vuvuzealot

What lucrative or otherwise worthwhile profession do you not waste your youth toiling away in? Other than trust fund custodian of course.

Very true. There are so many tens of thousands of people that think they can write movies that writing a great script is only part of the equation in getting a deal. Getting the right person to read it--or really, getting anyone that matters to read it--is just as hard as writing that great script in many ways.

And then, after you make that one in a million deal off some crazy-good pitch to the right executive, there's no guarantee that it will ever get shot. There are many writers in hollywood that have sold dozens of scripts and only ever had one or two get produced.

Louis has a hit cable tv show, a deal for a network show on CBS and whenever almost any comedian is asked what other comedians they like are they usually reply in some form of "Louis, of course". Any fan of stand up comedy has at least heard of him.

He's not Jeff Foxworthy, but he's certainly "mainstream", although he's certainly not the most popular comedian around.