Louis CK learns about the Catholic Church.

August 7, 2007 1:14 PM

Comedian Louis CK learns about the Catholic Church (NSFW) and explores the wonders of Animation.
posted by ambulance blues (17 comments total)

That was as funny as his sitcom on HBO.
posted by ColdChef at 1:19 PM on August 7, 2007

what a hideous web page that poor man has.
posted by dismas at 1:26 PM on August 7, 2007

Huh. And here I'd forgotten all about "Pootie Tang."
posted by nanojath at 1:30 PM on August 7, 2007

That was quite funny.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 1:35 PM on August 7, 2007

Behind the curve. But the letter from The Pope, signed "The Pope", was kinda funny.
posted by tkchrist at 2:07 PM on August 7, 2007

I love Louis CK, but his stand up(NSFW) is much better than his film.
posted by Bort at 2:19 PM on August 7, 2007

I see what you did there, Coldchef.
posted by Optamystic at 2:41 PM on August 7, 2007 [1 favorite]

That Catholic Church video was terrific. I only knew Louis CK as a comedian; I didn't know he did documentaries, as well.
posted by Gamblor at 2:50 PM on August 7, 2007

is there no [add to unfavourites] button anywhere?
posted by criticalbill at 2:54 PM on August 7, 2007 [1 favorite]

I love how he has a Powerbook/Macbook behind him sitting in Target Disk mode...
posted by schwa at 3:09 PM on August 7, 2007

The one where he learns about magical Mormon underpants is better.
posted by Pope Guilty at 3:09 PM on August 7, 2007

That film was just a glimpse of teh funnay Louis has to offer.
posted by chlorus at 3:10 PM on August 7, 2007

I'm a big fan of Louis CK - Lucky Louie is a lot of fun - but this film seemed like he was harvesting the low-hanging fruit. The whole "catholic priests like to molest boys" bit has been done and overdone by so many comedians that it is becoming a new "What is the deal with airline peanuts? They sure are hard to open!" stand-up cliche.

I have to agree with tkchrist, though. The letter signed "The Pope" was great.
posted by John Smallberries at 3:28 PM on August 7, 2007

Louis CK=good

That skit=Not So Much
posted by rollbiz at 3:32 PM on August 7, 2007

meh?
posted by brain cloud at 4:11 PM on August 7, 2007

From louisck.com:

"I had a big on-air throwdown with Catholic league president Bill Donahue on Opie and Anthony this morning. Listen to it here.."

Perhaps the inspiration for this video?
posted by basicchannel at 5:14 PM on August 7, 2007

Louis CK is a much, much better comedian than this video gives him credit for. He's been doing standup for a long, long time [quicktime, video from 20 YEARS ago. Starts a little slow bet gets real good]. Some of his more risque (NSFW) standup is pretty funny.

The film where he badmouths the Catholic church? Not so funny. His routine where he badmouths Jesus? Hilarious

You should view all of his videos. This is an expert standup comedian. It's something of a shame that he's never been as recognized as other, lesser standups (I'm looking at you Mencia and Cook) and that he's trying to pay the bills doing sanitized sitcoms which really don't work as well with his twisted and totally profane material.
posted by Deathalicious at 7:19 PM on August 7, 2007