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Louie Perry Anderson (born March 24, 1953) is an American stand-up comedian. Anderson created the cartoon series Life with Louie, has written three books, and was the initial host of the second revival of the game show Family Feud, from 1999 to 2002. Growing up in St. Paul, Minnesota, Louie Anderson was the second-youngest of 11 children in his family. A 1985 marriage to his high school sweetheart lasted four weeks. Anderson made his network debut as a stand-up comedian on "The Tonight Show" on November 20, 1981. In late 1985, Anderson was cast as Lou Appleton alongside Bronson Pinchot on... MORE

Louie Perry Anderson (born March 24, 1953) is an American stand-up comedian. Anderson created the cartoon series Life with Louie, has written three books, and was the initial host of the second revival of the game show Family Feud, from 1999 to 2002. Growing up in St. Paul, Minnesota, Louie Anderson was the second-youngest of 11 children in his family. A 1985 marriage to his high school sweetheart lasted four weeks. Anderson made his network debut as a stand-up comedian on "The Tonight Show" on November 20, 1981. In late 1985, Anderson was cast as Lou Appleton alongside Bronson Pinchot on the pilot episode of Perfect Strangers for ABC (which was known in this early stage as The Greenhorn). When the show was picked up, Anderson was replaced by Mark Linn-Baker in the role of Appleton (whose first name was then changed from Lou to Larry) as the producers didn't think the chemistry between Anderson and Pinchot was quite right. The show ran for eight seasons on ABC. In 1989, Anderson guest-starred on the first episode of the MuppeTelevision segment of The Jim Henson Hour. In 1995, Anderson created and produced a Saturday morning series for Fox called Life with Louie. The series was LESS