Fred Armisen Can Do Any Southern Accent

[@dinosaursneverexisted8985]

People think he's joking but he's obsessed with accents

[@contrnsmagnificndjoobngtaint]

#expert

[@joelciojunior6575]

I'm obsessed too... And English is not even my first language LOL

[@sethmellen1]

Perhaps his west tn-mid tn is accurate. East tn is something unique. La is somewhat accurate... albeit you pretty much have to have a fair understanding of French to do it justice. I'm by no means a linguistic professional but a native of southern tongue, both partial African and caucasian. Its difficult to do right. I'll give the gentleman credit. Given he is certainly not from the region he does it fair justice within reason. Nonetheless it's all entertainment:) 👍👍

[@theEarlofChip]

It’s both

[@AndyDuphresne]

I can never tell if he’s joking or not lol.

[@iluvcamaros1912]

As a Southerner I'm just pleased when people recognize there isn't a single "southern accent." It varies widely based on location, age, education, and socio-economic status. It even varies within my own family.

[@celli351]

North Carolina here

[@zcbates15]

Aint really nobody can copy a eastern ky , wv , va accent....thats pure Appalachia talk....it original

[@zoesmybaby]

Me too! I was waiting for Charleston lol

[@peytdawgs4056]

exactly im from north alabama and the accent here is way different than south alabama wayyy different

[@belsnickel9568]

iluvcamaros yeah

[@purdysanchez]

Jimmy: Show us your special talent. Also Jimmy: *Immediately interrupts them with his own attempt at said talent.

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros4419]

He's a shitty interviewer, had it not be for his rap games and tightpants impressions he wouldn't have an audience

[@devirachman5442]

Lol...i was thinking the same thing

[@yeadogthazmyboi]

Shitty attempt*

[@QueekHeadtaker]

Well he was reminiscing some of the conversations they had in the past so... what's wrong with interjecting, you guys have problems.

[@knob3887]

Yeah well it's a talk show not a talent show and Fallon's Paul isn't that bad... and then they both went and forgot George

[@metalxhorror]

As a native Arkansan, his Arkansas accent is extremely accurate.

[@dakotahutchison6361]

So true

[@Dragon-King1232]

@@heatherdoty66 im also happy that arkansas was included

[@gamingtrey9546]

Yea I approve it’s really good also I’m a native Arkansan

[@jdb6026]

Is Arkansan Arkansan or Arkansawn? Hahahahaha

[@TrevNasty00]

Go hawgs baby

[@bitcheslovesticks6993]

Ringo was spot-on.

[@85Aheadstix]

Not really. you must be American.

[@bitcheslovesticks6993]

GamerDares wins Yeah I'm American, haha.

[@85Aheadstix]

Nobody Thought so. ;)

[@YouJustGotAnimated]

Lmao, nah, it was pretty spot on.

[@zahrahAlawami]

YouJustGotAnimated ع

[@jessyjulie5506]

He would get along with that Wired accent guy.

[@e.e.perhana]

As a native Tennessean, I've never in my life heard a non-native nail the Tennessean accent so well. Bravo. EDIT: Y'all need to realize the South is full of different accents, TN as well. He nailed A singular western Tennessean accent. He likely based it off of Elvis, whose accent was unique, as he lived in a few different places in western TN during his childhood. My family is from the same parts of TN and so this man mimicked the accent some of my family has. I only bothered to edit this comment 2 years later because I'm tired of people contacting me angrily about a comment I made which should never have evoked such vile and filth to be spewed at me and others.

[@thedenerad]

As a native Tennessean I actually don't agree. B8g difference between Nashville speakers and eastern Tennessee.

[@jaycue7641]

@@thedenerad that is true. I'm from west Tennessee and anytime I've ever met some one from Knoxville or other Eastern cities it's a massive difference. Much thicker accents.

[@IluvatarEru]

Well he said he could do it to the town. Jimmy just said Tennessee. Maybe ask fred to do your eastern Tennessee accent

[@michaellown-peters4317]

@@thedenerad um I'm

[@laurent1144]

Everyone keeps forgetting that Tennessee has 3 parts even though y'all live here?

[@sunburnfm]

I love that he respects the accents.

[@Jayce_Alexander]

I agree, they deserve the love. I'm from France, and I love all the different regional accents from the Southern US. They're so diverse, and all so full of charm. I kind of wish I could pull them off myself. :)

[@zaracraven]

Blessing 15 families this Xmas with a quick investment of over $5000

[@unhookedwings]

My grandparents are from southern Arkansas and when he started doing that accent I lost it- too accurate 😂😂

[@IronHide3910]

"You've got this Florida panhandle thing goin on when what you really want is a Savannah accent, sort of like molasses just spillin outta ya mouth"

[@sarahb4104]

FrankZx14. Bahahaha. Andy would be so proud

[@carolinar316]

Rididitiroo

[@midnightmystery544]

Panhandle has a fast, soft southern accent, I find.

[@annehajdu8654]

Andy Bernard. Ed Helms. Love.

[@everberry51]

Yes! 😂

[@Hayne0212591997]

Fred Armisen is my favourite snl cast member of all time. Love u Fred from New Zealand

[@abergethirty]

Anyone from the region would spot him immediately. It's not just accent, it's also your choice of words.

[@normpaddle]

Jimmy, the KING of interruptions! That guy monopolies every guest.

[@wbh3952]

he learned it from howard stern, the master of making every interview about himself..

[@grammarkid4050]

It is why I don’t watch him.....

[@steverouton915]

I'm from Arkansas, and when he did an Arkansas accent, I bursted out laughing just from how spot on it is. Fred Armisen is great!

[@FoxForcex5]

Can we just have a five min clip of Fred and his southern accents plz? I don't even care what he's trying to plug, I wanna hear a Huston accent !!

[@bones182x]

I have lived in Houston for 10 years and would have loved to hear the accent!!! He did everywhere but TX :( :(

[@johnkreese4521]

+AndroidKeeper He said Huston.

[@SunyiSideUp]

+John Kreese Pretty sure there's not a Huston, TX and OP just meant Houston...

[@johnkreese4521]

SunyiSideUp He clearly said Huston. He made no mention of Texas.

[@SunyiSideUp]

John Kreese Alright, so which state is Huston in? (I am not from Texas and have no emotional ties to it, btw, don't go so hard lol)

[@RobotReg]

I thought Fred was just going to do goofy accents, but he actually did all of those southern accents so well. Especially the Tennesee accent

[@RobCarrollMusic]

"They're... thinkin' about it."

[@markothwriter]

There's a big difference between northern Louisiana and southern Louisiana.

[@Jimbeaux]

There are big differences between New Orleans (Yat), SE Louisiana (even east and west north LA), SW Louisiana, North Louisiana and, to some degree, CenLa

[@callmekay6614]

North sounds like Arkansas, South does not sound like that guy 🤣🤣🤣

[@jeffashby8024]

I didn't know Louisiana folk sound like Christopher Walken?

[@jessimcknight7616]

Yep

[@durhamrockerzarchive7034]

Fuck all that everyone in the south is a fucking idiot who cares

[@fendicat6606]

I didn’t know he voiced nicks dad in big mouth and now I can’t unsee it. They drew out his character so wellllll

[@punishedsnake893]

I would know the Tennessee accent because my stepmom and her family are from there. And it was spot on

[@kristynw87]

I'm from Tennessee and I know so many people who do sound like that but I'm so glad I'm not one of them lol. I think it's mostly the older generation.

[@nohandles406]

+Mike Sky as a Tennessean my whole life I really disagree.

[@punishedsnake893]

+Tobias Funke I'm not implying that everyone sounds the same

[@marymitch316]

It depends on the part of Tennessee you're from. East Tennessee is different from middle or west Tennessee

[@gyloir]

+Kristy Webb No it's not only older generations. There are people around east TN that sound like this, below Knox, etc. lots of varied accents around there.

[@BradColemanisHere]

That's stellar. He's even explaining how he came to develop and remember them by describing how they sound.

[@WilliamNast-v1g]

Fred is truly remarkable, many, many facets of his talents.

[@chez881]

I have a landlord from Tennessee and Fred was spot on! Always has a thinkin type sound to him. Always asking questions too.

[@matt4176]

jimmy stop talking so i can hear him do the accents...

[@Kopal_Spectra]

I was going to say the same, he was doing so good and I wanted to hear more from him...

[@Alex-vz7qk]

+Komic Kopal do Texas at least.

[@TheTitanskull]

+Mateusz Czyz Yeah, Fred's really good (that's coming from a brit) but Jimmy is just doing the faux cockney accent that everyone does when trying to impersonate any British person.

[@Alex-vz7qk]

Kryto That's exactly what they said

[@TheTitanskull]

Who? The people in the video? I don't know, there was so much talking over the top of each other that it just kind of blurred out for me so I went to another tab and before I knew it, it was over. Alex B

[@justcheesepizzaplease]

Portlandia was an extremely underrated show. It was comic genius.

[@zoner4960]

Underrated in what way? It literally made people move to Portland and ruin a city.

[@justcheesepizzaplease]

@@zoner4960 Portland has the highest number of strip clubs per capita. Coincidence?

[@blaineedwards8078]

I loved the episode where the couple was binge watching Netflix for days and then weeks. They lost their jobs, then the power finally got turned off....lol! The one with the history of the chicken they were about to eat in the restaurant was good too.

[@feliciacoffey6832]

That was an awesome show.

[@zerosoma33]

It was comic penis

[@TheTatumchase]

as somebody who's lived in Tennessee my whole life, you couldn't have done it better

[@shaynwalker4787]

NEEDED MORE TIME!!

[@Bsquared1972]

He is spot-on. I too am a student of accents, and have been to every state in the union. Fred is really, really good.

[@frederickvoid4589]

Jimmy is always competing with his guests rather than letting them shine. It's bad for the show.

[@yangerjamir0906]

He should be made to watch Johnny Carson repeatedly for a month...than hopefully he'll learn something about hosting a show.

[@rpmiracle]

Patrick White and still sucks

[@dnice2000]

@Patrick White yeah, they fucked conan who is a billion times better than fallon

[@SB_McCollum]

Carson did the same in his last years, and that’s all these guys know. It’s the early years that made Carson’s reputation, tho, and what he riffed off of later. They need to watch Steve Allen, Jack Paar, and early Johnny, and not binge it either, maybe one per day. It would revolutionize late night shows again. Graham Norton is very close.

rpmiracle Yeah he’s always sucked man, Conan is the king of late night last guy with original shit

[@user-zm8ol1je8r]

His Arkansas accent sounds like a southern televised preacher 😂

[@kerrickcoble6423]

That was what I was thinking! Lol true

[@user-wq2dp6fb3c]

Oh my God that's so true

[@holbriland6584]

and scarily...ACCURATE! lol (I'm from AR)

[@bethbartlett5692]

Andy Ward Sounds like Little Rock to me !

[@lydiadrakeford1074]

Andy Ward hello

[@starkneitz7612]

OH MY GODS WHEN HE DID TENNESSEE I LITERALLY SAW MY GRANDPA APPEAR

[@SummerLynn88]

Fred is 50% serious here, 50% baloney, that's his comedic genius.

[@lindajones1590]

Totally.. I feel like he doesn't get the recognition he deserves. One of my absolute favorite comedians.

[@Solidsteakx]

Linda Jones he gets plenty of recognition..have you been living under a rock?

[@lindajones1590]

@@Solidsteakx no not living under a rock..just like the guy and would love to see more of him🙂

[@katherine964]

Good comment😊

[@zaracraven]

Blessing 15 families this Xmas with a quick investment of over $5000

[@MissFawlty]

Fred Armisen is so underrated. His parody of the Queen of England is etched into my brain!

[@kellidinit3725]

This made me chuckle. My parents were both raised in the south, and I’m here to tell you I have relatives in every southern state. I’m in Ohio and at my job I was the translator for every southern company we dealt with and could tell what state they were in by their accent.

[@carolinestanley_3]

0:26 IS NO ONE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW SPOT ON HIS RINGO WAS

[@cisium1184]

Easily the best one he did.

[@JDoe-ne4ty]

I would love to see a whole show with just these two talking about random topics.

[@kayamari1244]

Same that would be great

[@zaracraven]

I will never lie to you or try to toy you'' send a DM now to @chloeharryprofitspage and get paid

[@linguafiles_]

He does this whole routine in his newest Netflix special. It's pretty darn good! I love how he associates actions or personalities with each accent. Here, Louisiana is off. It seems more Georgian because he's dropping his r's but not doing some of the other Southern Louisiana stuff, like th>d, ing>-in', and long o>aw. That last feature is always the thing that makes me think for a split second that I might be dealing with a New Yorker. Or instead you could go with the sound that Louisiana shares with East Texas, where you say, "I'm comin'. I'm OWN my way." And "We got to put some OLL in the car." Or the Cajun French accent, which is its own thing.

[@paxsmile]

Omg this guy deserves way more fame than he has! Fred Armisen has always been my favorite comedian. The Tennessee accent was spot on. It was like I was listening to this friend I have!

[@liina000]

What a good ear he must have.

[@Brandon75689]

Its not about the ear. You can read up on this. Linguist pick apart stuff all the time. There are terms for things that describe accents like non-rhotic, which explains the lack of an R. Brits only pronounce the R if there is a vowel after it. Not at the end.

[@DarthFurie]

He probably also has a coach or teacher of some sort

[@v.a.2028]

My favorite bit is from parks and rec when he does the Venezuela accent "Straight to jail."

[@thagrammarnazi]

That Tennessee accent reminded me of Rhett and Link

[@thatmanckid]

same

[@LostChik7]

thagrammarnazi well they're from North Carolina, which isn't too far off. As a Tennessean though, he was pretty much spot on for any East Tennessee city. Especially Knoxville area.

[@YabbyKadabby]

thagrammarnazi see....as a person from Kentucky...Rhett and Link don't have an accent to me...they sound normal.

[@YabbyKadabby]

thagrammarnazi see....as a person from Kentucky...Rhett and Link don't have an accent to me...they sound normal.

[@thagrammarnazi]

Abby Gaskins Well they're from South Carolina (north or south, can't remember) and they've been living in LA for so long, it's understandable.

[@peteflanagan3528]

How did he get Arkansas so right? that's a very Fayetteville/Rogers accent.

[@GUITARTIME2024]

sounds nightmarish

[@skylerputman4110]

Fantastic Mr. Pete I live in Fayetteville and no one sounds like that

[@inmediasres.9840]

Yeah I would agree that is more of a hillbilly accent. I live in Little Rock and everyone here just sounds like a yankee LOL

[@MasonBrooks]

I'm from Springdale and that is my accent !

[@alexjarvis6589]

Right??! I never realized this was how to describe it until he said it, but oh my gosh, this is so accurate lol!

[@davidellisonmusic9076]

His Louisiana sounds like Georgia. His Arkansas is good. Tennessee is close but he’s gotta get more of those good diphthong vowels in there. Also in Tennessee we don’t think we thank

[@KatieluvsEdits]

Not my part of Tennessee.

[@FoxyChariot]

I’m from Louisiana and that was off but his Arkansas was spot on. It could go for Alabama too. I know people from Texas and Louisiana that sound that way.

[@toothcruncher]

arkansas was a little bit off, as a person from there. very good, but slightly off

[@stuckylar]

Im from GA, Ive personally never heard anyone talk like that

[@kafenwar]

I thought I heard Jimmy Carter's voice in the Louisiana accent.

[@AlanaRogers]

Fred Armisen is an angel

[@antonelabakavic4045]

Lan nah. He is just very talented, funny guy

[@matt4176]

Im from offensive and i find this Tennessee....

[@joshuahinton29]

+Luz Alvarez He's from Tennessee and finds that offensive lol

[@MsLadyNews]

I'm from Tennessee and I find this to be hilarious! I know a few people who speak like that. You can't say ALL Tennesseans talk like that, but some do. Great job!

[@Ohsnapitzodi]

This comment had me THINKin

[@GunsNRoseses]

+Matthew Czyz lol lil bitch

[@haseenaparveen3188]

M C lol you got me

[@ltvanburen8555]

The best southern accent ever: Christopher Guest in Best in Show. He nailed the North Georgia/SC border. I didn’t know who he was the first time I saw the movie and thought, “Wow, they got a real JoJa boy to play that part!”

[@daedalus_20v]

Harlan Pepper! Sorry... _*Hahlin Peppuh_

[@sheilamansell5634]

That scene with him speaking directly into the camera talking about his hound. At one point he is completely incomprehensible and utterly smooth at the same time.

[@Enoughsenoughnomas]

If you want to do Georgia just bang your head on the desk 10 times as hard as you can, then relax your entire body and slouch in a chair, turn off your mind, and then just make noises.

[@scrambagorg]

Lol omg

[@Missteree87]

Lmao!!!

[@GUITARTIME2024]

lol

[@Thebreakfastubers]

Im dying lol

[@KenIbeanusi]

lmao

[@ms.m3n]

I wanted him to do more!!!

[@bielsabas4407]

+Marie Nimo sameee

[@kathrynmast916]

Marie Nimo h

[@johnlittle3430]

Fred Armisen's impressions are baroque as hell, and I love them.

[@illegaltender55]

Very few actors can do a southern accent correctly, but he is truly a master. I love you even more Fred! I hope to hear Texas in there next time.

[@soni8995]

Me too!

[@Anya-hd5lq]

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THE BEATLES ACCENTS!!??!?!? THEY WERE AMAZING!! Jimmy’s were horrible

[@cisium1184]

He didn't do George, which is the hardest one.

[@profhannigan]

If you're from Liverpool, you'll know how bad they were

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

Jimmy's was good. I'm from Liverpool.

[@meghnasaha4349]

It was pretty bad

[@aeglosdir6368]

cuz jimmy was interupting him

[@G_mpDWLe111]

I think it's really cool how he visualizes the sounds.

[@Americansikkunt]

Everyone in the world: "There's more than one Southern accent...?"

[@billbrasky1288]

Cult Boy absolutely there is. I’m from Baton Rouge. Not much of an accent for those of us from the city but you go 10 miles in any direction and that starts to change. There’s probably at least 5 or 6 distinct accents in Louisiana alone. Then you can travel to Georgia and get something completely different.

[@jaylynnw1645]

Yes! There are so many Southern accents in the Appalachians that I once pin pointed somebody I met in Washington DC all the way down to my county in rural NC just based off of the accent. I was right and he lived 5 minutes from me!

[@zach8969]

@@billbrasky1288 Georgia's got three different drawls, the further South you go towards Florida the more twangy it is, the more North you go towards South Carolina it goes smoother, the Western part around Columbus is more rounded like Louisiana because of the heavy creole settlement

[@jamesdettmann94]

It's all just Texas

[@E361-p2o]

Everyone from Louisiana I’ve met are mush mouthed Texans we got 4 different sounding accents and Arkansas a mixture of an East Texan and an Oklahoman 😂

[@christinakercher8420]

I’ve never in my life heard someone in Louisiana sound like that lol

[@adamellis3303]

just roll with it

[@snoopybishop]

Lol it's funny bc I never heard anyone in TN sound like that. The Louisiana one sounds like TN

[@missourimongoose8858]

As someone from missouri with Tennessee family he 100% nails it lol

[@bigwstudios]

I'm from Arkansas and I can say he did it pretty well actually!

[@loudmuzik4499]

One mistake, in Tennessee, we call it Tinnessee.

[@GUITARTIME2024]

I just call it a good place to avoid. NC forever, hillbilly!!!

[@bruce5868]

loudmuzik Mi scusi

[@e3k0n]

raleighman3000 best food

[@litluna9844]

loudmuzik wait wtf people actually pronounce it TENNessee. i cant even pronounce it like that

[@rawyouout]

Whole lotta folks say Tannassee in Memphis and Mississippi

[@Jessie_Helms]

I’m from Alabama, I’ve got a friend who’s from eastern TN, and I’ve visited Nashville a few times. I totally buy that as a western TN accent

[@richardspencil]

I'm from Louisiana and it sounds just like my neighbors.

[@philipsmith2115]

Northern Louisiana I'm guessing. The southern Louisiana accent is vastly different. I've never seen a non-native pull it off.

[@edgardevice]

There is no north Louisiana. Anything above I10 is either Arkansas, Mississippi, or Texas.

[@samdegarmo7291]

surgedeb he should of done a cajun chalmette accent instead

[@samdegarmo7291]

ღ ღ na they got Cajuns all over New Orleans area. Besides I was saying he should of done a Cajun or chalmette accent, since they are both similar and southern Louisiana.

[@thatrandomyfmfan4523]

Sounds nothing like people from Louisiana

[@shoooop]

I automatically thought of a televangelist when he started in on Tennessee

[@jonathang6522]

Yes, Perry Stone.

[@rachelsrooms]

OMG IT’S KERMIT

[@da8675]

What i like best about Fred Armisen's comedy is he makes it look so easy. He comes across like a comedy servant.

[@alicecarroccio2812]

Arkansas is right on!

[@saveriosalemme5366]

You can hear Bill Clinton !

[@johnthomason1984]

no it ainy

[@Backyard-yz3mf]

Not even close haha

[@zedricktorres]

Tom Hanks?

[@andrewcavett5691]

[@GUITARTIME2024]

oh im sorry

[@andrewcavett5691]

Where the men are men and the sheep are nervous

[@countchocula2169]

Andrew Cavett hahahaha

[@andrewcavett5691]

Chattanooga area, you?

[@iamnemoo]

Tennessee person too, can confirm, had several teachers/professors that talk exactly like that lol

[@jimmygarlon750]

It 's about time somebody give Fred his own late night show.

[@ronstoner2420]

He is brilliant

[@zaracraven]

I will never lie to you or try to toy you'' send a DM now to @chloeharryprofitspage and get paid

[@missdarkeyes]

Totally nailed Arkansas!

[@thefratboy]

I’m from Arkansas and we don’t sound nothing like that at all I’m from the Deep South of Arkansas close to the Louisiana border

[@chrishall2594]

Owen Gamer do you sound rounded then ? Lol

[@jasonhelmich484]

Owen Hart as a Benton Arkansas born guy I can confirm this dudes accent was spot on round here

[@henrykramer2085]

yep, although i’m from little rock, i can tell he got it perfect

[@OldTimesEli]

Owen Hart same buddy, El Dorado

[@OiTzAsian247]

Lived in Tennessee my whole life and his accent was pretty dang close.

[@nomorebushz]

Damn… I wanted to here him do Georgia and Alabama

[@jjohnson01]

ikr

[@Youngg_Ronnie]

Exactly I’m from Georgia I would love to hear him impersonate my accent

[@TonEva68]

Same!

[@gabelogan56]

Jimmy stop talking over all you guests. Can we have Conan back please?

[@danielraygoza3933]

gabelogan56 no.

[@gabelogan56]

Fallon is a sycophant.

[@masonkane5884]

Conan is amazing. Jimmy is terrible.

[@Tmanaz480]

Imagine Jimmy Fallon as a guest on Morning Joe.

[@BikesAndBridges9]

Conan talks over his guests too..

[@odgykins]

the first two accents he did reminded me of Rhett and Link lol

[@AlexH8280]

My grandfather from Tennessee. AND...he speaks very thoughtfully. This finally puts it together.

[@jgonz185]

I wanted to hear him do Texas.

[@corissamccomber682]

His Louisiana is also a spot on Billy Bob Thornton LOL

[@boredpeanutable]

+Corissa McComber funny, Billy Bob is from Arkansas.

[@the_undersea_astronauts]

it me like five minutes of playing that back to figure out who he sounded like!! haha i was like "i know that voice!" it brought be back to when he was in Bandits with Bruce Willis lol

[@JustinShepardMusic]

I love this! I've used this video as an example for my choir students about vowel shaping and vowel breaking! Fred Armisen is the 🐐

[@juliag.chance3457]

I want him to do East Texas!!!

[@GUITARTIME2024]

I don't

[@connorscott1319]

Julia G. Chance east texas has probably the typical american accent.

[@juliag.chance3457]

Connor Scott I'm from east Texas. They don't. It would have just been amusing for me. Case in point: Sissy Spacek, and anyone from the movie Bernie.

[@jlloyd2004mcs]

If he wanted to do East Texas, all he'd have to say is, "I fangered mah sisster".

[@ethanjames5550]

jlloyd2004mcs Thats really rude lol

[@emanueldixson5645]

I wanna see him do Creole and Cajun from Louisiana and Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville from Tennesse.

[@jebangelacox9279]

Emanuel Dixson being from Knoxville, I would like to know what you think the accent sounds like. IMO there's two, the mountain sounding people (South and parts of North Knoxville) and the West Knoxville people (who sound sort of like Virginia) oh and Michigan cause they are from there. Blacks from East Knoxville sound distinct as it's "lazy" dropping word constant's. I have been told all my life "you don't have a accent." I moved to Texas, met a guy from Arkansas and 5 minutes later, he looks at me and says "you're from East Tennessee, probably near North Carolina." I was pretty amazed as my wife is from Asheville.

[@PS-ru2ov]

I am from the UK from Northern Ireland I LOVE southern accents

[@ViktoriousDead]

We need to start a petition to get jimmy fallon out of the TV industry

[@glawktawk]

His alcohol problem actually makes me want him to stay in the TV industry, makes him unpredictable lol

[@AndySalinger33]

I'd sign that. He's completely worthless. And all the comedians I respect totally hate him.

[@ytwos1]

That would be a fallony. Huh! Aight.

[@ViktoriousDead]

MsUsagi513 Bette reform everyone if he's gone

[@declaytor]

Petition this, petition that...we need to start a petition to get people that want to petition everything out of petitioning altogether

[@clark9992]

Fred tells him that he can do any city in the south, and Jimmy just gives him States.

[@dbturbonub2536]

I did NOT know you can study accents and become an expert!! Armisen ...He's TOO good!!!

[@ShrugSzn]

I'm from Louisiana, that honestly didn't sound like anyone I know... Love Fred Armisen, though.

[@987lennon]

He's good at doing the stereotypical accent of Louisiana...but no one actually speaks like that.

[@TheTrueWarlic]

Dillon Graves Lol Ikr

[@gregkrazanski]

it's a joke, he's completely making it up with fake made-up rationalizations. you love him yet you don't understand is core sense of humour lol

[@kylecockerham1351]

Let's see him do a New Orleans accent. Specifically, the Yat-ccent. It sounds like Brooklynese

[@nickgivens6378]

well if that's where you're from why would anyone sound like that to you?

[@ayokay123]

WTF? I can't believe Fallon cut him off. He was on a total roll!

[@katelynsmith7467]

Arkansan here! He nailed it!! He sounds like every single one of my backwoods relatives lolol

[@roomhairs]

ive lived in Louisiana for 19 years and i dont know any who fuckin sounds like that lol

[@purplehaze1560]

+Rumors ™ I think he went outside of New Orleans for that one.

[@roomhairs]

+Mike L i know he did. i live in West monroe

[@xena2shoes]

+Rumors ™ also from west Monroe and I've lived in both north and south la. NOBODY in Louisiana sounds like that. Lmao. Although his Arkansas was spot on

[@roomhairs]

+BabyfaceBrewster tru. thats crazy how you live close by.

[@roomhairs]

+BabyfaceBrewster tru. thats crazy how you live close by.

[@blanegillum6700]

😂🤣 Being from Arkansas I can say his accent was pretty spot on lol

[@angelbulldog4934]

We have probably a dozen different accents just here in North Carolina. Every state has variations. I love my southern accent.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I'm from NC also, and you can tell a big difference from the mountains, the Piedmont, and the coast. I'm from the Piedmont and when I moved down east I was surprised how different they say some stuff here.

[@angelbulldog4934]

@@Mick_Ts_Chick Guilford County for me since 1977. Not home but is more like home than anywhere else.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

@@angelbulldog4934 I was raised in Forsyth Co, and lived in Davidson Co for 4 years after I graduated from NC State.

[@carlshneebly7136]

New Orleans is like a weird mix of a NY accent and a southern accent. Atlanta is full of Fake West coast and Mid western non accents, because people from Atlanta dont actually want to be from Atlanta.

[@Rudenbehr]

carl shneebly How do you fake a west coast accent. That's literally the general American accent.

[@DeForest]

DoggosarenotPuppers Well, the Midwestern accent is typically considered to be the General American accent. West coasters do have a accents. Think valley girls - just not as pronounced. As an east coaster, they definitely sound different to me.

[@rebekaht7161]

Especially in st bernard is like the NY accent

[@calebd7371]

Atlanta is shit

[@ntdejene18]

This makes no sense

[@KitC916]

I could watch Fred Armisen do accents all day.

[@tlim586]

He nailed it. Love his TN accent. That's so true about they are thinking.

[@kashmulaa4112]

him and bill have to be on a show together😭❤️

[@robinaddis-vaughn7271]

As a Southerner, not bad! You nailed Tennessee. South Carolina is similar in the Upstate but completely different on the Coast. Arkansas is really good. Louisiana, he has a part of the state nailed. I'd love to hear the Cajon Creole accent.

[@madisonwood5109]

As someone who’s family is from Tennessee and who spends a lot of time in the state, his Tennessean accent had me ROLLING

[@daniellyons914]

That Arkansas accent is also the accent of northern Louisiana and far northeastern Texas.

[@OtterSC2]

Fallon is such an egotist, he couldn't completely ruin this because Fred is great but f me not for lack of trying

[@Promatim]

Notice how Fred KEPT prompting him to ask him for a city, to show off how he could even nail a part of a state. He clearly had a stellar city accent ready to show off. But Fallon pays no attention.

[@missyt543]

Jimmy did not let that interview go on long enough. KZbin and "Fred Armisen Accents" here I come!

[@siennataylor4606]

I really wanted to hear his Georgia accent since that’s where I’m from

[@santinomartinez7592]

Do the California!.." Errrwherttterryurrdurrnerr!??."😆😂

[@patois12]

Santino Martinez Still my all-time favorite SNL skit because it's mostly about Fred and Bill Heder trying to crack each other up

[@bygraceonly182]

I love living in Tennessee with all the thinkers😂!!!

[@callietippen3692]

i think he’s doing southern louisiana cause in north louisiana we sound like we’re using the least amount of effort to pronounce words

[@codyleblanc9154]

Callie Tippen not even Southern LA. Don’t even sound Cajun at all. Sounds like he just changed up forest gumps accent and said it’s LA. And Arkansas was wrong too lol. I have family all over Arkansas and Louisiana and nobody sounds like those accents he did.

[@travisosborne1367]

No. Southern has more French to it.

[@codyleblanc9154]

@@travisosborne1367 Agreed. Southern LA (South of I-10) is almost impossible to understand. I have to bring a pen and paper when I go see my family down there so they can write down what they are saying HAHAHA

[@heidizeltmann4481]

That's a good way to put it. I'm from Shreveport.

[@matthewhenington8139]

Honestly, if you can just use as little syllables as possible while speaking 99 mph, you’ll nail it. The general litmus test for me is how you pronounce Shreveport and Monroe. There are subtle ways we draw at syllables that don’t need to be and leave out things like R’s and the G on the end of -ing

[@WilhelmWilder]

Him "Arkan-SAW" Me "now way...wait...Arkan-SAW....son of a "

[@christinemorris8578]

I would love to hear him do more of them.

[@okrajoe]

Percussive!