The show ran six episodes and was cancelled. The show had Anderson playing a psychotherapist in Duluth, Minnesota. Īnderson created and starred in The Louie Show for CBS. The show was a 3-year hit on Fox, and won two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program.
It also detailed how he was picked on for his weight, and how he used comedy to deal with the teasing. The series was based on Anderson's childhood with 10 siblings, a sweet-hearted mother and a loud, war-crazed father. In 1995, Anderson created and produced a Saturday-morning animated series for Fox called Life with Louie. In 1989, Anderson guest-starred on the first episode of the Muppet Television segment of The Jim Henson Hour. Anderson also starred in the 1988 camp comedy The Wrong Guys, based on a story by John Hughes. Murphy requested Anderson be hired for Coming To America after producers wanted a white actor in the otherwise African-American cast Murphy described his friend Anderson as "the funniest white guy around". Īnderson also played a role in John Landis' film Coming to America, which starred Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall, a role which he reprised in the 2021 sequel. Anderson had a small role in the singing-telegram scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, as well as appearing in a comedy special on Showtime. When the show was picked up, Anderson was replaced by Mark Linn-Baker in the role of Appleton (whose first name was then changed from Lou to Larry) as the producers didn't think the chemistry between Anderson and Pinchot was quite right. In late 1985, Anderson was cast as Lou Appleton alongside Bronson Pinchot on the pilot episode of Perfect Strangers for ABC (which was known in this early stage as The Greenhorn). On November 20, 1984, Anderson made his network debut as a comedian on The Tonight Show. Īnderson at the 2012 Sin City Rules Premiere Party.Īnderson made his television debut on January 13, 1984, on Rodney Dangerfield's Young Comedians Special on HBO. The show originated at the Union Plaza hotel downtown, before moving to Excalibur, South Point, and Palace Station hotels. Īnderson performed a stand-up show called Louie: Larger Than Life in Las Vegas, Nevada, from 2003 through 2012. He was the fourth host of the game show Family Feud from 1999 to 2002 in its third run and second revival.įor his performance on the FX comedy television series Baskets, Anderson received three consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nominations and won once in 2016. Anderson created the cartoon series Life with Louie and wrote four books, including Hey Mom: Stories for My Mother, But You Can Read Them Too, which was published in 2018. Louis Perry Anderson (Ma– January 21, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, and game show host.
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