Louie Anderson, Stand-Up Legend and ‘Baskets’ Actor, Dead at 68 (1 Viewer)

[Devildog]

Louie Anderson, Stand-Up Legend and ‘Baskets’ Actor, Dead at 68

Beloved comic also voiced Life With Louie and hosted Family Feud

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[buzd]

Damn. He was awesome in Baskets.

 

[woohoosaint]

What an awful day!
First Meatloaf...now Louie!

RIP Mr Anderson!

 

[0rion]

Always liked Louie.

 

[superchuck500]

 

[efil4stnias]

Aw man - that stinks loved his stand up.

Even his lil part in Coming to America

 

[Paul]

Man… RIP. Enjoyed his work.

 

[antipop]

Damn. He was awesome in Baskets.

He was the best old fat lady

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I’ll take this guy at his word

 

[Optimus Prime]

Damn

Always liked Louie although I liked John Pinette's big guy humor better

I loved his book - Dear Dad- Letters to My father - very touching

 

[Saint by the Bay]

This is from a screenwriter friend of mine. Great story about Louie...

Back on my first show as a baby writer (Pamela Anderson's "V.I.P.") we had a celebrity cameo every week. One of my episodes was about to shoot and we couldn't find anyone to play a homeless man. Then I suddenly remembered reading an article about how Louie Anderson was heavily involved in homeless charities, so I brought it up to our producers saying, "Maybe Louie will do it to help shed light on the cause?" So our casting department called him up and not only did Louie say yes, he donated his fee to the homeless. I don't recall the details of our conversation on the set, but I do remember walking away feeling like I had met one of the nicest guys around. RIP Louie.

 

[Madmarsha]

I legit thought he was already dead.

 

[SaintInBucLand]

I legit thought he was already dead.

I honestly did too.

 

[Sailorsaint]

I, too, thought he had died a few years ago. But I may be thinking of Chris Farley. RIP Louie.
That makes two since the New Year, who will be #3?

 

[zatsnzapps]

I think I may have mentioned this here before, but the McDowell's was actually a Wendy's instead of a Golden Arches. That room in this scene was almost identical to the Wendy's I worked at the longest, except that oven was in the room on the other side of the triple sinks.

The oven was for baked potatoes.