Fred Armisen's Impressions of Accents Through the Decades

[@glammom1373]

Fred Armisen... One of the most under recognized geniuses in media today.

[@rumeurs100]

He’s pretty recognised.

[@ryanf2029]

He’s incredibly famous for being funny.

[@hd-xc2lz]

@@ryanf2029 Agree he's pretty well recognized, but still astonishes me how many people I've met who have never watched Portlandia. They've heard of it, seen a clip or two, but that's it. Show was by FAR the best satirical treatment of the present day than anything else on TV. By contrast, SNL is STILL satirizing "local ads," a cultural form that was practically extinct back in the 1990s.

[@KalebC4]

He’s incredibly funny but he apparently doesn’t have any relationship skills. May be a difficult person to work with.

[@locdog187]

Love Fred

[@DanielLopez-fj9yz]

Him and bill Hader some of the best cast members on snl ever

[@vlogtamthanh3533]

Hello

[@lenaMD29]

Agreed! 😊😊

[@varolussalsanclar1163]

You were probably born in 2005

[@DanielLopez-fj9yz]

@@varolussalsanclar1163 1989 friend

[@julianhughes7535]

Bill yes...but Fred??????

[@gaboper]

Those accents were spot on though. Like, he knows the little details to each one that makes them distinctive. Great impressions!

[@timothygraham4304]

He's subtle too. For the 60s, he didn't just go for the stereotypical hippy thing.

[@pareja90210]

the vocal fry was so spot on! I take online courses and most "teachers" and presenters have it!

[@tanner4214]

Yeah

[@EncoreFilmsInc]

Quiet now!

[@funstuff2006]

Nah, his 1900s-1950s was shit. Seth McFarlane is infinitely better at period specific voices.

[@anyal1987]

The vocal fry conference call lmao

[@mateotrashani734]

This is the first time Fallon is genuinely laughing and having fun!!

[@ellenjo86324]

Fred Armisen is a genius...he elevates everything to a higher level of brilliance. But...what about the '80s, Fred?!

[@rarad.3793]

That's what I said , literally hahaha

[@timothygraham4304]

Man, his ear for accents and his ability to do them, is second to none. Watch anything you find on him doing accents and you'll be amazed at how detailed he is.

[@Noorwala2023]

The

[@timothygraham4304]

@@Noorwala2023 The what?

[@neurofire]

That was really good - Armisen is at times more of a social anthropologist than a comedian... A fallback if the nighttime gig didn't work out. Portlandia was a gem!

[@ainchamama]

Is it just me or is Fred looking more and more like Tom Hanks?

[@andrerojo4133]

He is not. He looks exactly as FRANK GRIMES, the Simpsons' "Homer's enemy" episode.

[@k_slater]

That was Tom hanks

[@OrNge127]

NO

[@wadsmitter511]

A mixture of Tom Hanks and Gilbert Gotfried

[@mollyholly3547]

That’s exactly what I was thinking

[@glammom1373]

I love him. He's so versatile... I love his imitation of Prince, from Saturday Night Live. Who would have thought. But he is spot-on.🤣

[@barbaradaniel4994]

I loved him since then and he is a musician.

[@paxsmile]

My favorite comedian. The only one that makes me laugh. He’s brilliant. He has that kind of humor that says: what? What did I say?

[@BryceDoesLife]

the amount of fun these two are having is so good

[@pareidolia4290]

I could listen to Fred talk Allll day 😍😍♥️

[@rickybobby8224]

How on earth is it possible that this man hosts the tonight show. Sign of the times

[@cokahhh1982]

I lovvveeeddd the show Portlandia. That shit is hilarious.

[@keren.icehand]

Fred is awesome. He is so funny💜👍😂

[@NellieKAdaba]

All the time.

[@G2mxrZ]

More Fred PLEASE!!! ……and thank you in advance!

[@kelleykelkel3370]

Oh my God, I can't wait for the new series to come on! I absolutely love documentary now!!! Fred Armisen is so hilariously funny! I honestly think he is one of the funniest people ever! So talented and funny. Can't wait to watch the new one! If you've never seen any of them honestly you've got to go back and watch all the way from season 1 they are hilarious!! I am so excited!!😆😆😆😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@vlogtamthanh3533]

that's your choice

[@vlogtamthanh3533]

helle hay ride with us in the middle finger emoji

[@TK-ij2xi]

Simmer down. It'll all be ok.

[@Skiilow77]

The documentary seems more interesting than any other documentary I watched in school....

[@Shelleybean3315]

OMG 😱 I LOOOOVE Fred Armisen!! 🙌 Not just his accents, but his cadence throughout the decades! Fk, he makes me laugh so Haaarrrd!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@thatchadlmiller]

We want all the cut material that the ding dongs in the audience didn't think was funny, but were probably fantastic displays of their chemistry. Fred Armisen is so damn underrated...

[@edub9930]

Audience thinks tik tok stars are geniuses nowadays tho. Crying shame!

[@lazaromurad322]

he is sadly very underrated

[@udopiarecords]

3:35 "Violently lunging ourselves into the canvas, so even when we left, we would remain" DEAD lmao

[@puertorricano2931]

Good chemistry here man, but doc now needs more recognition for sure

[@ArunSukumar]

How many of You Like Mlpenos From Brooklyn 9 9 .....🤣😂

[@adelina8604]

*Mlpe(clay)nos the clay is silent

[@rutriggered7882]

He was great in The Dictator always great cameos

[@rutriggered7882]

@@adelina8604 thank you!

[@amorrissey9264]

@Jasiel Rosas Almeida wow thanks for that, I spent the whole video looking for Fred Armisen 😂😶

[@degrassi420]

Mlepclaynos

[@lucybee923]

so much of this is just fred armisen and jimmy fallon being friends and i love it

[@BricksIn]

That was so spot on and brilliant.

[@jamlaw]

You can tell what good friends they are 😍🥰

[@pnoipr8]

So many cuts and jumps in that video probably because Fred and Jimmy were having such comedic chemistry that they had to cut out a lot of material.

[@danidejaneiro8378]

pnoipr8 - they cut the whole 80s though 😭

[@lourar.2800]

So talented

[@Trollika_Devi]

I love the way he laughs.

[@aisforamerica2185]

Fred Armisen seems like he's putting on a character everytime he leaves his house

[@victorcabanelas]

The accents bit was amazing!! I didn't know about "Documentary Now", I'll try to check it out.

[@kylewoolard4512]

Fred really brings out Jimmy's best qualities - they are trigger-ready to launch into bits together at all times

[@sjuvanet]

GOD i love fred so much

[@cyang2000]

why is Fred kind of daddy ???

[@aliedavis592]

Fred is so daddy 🔥🔥🔥

[@lilbbcloud]

Daddy AF 😩😂.

[@ferodrigues811]

Day 37292243 without sex:

[@dasgnsdjflbka]

Lol

[@JTD472]

Faye Yang he’s known as a ladies man or whatever you want to call it. Dead serious.

[@LittleDoobyBoy]

freds fucking brilliant. i was so sad to see portlandia end but i love documentary now

[@halifortin7787]

I. Love. Fred. Armisen.

[@AngelaSealana]

Fred is simply a genius!!!

[@vmateo2842]

I love Fred's voice so much.

[@baileywengerherrera6185]

And now the 2020's is just a mixture of uncontrolled screaming and crying.

[@canadianroxy]

Might have to check that out, seems funny

[@Luvpandies1]

Roxanne Guenette watch the grey gardens episode

[@Rayafaemusic]

Spare-me-your-sorrow was about to say the same

[@isabelgiuliani7435]

WTF. My uncle was growing up in the 50's and that accent hit me like a truck. Really accurate!

[@COD_GHOST10119]

anyone agree if they made a honey i shrunk the kids movie reboot he would be great to play the Wayne Szalinski's (Rick Moranis) role

[@canaisyoung3601]

Yes, because Fred Armisen has always looked to me like Rick Moranis, but like a current-era hipster version.

[@Luketc7]

I like how jimmy is in this interview he’s being real

[@gerardo0898]

fantastic chemistry

[@Dontpassthesalt]

Doc now is the best thing

[@GeeBShow]

Everything Fred touches is GOLD! I wish I had knew he was here in Hungary! O_o Kind wishes from Budapest

[@kimberleyphillips6671]

Luv u Fred. I grew up in Portland Oregon and ur Portlandia skits just killed me.❤️

[@dannymountain7358]

why'd he skipped the 80's?

[@brankin421]

Probably because nothing interesting happened in the 80s

[@SchwagGamingandMusic]

Or because the bit wwsnt interested

[@SalveRegina8]

Maybe his impression of Bobcat Goldthwait isn’t quite up to par?

[@dannymountain7358]

Brandon Rankin cocaine’s not interesting?

[@jordansaintemarie]

He skipped many decades. He wasn’t doing it by decades.

[@luciencole3310]

Lol, Fred’s the best!

[@NellieKAdaba]

Always!

[@petrinasmith6853]

Watch the Documentary Now episode on Grey Gardens, episode 1. Bill Hader as little evie is so spot on!! I was dying!! and then the ending throws you for a loop.

[@MasonEubank]

We need an uncut version of this.

[@Nayops24]

Fred’s hilarious like always❗️🤣👏🏼

[@NellieKAdaba]

I agree, lol

[@Jollygood-br5pd]

That accents bit is brilliant

[@brentj.peterson6070]

How cool was that?? Spot on.

[@kylemcleod2839]

Please! Please! Release the whole uncut video of this. I’m sure a tonne want to see that..

[@amy4340]

The body slamming art. Literally. 🤣

[@musictheorywithmalia]

God Fred is brilliant 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@ryancormier2959]

Saw this guy in Portlandia and decided I enjoy his work a lot :) lol

[@TheTacticalMess]

One of the best comedy shows of the decade, no doubt.

[@미미월드-q5b]

Love Fred.

[@unbreakable_kimmy]

Impression starts at 1:10

[@Alien_nation]

Fred is my favourite celebrity

[@alyssasamuels1435]

I love fred so much everything he's in is so entertaining

[@kevinsmith5318]

Fallon is smarmy, phoney and oily but Fred is a pure gem. Only reason i would watch this show. Go Fred, go!

[@avocadosberry]

i need the californians back sir.

[@nurmadihahbintizulkifli1734]

agree, one of the best skits ever and pretty zinta 😍💞

[@avocadosberry]

@@nurmadihahbintizulkifli1734 same, cheers.

[@isalmeida2006]

So, everybody spoke like Michael Jackson in the 70s? lol

[@lesryglrhfohser]

Ed Miller it’s just fun bro

[@herrbonk3635]

No, we didn't speak with a high pitch, just very calm and softly.

[@fudhailabdul818]

jimmy looks so happy

[@jdotx9843]

Fallon genuinely has fun with his snl friends

[@andymartin_17]

I miss Portlandia

[@NellieKAdaba]

Great show.

[@hd-xc2lz]

Such a shame there is nothing that even resembles it today. Honestly, I'd take a mediocre, watered down Hollywood studio remake, but they would rather produce another warm and fuzzy family comedy, with sexual titillation lightly sprinkled over the whole.

[@PhillyFrank1]

Kristin Wiig does an amazing 1940s Hollywood accent.

[@OrNge127]

Fred is one of the only comedians that makes me laugh

[@Lysurgical]

Lol damn. I suggest checking out a bunch of old comics. You ever watch Mitch Hedberg?

[@CheersNE]

Absolutely insane talent.

[@TKID-17105]

Batsh*t Valley, Sandy Passage, Final Transmission, and Soldier of Illusion are absolute masterworks.

[@jayceeo673]

Fred is a genius

[@Eralen00]

the manufacturer and the farmer ... i'm dying

[@SharkLoverNY]

Love him!!

[@DougGrinbergs]

1:05 accents through the decades

[@westhomas5870]

Am I the only one who pauses the vids right before the end music plays?

[@MrDino1953]

Wes Thomas - You are not alone in that race to hit the Stop button. I find the end music on SNL videos is particularly annoying.

[@westhomas5870]

@@MrDino1953 Thank you! Same here!

[@ArgChica]

@@westhomas5870 sorry got distracted by your sexy pic😍 #nicetats repeat the question😂

[@westhomas5870]

@@ArgChica Thank you!

[@kingdavid6313]

Fred is a beast that was impressive

[@latifmuhammad5595]

His 90s impression is also a perfect Tom Ford impersonation!

[@stratdx]

Vocal fry. A maddening affect.

[@DiscountEscape]

2:08 The 70's bit reminds me of Mr.Van Driessen from Beavis & Butthead

[@jayfuture7584]

Literally my Favorite Comedy 😂😂

[@ThePavilionWeb]

2:10 he jumps from the 70's to the 90's what happened to the 80's?

[@sagedavis3770]

The 80's... take a walk on the wild side

[@PrinsTan]

Only 80’s kids will remember

[@hd-xc2lz]

Nobody wants to hear the 1000th imitation of Robin Leach's voice.

[@robbiegailh.2076]

Yes! More "Documentary Now!"

[@insertcolorfulmetaphor8520]

The 80's? The intro of the "valley girl" speak... like, oh my god! And surfer jive... Totally bit it, on that bitchin' wave, brah!

[@nhoJsserip]

Os mineiro são realmente muito amigáveis, mas você vai gostar também dos goianos que também são amigáveis e um sotaque parecido!

[@spidey5166]

Can we just appreciate that the time stamp is 4:20.

[@SalveRegina8]

Check out Aubrey Plaza’s Border story on Conan last night. Fred plays an integral part in its salvation.

[@vlogtamthanh3533]

wellcame

[@54545flipperdipper]

av3maria I love anything Aubrey

[@shivamjaiswal439]

That story was hilarious!

[@ctt544]

Nah

[@ladychips]

him, bill hader, andy samberg are my fave male cast

[@huascarnunez7392]

fred is a genius

[@HappyBirthday-xj8tu]

The painter character's painting was like the HANGOVER 2 of paintings.

[@jezebel324]

I want to buy Fred a drink and listen to his accents

[@noonecares379]

50s impression was the funniest 😂😂

[@kaarlimakela3413]

Check out Fred and amigos in 'Los Espookys' too.

[@LuisInPalmdale]

The attention to detail on all these Documentary Nows is incredible. Truly an art form! Can't wait. Comment Readers: Please help me find a living kidney donor, DONOR4LUIS

[@HermitLady]

Can I just “have” Fred, please. 🤟🥳🥰💞😁

[@maggiee639]

The grey gardens episode is pretty good.

[@michelebartlett3921]

I love him 😘