Life with Louie (1994)
The 8-year-old Louie is doing his best to grow up and cope with a large family, a doting mother, a pesky little brother, and a by-the-book, military veteran dad. Add to that a slew of holiday family squabbles, a flood, an old Rambler and a huge goldfish, and you have the background for Life with Louie. Each episode is a portrait of humor and warmth drawn from Louie Anderson's real-life experience as a child in the Midwest.
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Episode 1 - Caddy on a Hot Tin Roof
Release Date: 1996-09-14Louie gets a summer job as a caddy to earn some extra cash and becomes the good luck charm and personal servant to Jojo Stomopolous, the resident Pinenut Country Club snob.
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Episode 2 - Summer of My Discontent
Release Date: 1996-09-21Louie can't wait to go to summer camp, because it means escaping the humiliation that Glen Glenn dishes out during the school year.
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Episode 3 - Anderson Ski Weekend
Release Date: 1996-09-28Earl Grunewald is promoted to be a main worker of the tractor factory. While the Grunewald family goes for a ski trip, Louie pretends to be a ski master, so the Anderson family also joins.
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Episode 4 - Roofless People
Release Date: 1996-10-05When Louie ignores the latest tornado drill, he is swept up by a twister.
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Episode 5 - How to Succeed in Washington Without Really Trying
Release Date: 1996-10-19Louie's class must give a speech and if someone wins, the class will go to Washington. Louie buys a speech from Glen Glenn and he wins. Andy accompanies the trip because he was in a war with the president. After Andy tells Louie he must always tell the truth, Louie tells the truth about the speech.
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Episode 6 - Mr. Anderson's Opus
Release Date: 1996-10-26When a new kid comes to town, Jeannie befriends him and Louie is reduced to second fiddle.
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Episode 7 - An Anderson Dozen
Release Date: 1996-11-02When Mom thinks she's pregnant, Louie becomes concerned that he'll be thrown out of the nest to make room for the new baby.
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Episode 8 - Buzz Stop
Release Date: 1996-11-09For his vacation science homework, Louie has to give a detailed report on honey bees. He ends up enlisting the help of his father on this project, but Andy ends up taking over the care and observation of the bees and develops a special kinship with the bees. Louie tries to figure out how he is going to give a presentation on the bees when he can't get anywhere near them with his father in the picture.
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Episode 9 - For Pete's Sake
Release Date: 1996-11-16Little Louie's never met a job he didn't like, but he does (eventually) get his household tasks done. Yet, he may have taken on a task that's more than he can handle when he tries to help down-and-out friend of the family get back on his feet. It's a single act of kindness - but it's doubled his chores!
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Episode 10 - The Masked Chess Boy
Release Date: 1996-11-30To avoid trying out for the school play, Louie claims membership in the Chess club. Obligated to attend a club meeting, Louie soon discovers he's a chess prodigy!
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Episode 11 - The Good, the Bad, & the Glenns
Release Date: 1997-02-01When the town loudmouth, Jen Glenn, gets a rare and acute form of laryngitis, everyone in Cedar Knoll is elated.
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Episode 12 - Kazoo's Coming to Dinner
Release Date: 1997-02-08Louie meets famous comedian Kazoo.Kazoo came to town,to see his mother Ora.He wants Louie to come and watch his show with his mother.Well,Louie wants it,but his mother doesn't.After the show,Louie decides to become a comedian.So,he asks Kazoo to help him.Louie is very good,and he is even going to stand and laugh people on audition.But,when he finds out,that being comedain has some thing to do with insulting people.
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Episode 13 - The Thank You Note
Release Date: 1997-02-15For Louie's birthday, his grandma gives Louie a sweater which she made for him. While trying to write the thank you letter, Louie decides to instead play with his friends. When he finally writes the letter, he finds out his grandma has died.