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During last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, host and Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Adam Driver took a moment to breathe while veteran player Fred Armisen paid tribute to the late David Bowie. Read More »
IFC is about to get a hell of a lot funnier. Well, in August. Former Saturday Night Live key players, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader and Seth Meyers, have create a show for IFC titled Documentary Now! The series is “set to honor the best-told stories about the people and events that have captivated audiences for decades,” per a press release from the network. Read More »
If there’s any solidification that Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s Portlandia is churning out it’s A-game, it’s the fact that Paul Simon has officially appeared. The singer-songwriter is guesting on the next episode, which airs this coming March 5 at 10 p.m. on IFC. In the below clip, Armisen and Brownstein star as annoying super fans Dave and Kath, both of whom have some serious (eh, that’s debatable) questions for Simon. Ones they’re hoping will totally take him by surprise… Read More »
If you tuned into last night’s episode of CONAN then you undoubtedly saw Portlandia’s own Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein take to host Conan O’Brien’s couch. During the duo’s interview, O’Brien brought up a little beef Armisen has with his former Saturday Night Live co-star, who recently lit up the screen in The Skeleton Twins, Bill Hader. Mainly the fact that Hader did an impression of Armisen that the latter found a little “unfair.” Naturally, with that, Armisen had a little impression of his own for his former friend. Read More »
Fred Armisen looks like Rick Moranis? Apparently! Portlandia stars Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen last night took to The Tonight Show and revealed who people's favorite characters from the show are... and Fred related to host Jimmy Fallon how recently - while visiting Disneyland - the former SNL star and current Late Night With Seth Meyers bandleader was mistaken for 1980s movie star Rick Moranis. They also revealed how Portlandia's Women & Women First feminist bookstore owners Candace and Toni first met... Read More »
Jerry Seinfeld is certainly ending Season 5 of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with a bang. The veteran comic aired a two-part episode of his web series with Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon earlier today. In the video, the two comedians cruise around in an old vet and head on out to the water before grabbing themselves some coffee and pancakes in Long Island. Hilariously enough, most of Part 1 was just Seinfeld trying to get his boat off of his Land Rover. Which he did, we might add. The two-parters comes after hilarious episodes that include Portlandia star Fred Armisen, the ever so funny stand up Kevin Hart, YouTube personality Miranda Sings and a number of others. Read More »
It’s hard to believe it but Season 5 of Jerry Seinfeld’ Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is coming to a close this Thursday, Dec. 18 at 12 p.m. EST. But don’t be too sad; this season is surely going out with a bang! Having already delivered an entertaining season, this last episode proves to be no different – actually, perhaps it’s “the best episode yet” – because Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon is stepping in to end out the season. Together with Seinfeld, the two comics succeed in getting “weird” not only in the car but also on a boat. Will this be better than Portlandia star Fred Armisen’s tour around Portland or Breaking Bad’s Bill Burr’s sit down at a cigar shop? Looks like we’ll just have to wait and see! Read More »
Keeping true to his schedule, comedian Jerry Seinfeld just dropped a new episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee earlier today with guest Fred Armisen. The Portlandia star showed the vet Seinfeld lead around the city he loves so dearly (so much so that he created a series about it with Sleater-Kinney lead Carrie Brownstein), Portland. And as usual, it certainly didn’t disappoint – especially because of that surprise bonus piece which included Michael Richards reprising his role as Crackle president Dick Corcoran. Read More »
There’s a new Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee episode coming out this Thursday, Dec. 4, and from the looks of it, there’s reason to be excited! On the upcoming episode of Jerry Seinfed’s acclaimed web series, former SNL player and current Portlandia star is taking some time off of Late Night with Seth Meyers and showing the veteran comedian his way around the city of Portland! Read More »
It looks like this season of 'Portlandia' will be crammed to it Oregonian gills with loads of guests stars to play the wild and kooky compadres of Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen, judging from the show's brand new trailer. Read More »
Jerry Seinfeld's long-running sitcom "about nothing," Seinfeld, is arguably one of the greatest comedy shows of all time. So when the comedian praises another series with that same description, it should be considered some of the highest acclaim it can receive. In a recent interview with Vulture, the Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee web series creator spoke highly of Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein's IFC channel hit series Portlandia, deeming it his favorite current show and saying he believes it's one of the best ever! Read More »
Portlandia fans are undoubtedly awaiting the fourth season. Although we still have to wait until Feb. 27, we have a sneak peek at some footage. This preview is from the fourth episode of the upcoming season, and we see middle-aged couple Malcolm (Fred Armisen) and Kris (Carrie Brownstein), who appeared in season 3′s "Fart Patio" and season 2′s "Firepit," attending a Prairie Home Companion tailgate party. Read More »
