Louie Anderson Had the Audience From the FIRST Joke

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  @MustangMindset · 3 weeks ago (edited)

  Louie was awesome. I’ve watched his video at the Guthrie - 1987, more times than I can count. I can relate to his childhood, and stories about his family. Also, flying and getting a ride to the airport. (You can see that at the beginning of his 1988 standup special). 😂

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  @Machineius · 3 weeks ago

  I got the amazing chance to meet Louie at the Las Vegas airport 20yrs ago. We were both sitting with delayed flights. &nbsp; In person, he was HILARIOUS!! <br>I laughed so hard my stomach hurt and I felt like people were gonna think I was crazy. Sadly, I was one of the few people there who recognized him. There was an occasional person who would walk up and say hello and knew who he was. I will never forget that night. I actually had won $20 on a slot machine but after talking with him for over an hour I forgot and never cashed out my ticket.

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  @Docjenny90 · 3 weeks ago

  Louie Anderson was a comedian that you couldn’t help but just love the second he was on stage, or being interviewed, or when he was in shows/movies. He radiated such warmth, genuine love for his family (outside of his Dad which is a hilarious story that he weaves throughout his comedy), and he is someone who truly brought out the best in every comic he performed with. I literally could gush about him all day - his interviews with Conan, his role as Zach Galifinikas’s mom in the show Baskets, his stand up on HBO …he’s the best

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• SU

  @SuperGuitarDude7 · 3 weeks ago

  I watched several full-length concert videos of Louie doing his stand up. He talks about so much more than just being overweight. He&apos;s hilarious.

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• ST

  @stevencorreia9193 · 2 weeks ago

  Coming to America,,I just watched that yesterday,,I didn&apos;t realize that was him,[that&apos;s a trip].😎

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• DA

  @dantallman5345 · 2 weeks ago

  Louie always worked clean as far as I recall. His jokes about Minnesota winters, status jumper cables and winter car-starting rituals were spot on. (Now with milder winters and fuel injection making cold weather starting so much more reliable, these jokes take a lot of explaining. )

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  @Marlo2420 · 2 weeks ago

  He’s one of my favorites (maybe a little bias being we both are from from Minnesota.) <br>“Mom! Louie’s looking at me” is a classic.

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• JE

  @JerryAhlbrecht · 3 weeks ago

  Lou was in Coming to America movie

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• ON

  @onelove1968 · 2 weeks ago

  Louie was an incredible comedian and a very sweet, beautiful human being. &nbsp;You should check out some of his personal interviews, especially when he talks about his family and being raised by his mother &amp; father. &nbsp; Louie&apos;s mother gave birth to 16 children, with 11 children surviving to adulthood!

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  @angb6561 · 3 weeks ago

  If you ever watched Carson you&apos;d realize just how BAD late night television was after he left. &nbsp;No one....could come near Carson! &nbsp;He was the best.

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• RA

  @raoulduke3417 · 2 weeks ago (edited)

  Fun fact for the young people......the Rodney Dangerfield young comedians&apos; special was an annual must-see on HBO, which also ran a ton of comics&apos; first specials, called One Night Stand. Louie was immediately one of the standouts from that era of comedy.

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  @chriskrueger8225 · 3 weeks ago (edited)

  Check out Drew Carey&apos;s &nbsp; first appearance on Johnny Carson.

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