The Louie Report

One of the recent issues of the New Yorker magazine had this cartoon… In case you didn’t catch it, this cartoon references the 1988 movie “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!”, starring Leslie Nielson as a tough cop. There’s a sequence where the evil villain played by Ricardo Montalbán, gets shot by [...]

Today, this week’s LOUIE of the Week award goes out to a band that is both funny, imaginative, and quite annnoying. Ladies, and gentlemen, meet The Douchebags, performing what they are calling “The 1,784th Version of LOUIE LOUIE!” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05DYrf8OPGs The Douchebags are a punk rock band from Akron, Ohio, and you can hear more of [...]

Actor Ricardo Montalbán has passed away today at the age of 88. In the LOUIE LOUIE circles, he is best known for the role of Vincent Ludwig in the 1988 movie “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!”, playing an evil villain that died after being shot by Leslie Nielson, falling from the [...]

It’s late Wednesday afternoon, and I’m still swimming through a lot of stuff I really thought I would have finished weeks ago. I have projects I really hoped to wrap up by now, but it just wasn’t meant to be. To make things even more complicated, I discovered this particular blog was victim to a [...]

Last Sunday, Lloyd Thaxton, host of a popular Los Angeles TV dance show in the 1960s, passed away at the age of 81. After being diagnosed with multiple myeloma back in May, he passed away at his home in Studio City, survived by his wife, Barbara. The Los Angeles Times provided a nice overview of [...]

I love my spies. Today, my pal Pamela Meyer, who runs Alchemy Jewelry of Brooklyn, sent me an article from the Chicago Tribune about the topic of mangled lyrics. Here’s a few excerpts that seemed LOUIE-worthy: On the few occasions when I’ve checked, a song’s actual lyrics turn out to be less interesting that my [...]

As I got home late Sunday night / early Monday morning, I checked my email and got the word that George Carlin had died at the age of 71 years old. I can think of seven words to describe what I’m feeling about George’s death, and they’re definitely not suitable for broadcast. Nine years after [...]

This has absolutely NOTHING to do with LOUIE LOUIE, but I really love Fugue.com’s Imaginary Google News. Wish it were true….

There’s not one, but TWO theatrical productions focusing on LOUIE LOUIE coming up real soon…. FIRST.. Stomp and Shout (an’ Work it All out) By James Carmichael, directed by Geordie Broadwater opening Sunday, June 1, 2008 Upstairs at the 45th Street Theatre New York: Babel Theatre Productions (Geordie Broadwater, Artistic Director, Jeremy Blocker, Producing Director [...]

I stumbled upon an amazing impersonator by the name of Stevie Riks on YouTube. As this is a website that celebrates “all things LOUIE,” I figured I might have a little fun sharing his interpretation of Paul McCartney doing “Tis There Was LOU (or LOO).” This is really silly stuff… Truth be told, I think [...]