Life with Louie

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Life with Louie
"Life with Louie" Title screen
Genre	Animated television series/Comedy
Creator(s)	Matthew O'Callaghan
Starring	Louie Anderson Edie McClurg Debi Derryberry Miko Hughes Justin Shenkarow Mary Wickes
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	37
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox Network
Original run	December 24, 1994 – March 3, 1998

Life with Louie was an American TV series based on stand up material from Louie Anderson and his stories of being a kid, growing up in Wisconsin with several brothers and sisters.

Contents 1 Characters 2 Episode list 2.1 Season 1 2.2 Season 2 2.3 Season 3 3 Merchandise 4 Awards 5 Coming to DVD 6 External links

[edit] Characters

• Louie Anderson - Main character; overweight eight-year-old child living in Wisconsin.
• Andy Anderson - Louie's neurotic father. He says that he is veteran from World War II but in episode 29, "Military Reunion", it's turning out that Andy was only a cook.(Nicknamed "Keister") Much of the humor regarding Andy involved Andy's comic superiority complex and equally comical unawareness of his own limitations. Though he often appeared out of touch with reality, Andy was secretly a very gifted chess player, a skill Louie briefly displayed possessing, but he hid his gift during the latter half of his life because of the way he was supposedly mistreated for his gift in his youth (he even went so far as to disguise himself at chess tournaments so he wouldn't be recognized). His catchphrase was, "For crying out loud!"
• Ora Anderson - Louie's heavy set, sweet natured mother. A very good cook. Often has to cool down Andy when he loses his temper.
• Tommy Anderson - Louie's youngest brother.
• Mike Grunevald and Jeannie Harper - Louie's friends. Jeanie often defends Louie when he's being harassed. Louie had a crush on Jeanie and once referred to her as his "knight" in shining armor.
• Glen Glenn - Boy who is bullying Louie.
• Henrietta Shermann - Louie's grandmother, mother of Ora. She dies in one of the episodes.
• Pepper - Louie's obese pet goldfish.

[edit] Episode list

[edit] Season 1

1. A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman
2. Dad Gets Canned
3. Lake Winnibigoshish
4. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Bed
5. A Fish Called Pepper
6. Behind Every Good Coach
7. Alive! Miracle in Cedar Knoll, Wisconsin
8. Pains, Grains, and Allergy Shots
9. The Fourth Thursday in November
10. Tracks of My Deers
11. When Cedar Knoll Freezes Over
12. A Fair to Remember
13. Born a Rambler Man

[edit] Season 2

1. Caddy on a Hot Tin Roof
2. Summer of My Discontent
3. Anderson Ski Weekend
4. Roofless People
5. How to Succeed in Washington Without Really Trying
6. Mr. Anderson's Opus
7. An Anderson Dozen
8. Buzz Stop
9. For Pete's Sake
10. The Masked Chess Boy
11. The Good, the Bad, & the Glenns
12. Kazoo's Coming to Dinner
13. The Thank You Note

[edit] Season 3

1. Louie's Gate
2. The Making of a President
3. Military Reunion
4. Go Packers
5. The Undergraduate
6. Louie's Harrowing Halloween
7. Mr. Louie's Wild Ride
8. Close Encounters of the Louie Kind
9. The Kiss is the Thing
10. Family Portrait
11. Blinded By Love
12. Do it or Donut
13. Project: Mother's Day

[edit] Merchandise

Based on the popularity of the show, various merchandise was released including videos of various episodes and a book series for children. The book series was based on the various episodes of the show and contained 6 books in total.

[edit] Awards

The series won two Daytime Emmy Awards. It also won the Humanitas Prize three times, which is more than for any other animated series.

[edit] Coming to DVD

In early January 2006, TVShowsOnDVD.com¹ posted a news story that Life with Louie was going to be released on DVD. The information comes from Louie Anderson himself who mentioned this news on a radio program he was a guest on, KQRS. No official announcement has been made as it is not yet known who exactly will be releasing the series on DVD. The coming of "Life With Louie" DVD was delayed until later information will be released.

¹Life With Louie coming to DVD [1]

[edit] External links

• Life with Louie at The Internet Movie Database
• Life With Louie Page (TV.com)