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I'm waiting to read through this when I have more time, but you all should partake. The AV Club interviewed Louie who gives an episode by episode breakdown of the season: http://www.avclub.com/articles/louis-ck-walks-us-through-louies-second-season-par,61888/


That interview's terrific. The story about Pete Townshend approving his use of "Who Are You" (it's in Part 2) is really interesting.

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Hey Joseph, thanks for being the forum's go-to guy for extra Louis C.K. content. I always enjoy the stuff you post. In this particular case, my favourite bit was the flower shop girl analogy. Louie's statements about the inherent lecherous impulses in men are always so refreshingly honest and funny at the same time.

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Just caught up with "Niece" and "Duckling". Louie sure knows how to touch upon real human moments. I could identify with all off it, although it made me a bit depressed after the niece ep. Yeah, you're gonna regret pushing you mom away because you only have one mom. But at the same time, a shitty mom is a shitty mom and its hard to come of age in stressful situations like that and not have it affect you in some way. I did like how Godfrey pretty much called Louie out for not being able to step outside his own head. Which is ironic since Louie's episodes are essentially that, allowing the viewer to see issues for various points of view. The intro joke about the Lion and the Elephant were a little to on the nose, but was a great intro to the issues playing out in the episode. One more ep to go. I feel like I may have missed some in between. FX only has the last 3 episodes up and the last one I saw previous to this latch batch was the Halloween episode. I'm gonna catch up on the whole season on DVD anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter.

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Stream or download a special Loius ck this Saturday.

http://louisck.net/

Available globally via paypal. Well worth it if you ask me.
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Yeah, I will definitely be doing that Saturday night.

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The new special is up.

 

http://louisck.net/

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Anyone having trouble buying this?   I know my Paypal account works because I used it 2 weeks ago and my Visa card doesn't expire for 3 years.  

 

I would prefer to download it to an SD card and watch it on my TV than on the website.

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My experience was good. Put it on a thumb drive and watched it via my XBOX.

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I had no problems.  Downloaded in about 20 minutes and the presentation was flawless.  As for the content, not on par with "Hilarious" or "Chewed Up", but still laugh-out loud funny. 

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Louie popped up on Reddit today to answer questions about whatever.

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https://buy.louisck.net/statement

 

 

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People of Earth (minus the ones who don't give a shit about this): it's been amazing to conduct this experiment with you. The experiment was: if I put out a brand new standup special at a drastically low price ($5) and make it as easy as possible to buy, download and enjoy, free of any restrictions, will everyone just go and steal it? Will they pay for it? And how much money can be made by an individual in this manner?

 

It's been 4 days. A lot of people are asking me how it's going. I've been hesitant to share the actual figures, because there's power in exclusive ownership of information. What I didn't expect when I started this was that people would not only take part in this experiment, they would be invested in it and it would be important to them. It's been amazing to see people in large numbers advocating this idea. So I think it's only fair that you get to know the results. Also, it's just really cool and fun and I'm dying to tell everybody. I told my Mom, I told three friends, and that wasn't nearly enough. So here it is.

 

First of all, this was a premium video production, shot with six cameras over two performances at the Beacon Theater, which is a high-priced elite Manhattan venue. I directed this video myself and the production of the video cost around $170,000. (This was largely paid for by the tickets bought by the audiences at both shows). The material in the video was developed over months on the road and has never been seen on my show (LOUIE) or on any other special. The risks were thus: every new generation of material I create is my income, it's like a farmer's annual crop. The time and effort on my part was far more than if I'd done it with a big company. If I'd done it with a big company, I would have a guarantee of a sizable fee, as opposed to this way, where I'm actually investing my own money.

 

The development of the website, which needed to be a very robust, reliable and carefully constructed website, was around $32,000. We worked for a number of weeks poring over the site to make sure every detail would give buyers a simple, optimal and humane experience for buying the video. I edited the video around the clock for the weeks between the show and the launch.

 

The show went on sale at noon on Saturday, December 10th. 12 hours later, we had over 50,000 purchases and had earned $250,000, breaking even on the cost of production and website. As of Today, we've sold over 110,000 copies for a total of over $500,000. Minus some money for PayPal charges etc, I have a profit around $200,000 (after taxes $75.58). This is less than I would have been paid by a large company to simply perform the show and let them sell it to you, but they would have charged you about $20 for the video. They would have given you an encrypted and regionally restricted video of limited value, and they would have owned your private information for their own use. They would have withheld international availability indefinitely. This way, you only paid $5, you can use the video any way you want, and you can watch it in Dublin, whatever the city is in Belgium, or Dubai. I got paid nice, and I still own the video (as do you). You never have to join anything, and you never have to hear from us again.

 

I really hope people keep buying it a lot, so I can have shitloads of money, but at this point I think we can safely say that the experiment really worked. If anybody stole it, it wasn't many of you. Pretty much everybody bought it. And so now we all get to know that about people and stuff. I'm really glad I put this out here this way and I'll certainly do it again. If the trend continues with sales on this video, my goal is that i can reach the point where when I sell anything, be it videos, CDs or tickets to my tours, I'll do it here and I'll continue to follow the model of keeping my price as far down as possible, not overmarketing to you, keeping as few people between you and me as possible in the transaction. 


(Of course i reserve the right to go back on all of this and sign a massive deal with a company that pays me fat coin and charges you straight up the ass.). (This is you: yes Louie. And we'll all enjoy torrenting that content. You fat sweaty dolt).

 

I probably sound kind of crazy right now. It's been a really fun and intense few days. This video was paid for by people who bought tickets, and then bought by people who wanted to see that same show. I got to do exactly the show I wanted, and exactly the show you wanted.

 

I also got an education. And everything i learned are things i was happy to learn. 

I learned that people are interested in what happens and shit (i didn't go to college)

 

I learned that money can be a lot of things. It can be something that is hoarded, fought over, protected, stolen and withheld. Or it can be like an energy, fueled by the desire, will, creative interest, need to laugh, of large groups of people. And it can be shuffled and pushed around and pooled together to fuel a common interest, jokes about garbage, penises and parenthood.

 

I want to thank Blair Breard who produced this video and produces my series LOUIE, and I want to thank Caspar and Giles at Version Industries, who created the website.

I hope with all of my heart that I stay funny. Otherwise this all goes to hell. Please have a safe and happy holiday, and thank you again for all this crazy shit.

 

Sincerely,
Louis C.K.

 

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This guy is beyond awesome. Totally grabbed it.

 

Amazing to get the figures laid out like that. I think many pirates/torrenters think everyone in showbiz is rolling in cash and pussy. Some great moments on twitter with people helping him crack down on youtube uploads etc. Like he said, people become invested and loyal.

 

 

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another great interview

 

http://www.npr.org/2011/12/13/143581710/louis-c-k-reflects-on-louie-loss-love-and-life


Edited by Joseph P. Brenner - 12/14/11 at 4:36pm
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Originally Posted by Nardo View Post

This guy is beyond awesome. Totally grabbed it.


And he really can't overstate the simplicity and honesty of how he went about it. There were ZERO hoops to jump through. I will buy pretty much anything and everything he puts out like this in the future, even though, like Ratty mentioned, this one wasn't as balls-to-the-wall funny as his previous concerts. But who cares, it was prime Louis, for the price of a Happy Meal.

 


 

 

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I'm still cackling about him threatening the little boy then pretending like he didn't know what was going on when the kid starts bawling.

 

 

 

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His bit about hating the kid in his daughter's class is hysterical.

 

ETA: Nardo beat me to it.

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Originally Posted by Joseph P. Brenner View Post

https://buy.louisck.net/statement


 

He's the fucking best.

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Two part chat with Louis on the Bill Simmons Show. Get it on iTunes or direct download here - http://espn.go.com/espnradio/feeds/rss/podcast.xml?id=2864045

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Finally bought the new up. Really funny. I didn't think it was a "lesser than" special. All his go-to subject matter was there and both equally insightful and incredibly inappropriate. Just how I like my CK. :)

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The whole bit about white people being aliens was so perfect.  I loved his day to day description of the lifestyle Native Americans had before we came here.

 

I think, like his other specials, the more I watch it the better it gets.

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Chinese babies.

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Chinese babies.


This is why I love stand-up. Such emergent cases of "Fuck it. I'm going for it." Only to match it with the joke about masturbating during recess at his daughter's school. He closed really strong too, with the kid stuff and the sex bit was almost my exact thoughts on the matter. To a t.

 

 

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That latest statement on his site about the experiment's progress is the most heart-warming thing I've read this Christmas.  Onstage, he may well be one of the most horrible people on the planet.  Offstage, he may very well be one of the best.

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Yeah, Louie is incredibly selfless.

 

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I've never had a million dollars all of a sudden. and since we're all sharing this experience and since it's really your money, I wanted to let you know what I'm doing with it.

• The first 250k is going to pay back what the special cost to produce and the website to build.

• The second 250k is going back to my staff and the people who work for me on the special and on my show. I'm giving them a big fat bonus.

• The third 280k is going to a few different charities. They are listed below in case you'd like to donate to them also. Some of these i learned about through friends, some were recommended through twitter.

• That leaves me with 220k for myself. Some of that will pay my rent and will care for my children. The rest I will do terrible, horrible things with and none of that is any of your business. In any case, to me, 220k is enough out of a million.

 

 

 

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 *prints image*

 

*leaves for nearest tattoo shop*

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"No, seriously, that clip alone..."

 

best Tosh.O diss I've heard yet.

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That's right, Louie!  You take ALL of those awards and suffer!

 

HE DESERVES THEM ALL!!!

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Bumping this for everyone who's just now mainlining the second season on Netflix. This show is just incredible.

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Yes it is. Absolutely required viewing. And from the screeners FX sent around the third season is equally good. I'm actually giddy about this.

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Jesus fucking Christ. Leno. 

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Just bought tickets to the Louie's final show in NYC. I hope both he and the crowd are rowdy as fuck!
 

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No shows in Los Angeles, damn it.

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Gaby Hoffman -  all growns up.  

 

Good starter episode to ease us back into the Louieverse.  

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Friends and I snagged 6 tickets at the Kennedy Center! His last show of the tour; wonder if he'll be polished to a high sheen or utterly burnt out, thinking about vacation. Somehow I just don't see the latter with this guy.

 

 

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Gaby Hoffman -  all growns up.  

 

Good starter episode to ease us back into the Louieverse.  

 

Holy crap, never would have realized that was Ray Kinsella's daughter.

 

"So -- buying a motorcycle is a good idea..!" 

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Loved it. Loved it.

 

Didn't miss a step. Trying to decipher the parking sign was fucking hillarious.

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