Accent
My great grandmother is 86 and has an accent very similar to that actress. She was born and raised in the NC mountains. I think it has something to do with being from small towns that were so secluded that the accents didn't really get Americanized.

The people at the table closest to the stage kept alternating.
"In every Louie there are things that are weird and wrong for reasons it's hard to put a finger on." What about the fact that the audience was changing every time the camera moved for Louie to the audience? The people at the table closest to the stage kept…