Louie, Louie, Louie

I have now watched the first three episodes of Louie on the FX network and enjoyed each episode.  While the pilot was probably the best, with its monologue on milk cartons and the most obnoxious bus driver in TV history, the next two shows had their moments.  The language can be crude, yet you do feel you are watching real conversations between a divorced dad and his friends on everyday life.  For instance, a fight broke out between Louie and his friend in the third episode where Obama was the topic.  The tension and fight that ensued was scary yet laughable and real.

What is it about comics getting their own show?  Be it Roseanne, Seinfeld, or Tim Allen, it seems to be a smoother path than I would expect.  And like Seinfeld, Louie C.K. integrates his act into the program.  Of course, this is not Louie C.K.'s first attempt with television.  He was perfect as a shy police officer dating Amy Poehler in Parks & Recreations on NBC. 

I expect the show will do well, and so far the critics seem to agree.  As Scott Wampler writes in the Chicago Examiner:

FX's Louie immediately becomes one of the best comedies on television and it's only two episodes into its first season.  Here's a show pitched precisely between the banality of Seinfeld and the misanthropy of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.  There were moments during the opening two episodes where I was laughing too hard to hear the next three punchlines, and moments I genuinely have never seen anything like on TV before (how many leading men are lining up to get Jiggy with a "plus-sized" woman?).  Louie is everything fans of Louis CK hoped it would be.