Easily the funniest television parody that includes the name of the show being parodied in the name of the parody since Prison Prison Break.... CONTINUE READING OPERATION WATCH THIS: FRED ARMISEN'S INTERVENTION INTERVENTION»
Posted on August 6, 2009 in Parodies
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Tags: Elisabeth Moss | Fred Armisen | Intervention
Over on Stereogum: a randomish assortment of comedy people -- Fred Armisen, Charlyne Yi, and Martin Starr star in Man Man's new video for "Rabbit Habits."... CONTINUE READING COMEDY STARS INFILTRATE INDIE ROCK VIDEO»
Posted on April 8, 2009 in Music Related Content
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Tags: Charlyne Yi | Fred Armisen | Martin Starr
Is it just me, or did Saturday's SNL seem aimed at our parent's generation? Aside from the digital short, pretty much 100% of the show was (gulp), kind of, um, "Dad-humor." Nobody loves Steve Martin more than me (I'll even... CONTINUE READING SNL JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: STEVE MARTIN PLAYED A BANJO FOR A VERY LONG TIME»
Posted on February 2, 2009 in Late Night, Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Andy Samberg | Bill Hader | Fred Armisen | Kristen Wiig | Saturday Night Live | Steve Martin | Will Forte
Just a few days before The Cutest Couple In The World surprised everyone last week by getting engaged, Fred Armisen appeared on Conan and told a story about how he invited the girl he "recently started dating" to watch SNL... CONTINUE READING FRED ARMISEN MADE OUT WITH PAUL RUDD ON HIS FIRST DATE WITH ELISABETH MOSS»
Posted on January 28, 2009 in Celebrity Gossip!, Interviews
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Elisabeth Moss | Fred Armisen | Mad Men | Paul Rudd | Saturday Night Live
Aww, Elisabeth Moss and Fred Armisen are reportedly engaged. As long as Elisabeth doesn't make Fred move to Los Angeles when Mad Men starts filming again, this news is adorable.... CONTINUE READING PEGGY OLSON IS ENGAGED TO BARACK OBAMA»
Posted on January 23, 2009 in Celebrity Gossip!
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Tags: Elisabeth Moss | Fred Armisen | Mad Men | Peggy Olson | Saturday Night Live
Veteran comedy guy Hugh Laurie hosted SNL Saturday with musical guest Kanye West, and what is up with those long sketches? For example: at the 43 minute mark, there had been just five sketches. None of them were terrible, but... CONTINUE READING SNL JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: GOODBYE AMY»
Posted on December 15, 2008 in Late Night, Live TV, Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Fred Armisen | Kanye West | Saturday Night Live | Seth Meyers
These things are the best! In this viral clip, a producer doesn't realize his temper tantrum ("Cut to--God damnit get that dumb bitch! Get her off the--!") can be heard by the audience and, most hilariously, the anchor, who helplessly... CONTINUE READING THIS MSNBC PRODUCER IS PROBABLY STILL LOOKING FOR A JOB»
Posted on December 5, 2008 in Awkward Live TV, The News
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Tags: Animal Collective | Fred Armisen
Guess who's back. Back again. Yup. Eminem is BACK! Relapse is slated for an early 2009 release. But also Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein are back with a new ThunderAnt video returning them to the cashier counter at the feminist... CONTINUE READING THUNDERANT RETURNS TO THE FEMINIST BOOKSTORE»
Posted on December 4, 2008 in Viral Video
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Tags: Carrie Brownstein | Fred Armisen | ThunderAnt
Weird. Maybe SNL should just be shorter, not have musical guests, always be hosted by Will Ferrell and partially written by Adam McKay, and take place during the last burst of the most important election of a generation, but last... CONTINUE READING LAST NIGHT'S THURSDAY SNL 65% FUNNIER THAN A REGULAR SNL»
Posted on October 24, 2008 in Politics, Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Adam McKay | Andy Samberg | David Byrne | Fred Armisen | Saturday Night Live | Tina Fey | Will Ferrell
This week's SNL had an okay sketch about the bailout announcement that they put on their website and sent out to the press, but it disappeared sometime yesterday. Breitbart.com accuses NBC of removing the sketch because it "criticizes Democrats." But... CONTINUE READING DID SNL CENSOR A SKETCH FOR MAKING FUN OF...EVERYBODY?»
Posted on October 7, 2008 in Backlashes, Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Anne Hathaway | Censorship | Coachella | Fred Armisen | Kristen Wiig | Saturday Night Live
In yesterday's roundup of just the funny parts of SNL's blockbuster (ratings-wise) 2008 premiere Saturday night, I neglected to mention one very important funny part: Fred Armisen as Nicholas Fehn the political comedian on Weekend Update: Here Armisen breaks a... CONTINUE READING THERE WAS ONE OTHER FUNNY THING ON SNL: FRED ARMISEN AS NICHOLAS FEHN»
Posted on September 16, 2008 in Late Night, Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Fred Armisen | Saturday Night Live
The new ThunderAnt video (ThunderAnt being the comedy duo of Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen and Sleater Kinney's Carrie Brownstein, pay attention) features Fred's "One Man Show" at the local theater in which he STUNS audiences by embodying a number... CONTINUE READING NEW THUNDERANT: "ONE MAN SHOW"»
Posted on September 3, 2008 in Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Carrie Brownstein | Fred Armisen | ThunderAnt
Have you heard about Christmas on Mars? It's a movie starring Adam Goldberg and the guy from Blue's Clues that Wayne Coyne and the Flaming Lips have been working on/talking about forever. It's a piecemeal project about the first Christmas... CONTINUE READING YOU BETTER LOSE YOURSELF IN THE SLEEPWALKING MUSIC»
Posted on April 29, 2008 in Music Related Content
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Tags: Adam Goldberg | Christmas On Mars | Elijah Wood | Fred Armisen | Isaac Brock | The Flaming Lips
The newest videoblog collaboration between Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein as ThunderAnt is the funniest yet. Fred and Carrie are Steven and Maggie, proprietors of a new Portland restaurant called Katchenza, which has been the subject of "hurtful" comments on... CONTINUE READING NEW THUNDERANT: FRED ARMISEN AND CARRIE BROWNSTEIN MAKE THE KATCHENZA PROMISE»
Posted on April 21, 2008 in WebJunk
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Tags: Carrie Brownstein | Fred Armisen | ThunderAnt
Carrie Prejean turned the video camera off, put on some clothes, and stepped out of her house. It was a beautiful day outside. The air smelled like apples, and the late morning light hit the world in just such a...
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If you are a sassy and sarcastic young man in an American sitcom who represents the sitcom writer's desire that a nerdy Jewish teenager can somehow be the desirable romantic hero in this world, then eventually you will get a...
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I shouldn't even be here right now. I SHOULD BE GETTING INTO MY COSTUME! If I don't hurry, my facepaint won't be dry before I get to the MOONVIE theater, and everyone will be like "hahah, you look like you're...
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The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
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Uh. OK. Well, first let's address what this movie did well, like the disappointed parents we are (or at least that I am), recognizing that the negative feedback won't be useful or constructive if it isn't preceded by something positive....
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