Life with Louie

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

Life with Louie is a TV-series based on stand up material of Louie Anderson and his stories of being a kid growing up in Wisconsin with several brothers and sisters.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

1 Characters
2 Episode list
3 Merchandise
4 Awards
5 Coming to DVD
6 External links

[edit] Characters

Louie Anderson - Main character. Fat eight year old kid 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).
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

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

[edit] Season 2

Caddy on a Hot Tin Roof
Summer of My Discontent
Anderson Ski Weekend
Roofless People
How to Succeed in Washington Without Really Trying
Mr. Anderson's Opus
An Anderson Dozen
Buzz Stop
For Pete's Sake
The Masked Chess Boy
The Good, the Bad, & the Glenns
Kazoo's Coming to Dinner
The Thank You Note

[edit] Season 3

Louie's Gate
The Making of a President
Military Reunion
Go Packers
The Undergraduate
Louie's Harrowing Halloween
Mr. Louie's Wild Ride
Close Encounters of the Louie Kind
The Kiss is the Thing
Family Portrait
Blinded By Love
Do it or Donut
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 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.

¹Life With Louie coming to DVD [1]