Most Recent Role: Burt on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
Alias Name(s): Louis Anderson
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)
Birthday: 3-24-1953
Birth Name: Louie Perry Anderson
Alias Name(s): Louis Anderson
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)
Birthday: 3-24-1953
Birth Name: Louie Perry Anderson
Louie Perry Anderson (born March 24, 1953 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American stand-up comedian, who created the cartoon series Life with Louie and hosted the game show Family Feud from 1999-2002.
His obesity is one of his trademarks, although he has slimmed considerably in recent years. He has experienced depression.
Anderson recently published the book The F Word: How To...
Most Recent Appearance
Dumb-Dumbs and Dragons / Fear and Loathing in Endsville
Friday 12 May 2006 on Cartoon Network
Dumb-Dumbs and Dragons : Billy befriends the dragon that he is supposed to slay Fear and Loathing in Endsville : Grim takes cookies to Dracula his childhood hero, but Dracula doesn't like the cookies and breaks grim's spirit so to make it up to him Dracula offers Grim to come along with...
Louie Anderson was fired from his job as host of Family Feud.
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By the time Louie left Family Feud, there had been more than 2,000 episodes, and $13 million in prize money had been given away.
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He competed against Dolly Parton for the Family Feud job.
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After a night of gambling, Louie propositioned hustler Richard Gordon--and was refused. Years later, Gordon surfaced and asked for $100,000 to keep quiet. Anderson paid. When Gordon upped his price to $250,000, the FBI busted him.
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On the heels of his successful animated series Life with Louie, stand-up guy Anderson took over a renewed Feud, with a new set and a new look. While popular early on, he still had to work in Dawson's shadow. In an interview with THS, Anderson tells about his drinking and gambling problems, the scandal that nearly ruined his career and his dismissal from the show in 2002.
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Louie Anderson: (in 2002, on the revised Family Feud with his hosting successor Richard Karn) My prediction is that the show's off the air within a year.
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Louie Anderson: I hope I'm not on The E! True Hollywood Story till I'm dead.
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Louie Anderson (On his immense weight): My first words were 'Seconds, please.' Most kids in kindergarten napped on a little rug. I had a braided 9 x 12.
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Other Appearances
| Star | |
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Family Feud
Host - 1999- 2002 |
Life with Louie
voice of Little Louie / Andy Anderson |
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The Louie Show
Louie Lundgren |
The New Hollywood Squares
Regular |
| Recurring Role | |
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Late Night With David Letterman
Guest |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Guest |
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Ally McBeal
Without a Net Therapist |
Chicago Hope
Growing Pains Louie Lickman |
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Circus of the Stars
Special #13 Performer |
Dennis Miller Live
Homeless People Himself |
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E! True Hollywood Story
Family Feud Himself |
Grace Under Fire
Tears of Joy Dr. Andy Lewinson |
| Writer |
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The Louie Show
Take Two Donuts and Call Me in the Morning |
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Joey
Joey and the Poker Himself |
Scrubs
My Two Dads Himself |
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The Louie Show
Creator |
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