The Louie Show: Intro and Theme

An interesting/funny comment from Facebook:



Indeed, it struck me while watching a bit of this show that, while it is cheesy, it's not nearly as bad as many sitcoms that have been picked up for years and years. Duluth references aside, I'd watch five episodes of The Louie Show if it kept me from watching one episode of The Nanny.

With Anderson's own legal troubles there's a Kerry Gauthier joke here somewhere.

The Nanny vs. The Louie Show might just be the sitcom Kobayashi Maru.

You probably have a good list of Duluth references in the media, but let me add to it one, "The Cutting Edge." I knew that there were small hints that one of our protagonists was from Minnesota, but in watching the other day, they specifically mention in the dialogues Duluth.

They also mention Duluth in "Sleepless in Seattle" and a bunch of others, but that one stuck out.

The Louie story is good, though, because his sense of humor sort of matched Keillor's.

By the way, the "Louie House" is on the upper east corner of 16th Avenue East and Fifth Street.

This montage of movie clips with Duluth references, compiled by Mark Ryan, has been posted on PDD numerous times over the years, but I'll drop it in here since Huitz brought up the subject.



Sleepless in Seattle, Garden State, Leatherheads, The Big Year, The Cutting Edge and probably a few others will have to be added when Mr. Ryan gets around to version two.

I think The Duck Factory (Jim Carrey's first lead) involved him moving from Duluth to Hollywood. I could be wrong, as I'm not able to find any evidence to back that up (though there is not exactly a lot of Duck Factory webpages out there).

Also, I like parenthesis (a lot).

Here's the News Tribune Attic's contribution to the discussion - everything I could find in the archives related to The Louie Show, including details on the Duluth-filmed opening sequence that never aired:

The Louie Show, 1996

The Duck Factory is on the YouTubes. Three minutes in, Jim Carrey mentions Duluth. That Jim Carrey is A-OK with me!

As coincidence would have it, I was at an estate sale on Sunday and there were maybe four movies on VHS available. The Cutting Edge happened to be one of them. So for the discount price of $1 I'll be able to upload that clip soon.

And way to kick ass, News Tribune Attic. That's all the information a Duluth geek could ever hope for.