Carl Kurlander, who went from being director Joel Schumacher’s assistant to writing St. Elmo’s fire with him, wrote a look back on that film for Deadline as well as a tribute when the directo…
, who went from being director Joel Schumacher’s assistant to writing St. Elmo’s fire with him, wrote a look back on that film for Deadline as well as a tribute when the director passed away., Kurlander today shares memories about, the comic and actor who died last Friday in Las Vegas at age 68. Kurlander co-authored The F Word: How to Survive Your Family with Louie Anderson and was a consultant on his The Louie Show on CBS.
A few days after we handed the script in, I got a call back from NBC exec Kevin Reilly telling me that his boss Brandon Tartikoff had loved it enough to order six episodes. Kevin hung up to call Louie and tell him that Brandon was so excited he was inviting Louie to join them in New York for the big upfront promotion for advertisers.
Louie knew he had to mention his size to let the audience know he was aware of it, and win them over early on. His first joke on the Johnny Carson show was “I can’t stay long, I am between meals.” Johnny loved him and invited him over to the couch, making Louie a star overnight. There are countless stories of Louie doing things like that, big and small, for close friends and strangers. He is in many ways responsible for my marriage. I had met a headstrong young woman, Natalie. I was in a constant off-and-on-again relationship with her, as we would bicker over everything. Louie joined us at an Ikea, and amidst a platter of Swedish meatballs, brought out his social worker counseling skills to point out how we obviously deeply we loved each other, under all our skirmishes.
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