Growing Up with Louie (1953-2022)

Photo: Young Louie Anderson in “Life with Louie” TV Series. (1994-1998)

In another round of shocking events, the comedy world lost another great last Friday, with comic Louie Anderson.

As part of the target demographic for Saturday morning cartoons in the mid-nineties, my introduction to Louie’s humor was through “Life with Louie”. Throughout the duration of its five season run, the cartoon series focused on a grade school aged Louie Anderson as he dealt with schoolyard bullies, preoccupied parents, and random observations in a suburban neighborhood.

The most relatable part of “Life with Louie” was that the Louie character had realistic flaws such as procrastinating on a science project topic, feigning illness to get out of class, or trying to have an uninterrupted conversation with his dad. Each episode was loosely based around Louie’s childhood experiences from his vantage point. Louie’s character was prepared with quick quips and observations that were years more mature than other lead protagonists from similar shows of the time.

It was important to see a character like Louie, whose imperfections were singled-out in class by teachers or targeted on the playground by bullies, in case life ever imitated art.

Humor and a lighthearted attitude win in the end.

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