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I bought this purely to support him for being brave enough to release it DRM-free. Currently watching it and trying not to snort my drink over my laptop due to

I bought this purely to support him for being brave enough to release it DRM-free. Currently watching it and trying not to snort my drink over my laptop due to laughing too much. Excellent way to discover a new comic I'd say.

nathos 15y ago
If you have access to Netflix streaming, his show Louie [http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Louie/70179977 http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Louie/70179977] and one of his older stand-up specials "Chewed Up" [http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Louis_C.K._Chewed_Up/70108425 http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Louis_C.K._Chewed_Up/70108...] are available.
- Qz 15y ago
  Louie is also available on Hulu (though I'm not sure about the first season).
leftnode 15y ago
His show "Louie" is equal parts drama and comedy. It's really an amazing show and he's easily the top comedian today, hands down.
- trafficlight 15y ago
  Louie is a great show. He is the master of uncomfortable situations.
  - flyt 15y ago
    Louis C.K. is great and I agree with you, but nobody tops Larry David on Curb for uncomfortable situations.
    - skore 15y ago
      I enjoyed Curb - I made it through one and a half seasons - but I couldn't continue watching it. I may just have a low threshold for enduring discomfort, but Curb just keeps pushing and pushing the cringe meter. For Louis CK, it's about what happens WITH the discomfort. Curb, to me, is a DISPLAY of discomfort that is funny to a point, but then just has very little redeeming value beyond that. Another example of the same dilemma would be Ricky Gervais - I really enjoy his comedy specials and stand-up work, but I couldn't watch the original Office or something like Extras. It's funny alright, but if I have to pause it for the cringe to go away every other minute, it just looses focus to me. Cringe->Funny is a proven vehicle these days, bit it's to a point where I find it a little too simple, really. Anyhow - Louis CK (and, to a point, Gervais in his stand-up) glances at the cringe and then opens up a world of insight around it that is way funnier than just having the cringe meter top off every thirty seconds.
      - rdouble 15y ago
        Much (most?) British comedy is cringe comedy.
        skore 15y ago
        An awful lot of it is, yes. I suspect it has something to do with what John Cleese once coined to be the Brits' paramount desire to just make it into your grave without being embarrassed once.
      - canes123456 15y ago
        You just need to build up your cringe tolerance.
        skore 15y ago
        Maybe, and I kind of tried, yet failed. Just not made for it, I suppose.
      - po 15y ago
        I know exactly what you mean here. I also sometimes have trouble tolerating cringe-comedy situations although seemingly not as bad as you. I actually used to get very uncomfortable while watching some Shakespearian comedy-of-errors plays. The type where the audience knows something that the actors don't. Makes me want to shout at them which is I guess the point however I feel like it is not an enjoyable type of anxiety. Perhaps it is the engineer/nerdy part of us but I really don't enjoy watching people make mistakes.
- VMG 15y ago
  One should add that it is more postmodern and non-linear than regular drama.

nathos 15y ago

If you have access to Netflix streaming, his show Louie [http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Louie/70179977 http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Louie/70179977] and one of his older stand-up specials "Chewed Up" [http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Louis_C.K._Chewed_Up/70108425 http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Louis_C.K._Chewed_Up/70108...] are available.

Qz 15y ago
Louie is also available on Hulu (though I'm not sure about the first season).

leftnode 15y ago

His show "Louie" is equal parts drama and comedy. It's really an amazing show and he's easily the top comedian today, hands down.

trafficlight 15y ago
Louie is a great show. He is the master of uncomfortable situations.
- flyt 15y ago
  Louis C.K. is great and I agree with you, but nobody tops Larry David on Curb for uncomfortable situations.
  - skore 15y ago
    I enjoyed Curb - I made it through one and a half seasons - but I couldn't continue watching it. I may just have a low threshold for enduring discomfort, but Curb just keeps pushing and pushing the cringe meter. For Louis CK, it's about what happens WITH the discomfort. Curb, to me, is a DISPLAY of discomfort that is funny to a point, but then just has very little redeeming value beyond that. Another example of the same dilemma would be Ricky Gervais - I really enjoy his comedy specials and stand-up work, but I couldn't watch the original Office or something like Extras. It's funny alright, but if I have to pause it for the cringe to go away every other minute, it just looses focus to me. Cringe->Funny is a proven vehicle these days, bit it's to a point where I find it a little too simple, really. Anyhow - Louis CK (and, to a point, Gervais in his stand-up) glances at the cringe and then opens up a world of insight around it that is way funnier than just having the cringe meter top off every thirty seconds.
    - rdouble 15y ago
      Much (most?) British comedy is cringe comedy.
      - skore 15y ago
        An awful lot of it is, yes. I suspect it has something to do with what John Cleese once coined to be the Brits' paramount desire to just make it into your grave without being embarrassed once.
    - canes123456 15y ago
      You just need to build up your cringe tolerance.
      - skore 15y ago
        Maybe, and I kind of tried, yet failed. Just not made for it, I suppose.
    - po 15y ago
      I know exactly what you mean here. I also sometimes have trouble tolerating cringe-comedy situations although seemingly not as bad as you. I actually used to get very uncomfortable while watching some Shakespearian comedy-of-errors plays. The type where the audience knows something that the actors don't. Makes me want to shout at them which is I guess the point however I feel like it is not an enjoyable type of anxiety. Perhaps it is the engineer/nerdy part of us but I really don't enjoy watching people make mistakes.
VMG 15y ago
One should add that it is more postmodern and non-linear than regular drama.