Word spread quickly of Louie’s
style, at times self-deprecating,
mixed with stories of his family,
his childhood, and friends. Soon
Hollywood and television came
calling.
“I thought I might be a singer,”
he laughed. “My dad was a jazz
trumpet player. He played for
Hoagy Carmichael’s band and
he kind of helped steer me away
from that; he was a glass is half
empty kind of guy. Growing up
with so many siblings (Louie is
one of eleven children), I have no
shortage of material and my life
was funny at times. When I got
the call to be in the Eddie Mur-
phy movie, Coming To America,
that was nice; especially since it
helped open some doors for me.
Margaret Loesch of ‘Fox Kids’ ap-
proached me shortly thereafter
and said, ‘We think you could do
a series.’ She introduced me to
the animator Matt O’Callaghan
and he drew me some pictures.
I was totally enamored with the
idea so we made a pilot epi-
sode and it was well received so
Watch Louie Anderson perform stand up on “Late Show”
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