"Secret" message from Louis C.K. mentions new TV pilot, invites you to attend taping

[Itslikeimsayin]

I thought 'tron was joking about the "Bee Funny" title.

I'm so confused. Louis, I think it's time for you to answer my Private Message and straighten this out.

[darrylduffy]

thanks gloshi.

[timmo]

I was there too.

Just to clarify for people who weren't there, the "Bee Funny" bit went something more along the lines of: The show is going to be called "Bee Funny," and--is anyone allergic to bees? The point of the show is that the room is filled with bees and I have to try and make you laugh while there are a bunch of bees everywhere.

The show itself, from what I gathered, is somewhere between Seinfeld and Pulp Comics, with a stand-up routine that sets up different sketches.

For instance, he would do a bit, and then pause as everyone was laughing, and then say something like, "Okay and that's when the thing comes in," and then continue.

Although there was one bit that required him to give some exposition on stage that he acknowledged wasn't very funny, something about chaperoning for his daughter's class trip to the Bronx Botanical Gardens and being lost in Harlem with no clue as to how to get to the Botanical Gardens.

Among the funniest bits were stories about how he had to put his dog to sleep as a kid because it had a malignant tumor on its snout, and an operation to remove the tumor would leave the dog with a weird round head, and it would have to eat through a straw and dogs can't use straws. The story was one of many with a very nihilistic, sad-but-hilarious sort of conclusion. Very Louis C.K.

Overall, it was very laid back and informal. Oh, and it's a pilot for FX.

[aenemaTron]

Thanks for doing the heavy lifting, buddy.

[louisck]

I am enjoying people not knowing anything about this so I don't want to answer too much.

I'm doing a pilot for FX. It's autobiographical. I do some standup on the show and some of it is in narrative film form and some of it gets weird. It's kind of hard to describe. It doesn't follow the pattern of any show I've seen. It's not like Seinfeld or Pulp Comics. I really hope it gets picked up because I'm getting to direct in New York again with my little independant film crew that I started with and if I could just keep doing that, and using my standup in this way, I'd be a very happy idiot.

Last night I shot the standup portion at the Comedy Cellar. We also shot scenes upstairs at the Olive Tree restaurant. They are being incredibly helpful there. Anyway, in addition to shooting in front of the real audience, I decided to bring a more controlled audience in for one performance during the day. This way we were able to start and stop at will, take a look at the shots as we went along and record some pieces that are meant as set up or narration for a film piece that would be awkward to film in front of a paying, unwitting audience because they're just short unfinished sentences. So I tweeted and there they were. The people who showed up were really great. They had to stand out in the rain which i was very sorry about and I tried to get them alcohol drinks but the Comedy Cellar wasn't prepared for that so it didn't work out. I was able to get everything I needed. I also filmed the set I did on the first show at the Cellar that night, to get some perhaps more muted responses from people who didn't know I would be on the show. Just the usual laid back Cellar audience. I think I got a good mix.

The reason you're hearing about bees is that when I welcomed them I said "I just need to know before we start if anyone here is allergic to bees." I told them that the show is called "Bee funny" and the rest of what that other post said.

So far Todd Barry, Nick Dipaolo and Rick Shapiro have played parts in the show. We shoot for four more days. I think I'll know in about two weeks if anyone ever gets to see this anywhere.

Thanks to everyone that came. You really did me a huge favor.

LCK
http://www.louisck.com

[aenemaTron]

Here's another favor for you: acupuncture doesn't work. They recently did a study and they got the same results for "real" acupuncture where the guy knows exactly where to put the needles, "fake" acupuncture where they just put them anywhere, and "really fake" acupuncture where the person thinks you're putting needles in but you're just poking them with toothpicks.

[Itslikeimsayin]

Thanks for the info LCK. Sounds great. Good luck!

[MattRuby]

Thanks for having us Louis, it was neat to see the whole process. Posted my summary and a photo here: Behind the scenes as Louis CK films a new TV pilot.