Lucky Louie is an American television sitcom created by Louis C.K., which aired on HBO for one season in 2006. As the show's creator, writer and executive producer, C.K. also starred as the eponymous central character, a part-time mechanic at a muffler shop.
A first for HBO, Lucky Louie was filmed before a live studio audience, in a multiple-camera setup.
HBO ordered 12 episodes, which aired during the 2006 summer season, as well as eight scripts for a second season,[ retrieved December 10, 2006] before canceling the show in September 2006
Plot
The show follows the life of Louie, a
working class part-time
mechanic at a
muffler shop owned by his best friend Mike; Louie's wife, Kim, a full-time
Nursing and the family breadwinner (
Pamela Adlon); and their four-year-old daughter, Lucy (
Kelly Gould).
Cast
Crew
Louis C.K. served as creator, star, head writer and executive producer.
Mike Royce served as showrunner and executive producer. Other executive producers included Dave Becky and Vic Kaplan. Writers included C.K. and Royce, Kit Boss (co-executive producer),
Patricia Breen (executive story editor), Jon Ross (executive story editor), Mary Fitzgerald (staff writer),
Greg Fitzsimmons (staff writer),
Dan Mintz (staff writer), Dino Stamatopoulos (writer), and
Aaron Shure (consulting producer), formerly of
Everybody Loves Raymond.
The theme, entitled "Lucky Louie Theme", was composed by Mark Rivers. The animated title sequence was by David Tristman.
Andrew D. Weyman served as the series' main director. Producers on the show were Leo Clarke and Andrew D. Weyman. The associate producer was Ralph Paredes. and the consulting producer was Tracy Katsky.
Episodes
Critical reception
Lucky Louie received mixed reviews from critics and holds a
Metacritic score of 47 out of 100 based on 19 reviews.
Home media
HBO released the entire series of
Lucky Louie on January 30, 2007.
[ retrieved December 10, 2006 ] It includes an unaired episode "Clowntime is Over". The DVD also includes four commentaries and a look at the taping of an episode.
Criticism
In August 2006, during the show's run, Bill Donohue, president of the American organization Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, issued a news release about
Lucky Louie, calling the series "barbaric".
The release provides a bulleted list of content from the show that the organization finds obscene, from the ten episodes that had been broadcast at that time. In January 2007, Louis C.K. was a guest in studio on the
Opie & Anthony radio show (co-hosted by Jim Norton, who plays Rich on
Lucky Louie). Donohue appeared on the show as a phone-in guest that day, and C.K. started a conversation with him about his comments on
Lucky Louie. C.K. challenged Donohue's news release and accused him of misrepresenting the show by taking things out of context. Donohue admitted that even though the press release bears his name, he had never seen an episode of the show.
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