We covered Louis C.K. “crossing the pond” in part due to his friendship with Ricky Gervais. He has now started his one-month tour of the U.K. From what he wrote on his website, it seems like his Hilarious tour didn’t get off to a great start:

So now it started, here in Dublin. So far I have done one show, last night. And I pretty much ate it. I mean I fucking really bombed horrrrribly. I mean it was the worst set I’ve had in years. Years and years again. I mean holy nigger tits did they hate me. I did half an hour. Fifteen minutes in people were just chatting like I wasn’t there. I opened weak and closed weaker and in between I sweated about four me’s onto the floor. I can’t believe I’m still alive. Toward the end, a very vicious man, yelled out simply “You’re a loser!” and I said back to him, “Yes, sir. I am.” and then more silence. I took a breath and continued. Rare, rare moments of deep, hot, sweaty, shave a few days off the end of your life failure…
It’s always your fault. you can NEVER blame the crowd. Moreover, I don’t want any pity when I bomb.

To me, bombing is a pure positive. Because it’s a rare experience and it’s a great education. Every great show, when you kill, is pretty much like any other great show. But every time you bomb, it is completely unique. I’ve never bombed the same way twice. And they stay with you, the bad sets, like Lyme disease or herpes. So I thank the people of Dublin for that.

It’s always refreshing to see one of the best comics working discuss a set that didn’t go well. C.K. continues to churn out new material at a rapid pace. He is already performing an all-new hour of material before his previous hour, featured in his upcoming Showtime special Chewed Up, has even aired.

If you’re looking for more from the great mind of Louis C.K., read this piece he wrote for The Guardian about what makes him angry.