't noticed it, but now that you guys have pointed out the resemblance it's scary<img border="0" src="http://www.hbo.com/luckylouie/img/castandcrew/506x316_kim.jpg" /> <img border="0" src="http://www.random-squeegee.com/steveperry.jpg" />

JustJon

06-19-2006, 08:26 AM

I laughed at jokes in the pilot.  Didn't laugh once at last night's episode.  And Jimmy just came across as creepy. Venture Bros restarts 10:30 next week.   hmmm....  And you have now ruined her for me with the Steve Perry comment.

fezident

06-19-2006, 09:10 AM

<img height="230" src="http://www.hbo.com/luckylouie/img/castandcrew/506x316_kim.jpg" width="297" border="0" /> Seperated at birth???!  Wow. <img height="354" src="http://www.criminonwus.org/images/Marisol2.JPG" width="308" border="0" />

scorpion

06-19-2006, 09:54 AM

Davios

06-19-2006, 02:30 PM

JustJon wrote: I laughed at jokes in the pilot.  Didn't laugh once at last night's episode.  And Jimmy just came across as creepy. Venture Bros restarts 10:30 next week.   hmmm....  And you have now ruined her for me with the Steve Perry comment. Wow I guess that only makes two of us. I wasn't too happy with the pilot but at least I laughed at some point during the course of the 30 mins. This last episode was nothing but cringeworthy. Do I really need to see Louie CK in a simulated sex scene???? I couldn't fault Jimmy's part last night because that is basically what the character calls for, which is being a complete creep. The rest of the show, however, in my opinion was horrendous. On an upnote the trailer for next week's episode did make me laugh so I guess I can not give up on it yet.

Hottub

06-19-2006, 02:44 PM

Last week, chuckled once or twice. Last night, NOTHING! Just not very funny. I don't know if I will give it another chance. I am probably speaking for a good portion of the viewers as well. It's really just not a very good show!

Davios

06-19-2006, 02:58 PM

Hottub wrote: Last week, chuckled once or twice. Last night, NOTHING! Just not very funny. I don't know if I will give it another chance. I am probably speaking for a good portion of the viewers as well. It's really just not a very good show! Give it one more week. That is what I am going to do, the trailer featured Jimmy and was actually pretty funny. I don't know how many more opportunities I am going to give it past the third episode though .

This message was edited by Davios on 6-19-06 @ 6:58 PM

JohnnyCash

06-19-2006, 03:09 PM

I really like the show. Last nights episode was good. Better than last weeks.  

Don Stugots

06-19-2006, 03:13 PM

JohnnyCash wrote: I really like the show. Last nights episode was good. Better than last weeks.   much better than last weeks.  wow.  i thought it was really funny.  jimmy again stole the show.  the wife was alittle annoying but still funny.  i thought i saw her break and start to laugh once or twice.

Hottub

06-19-2006, 03:17 PM

jimmy again stole the showJimmy was barely on for a full minute. If that stole the show, it doesn't say much for the other 29 minutes.

Snoogans

06-19-2006, 07:16 PM

these people who think Jimmy is stealing this show, are you fuckin blind. His lines are great, except he delivers them like shit. He is a TERRIBLE actor.

King Imp

06-19-2006, 07:20 PM

Yeah, no offense, but enough Norton ass kissing. He was barely on and frankly his lines aren't very unmemorable. 

This message was edited by King Imp on 6-20-06 @ 12:04 AM

Reephdweller

06-19-2006, 07:24 PM

I don't know Snoogs, I find Jimmy to be very funny on the show. I'm not watching it for great acting - it's clearly a cheesy set with silly interactions, I get it that the show panders to a lower level of thinking and is based more in sexual or toilet humor - though I understood that right out the gates and I accept it for what it is. It's not brilliant tv, it's just a silly take on live sitcoms and I'm liking it so far. We're all entitled to our opinions though I saw an improvement over the last episode and everything I've heard has been that the show gets better as the season goes along so I'm optimistic about it.

Snoogans

06-19-2006, 07:25 PM

his stuff is very funny, he just kinda ruins it cause he is so fuckin bad

TheGameHHH

06-19-2006, 07:45 PM

I love Norton, but he can't act for shit. This show sucks, next week is the last for me. If I don't laugh at least a little bit then I'm done with this garbage. By the way, I've missed O&A the past two monday's, what have they been saying about the show?

mikeyboy

06-19-2006, 07:49 PM

I'm with the people who said they laughed a few times during the pilot episode but didn't laugh once during the second episode.  I won't write it off yet, though and will give it a couple of more weeks. 

tele7

06-19-2006, 07:58 PM

"Shit Sandwich"The pilot episode should be the one of the funniest.  Maybe i'm the "don't get the show" guy, but I don't see it getting any better.

TheRealEddie

06-19-2006, 08:05 PM

telecaster7 wrote: "Shit Sandwich" <img width="150" height="150" border="0" src="http://members.tripod.com/rant58/bda96960.jpg" /> <blockquote /> <img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/clap.gif" /> I think the show has some promise. I liked the first show and thought yesterday's not as good but decent. I generally dont find Norton funny (if it wasnt for Anthony I wouldnt listen to O+A at all), and he really is a non-factor in this show..heh its probably why I'm giving it a shot. I've got the season pass set up and will follow it. Plus, Entourage is just 30 minutes long and I've got that Sopranos hour to fill. 

This message was edited by TheRealEddie on 6-20-06 @ 12:07 AM

JustJon

06-19-2006, 08:14 PM

TheRealEddie wrote: Plus, Entourage is just 30 minutes long and I've got that Sopranos hour to fill. 

This message was edited by TheRealEddie on 6-20-06 @ 12:07 AM  But Deadwood is filling that Sopranos hour.  Entourage and Louie have Big Love's slot. <blockquote />

TheRealEddie

06-19-2006, 08:25 PM

What-wood? Dead-what? What-what?

DirtyJersey

06-19-2006, 09:01 PM

I think it just has to be taken for what it is, a goofy sitcom. I dont think they are going for a groundbreaking show, and the wife does look a little like Steve Perry, but I can look past it, shes got a nice little body on her.

Snoogans

06-20-2006, 08:13 AM

well, generally when they advertise the show as "The end of the sitcom as we know it", yea, i think they were tryin to be groundbreaking. STINKS

SinA

06-20-2006, 08:32 AM

Snoogans wrote: well, generally when they advertise the show as "The end of the sitcom as we know it", yea, i think they were tryin to be groundbreaking. STINKS Have you ever gotten into a debate about the intentions behind "King of Queens"?

JustJon

06-20-2006, 08:38 AM

Snoogans

06-20-2006, 08:46 AM

SinA wrote: Snoogans wrote: well, generally when they advertise the show as "The end of the sitcom as we know it", yea, i think they were tryin to be groundbreaking. STINKS Have you ever gotten into a debate about the intentions behind "King of Queens"?  no, but no one ever vastly oversold me on it either, plus its the station. HBO is on point with stuff way more then most other channels. Its kinda like this.HBO is like David Ortiz. It comes through in the clutch almost all the time, and is a solid performer in all situations. Now he comes out and guarentees a victory in game 7 of the world series (lucky louie over hyp, talk ups whatever), then he goes 0-5 with 4k's and the sox lose 11-2.networks you dont expect anything from. Its almost like John Mayer said, when there is no expectations or even more so, bad expectations, it only has to be not shitty for people to think its really good. When something is really good, and then its just average, you are like damn you suck

Doctor Manhattan

06-20-2006, 09:36 AM

telecaster7 wrote: "Shit Sandwich"  You can't print that!

Doctor Manhattan

06-20-2006, 09:36 AM

telecaster7 wrote: "Shit Sandwich"  You can't print that!

Bama

06-25-2006, 06:24 PM

Time for episode 3.

phillybri76

06-25-2006, 06:40 PM

I'll say it: The acting on this show sucks a massive cock...

Bossanova

06-25-2006, 06:45 PM

I hate this show so much. It makes me hate Norton even when he is doing O&A.  Worst acting ever

Bama

06-25-2006, 06:48 PM

Yeah, it's hard to defend this episode. Also, if you know his standup you know how things are going to end.

Bossanova

06-25-2006, 06:49 PM

You think if Norton wasn't in this, would he trash it?

Bama

06-25-2006, 06:51 PM

Oh god. Now there going with fart jokes. This show is on it's last legs.

Bossanova

06-25-2006, 06:52 PM

Fart jokes are always the beginning of the end

Bossanova

06-25-2006, 06:54 PM

And a classic FAG joke.  ecckk

phillybri76

06-25-2006, 06:55 PM

Man, they need to end this soon...I'm sure O&A will be kissing jimmy's ass tomorrow...

phillybri76

06-25-2006, 06:57 PM

So this is cutting edge comedy? Showing dicks ever other scene???

Bossanova

06-25-2006, 06:57 PM

Of course they will. It pains me to hear them have to suck his ass because their his friends

Bossanova

06-25-2006, 06:58 PM

Yeah, I don't get it.  If noone was involved with this show, they would all trash it.  So much for being real and always telling the truth

Bama

06-25-2006, 06:59 PM

God that was horrible.

Bossanova

06-25-2006, 07:01 PM

Its unfortunate that it has such a huge lead in

Bama

06-25-2006, 07:05 PM

The little making of intro they had made me sick. 5 minutes of them talking about how good the show was. I especially enjoyed the part with Norton talking about how other sitcom scripts sucked.He should bag on himself. Bring on the car crashes.

Bossanova

06-25-2006, 07:07 PM

car crashes, oh dear lords, everything thing they have in the bank

HBox

06-25-2006, 07:09 PM

You all should have been watching Venture Brothers.

Bama

06-25-2006, 07:11 PM

Never heard of it.

Bossanova

06-25-2006, 07:15 PM

Venture Bros. are an important cog on Adult Swim

King Imp

06-25-2006, 07:50 PM

Wow, this latest show might have been even worse than the first one. The thing with the kid in the beginning was downright annoying and the only part I even chuckled at was the brother-in-law with the shower simply because I didn't see it coming. Everything else was completely unfunny. As for the whole "it's real audience laughter" according to Norton, I claim bullshit. There is no way anyone thought that rambling by the brother-in-law about doors was the least bit funny. Yet, that audience kept "laughing".

scorpion

06-25-2006, 07:59 PM

Ouch.  I am a fan of Jim Norton and actually  have seen some of the other actors do some funny stuff but WOW that episode was aweful.I just don't see it getting better as they say it does.  Hopefully i am wrong.

This message was edited by scorpion on 6-26-06 @ 12:00 AM

FezPaul

06-25-2006, 08:08 PM

Reviews around the netPWF  mostly badQA.com mostly badWB  mostly good (suprise)I'm currently boycotting FBA

#1FanofESD

06-25-2006, 10:21 PM

I like Norton on O&A.I like Norton doing stand up.I think he's ok in this show.But this Louie CK guy is the most unfunny man I have ever seen in my life. This show is the worst show I have ever seen on HBO. I don't want to see some dude's package. I don't to see any scenes with that little brat anymore because if I hear 'Papa' one more time that bitch is getting shipped back to Italy! The writing sucks, the jokes suck, the set sucks, the show sucks!NO laugh track? Are we supposed to believe that BS. I think O&A are going to lose fans over this show because if they continue to talk about how good it is when it's so very obvious that it's a piece of crap their fans are going to figure out they are just hipocrites.I know Jimmy is their friend, but if I was his true friend I would be honest and let him know that there is no chance for a second season. I would also tell him to start bashing his own show because it's his only shot to save face over this horrible, horrible and I mean horrible show.What the hell sense did the last scene make with the guy over there taking a shower? How was that funny? What the hell did that have to do with ending the show? Who in the hell wrote that scene in and thought it made sense?I really think this is some kind of experiment to see if people will just watch any piece of crap that HBO puts on. Hopefully they will start the show next week with all the actors just standing around talking about how they were trying to act terrible because that I would believe.I want the 90 minutes back of my life that I spent watching this show for these last three weeks. HBO should just give everyone a free month of service for telling people that this show was 'the end of sitcoms as we know it' - the fact is that this show just gave the people at Websters a new entry for their books.Shitcom. That is the new word invented from this show.You know who I want to see on O & A this week? Patrice. That funny ass mofo will tear up this Shitcom from limb to limb right in front of Jimmy. He tells it like it is.I am really ready to hear that HBO has cancelled this Shitcom and has decided that showing the last 9 episodes would be a crime against humanity.Am I done yet you ask? Hell no.Why is every scene just so unbelieveable? Is that supposed to be what makes me laugh? The kid who robbed her dropped his wallet and you called the cops, but forgot to mention that you know who the mugger is because you have his ID. Then I could have saved myself from that retainer joke which went nowhere. Does every black teenager in America on TV have to be raised by his grandmother?Why are they living in a crack building yet the neighbor has a suit on in every scene. So he wears a suit to work, but he makes minimum wage? The wife works and Louie NF works, but they can only afford $50 a month for rent? The NF stands for 'Not Funny' - I have renamed him to better suite his character. Why is everyone else on the show dressed ok, ya know just casual everyday clothes, but yet Jimmy has on a 'Wacky' old lady brown sweater? My weed dealer, as a matter of fact all the weed dealers I have ever had in my life usually dressed normal. Would I buy weed from a guy in a brown sweater? Yeah, the first time. Then after a few times I would be thinking 'just take the weed because this retard in the brown sweater can not do anyhting to stop me'.Who are the little family oriented jokes for? The kid is going to stay over someones house for one night and wants to bring all of her stuff. Awww, how cute. Not funny, but just one of those things we all know about kids. So how does that scene fit in with a show that has a guy walking around with his dick out in not one, but TWO of the most Unnecessary scenes in any show on any planet in any universe. For Christ sake - the guy had half a woodpecker in the first scene! I half thought Louie CF was going to grab it and st

Fallon

06-25-2006, 10:49 PM

The acting sucks, but it's not that horrible.

narc

06-25-2006, 11:20 PM

Part of the reason that this show might suck is that Dino Stamatopoulos writes for it. He's an absolute hack who's responsible for abortions like Moral Orel and TV Funhouse (not the funny clips they did on SNL. The one with the puppets and animals on Comedy Central.) He should die of stomach cancer. So yeah. Venture Bros., same time.

kdubya

06-26-2006, 05:16 AM

I like the show, I think it is funny. My only complaint is way too much man cock.

Hottub

06-26-2006, 05:41 AM

kdubya wrote: I like the show, I think it is funny. My only complaint is way too much man cock. As opposed to what?  Woman cock?

AKA

06-26-2006, 05:50 AM

Hottub wrote: kdubya wrote: I like the show, I think it is funny. My only complaint is way too much man cock. As opposed to what?  Woman cock?<img src="http://www.nrc.nl/multimedia/archive/00048/Felicity_Huffman_ha_48691a.jpeg" border="0" />

Jennitalia

06-26-2006, 05:51 AM

kdubya wrote: I like the show, I think it is funny. My only complaint is way too much man cock. As disturbing as it was to see the cock just flopping around, as well as the man ass, you wouldn't be complaining if it were boobies or tookie. Tit for tat, I say.And I've been enjoying the show.

kdubya

06-26-2006, 07:03 AM

WhistlePig

06-26-2006, 08:45 AM

Well, I gave this show 3 tries and I won't be watching it again. I tried to like it, but
I just don't give a rat's ass about any of the characters. I sat there expectant
through each episode, had a chuckle or two but then felt disappointed at the end.
Waste of time.

AngelAmy

06-26-2006, 09:13 AM

i like it

JustJon

06-26-2006, 09:16 AM

The only thing I thought was funny was the hide and seek at the beginning.  Yes, it was really dumb, but I laughed because it's the same stupid thing my nephew does when he plays hide and seek, hiding in plain sight (although not in the middle of the room like that)

k-man

06-26-2006, 09:26 AM

Kids are funny when they play that game, but that little girl on Lucky loui speaks like an anooying retard.

XMRonFez

06-26-2006, 09:26 AM

If it weren't for Lil Jimmy, I would never have given this show a chance. I really like the little creep, but he is not enough to keep me watching...I agree, Man-Cock is much funnier...

buckcorncobb

06-26-2006, 09:30 AM

my review SHIT SANDWICH

SinA

06-26-2006, 09:51 AM

Two comments:1. It's bad2. I like it anywayI can't reconcile those oponions, but that's just how it goes.

Snoogans

06-26-2006, 10:09 AM

Thats not a terrible point. I hate the show, i think its terrible. But I'll probably watch it every week just to see how horrible it is now.

kdubya

06-26-2006, 11:45 AM

XMRonFez wrote: I agree, Man-Cock is much funnier...Thank you

King Imp

06-26-2006, 11:52 AM

According to Norton, it gets better from the 4th show on. How much you want to bet that as each week goes by, he says it gets better starting the next week?

Don Stugots

06-26-2006, 11:56 AM

SinA wrote: Two comments:1. It's bad2. I like it anywayI can't reconcile those oponions, but that's just how it goes.i feel the same way.   maybe its because i feel like i know jimmy and i want to see him make it.  i dont know.  its not funny, but funny at the same time.

kdubya

06-26-2006, 11:58 AM

This is kind of off topic, but HBO needs to bring back Extras, that show was funny

JustJon

06-26-2006, 12:10 PM

kdubya wrote: This is kind of off topic, but HBO needs to bring back Extras, that show was funny  HBO didn't make Extras, the BBC did

kdubya

06-26-2006, 12:14 PM

JustJon wrote:  kdubya wrote: This is kind of off topic, but HBO needs to bring back Extras, that show was funny   HBO didn't make Extras, the BBC did Well then they need to make more episodes

JustJon

06-26-2006, 12:34 PM

kdubya wrote: JustJon wrote: kdubya wrote: This is kind of off topic, but HBO needs to bring back Extras, that show was funny HBO didn't make Extras, the BBC did Well then they need to make more episodes  <a href="http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/cabletv/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001017676" target="_blank">Season 2 greenlit a month before Season 1 was shown </a>

Gvac

06-26-2006, 01:28 PM

For a minute there I thought Jon was saying HBO ordered a second season of Lucky Louie. <img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/surrender.gif" /> Thank God that's not the case.  I was unfortunate enough to see the last 15 minutes of last night's episode and it's just as awful as the pilot.  I hope they mercifully pull the plug on this travesty ASAP.

King Imp

07-02-2006, 07:50 PM

That was just awful. This was the 4th episode that supposedly Norton said was going to get much better? Stop kidding yourself Jim, this show sucks. That whole thing about the founding fathers and it's references was so forced it wasn't even funny. Oooh, they were gay and the fireworks represents them blowing their loads in each other's faces. Give me a break! Did anyone catch after the show when they were showing the promo for the recap of the first 4 shows? A quote came on screen from the New York Times that said "Louis C.K. deserves an Emmy." WHAT?!?! Who the fuck is the moron that said this and what drugs are they taking?

Don Stugots

07-03-2006, 03:04 AM

King Imp wrote: That was just awful. This was the 4th episode that supposedly Norton said was going to get much better? Stop kidding yourself Jim, this show sucks. That whole thing about the founding fathers and it's references was so forced it wasn't even funny. Oooh, they were gay and the fireworks represents them blowing their loads in each other's faces. Give me a break! Did anyone catch after the show when they were showing the promo for the recap of the first 4 shows? A quote came on screen from the New York Times that said "Louis C.K. deserves an Emmy." WHAT?!?! Who the fuck is the moron that said this and what drugs are they taking? maybe the NYT quote was taken out of context.  maybe it went like this "if they gave up awards for herrific shows then Louie C.K. deserves an Emmy".  what do you think?

ChimneyFish

07-03-2006, 07:50 AM

The official "I hate Lucky Louie" thread. Sweet.

JustJon

07-03-2006, 08:05 AM

Ok, at this point it needs to be asked.  Does anyone actually like Lucky Louie?

Don Stugots

07-03-2006, 08:15 AM

JustJon wrote: Ok, at this point it needs to be asked.  Does anyone actually like Lucky Louie? At this point i would have to say NO.  I have given it as much of a chance as i could.  i may watch the rest of the season or i may not.  it depends.  i gave it more of a chance because of Jimmys involvement.

PhishHead

07-03-2006, 08:35 AM

i actually enjoy it quite a bit, alot of the dialogue is well written, the actors dont always do a good job delivering the lines, but the dialogue is not bad and it actually has funny parts.

KennethC

07-03-2006, 08:36 AM

I guess I'm more in the "hate" camp, and I cut it several ounces of slack due to Lil' Jimmy. For a show to be that brutal and depressing, it had also better be brilliant and funny (ala the Honeymooners). Lucky Louie is neither brilliant nor funny. That critic Jimmy tore apart on O&A was actually right on: it's all set-ups and jokes. Unfortunately the set-ups are telegraphed so obviously that it doesn't take Nostradamus to predict the punchlines.

PhishHead

07-03-2006, 08:38 AM

you guys realize that most sitcoms are setups and jokes right????

ChimneyFish

07-03-2006, 08:44 AM

JustJon wrote: Ok, at this point it needs to be asked.  Does anyone actually like Lucky Louie? It's no AD or Scrubs, but I think it's better than the majority of the sitcoms on tv.What it comes down to is, HBO will never have a funnier show than Mr. Show. It just can't happen.

UnknownPD

07-03-2006, 08:53 AM

you guys realize that most sitcoms are setups and jokes right????  So, the defense is that lucky louie is just a copy of other sitcoms?

PhishHead

07-03-2006, 08:56 AM

no the defense is its a fucking sitcom, ofcourse it wont be as funny as other shows, no sitcom is funny to everyone...and remember its also a live sitcom.  I think your expectations are to high, take it for what it is, a live sitcom on HBO (budget is not high) the only other show that is live is SNL, and it basically does look exactly the same as that, bad jokes, bad setups, predictable scenes, and actors turning their heads when they go to laugh.

KennethC

07-03-2006, 09:03 AM

PhishHead wrote: you guys realize that most sitcoms are setups and jokes right????  I suppose formulaic sitcoms are, but isn't this suppose to be the "end of the sitcom as we know it?" I just don't like seeing the seams. Humor requires an element of surprise, but I'm seldom surprised by a "Lucky Louie" punchline. Jim Norton is so funny on O&A because half the time your blind-sighted by some connection or callback he makes.I also think that on better sitcoms the jokes arise from richly-drawn characters and situations. There's little depth or dimension to the characters on "Lucky Louie:" The husbands are shallow, emasculated drones; the wives shrill and bitchy; the friends are one-note eccentrics. On the other hand, characters like Archie Bunker, Cliff Claven or George Costanza resonated as more than mere joke-generators or targets - there was at least some level of pathos there.

UnknownPD

07-03-2006, 09:16 AM

no the defense is its a fucking sitcom, ofcourse it wont be as funny as other shows, no sitcom is funny to everyone...and remember its also a live sitcom.  I think your expectations are to high, take it for what it is, a live sitcom on HBO (budget is not high) the only other show that is live is SNL, and it basically does look exactly the same as that, bad jokes, bad setups, predictable scenes, and actors turning their heads when they go to laugh. Now the excuse is it sucks because it's live? No offense intended, but the show has been universally panned here on RF.net. And this is the built in audience....

JustJon

07-03-2006, 10:06 AM

PhishHead wrote: I think your expectations are to high, take it for what it is, a live sitcom on HBO (budget is not high) the only other show that is live is SNL, and it basically does look exactly the same as that, bad jokes, bad setups, predictable scenes, and actors turning their heads when they go to laugh.   No, it was taped months ago in front of a live studio audience.  Saying that is more of a throw back to 70s sitcoms than actually saying it's a live show.

narc

07-09-2006, 05:50 PM

Is everybody who's sold on this show sold already? Or are people still on the fence?

Fallon

07-09-2006, 05:52 PM

Entourage is the only reason I still have my HBO subscription after The Sopranos season ended, but I enjoy LL.

kdubya

07-09-2006, 05:52 PM

narc wrote: Is everybody who's sold on this show sold already? Or are people still on the fence? I am sold, it is programmed into the ol' Tivo

Snoogans

07-09-2006, 05:52 PM

i dont think anyone is sold on this show, if they are, they like shitty shows. I am done watchin this and that awful tourgasm

TheQuestion

07-09-2006, 06:17 PM

I won't be watching, but please be sure to let me know if there's more full frontal male nudity on the show.  It seems to be the trademark of Lucky Louie.

phillybri76

07-09-2006, 06:31 PM

Lucky Louie sucks ass.  I suggest you watch the season premiere of Reno 911 instead...

redfin

07-09-2006, 06:36 PM

I hate to be a negative nelly here, but I think I'm pretty well done with Lucky Louie.  I have to agree with one of the previous posters about the element of surprise -- or lack thereof.  It's close for me, but just doesn't hit the mark.  And being a fan of lil' Jimmy, I was really hoping to like it.

CuzBum

07-09-2006, 06:44 PM

Does anyone elses HBO ever get real quiet sometimes and then go back to normal volume?

Don Stugots

07-09-2006, 06:56 PM

yeah, i know i have said it before but the onlu funny scenes are the ones with Jimmy.

tele7

07-09-2006, 07:01 PM

CuzBum wrote: Does anyone elses HBO ever get real quiet sometimes and then go back to normal volume? Yes.  The same thing happened to me.  I thought it was my TV or something.

Iamnotatool

07-09-2006, 07:16 PM

awful show

El Mudo

07-09-2006, 07:18 PM

I'm too busy getting fired up for the next season of "The Wire"....

And watching "The Revolution" on the History Channel...

TheGameHHH

07-09-2006, 07:40 PM

this show is so up and down for me, last week I was pretty sure I was
done with the show and now this week I found it mildly amusing.

HeyGuy

07-09-2006, 08:02 PM

I Cant beleive I'm going to post this but I thought the show was funny tonight and last week. I hated the first 3 episodes and thought the show was by far the worse thing ever, but I'm a huge Entourage fan and keep hbo on waiting for tourgasim. I must admit it has grown on  me. I cant waitto see next week, because the preview makes it look like he said something so bad that it has to be good. Well lets hope so. Can it be funny 3 weeks in a row? ????

TheQuestion

07-09-2006, 08:05 PM

TheGameHHH wrote: this show is so up and down for me, last week I was pretty sure I was
done with the show and now this week I found it mildly amusing. 
 So a show only has to be "mildly amusing" for it to be "up" for you?Be honest - if Norton wasn't in it, would you be so willing to keep giving it another chance?  I love Jimmy and I really wanted to like this show.  I don't.  It is nothing short of terrible.

King Imp

07-09-2006, 10:15 PM

I've been very critical of this show so far, but I thought tonight's epised was pretty good. Norton's smaller, more subtle lines were much funnier than that forced stuff he delivered last week.

fluffernutter

07-10-2006, 04:15 AM

I mean, I can see where the ciriticism is coming from on Louie
considering it is on HBO and all and should be excellent to be there
such as is the case with Curb Your Enthusiasm and Entourage. I just
happen to love the show because is it done in such an old fashioned
Honeymooners type of way and the fact that the crowd is live. No
. Yes, there have been some poor spots but overall the show has
a really nice flow for me and honestly, reminds me of the old mid 70's
sitcom. I have taken out of it the fact that Norton is in it especially
since he is not in many parts at all. When he's there, sure I laugh but
the dialouge between Louie and his wife and the other charracters on
the show isn't at all compelling but just very simple. Sometimes I need
a show without all of the bells and whistles to make me really laugh.

fezident

07-10-2006, 05:53 AM

fluffernutter wrote: I mean, I can see where the ciriticism is coming from on Louie considering it is on HBO and all and should be excellent to be there such as is the case with Curb Your Enthusiasm and Entourage. I just happen to love the show because is it done in such an old fashioned Honeymooners type of way and the fact that the crowd is live. No . Yes, there have been some poor spots but overall the show has a really nice flow for me and honestly, reminds me of the old mid 70's sitcom. I have taken out of it the fact that Norton is in it especially since he is not in many parts at all. When he's there, sure I laugh but the dialouge between Louie and his wife and the other charracters on the show isn't at all compelling but just very simple. Sometimes I need a show without all of the bells and whistles to make me really laugh. EXACTLY.That was what I was going to type.   GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

kdubya

07-10-2006, 06:29 AM

I like the show. The only thing I don't like is the fat friend and his wife. They are anoying, and the wife's acting is forced. I love Louie CK, and think he is great on the show. What I like the most is how real the relationship between Louie and his wife is. I would like to see more between Louie and his daughter, that is always funny.How can you not laugh at Louie smelling the marker then tasting it.

Jujubees2

07-10-2006, 06:37 AM

CuzBum wrote: Does anyone elses HBO ever get real quiet sometimes and then go back to normal volume? My HBO is usually always loud.  Which can be a problem when I'm flipping channels and hit HBO during a particular lively episode of Real Sex or Cathouse.

JustJon

07-10-2006, 06:53 AM

Louie was removed from the TiVo season pass, and the channel was changed after Entourage.  I'm done with Louie.

narc

07-10-2006, 09:02 AM

From what I've seen, it really is "King of Queens with cursing." It's just another sitcom. No better or worse. 
I don't really like sitcoms. I think I outgrew them. And I'm not saying that to be snobbish, I just mean that at some point in my life I stopped being entertained by them, and started finding them dull. Even old episodes I used to like. So I can't really get into it. 
The one exception for me, and they don't make sitcoms like this anymore, is a sitcom where there's one smart character that just basically rips on everybody that surrounds them without them knowing it. Something like Blackadder or Benson. Blackadder was a lot more edgy because I think in England, they don't care if the audience particularly finds such a character sympathetic, or American audiences don't find such characters sympathetic. I personally do, and I could see L'il Jimmy thriving in such a sitcom role, where he could just tear people to shreds and be a vicious creep. I don't think this character is written to that strength of his.