Some Comedy Stuff

November 29th, 2005 by Hennessy

Louie C.K., the man who responsible for Pottie Tang and some funny, funny shit on The Chris Rock Show among other his other credits, is the subject of a very excellent cover the of Boston Globe Magazine.
Seems Louie’s been preoccupied blowing away the sitcom conventions for HBO.

After decades of being the staple of network television, the sitcom is dying. Friends and Everybody Loves Raymond exist only in the world of reruns now, and this season, only one sitcom – CBS’s warmed-over Two and a Half Men – is among the top 20 in the ratings. The networks blame the sitcom’s struggles on the format itself, suggesting younger viewers have no use for the telegraphed setups and wacky mix-ups that have grabbed laughs since Ralph Kramden first clenched his fist at Alice. With Lucky Louie, HBO is hoping to send a different message: The only thing dead about the traditional sitcom is the traditional networks’ execution of it.

Can’t wait—can’t wait to see the results. Sounds hilarious.

Also, a really great new interview with another favorite comedian of mine, Patton Oswalt.

A special thanks to lindsayism.com for pointing me in the direction of the Patton Oswalt interview. A few years back, paging through an issue of Chunklet, Oswalt’s wicked, no bullshit approach, as well as the intelligence and true geek spirit really turned me on to his comedy. Buy Feelin’ Kinda Patton! Comedy gold!