Louie Anderson’s First Time on the Tonight Show FILE - Comedian Louie Anderson appears in Los Angeles in July 1987. Anderson, whose four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely and Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,” has died at age 68. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File) Check out Louie’s debut on the tonight show where he absolutely crushed it.