Louie Anderson, the beloved comedian and Emmy-winning actor, died on Friday at the age of 68.
Louie Anderson, longtime comic and game show host who won an Emmy for his supporting role as Christine Baskets in the FX series “Baskets,” has died at age 68.
His role as Maurice — the seemingly mild-mannered McDowell’s clerk — produced one of the most iconic soliloquies in comedy. “Hey, I started out mopping the floor just like you guys. But now … now I’m washing lettuce,” said Anderson’s sad-sack Maurice with withering underdog determination. “Soon I’ll be on fries; then the grill. In a year or two, I’ll make assistant manager, and that’s when the big bucks start rolling in.
Marveling at comedic karma, Anderson said, “That’s life, isn’t it? It was the best $660 I ever spent.” Of his later-life, award-winning television role, Anderson said he based his “Baskets” character on his own mother, who died in 1990.. “There’s joy for me in . . . giving a chance for my mother to shine in the spotlight . . . for all she did for me, to pay it back and step aside and let her shine through loud and clear. Anybody who knew my mom can’t get over how many things I’m using from her.”
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