The 8-year-old Louie is doing his best to grow up and cope with a large family, a doting mother, a pesky little brother, and a by-the-book, military veteran dad. Add to that a slew of holiday family squabbles, a flood, an old Rambler and a huge goldfish, and you have the background for Life with Louie. Each episode is a portrait of humor and warmth drawn from Louie Anderson's real-life experience as a child in the Midwest.
The 8-year-old Louie is doing his best to grow up and cope with a large family, a doting mother, a pesky little brother, and a by-the-book, military veteran dad. Add to that a slew of holiday family squabbles, a flood, an old Rambler and a huge goldfish, and you have the background for Life with Louie. Each episode is a portrait of humor and warmth drawn from Louie Anderson's real-life experience as a child in the Midwest.
Season 1 episodes
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Louie's dad gets fired so the entire family tries to think of ways to save money until he can get back on his feet. Meanwhile, summer vacation has started and Louie is looking forward to three months of swimming and freedom...until his Dad, starved for things to keep himself busy, decides that Louie is going to help him do every fix-it job around the house.
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Directed by Matthew O'CallaghanWritten by Matthew O'CallaghanGuest stars Troy Evans, Liz Sheridan, Wallace Langham
The potluck dinner the Anderson family throws for the new neighbors, the Jensens, is anything but welcoming.
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Directed by Matthew O'CallaghanWritten by Alex Taub, Andy Rose, Andy RoseGuest stars Liz Sheridan, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Meagen Fay, Benjamin Kimball Smith
Louie gets a fish named Pepper, because his family is too poor to get a dog.
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Directed by Matthew O'CallaghanWritten by Alex Taub, Alex Taub, Matthew O'CallaghanGuest stars Olivia Hack, Aaron Michael Metchik, Glenn Shadix, James Greene
When Ora and Andy leave to go and visit Ora's sick mother, Louie and Tommy are left home alone to fend for themselves during a blizzard.
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Directed by Matthew O'CallaghanWritten by Alex Taub, Alex Taub, Andy RoseGuest stars Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Meagen Fay, Benjamin Kimball Smith, Tommy Lasorda, Tommy Hinkley, Cleandre Norman
When Louie's head swells up to gigantic red proportions, he knows there is something wrong, but does not want to face the awful possibility that he has allergies and must, therefore, get an allergy shot!
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Directed by Matthew O'CallaghanWritten by Alex TaubGuest stars Benjamin Kimball Smith, Mary Wickes, James Murray
Louie, upset with being cast as the Turkey every year, single-handedly ruins the annual Cedar Knolls Elementary Thanksgiving Pageant. The principal decides that as punishment Louie needs to give a presentation on the meaning of Thanksgiving the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Louie tries to figure out the meaning of the holiday while his house is flooded with guests for Thanksgiving dinner, each of whom have their own unique interpretation of the holiday.
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Directed by Matthew O'CallaghanWritten by Alex Taub, Bernie Ancheta
Louie is going to woods with father and his friends to catch deer. But one deer follows Louie and Louie makes a new friend.
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Directed by Matthew O'CallaghanWritten by Alex TaubGuest stars Meagen Fay, Mary Wickes, Barry Corbin, Miriam Flynn, Gregg Berger, David Ianello, Patti Deutsch, Michael Horse
The winter carnival begins in Cedar Knoll and The Anderson family loses every competition they enter. Meanwhile, Louie develops a crush on Jeannie's sister and tries to learn how to skate to get close to her.
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Directed by Matthew O'CallaghanWritten by Alex TaubGuest stars Tommy Hinkley, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson
The Anderson family goes to a fair where Aura tries to win the best cooking contest, and Andy wins a pig. Meanwhile, Tommy gets upset because Louie always takes him to the childish fair rides.
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Directed by Matthew O'CallaghanWritten by Bernie Ancheta, Alex TaubGuest stars Troy Evans, Mary Wickes, Tommy Hinkley, Gregg Berger, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Lynne Marie Stewart, Tracy Renée Cobb
Dad loves his car like it's another member of the family, so when it stops running, Dad feels as though a family member is very, very sick.
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Directed by Matthew O'CallaghanWritten by Greg Cope White, Sean DwyerGuest stars Gregg Berger, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Shelley Long, Joe Alaskey, Ross Mapletoft, Jim Cummings, Gordie Brown
Dad loves his car like it's another member of the family, so when it stops running, Dad feels as though a family member is very, very sick.
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Directed by Matthew O'CallaghanWritten by Alex Taub, Jim Gitar, Alex TaubGuest stars Liz Sheridan, Gregg Berger, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Ross Mapletoft, Jim Cummings
Alex Taub, Bernie Ancheta, Marcy Gray Rubin, David Adam Silverman, Matthew Negrete, Shawn Ryan, Sean Dwyer, Greg Cope White, Natasha Hayworth, Matthew O'Callaghan, Alex Zamm, Andy Rose, Ed Driscoll, Bruce Clark, Rich Halke, Robert Rabinowitz, Marc Peterson, Matthew O'Callaghan, Mike Gandolfi, Marcy Gray Rubin, David Adam Silverman, Shawn Ryan, Alex Taub, Alex Taub, Matthew O'Callaghan, Russell P. Marleau
