I saw something about Louis CK’s Hilarious being available online for free yesterday, but I tried it myself and it didn’t work.  However, they must’ve fixed something because it’s working now.  All you have to do is go to this link and provide a working email address, and then login in using the code they give you in the registration email.  And that’s when the magic happens.  And by magic, I mean being able to watch Hilarious, which is basically 90 minutes of Louis CK doing stand up. And if you don’t think you would enjoy that, I probably wouldn’t like you. How could you go wrong with that?  I enjoy Louis CK’s show on FX, but I especially enjoy watching stand ups do what they do best, which is stand up.  Except for Bob Saget, who I hear is a fair to middling poker player.

Louis C.K. premiered Louis C.K.: Hilarious, a comedy concert film at Sundance this year.  Virtually every comedian you asked would tell you that Louis C.K. is one of the top five comics working today, which is why it’s so funny that Reuters/The Hollywood Reporter sent a reviewer who seems genuinely uncomfortable with this whole frivolity, er, thing.  Today, we break down his review:

Practically nothing is off-limits for stand-up comic Louis C.K., from toilet training his kids to Hitler and the Holocaust.

Poop jokes and politics, from a comedian?!?  My stars, I feel faint.

Paunchy, middle-aged, white single dad Louis C.K. (a.k.a. Louis Szekely) doesn’t appear at first to have a whole lot going for him as far as material or delivery…

I expected little from someone with such an unimpressive appearance.  For God’s sake, he wasn’t even wearing a suit!

…but in actuality he’s also a well-known actor, Emmy-nominated TV writer, screenwriter and director. His secret weapon is his willingness to go where other comedians fear to give offense — he simply doesn’t care how provocative he is.

I hadn’t heard of this fellow, as his name hadn’t come up in any of my journalism classes at Northwestern, but after someone mentioned him on NPR, I did some research on microfiche and was surprised to find that he’s quite popular. Not so much in spite of his ribald language, but because of it.  How curious!
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