Horace and Pete
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| Genre | Dramatic tragedy |
| Created by | Louis C.K. |
| Written by | Louis C.K. |
| Directed by | Louis C.K. |
| Starring | Louis C.K. Steve Buscemi Edie Falco Steven Wright Kurt Metzger Alan Alda Jessica Lange |
| Opening theme | "Horace and Pete" written and performed by Paul Simon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Louis C.K. M. Blair Breard Dave Becky Vernon Chatman Dino Stamatopoulos |
| Producer(s) | Kathy Welch |
| Location(s) | New York City |
| Editor(s) | Gina Sansom |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30–67 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Pig Newton, Inc. |
| Release | |
| Original release | January 30, 2016 – present |
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| Website | |
Horace and Pete is an American web series created, written, and directed by Louis C.K., who describes it as a tragedy rather than a comedy. Dealing with the themes of nostalgia, time, politics and grief; the series focuses on Horace (played by C.K.), Pete (played by Steve Buscemi), and Sylvia (played by Edie Falco) the owners of Horace and Pete's, a run-down Brooklyn bar. The first episode was released on January 30, 2016, on C.K.'s website without any prior announcements. New episodes premiered weekly until the tenth episode was released on April 2, 2016. In June 2016, C.K. expressed interest in a second season.
The series is set in a run-down bar called Horace and Pete's in Brooklyn, New York. The bar has been owned by the same family since 1916 and has been passed down through several generations, always with a Horace and a Pete in charge. The current owners are the 49-year-old Horace Wittel VIII and his 52-year-old cousin Pete. The bar is old fashioned and tradition bound; for example, no mixed drinks are served and the only beer they sell is Budweiser on tap. Pricing is variable, depending on whether the customer is a regular or a hipster who is drinking there "ironically". For many years, the management has been watering down the drinks, justifying it to themselves by saying their alcoholic regular customers would be dead by now if they were drinking full strength liquor.
While there is an overarching narrative concerning the relationships between the members of the family and the future of the bar, there are many stand-alone scenes which take place in the bar and do not advance the main plot. Episode 1, for example, features a debate on liberalism and conservatism between a minor character and two guest actors, while episode 2 features a disastrous Tinder date between two guest actors who have no connection with any of the other characters. A feature of the series was the frequent references to highly topical current events during the barroom discussions. This was made possible by the very short time frames between the production and release of the episodes (less than a week). Other story lines appeared to take place over longer periods.
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