That episode used to be called “Lady Gaga.” And it was going to end with me going to [a Lady Gaga concert] with my daughter, and we watched her show. The episode came to me because I was listening to Lady Gaga, to “Paparazzi.” She sings it so beautifully. It’s very gorgeous; it’s very lovely. I was very taken by it when I was listening to it. And I pictured being at a concert of hers, and my daughter’s thrilled to be there, but I’m in love. I’m blown away by Lady Gaga. The original intent was that—the scene I have with my daughter when I’m talking about Lady Gaga, I’m saying things that, in real life, I don’t believe. I think Lady Gaga is cool. I think she’s an artist. So I wanted to be this prejudiced parent, lumping her in with Britney Spears and people like that. And then I go and I find out how wrong I was. Also, it was interesting to me that I think I’m cool and seeing the sellouts, and I think Lady Gaga is a bullshit Britney Spears person, and I just find out I’m wrong in every fucking direction. But we couldn’t get anywhere near Lady Gaga, so we didn’t have that ending anymore.
— Louis C.K. talking about how not being able to get a Lady Gaga appearance led to his Dane Cook ending (from the AV Club’s Louie Season Two breakdown)
