LOUIE FEELS SHOW'S ONLY AT '70 PERCENT'.

Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith

Louie Anderson isn't very happy with his new CBS sitcom "The Louie Show."

The popular comedian, who has made a living doing stand-up born of his lifelong struggle with his weight and his dysfunctional family, said, "I have a specific voice that I've worked 18 years in developing. It's up to the people around the show to honor that point of view. That's the fight Roseanne had, the fight Brett Butler had and the fight Jerry Seinfeld had ...

"A person like me has to be involved, from putting the stories together to the main title to the editing. ... Everything needs to go by me, and people in this business aren't used to that. It's amazing that anyone would want to buy a show, call it 'Louie' and not use Louie to the fullest."

Anderson says the first six episodes of the CBS sitcom - in which he plays a therapist in the Midwest - are about "70 percent" there, "but I think we could have done 120 percent. I'm not interested in just good. I want to do a great show."

He says of the series, which debuts Wednesday - and which "Love & War" producers Diane English and Joel Shukovsky are executive producing - "I think the show works to the degree that they included me. The stuff that doesn't work is the stuff when they didn't include me."

Anderson adds that he and English have discussed the problems and that she's been very understanding. "My goal is to find the writers who can write my voice, and I think Diane wants that also. I don't want to have a big fight with people ... I just want people to respect what they hired me to do."

It's legit: Bea Arthur, who has been starring on stage in "Bermuda Avenue Triangle," is anxious to take the play on to Broadway. She's not sure when that will be because her co-star, Renee Taylor, who co-wrote the comedy with husband Joe Bologna, is under contract as the mother on CBS' "The Nanny" through next season, and that's "keeping us tied to L.A.," Bea said. "I don't know what we will do. Maybe she'll find a replacement for herself in the play."

Actually, "Bermuda," which debuted in Miami, then moved on to Detroit, has been doing so sensationally during its L.A. run that it's moving from the Sunset Strip's Tiffany Theaters to Beverly Hills' larger Canon Theatre. "This is a pre-Broadway tryout - but I feel it's reached the point where we're ready for Broadway now. The audiences adore it," she said.

Have you seen your brother standing in the shadows: Chris Jagger - little brother of Mick - has come up with an appealing little album of his own. It's a Cajun and country-flavored disc, from Curb Records Nashville, titled "Rock the Zydeco." After decades spent bopping from fashion designing to acting on the British stage to playing guitar and singing in clubs, the younger Jagger says that what prompted him to finally make this long-dreamed-of album was "gettin' old and not givin' a screw" about what people would say. "Of course there's the inevitable Mick crap that gets to be a pain in the arse - but when you're in your 40s, you realize if you really want to do something, you'd better get on with it. If you can't do it in a big way, then do it in a small way.

"I actually did the album on spec," Jagger added. "I didn't give anyone the chance to turn me down." He has Mick - yes, they're close - doing background vocals on two "Zydeco" tracks, plus instrumental support from Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour and Eurythmic Dave Stewart. Jagger and his "Rock the Zydeco" band start a string of U.S. dates next month, and are set to appear on Conan O'Brien's late-night talk show Feb. 15.

The videoland view: Joe Penny makes his television singing debut - sort of - on CBS' "Double Jeopardy" TV movie Tuesday. "They're going to use 'Beautiful Thing,' one of my songs in the film," proudly reports the former "Jake and the Fatman" star. The country-rock tune is off of the "This Year's Blond" album he financed and produced last year, which was released in Europe. Penny, who plays a Baltimore police officer who murders his young mistress in "Double Jeopardy," is headed to Vancouver to play a dentist in ABC's "She Woke Up Pregnant."

"That's the working title. ... When I first heard it, I thought it was a joke ... it sounds like a 'Saturday Night Live' sketch," he said with a laugh. "Hopefully, they'll change it." As soon as he wraps that project, he'll head overseas to do concerts in Sweden and Norway in April.

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Photo (1) Louie Anderson Wants more input (2) Bea Arthur Envisions Broadway lights