Boys to Funnymen: Louis C.K.

AT 41, LOUIS C.K. has seen his body change, his thoughts shift and his comedy evolve. Where he once riffed on sex — and mostly sex — he now focuses on growing old and raising his two kids.

"Well, raising kids is a high-stakes job ... and it's a very all-consuming, full-time job that's going to be your primary function until you die," C.K. said. "I think when I was younger, the only thing I thought about was sex, like everybody else in the world, so I talked about that a lot. ... Now, my kids are at the front of my brain."

And the Washington native will hit on those themes — with a self-deprecating and vulgar touch — when he returns to the Warner Theatre Friday night.

"I talk about my family and I talk about just being alive and living in America and stuff," he said. Those who saw his Showtime special, "Louis C.K.: Chewed Up," when it premiered last month should expect a new dose of C.K. on Friday — he retires routines after recording a special.
"I'm always prepping for a special; my goal is to do one every year," C.K. said. "So, every show that I do is kind of like perfecting the hour that I'm working on that particular year."

And if you're looking for the former "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" and "Saturday Night Live" writer's return to television — his HBO series "Lucky Louie" was canceled after one season — C.K. is shopping a pilot with "Lucky Louie" co-star Pamela Adlon.

"It's about a couple that's married that has a couple of kids," he said. "It will probably be on network television and not cable, so we won't be able to say '[something you can't say].'"

» Warner Theatre, 13th & E streets NW; Fri., 8 p.m., $30 to $35; 202-397-7328. (Metro Center)

Written by Express contributor Rudi Greenberg
Photo courtesy Michael O’brien Entertainment