Lucky Louie

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Lucky Louie
Promotional picture for Lucky Louie
Genre	Sitcom
Creator(s)	Louis C.K.
Starring	Louis C.K. Pamela Adlon
Country of origin	United States of America
No. of episodes	13 (1 unaired) (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	approx. 0:30 min
Broadcast
Original channel	HBO
Original run	June 11, 2006 – August 27, 2006
Links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Lucky Louie was an American television sitcom about a family headed by Louie, starring Louis C.K., and Pamela Adlon. It premiered in the United States on HBO on June 11, 2006. HBO ordered 12 episodes of the series which aired during the 2006 summer season. In addition, eight scripts for a second season were ordered ^[1] however in September 2006, HBO announced that the show was cancelled. ^[2] In Canada, Lucky Louie can be seen on Movie Central on Sunday evenings at 9:30pm PT and on The Movie Network at 10:30pm CST.

Lucky Louie is, at first glance, a typical family-oriented situation comedy. However, the show aired on HBO, and deals with serious mature topics like sex, as well as using adult language. Episodes have occasionally displayed male nudity. Louis C.K. stated on his message board that there would not be female nudity on the show.

Tagline: Some men have a dream, Louie has a family.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Crew
4 Episodes
5 DVD Release
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Plot

The series revolved around protagonist Louie who lives with his wife, Kim, and their four-year-old daughter, Lucy. Louie works part-time at the local muffler shop with his friend Mike. Kim is a full-time registered nurse at a hospital and is the family's breadwinner. In Episodes 9 and 12, it is made clear that the show takes place in Boston, as the Central Square YMCA in Cambridge and the Fenway neighborhood Italian restaurant Canestaro are used in establishing shots. In episode 13 (unaired) the Somerville Boys and Girls Club located at 181 Washington St. is shown as the location where Louie has a clown performance. Previous hints of the Boston location are the Boston Red Sox t-shirts worn by the cast and other establishing shots of fire escape covered brick apartment buildings reminiscent of Fenway-Kenmore/Back Bay area buildings.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role	Notes
Louis C.K.	Louie	Protagonist
Pamela Adlon	Kim	Louie's wife
Kelly Gould	Lucy	Louie's & Kim's daughter
Michael G. Hagerty	Mike	Louie's employer and friend
Laura Kightlinger	Tina	Mike's wife
Jerry Minor	Walter	Louie's & Kim's neighbor
Kim Hawthorne	Ellen	Walter's wife
Rick Shapiro	Jerry	Kim's brother
Jim Norton	Rich	Louie's friend

[edit] Crew

Louis C.K. serves as creator, star, head writer and executive producer. Mike Royce serves as showrunner and executive producer. Other Executive Producers include Dave Becky and Vic Kaplan. For the first season, 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, and Aaron Shure (Consulting Producer), formerly of Everybody Loves Raymond.

The theme, entitled "Lucky Louie Theme", is composed by Mark A. River.

Andrew D. Weyman serves as the series' main director. Producers on the show are Leo Clarke, Andrew D. Weyman. Associate producer is Ralph Paredes. Consulting producer is Tracy Katsky.

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Lucky Louie episodes

DVD cover art

[edit] DVD Release

HBO will release the entire series of Lucky Louie on January 30, 2007. ^[3] The set will retail for $29.98 and include an unaired episode "Clowntime is Over". The DVD also includes four commentaries and a look at the taping of an episode.