The 8-year-old Louie is doing his best to grow up and cope with a large family, a doting mother, a pesky little brother, and a by-the-book, military veteran dad. Add to that a slew of holiday family squabbles, a flood, an old Rambler and a huge goldfish, and you have the background for Life with Louie. Each episode is a portrait of humor and warmth drawn from Louie Anderson's real-life experience as a child in the Midwest.
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Louie learns he's talented in playing chess that he joins a chess competition. When Andy confronts him about people laughing at the chess players, Louie decides to disguise himself as the Masked Chess Boy.
For Louie's birthday, his grandma gives him 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 that his gra...
Louie gets a pet goldfish, Pepper, after his sweetheart, Jeannie, announces she and her family are moving away. Louie has to contend with that, along with his visiting grandmother and cantankerous father.
Louie and Mike Grunewald try to win a school election by making lies about the other people.
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