The BEST episodes of Life with Louie

Every episode of Life with Louie ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Life with Louie!

Animated Louie lived at home with his father, Andy (a grumpy war veteran), mother, Ora, and little brother, Tommy.He also has other brothers and sisters,but they don't appear every time. Each episode began with a live-action appearance of Louie Anderson introducing the show and setting up the plot. The show focused mostly on the funny events of life growing up.

Last Updated: 9/29/2024Network: FOXStatus: Ended
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9.17
6 votes

#1 - Roofless People

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1996

A tornado attacks the Cedar Knoll and Louie gets afraid of the tornado, so he stays in his room and doesn't want to leave until the cow, which was trapped on a tree because of the tornado, confronts him.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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9.00
6 votes

#2 - The Thank You Note

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/15/1997

For 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.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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9.00
6 votes

#3 - Blinded By Love

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/16/1998

Louie wants to have a dog much to Andy's chagrin. Louie takes a dog that has been trained to be a guide for the blind.

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9.00
6 votes

#4 - Family Portrait

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/20/1997

It's time for family picture,so Anderson family decides so.They will take a family picture,well,the only problem is: Louie and Tommy don't want to participate,they don't want to take family picture.

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9.00
5 votes

#5 - The Making of a President

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1997

It's election day.There are three candidates,Melvin,Toddler and Mike.Louie is Mike's campaign manager.But,he doesn't know what to do now.So he asks his his parents for help.While he is lookinf for help,Andy is bowling with his friends.He tells Louie that he isn't loser because Andersons often lose,he tells him that he's a winner.Mike's idea is that they mustn't eat lima beans for lunch in cafeteria,while Toodler's idea is that reces must be longer.Anyway,Melvin wins so neither Toodler gets anything,neither Mike.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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8.86
7 votes

#6 - Mr. Anderson's Opus

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1996

New kid comes to school,and his name is Sean.It appears Jeannie likes him very much.Louie doesn't like that so he wants to know how could he have Jeannie.So,he asks his mother and father for help.Mum tells him a story how did she met Andy,but Andy tells completely different version of the story.After that,Louie tries to play tuba in the school to impress Jeannie.The only problem is he plays awful.At the end,Louie hits Jeannie's window with the snowball,and Jeannie opens it.He plays the song in the middle of the night just to her.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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8.83
6 votes

#7 - Pains, Grains, and Allergy Shots

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1995

Louie finds out that he is allergic to certain grains, and is rushed to the hospital.

Writer: Alex Taub
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8.83
6 votes

#8 - The Masked Chess Boy

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1996

When little Louie discovers he has a real talent for the game of chess, he tries to hide his identity at the big all-school chess tourney by becoming The Masked Chess Boy. (But even a mask can't hide his enthusiasm for scarfing down donuts!) Share the fun as Louie inspires his pals to reach for their dreams without worrying what other kids say.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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8.80
5 votes

#9 - How to Succeed in Washington Without Really Trying

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1996

Louie'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.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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8.80
5 votes

#10 - An Anderson Dozen

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1996

Aura gets a call from the doctor, telling her she's going to have a baby. Louie thinks if the baby is born, someone will leave the family and he thinks it might be him. It is revealed in the end that the doctor made a mistake and she's not pregnant.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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8.70
10 votes

#11 - Alive! Miracle in Cedar Knoll, Wisconsin

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1995

When Ora and Andy leave to go and visit Ora's sick mother, Louie and Tommy are left home alone to fend for themselves during a blizzard.

Writer: Alex Taub
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8.67
6 votes

#12 - Louie's Harrowing Halloween

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1997

While shopping, Louie ends up stealing candy, so he tries to get rid of it during Halloween.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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8.60
5 votes

#13 - Mr. Louie's Wild Ride

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1997

The Anderson family decides to go to the Sniffer land.But it is very far.On their way,they were in danger,they had a lot of fun.They traveled by train,but it broke,then they travel by plane,by bus,by ballon...But the most exciting part was when Louie fell in the water and snake almost bite him!When they manage to Sniffer land,it was closed.But that doesn't matter,because Louie actually had the most exciting vacation of all kids in the town.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Shawn Ryan
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8.60
5 votes

#14 - Project: Mother's Day

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/3/1998

Ora gets very sick and no one can help her around the house because she always does the most hard jobs at home.So,Louie must help her around the house.But if he does that,he will have no time to get a present for his mother because it's Mother's day.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Shawn Ryan
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8.57
7 votes

#15 - Anderson Ski Weekend

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1996

Earl 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.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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8.56
9 votes

#16 - Summer of My Discontent

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1996

Louie tries to escape from Glen Glenn, so he joins the trip to Chakami camp. The bad news: Glen Glenn also joins. While on a trip, Louie and Glen Glenn get lost inside a forest.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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8.50
8 votes

#17 - Tracks of My Deers

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1995

Louie is going to woods with father and his friends to catch deers.But one deer follows Louie and Louie makes a new friend,deer.When they go home late at night,deer follows them.Next day,they find out that deer is in their house.It is hrad for Andy,but he decides to keep deer.But,after deer finds out that he can't sleep anywhere he goes away...

Writer: Alex Taub
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8.43
7 votes

#18 - Caddy on a Hot Tin Roof

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1996

Louie gets a summer job as a caddy at a local golf course to save money for a bicycle bell.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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8.40
5 votes

#19 - Kazoo's Coming to Dinner

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/8/1997

Louie 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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8.40
5 votes

#20 - Buzz Stop

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1996

For 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.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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8.38
8 votes

#21 - A Fair to Remember

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/10/1996

The Anderson family goes to a fair where Aura tries to win the best cooking contest, and Andy wins a pig. Meanwhile, Tommy gets upset because Louie always takes him to the childish fair rides.

Writer: Alex Taub
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8.20
5 votes

#22 - Do it or Donut

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/23/1998

Louie feels he's good at basketball and Andy tries to be in support him. Aura decides to eat healthy food.

Directors: Bert Ring
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8.17
6 votes

#23 - The Undergraduate

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1997

Louie's teacher is sick,so new teacher arrives,Mrs.Robertson.She is very pretty and every boy falls in love with her.To get her for himself,Louie starts to read books like Romeo and Juliet.Now he knows everything about that and Mrs.Robertson starts to like him very much.But when Andy finds about that,he goes to the principal to tell her she must fire the new teacher.But he actually finds out that she also knows much about wars.So,he helps her.and she is now hired at the Military Academy.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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8.13
8 votes

#24 - The Fourth Thursday in November

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1995

Louie, upset with being cast as the Turkey every year, single-handedly ruins the annual Cedar Knolls Elementary Thanksgiving Pageant. The principal decides that as punishment Louie needs to give a presentation on the meaning of Thanksgiving the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Louie tries to figure out the meaning of the holiday while his house is flooded with guests for Thanksgiving dinner, each of whom have their own unique interpretation of the holiday.

Writer: Alex Taub
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8.00
4 votes

#25 - For Pete's Sake

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1996

Little 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!

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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