Ep. 92: Louis C.K.

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2016

⏱️ 84 minutes

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HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons chats with comedian Louis C.K. about owning his own show ('Horace and Pete'), battling the stigma of "being broke" (18:00), internet headline culture (28:00), the creative decisions behind 'Horace and Pete' (35:00), the 'Golden Globes' with Jessica Lange (45:00), Garry Shandling's silent impact (52:00), the economy of outrage (1:02:00), and the future of his FX hit, 'Louie' (1:10:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.2	Game of Thrones. We're producing the post game show for Game of Thrones. Oh, they're doing a post game show.
0:49.7	Yeah, we're doing it HBO now. Indie Greenwald Chris Ryan. It premieres on HBO now a couple
0:56.0	hours after the show. So there you go. And they'll tell you what happened because I never
1:00.0	know what that happens in that show. I love it. Once it's over, you go what happened?
1:04.3	Yeah, I'm I watch it and I go. The tall blind lady got mad at the guy with one hand and I'm
1:11.4	just an idiot. So they ain't great. Yeah. Yeah. So they go. All right. Let's start. Yeah.
1:20.1	I'm living out for you. That was the voice of Lewis CK. Can you pick your own?
1:27.7	Do people call you Louis or Lewis? How does that work? I've never been able to decide. So I just
1:32.6	like I'll tell every other person. Louis and the other person. Louis. I had a bill. Well,
1:37.3	call me Louis. Yeah, that's what I want to call you. But I don't know if like Lewis.
1:42.0	Lewis sounds more formal. Yeah, it is more formal. I had a bill versus Billy's situation for a
1:47.6	long time. Yeah, I'm a little bit up. But my whole family still calls me Billy. Sure. But it
1:51.6	is weird. You feel like you have two identities almost. It's okay. I like having a couple. Yeah,
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