He won an Emmy Award for his work on the series “Baskets” and two Daytime Emmys for his animated children’s show, “Life With Louie.”.

Louie Anderson, the genial stand-up comedian, actor and television host who won an Emmy Award for his work on the series “Baskets” and two Daytime Emmys for his animated children’s show, “Life With Louie,” died on Friday in Las Vegas.

Anderson was among the top finishers in a comedy competition hosted by Mr.

Anderson went from earning $500 a week for his stand-up work to making twice that in one night, he said.

In 1987, Showtime broadcast a comedy special that captured him in performance at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.

He added, “At a time when stand-up comedy is trafficking heavily in insult, hysteria and sexual obsessions, Mr.

“Life With Louie,” which ran from 1994 to 1998 and won him Daytime Emmys in 1997 and 1998 as outstanding performer in an animated program, was a savvy children’s show that also had an adult following; its title character, a child, dealt with an assortment of problems at home and on the playground.

“There’s nothing hateful about my comedy.

He began working comedy clubs in Minnesota, then branched out to Chicago and other mid-American cities.

At the 1981 Midwest Comedy Competition in St.

Anderson said of Mr.

The Carson appearance in 1984 helped make him a headliner, and he worked regularly in Las Vegas and other top comedy cities, touring for a time with Roseanne Barr.

Anderson frequently played guest roles on other series and was a fixture on late-night talk shows.

His stand-up comedy drew heavily on his family in lighthearted ways, but his books had a more serious element.

“Dear Dad: Letters From an Adult Child” (1989) was a series of letters addressed to his father that dealt with, among other things, his father’s alcoholism.

Anderson was one of 11 children

Anderson said he based parts of his “Baskets” character on his mother