The WORST episodes of Life with Louie

Every episode of Life with Louie ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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: 4/10/2024Network: FOXStatus: Ended
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Dad Gets Canned
star
7.10
21 votes

#1 - Dad Gets Canned

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/18/1995

Louie's dad gets fired so the entire family tries to think of ways to save money until he can get back on his feet. Meanwhile, summer vacation has started and Louie is looking forward to three months of swimming and freedom...until his Dad, starved for things to keep himself busy, decides that Louie is going to help him do every fix-it job around the house.

Writer: Andy Rose
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Bed
star
7.29
38 votes

#2 - Raindrops Keep Falling on My Bed

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/1995

The Andersons get new neighbors, the Johnsons, and Andy immediately starts fighting with Mr. Johnson. Meanwhile, the town of Cedar Knolls gets flooded due to severe rainstorms and the only house that isn't flooded is the Anderson's--thanks to a ten-foot wall that Andy constructed to keep the Johnson's dog out of his yard. Eventually the entire neightborhood seeks refuge in the Anderson home, much to Andy's dismay.

Writer: Alex Taub
The Kiss is the Thing
star
7.60
5 votes

#3 - The Kiss is the Thing

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1997

Louie must play the prince for the school performance about Sleeping Beauty. Meanwhile, Andy replaces his boss. Louie gets his first kiss.

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Louie's Gate
star
7.60
5 votes

#4 - Louie's Gate

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1997

A new movie theater opens and Louie goes all the time, so Andy and Aura become worried. They decide to give him a movie camera, and he decides to shoot a movie.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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The Good, the Bad, & the Glenns
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7.60
5 votes

#5 - The Good, the Bad, & the Glenns

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/1/1997

Mrs.Glenn must go to hospital,because she got sick,bit suddenly the neighbours start to act strangely.Even her son is nice to Louie.Then Louie finds out if everyone can hear her voice,they will be normal again.So they give a party,for Mrs.Glenn's operation.When she felt better,she was home again,and the neighbourhood is normal...again.

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Born a Rambler Man
star
7.63
8 votes

#6 - Born a Rambler Man

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/17/1996

Andy's car got broke,and he is very sad.Since it's his birthday,Ora decides to collect money with Louie and Tommy to buy Andy a new car.When they buy it,Andy is surprised but not happy.So,he returns the car and tries to fix the old one.He can't,so Louie calls a mechanic to fix it due the night.Car is fixed,but Andy knows that mechanic came to fix the car.

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A Fish Called Pepper
star
7.67
9 votes

#7 - A Fish Called Pepper

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/23/1995

Louie gets a fish named Pepper, because his family is too poor to get a dog.

Writer: Alex Taub
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Lake Winnibigoshish
star
7.67
12 votes

#8 - Lake Winnibigoshish

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/16/1995

The Andersons go on vacation to Lake Winnibigoshish, WI.

Close Encounters of the Louie Kind
star
7.80
5 votes

#9 - Close Encounters of the Louie Kind

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1997

Louie and Mike create a spaceship which causes Andy to be declared ambassador of the Earth.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Zamm
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Go Packers
star
7.80
5 votes

#10 - Go Packers

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1997

Louie and his father attend a football game between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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When Cedar Knoll Freezes Over
star
7.86
7 votes

#11 - When Cedar Knoll Freezes Over

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/3/1996

The winter carnival begins in Cedar Knoll and The Anderson family loses every competition they enter. Meanwhile, Louie develops a crush on Jeannie's sister and tries to learn how to skate to get close to her.

Writer: Alex Taub
Military Reunion
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8.00
6 votes

#12 - Military Reunion

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1997

It's Military Reunion,and teacher of history wants from kids to write their report about thair parents when they were in war.Louie is so happy,beacuse dad will be so proud of him when he tells him all the story about the war.When he tells him,Louie writes a lot of notebooks about Andy in war.When he reads it at school,everybody is impressed,but Melvin proves that's impossible.So,Louie actually finds out that that story isn't correct.For the finale,Military Reunion is opened,but the fire starts to burn on the ship,and Andy saves the ship.Other military men recognize him and Louie finds out the real story about his father.

Directors: Bert Ring
Writer: Alex Taub
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For Pete's Sake
star
8.00
4 votes

#13 - 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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The Fourth Thursday in November
star
8.13
8 votes

#14 - 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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Behind Every Good Coach
star
8.13
8 votes

#15 - Behind Every Good Coach

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1995

Louie makes a deal with his Dad to get out of his much-hated gym class if he agrees to play little league baseball. Much to Louie's dismay and bad luck, his baseball coach ends up being his tyranical gym teacher. After the coach is hit in the head by Louie's bat during a game Louie's dad Andy steps in as the coach and whips the team into shape in true military fashion--literally. While Andy is teaching the team battle strategies, Louie's mom teaches them actually baseball tips and tricks on the side. Of course in the end, Louie's team ends up in the big championship game and the team's newfound skills are put to the test.

Writer: Alex Taub
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The Undergraduate
star
8.17
6 votes

#16 - 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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Do it or Donut
star
8.20
5 votes

#17 - 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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A Fair to Remember
star
8.38
8 votes

#18 - 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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Kazoo's Coming to Dinner
star
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.

Buzz Stop
star
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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Caddy on a Hot Tin Roof
star
8.43
7 votes

#21 - 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
Tracks of My Deers
star
8.50
8 votes

#22 - 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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Summer of My Discontent
star
8.56
9 votes

#23 - 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
Anderson Ski Weekend
star
8.57
7 votes

#24 - 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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Project: Mother's Day
star
8.60
5 votes

#25 - 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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