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Awards Chatter

Louis C.K. - 'Horace and Pete'

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Tv & Film, Film Interviews

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2016

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In an in-depth interview, the 48-year-old stand-up comedian and TV auteur discusses his self-released drama series (it didn't bankrupt him and its obituary was written prematurely), Emmys campaigning (he's going "balls to the wall" for the show), the future of 'Louie' ("I don't think I have stories for that guy anymore") and what's next (Broadway?!). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

You can crush your fingers and all your toes during a data center migration.

0:04.0

You can knock on wood, pluck a dozen four-leaf clovers, or look to your lucky stars for a successful office expansion.

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You could hold your breath, shut your eyes, and say all the world wishes to help avoid cyber attacks.

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But none of that truly helps you.

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Because next level moments need the next level network,

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further. AT&T Business, the network more businesses are choosing. Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to a very special milestone episode 50 of

0:42.0

awards chatter the Hollywood Reporters Awards

0:44.3

podcast. I'm the host Scott Feinberg and I can tell you that this episode is as

0:48.3

special as it gets. Between his massively popular stand-up specials and his

0:52.3

critically acclaimed self-titled

0:54.0

single-camera TV series on FX, Louis CK is the hardly disputed King of Comedy.

1:00.8

This year old

1:03.4

old ventured across the aisle to make a drama series really a tragedy

1:07.4

Which is every bit as great as the comedy that he's come to be known for

1:10.9

The multi-camera Horace and Pete feels like a blend of theater and the TV dramas that

1:16.8

dominated Hollywood's first golden age of the late 40s and 50s.

1:21.0

The show, all 10 episodes of which he wrote and directed, stars him and Steve Buschemi,

1:26.4

Jessica Lange, Edy Falco, and Alan Alda, among others.

1:30.9

It cost him $4.5 million of his own money to make and he rolled it out not through a network or streaming service

1:37.1

But through his own personal website LouisCK dot net between January 30th and April 2nd. Critics loved it right away and now in the

1:46.2

run-up to the Emmys TV Academy members who were recently sent screeners

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