Fred Armisen: From Punk to Parody

[@tommyrosilio4491]

Armisen really nailed it with that German journalist impression

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

fiinde ich auch, sehr gut gemacht und beobachtet

[@johnnydtractive]

That fugazi bit spilled out so easily--"Fugazi played here two days ago & it was very crowded. Now it's not crowded"--that you know it's based on a festering wound from something that actually happened, lol. Fred is so good at baking realilty into comedy perfection.

[@christophervan9634]

I saw Fred's band play with Fugazi.

[@thelastmanonearth2631]

I just have so much respect for this dude; every interview I see, the details in the various sketches. Just....an amazing artist.

[@faunaflage]

Trenchmouth played my (Canadian) hometown in maybe '89 or '90 or so. Their set was rock effin' solid and you could tell they'd been touring those songs for weeks. Great gig.

[@personal61319]

Oh boy hands down Fred's sit down with you among my absolute favorite of your series!

[@southerndandy4910]

The schmutz on Fred’s windbreaker has been driving me bonkers over the past few videos.

[@PhatLvis]

PERCOLATE means to "filter down through." When we speak of coffee percolating, it is this filtering of hot water through the ground coffee beans that we're referring to. The host seems to think - like many, unfortunately - that Percolating has something to do with "bubbling up, excitedly," as boiling water. This confusion has led to frequent use of the non-word "perCUlate" - apparently due to its phonetic suggestion of "perking up" (like a hot, bubbling pot of coffee).

[@pokefrosch617]

Fred is the kind of guy you really wanna be friends with, but at the same time you wonder whether your just to boring to bother him.

[@rohsei]

LMAOO YESS!! this was so accurate

[@MsHollyMusic]

What a talented man

[@koshersalaami]

I can picture him replying to the journalist: “So you are the guy they send to interview the bands with bad recordings and whose crowds are shrinking. What do you attribute that to?”

[@bwuh]

3:05 crying laughing

[@blackbird5634]

I dated a German girl and her family used the phrases, "Don't be stupid.'' or "That's stupid.'' in conversation. Common usage suggests it was not thought of as an insult since they said it to each other and it was a loving household. But it was really off-putting to be told I was stupid seemingly, without malice or venom. It was just how they expressed negativity. *To be fair, when I tried to say it back to my girlfriend, she got offended: "Are you calling me 'stupid?'''🙃It was as if she was hearing it for the very first time. 😂

[@lindadanielson7363]

Germans in my experience are like that. They do not see it as rude, they see it as honest.

[@louierubio]

For the longest time I had no idea this was on Netflix

[@jackselle4607]

Louie these are on Netflix!

[@personal61319]

oh it is? THANK YOU

[@personal61319]

Oh man looks like not available in my area though. :( I have Netflix but this show I cannot access

[@jstohler]

Hard to believe he wore that jacket. Harder to believe they let him keep in on.

[@kendallruff8090]

I seriously thought this was George santos

[@thomasdupont7186]

Super Weird.... I'm French and I've been at least a dozen times to different parts of Germany (from East to West, sometimes I would stay two weeks, and not at hotels but at people's apartment or houses). And Germans are just so cool, tolerant, nice and openminded to me (way more than Americans in my opinion, even though I've only been there for 4 weeks). So ... Does it means we French people are the badies ? OR.... Fred is still hurt that he didn't have the success he would have like to have ? (because even if I'm sure he's a nice guy, you can tell he's very ambitious).

[@tyrant_hermit]

Mlep(clay)nos

[@Research0digo]

#FredArmisen

[@javierjay_]

This would of been much better in color

[@RobVespa]

Boo. Research Armisen.

[@Nick964]

what do you mean

[@RobVespa]

The more I’ve learned about Mr. Armisen as a person, the less I care for him. While I generally take things with a grain of salt and file them away, when the majority of sources support one another with comparable perspectives, a story begins to take shape. In this instance, it happens to be an unpleasant one. That said, I feel that others should do their own research and draw their own conclusions. I sometimes find it difficult to separate a person from their work. When you like something and discover that the creator(s) behave in negative ways, it muddies the water.

[@waynej2608]

@@RobVespa Wtf are u talking about?

[@dielaughing73]

@@waynej2608 nothing, clearly