There's a trend in the television-community where they cancel a show if it doesn't bring in amazing ratings in the first half-season. Everyone seems to have forgotten that Seinfeld was a massive turkey for the first couple of seasons, but the fact that someone in the brass at NBC had faith in the show allowed the show grow into the juggernaut that it became. HBO had the same opportunity with Lucky Louie.It's unfair that the burden of proof as to whether a show is good or not lies on the mucky-mucks that are in charge of the financing and resource-allocation of the show. It should be compulsory that every show that gets picked up for a series is allowed to run for at least three seasons. Developing characters, writing dynamics, running gags; all of these are long term processes, and it's BS to except that any series is gonna have this down from the get-go.To all you networks and cable-outlets out there: give your series a f*cking chance before you pull the plug, goddamnit!

Lucky Louie arrived in my life as a dream sequence. One day last year I had a vague memory of flipping through the channels and seeing a snippet of this really vulgar but hilarious sitcom filmed in front of what seemed like a live studio audience. It seemed like a false memory or a great dream, as where in the hell would I have seen something like that? NBC? CBS? ABC? Definitely not. So I passed it off as something that would be a really cool idea to do one day - that is, if I ever get off my ass and write that sitcom, try to get it picked up and then attempt to get the big wigs at NBC to let be as vulgar as what my imagination had seemingly conjured up.I came across a clip of Lucky Louie on Youtube and it all came flooding back: the sitcom was real and it was hilarious. Not hilarious in a Seinfeld or Arrested Development way, but in a way that is hard to define. It's not funny because it's vulgar; that's not the point. It's funny because it makes you question every sitcom line ever delivered from Lucy to Charlie Sheen. It's funny because it's the first and only sitcom that you'll ever see that literally could be your life that day. It's funny because while it's turning convention on its head and destroying decades of sitcom pap, it's doing it while in the guise of "filmed in front of a live audience" sitcom pap. Fast forward to now and me, being a huge fan of Louis CK stand-up and his Louis show, I started watched Lucky Louie. Lucky Louie as a sitcom makes more sense now then it most likely did back when it aired in 2006. To me, Lucky Louie exists outside our reality. It is a sitcom that would be playing on a TV in the background of Louis' current show. It pushes the boundaries of our television experiences and allows us to see how ludicrous "TV sitcom reality" really is. Sitcom reality is nothing like reality "reality" but Lucky Louie manages to be a bridge between what TV was/is and what it could/should be. The fact that it features many of the same actors as the current Louis show, makes the existence of the sitcom Lucky Louie even more "meta". It's extremely unfortunate that the sitcom only lasted one season. Many shows are touted as "ahead of its time" but Lucky Louie is ahead of its time by quite possibly centuries. I have no idea when or if America will be ready to see something as profane and funny during prime-time. I can only assume when that time comes, say, oh the year 2278, someone will say "Finally! A sitcom that really tells it like it is!" but someone will dig out Lucky Louie and say "Check this out. It's from 2006." And at that moment, history will recognize Louis CK's brilliance and he will become The Shakespeare of the future. I can only hope. Watch this show and watch Louis. They're a packaged deal.

This would have to be one of the funniest TV Sitcoms to be on. Sad that they are not making another season :(If they do in fact come out with another season like Family Guy's return to Fox then it will be well worth getting cable again.The little girl in this show is a good actress but she does get a little annoying after watching a couple episodes in a row, but it's all good.I don't know how much the first season is going for on DVD but I highly recommend that you at least rent this if you haven't seen it on Television.Also, if you like this show you might be interested in a show called Trailer Park Boy's. The comedy is crude like this show but the actual content they are dealing with is much worse...funny show as well.

This is one of the funniest shows I've seen in years. It's done live which brings out the best in the actors, it's outrageous, it's crude in an all to familiar way, the characters are unique, refreshing, sacriligeous and honest. In the fascist and religiously fanatical US of A it's also a beacon of hope. Hope that the free speech haters and the right wing mullahs who control the government haven't been able to silence everyone in America. The US is on a path to a modern version of the dark ages. Inquisitors lurk at every level and wait for their call, ready to burn heretics and anyone else who has a secular point of view. This show is a breath of air to a strangled audience surrounded by zealots. God created the asshole, why not talk about it. Or better laugh about it. Great show