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[@dinogee]

"So that was one joke" is the best punchline ever lol

[@GarthShoemaker]

Timing was perfect

[@peighnesshonourchign9164]

That was the only punchline. Limp wristed at that

[@sirpattrick14]

@@peighnesshonourchign9164 Clearly you are not a musician, more of a limp wristed keyboard warrior.

[@trickytreyperfected1482]

@@peighnesshonourchign9164 okay

[@bonzolo2358]

@@peighnesshonourchign9164yeah it wasn’t very funny

[@BrianTKessler]

His joke has cymbalism.

[@kcobryan1463]

😂

[@jimbee89]

thank you

[@IainEmslie]

Ba dum Tsh

[@jakeduggan8682]

Brian Kessler too bad I can’t like and dislike at the same time

[@BrandonBoneSousabone]

Better than any of his jokes

[@rchydrozz751]

A drummer without a girlfriend, is a drummer without a place to stay.

[@mursu24]

nah they bunk at the bassist's place cause they're always single

[@thebeatex]

Ooof that's just a Big ass roast

[@jasonteqja7262]

They always got their parents place

[@dswanny]

V cmon man...why hurt us like this

[@keyblok]

Why call it "a drummer without a girlfriend"? Just say "a drummer"

[@ravenchain85]

3:48 Andy quietly re-tightens Fred's cymbal stand. What a guy!

[@Kinobambino]

The Goat

[@alidarxx]

You mean the Swedish German guy?

[@alanacidmyer]

One might say he’s a ‘stand’ up guy

[@Lady_Jewels]

I love Andy

[@JeansWebbTv]

Well, 3 people know about that: I know about that. You know about that. And Andy Richter, the Swedish-German, holding the nut, knows about that!

[@mathewlarge8640]

"Yeah, I just started getting into playing guitar." *Pulls out $5,000 guitar and plays fluently*

[@brokenredbench96]

I mean, it was pretty simple stuff he was playing. A total beginner can prolly achieve that in a week or two.

[@arkane3168]

@@brokenredbench96 very true

[@rpy6933]

@@brokenredbench96 beginner can do hammer on in a week wow

[@brokenredbench96]

Roy Steven yeah prolly not in one, but prolly in two, and I did say a week or two.

[@DaveDexterMusic]

That's more than two week's worth. It's simple but there's no fumbling or buzz. He's completely comfortable with it when a beginner wouldn't be.

[@thormosebar74]

The bassists of the world, are once again, left out

[@pigbenis4399]

😭 time to revolt

[@TheRSFelon]

Thor Mosebar What’s a bass?

[@macpr0c]

Summon @Dave504 he will handle the non slappers !

[@macpr0c]

@@TheRSFelon Oh my god dude really you are so silly how can't you know bass ? Its a fish of course

[@TheRSFelon]

Buğra Coşkun SLAPP LIKE NOW Why does your guitar only have four strings?

[@nopartyleftthatsworthit4330]

When you live with a singer, how do you know when they get home? They come in late and struggle with the key.

[@Mooseman327]

That's funnier than anything Armisen did here.

[@ArmenChakmakian]

… and can’t find where to enter

[@timm9769]

@Tyler I don't know. They're funny to me, but I have hemiolas. That might explain it.

[@wrenclark4907]

SCREECHING

[@manuellayburr382]

@@timm9769 That's clever, add one note to your score.

[@drummindude]

I fell and hit my head on a snare drum and now I have a percussion.

[@nathanlarson7408]

That joke needs 20ccs of rim, stat!

[@bobphigglebottom2839]

HEHE☻

[@rebelguy9487]

What that joke needs is...... MORE COWBELL!!!

[@SonRiseforNathaniel]

"This is a guitar" ~ *Pulls out an Elite Gibson Songbird....

[@evanherb5900]

Looks more like a Super Jumbo actually

[@jackiewilburn3063]

SJ200

[@base330films9]

Fantastic J200, if it's vintage could be upwards of 7000...I am jealous of the lad

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

xd

[@stabgan]

Ugly guitar

[@11DNA11]

How do you know a drummer is behind the door? He doesn't know when to come in.

[@unrielistic]

the knocking gets faster

[@CouchEconomyTX]

sugarsaki it’s not quite my tempo

[@thatoneboyaiden]

After a while, he beats it.

[@CF2321]

Never before have j been so offended by something I 100% agree with

[@kartikmessner2868]

You know he is going to rush in

[@DanteYewToob]

"You're making three people happy!" "Yes. That's all I want." This is why I love Fred Armisen, because he honestly means that lol he would rather connect with 3 people on a deep level and make them laugh half to death, than _kinda_ entertain a million people.

[@cbfedge5593]

It was terrible though. And I'm a drummer

[@DanteYewToob]

@@cbfedge5593 That's okay. You're fully entitled to your opinion! That's _your_ prerogative. I myself don't drum or whatever, so I never watched it, and that was my prerogative since I knew it wasn't meant for me. Some people really loved it though, and those people were his intended audience. Job done.

[@valeriemarie8394]

danteelite exactly!!!!!

[@guyincognito7518]

I'm surprised anyone was willing to pay him when he only connects with three people, must be that American thing where 3 people like it and everyone else pretends to so they don't seem stupid. You get nowhere in Britain unless you can really work the room.

[@howardholloway5476]

whoosh

[@taitano12]

I once helped a band break down after a gig. It was so adorable how excited the drummer got when I removed the cymbals and put them in their proper cases before taking down the stands. He asked if I was a drummer and was mildly confused when I said I played guitar and never played drums.

[@mylestate]

LOL, I learned after a bunch of gigs, I broke down 90% of my drumset 2/3 through the last song.

[@mainmaines]

He’s self-aware. It’s supposed to be lame... lol. So many pissed off people.

[@vetlerradio]

Exactly, it's another kind of humour and a lot of people just can't grasp it. I love it though.

[@Brandon-tk2rw]

+vetlerradio another kind of humor = 300 Lb chick who is 'another kind of beauty.'

[@christopherbalint8474]

Ya people love shitty humor that they can pretend to get because they're so smart. It's all entertainment is becoming. Don't you get it? I do, gaa

[@vetlerradio]

What is your point Brandon?

[@vetlerradio]

This skit is not really funny though, I was talking of this kind of humour in general.

[@natalie_kendel]

- You're making 3 people happy. - That's all I want. (LOL!)

[@randyjustrandy9937]

Where are the other two?

[@Anal0Avenger]

@@randyjustrandy9937 Well I know a guy who's always happy when he hears a joke, thou he doesn't understand most of them.

[@paradise_valley]

“Oh, uh, and that was _one_ joke,” -Fred Armisen

[@camcote3123]

This clip vs Jimmy Fallon interrupting every single opportunity he has when Fred goes through the eras of punk is exactly why Conan is the best of this era

[@charlescozic3208]

Jimmy Fallon is not funny, and he was never funny. People doing him “favors”.

[@thomasblackstock3179]

I love jimmy but that was so freaking annoying!!!!

[@sometimes3300]

"dude our drummer didnt learn the dream theater song" "ah no worries he'll just improvise"

[@CF2321]

"Did you listen to that song yet" Me: "yeah" Me internally: "it is definitely just 4 on the floor or something easy, I'll make it interesting."

[@reshpeck]

Virgil Donati when he auditioned. He's just so good he actually pulled it off somehow

[@LeslieJayBoschPhoto]

watching a video of a comedian doesn't imply you should try to be funny as well

[@MechanicalRabbits]

@@LeslieJayBoschPhoto 295 people think otherwise

[@callanc3925]

@@LeslieJayBoschPhoto You not thinking the joke was funny doesnt mean you should try to act like no one else thought it was funny as well

[@toAdmiller]

A lot of bands have intense names, like "Rigor Mortis" or "Mortuary". We weren't that intense, we called ourselves "Injured". Later on we changed it to "Acapella" when we were walking out of the pawn shop. --Mitch Hedberg

[@stellamackeyloveworks]

hee!!

[@redguitar70]

Comedy for musicians that is actually funny. Miss him.

[@dougpeters1625]

One of Mitch's most underappreciated jokes!

[@kevteop]

"You're a musician, a drummer..." Conan is always so kind and generous with his guests.

[@padawan9127]

Underrated comment

[@yzmotoxer807]

Hear about that your bus crash in LA? Yeah it was bad. Five musicians and a drummer died.

[@rockhawksam]

Fred Armisen is a drummer.

[@Anon54387]

@@yzmotoxer807 Q: What do they call someone who hangs around with musicians all the time? A: I don't know. A groupie? Questioner: Nope, a drummer.

[@ts4gv]

hahaha

[@pooperonpoop]

00:50 *tells joke* *No one gets it* "That was a joke" "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

[@aaronflorian8150]

No no no. The reason why people laughed is because he said “as a drummer” implying that no one takes drumming seriously

[@pooperonpoop]

@@aaronflorian8150 either way they're all fake reactions to a shitty joke.

[@khove1947]

Aaron Florian nah, bc conan said “that would be number two” after his second joke. Op was right

[@lorcanclancy2376]

They laugh because it was a joke that they were waiting for a punchline for. when he reveals that that was in fact the punchline, everyone laughs because no one got it

[@SeamusFries]

I interpret as the fact that some musicians think they're high and mighty and apart of some exclusive club and they're so much more intelligent than non-musicians, he's exposing them showing them regular people can still understand "music jokes" which are basically anti-jokes

[@cmoneystudios4813]

the political singer part, is definitely green day

[@explosivo1980]

I haven't seen Green Day but Adam Duritz went on and on for like 30-40 mins at a Counting Crows concert I went to one time. It was long and painful!!

[@cmoneystudios4813]

@@explosivo1980 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4S9YX6wdp6YZ9U watch this, he starts screaming a chant in the song and it was utterly unrehearsed, it was funny

[@dollarpledgeclub1890]

@@cmoneystudios4813 unrehearsed? The rest of the band was chanting the same thing. How could it not have been rehearsed?

[@cmoneystudios4813]

@@dollarpledgeclub1890 because if you watch the interview with James Corden Billie said it was unrehearsed here's a link, he says "well it wasn't rehearsed" kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2S7lXyChZ6Kgrs

[@dollarpledgeclub1890]

Cmoney Productions well....he's obviously lying. There's no way everyone else with a mic just magically started chanting the same thing at the same time. If we're being generous I suppose it is possible they planned it without rehearsing it.

[@motorcarclassics2922]

Fred Armisen's humor is always an acquired taste but a respected one.

[@Blood0cean]

For hacks

[@AmorrSummerstorm]

@X Marks what part of "acquired taste" you didn't get?

[@gabelogan56]

+Motorcar Classics - ...like a fine cymbal.

[@CraigLumpyLemke]

Respected by who, exactly? Thanks - Lumpy

[@DefThrone]

But that wasn't funny.

[@thomasriley5830]

What is god’s favorite guitar chord? Gsus

[@angel25003]

SOLsus XD

[@dougthealligator]

2 or 4 tho?

[@turkymurky8433]

Well, for catholics it would be D minor

[@gabrielguerrero7296]

But which one

[@Yeoldepube]

@@turkymurky8433 lol

[@sayjironimo7321]

I was expecting "the lick"

[@SeanLaMontagne]

Too easy

[@spinblackcircles]

0 3 5

[@FishingForLife28]

I've been getting into a bad habbit of sneaking the lick into impro soloes

[@heatherperleberg7816]

I dont know what this "lick is, but i do know of the "licc"

[@Jay-st6sl]

@@spinblackcircles wrong lick 😂

[@Fsuholley]

Taking the cymbal stand apart leaving the cymbal attached is so true and funny as hell imo.

[@danielhresko4900]

I used to help a local band with their gear, and I'm SURE I did some stupid things to the drum kits...

[@manuelpuente7336]

just because its true doesnt make it funny

[@pepgo2160]

@@manuelpuente7336 Well the irony is that, because it's true -- people will get defensive and butt hurt over it.

[@ccandmore]

So true that it isn't funny 😂

[@riproar11]

I had a nice glossy black drum kit and when one of my high school friends helped load the floor tom into the the case he grabbed the sides and put greasy palm prints all over it. I didn't have the right kind of cloth and it put permanent swirl marks as I tried to wipe them off. Also, stop putting finger prints all over expensive cymbals.

[@loulie1997]

I love how deliberate Armisen is with his comedy. He takes his time with each of his jokes like they're precious to him

[@urmaisgay6495]

never thought id hear ‘suspended 9th’ on a show like this

[@PixelNotesMusic]

It's weird. Fred has this really subtle charm about him. I didn't get his humor for the longest time, and it still just makes me smile, not laugh out loud. But it is never the less very enjoyable and addictive watching his comedy.

[@10DollarProductions]

He shines with that type of style in his show Portlandia, I definitely recommend. He really does have that subtle charm about him.

[@ollagalla4137]

i laughed out loud though 😂... at the precise moments! i was like, hahaha so what? what about that?

[@tylergatewood1652]

That last guitar joke was definitely an impression of Edge while Bono talks for 5 minutes about politics each show

[@georgehornsby6882]

or Stone Gossard

[@jonathanmcdaniel1040]

***(Bono stops the band)*** (Bono claps his hands) (Bono looks across the audience) (Bono claps his hands and begins to speak) "Did you know that everytime" (Claps hands) "I clap my hands, a child" (Claps hands) "in Africa dies?" (Claps hands) A man in the audience yells, " THEN STOP CLAPPING YER FOOKIN' HANDS!")

[@cobrasys]

No way, there was zero delay in that guitar part.

[@maxthereof]

Or Eddie Vedder about his dad & politics

[@shaurya6601]

I actually really enjoyed his Netflix special. It was a fresh take on the traditional stand up. Really quirky and funny. Jokes targeting a specific audience. That's a cool idea.

[@giampaolofini1535]

Agreed. I loved standup as a teen, early 20's but once you've seen enough of it, it becomes predictable. Standup for Drummers was one of the most outside-the-box things you'll ever see in the format and Armisen is funny in everything he's in. I was expecting it to get great reviews, but the special got modest critical reviews and low audience ones. I'm guessing bc so many people just stumbled across it on netflix, but don't have no that much about the quirks of the band scene or musician issues they couldn't relate.

[@ondraspendlik9759]

Despite the negative reactions, I actually liked this a lot. Adding a bit of trivia: Did you know Conan actually played drums in the past? It was sometime in 80s I think, he was a drummer in a high school (or maybe college) band.

[@theScienceLabLive]

That suspended 9th joke was hilarious! LMAO!!!

[@midhunterx]

This is such a bizarre moment. For the first time in human history, Conan didn't interrupt while someone was performing.

[@atomicbrain9401]

Mid Hunter 1:34 nope

[@Blood0cean]

I think ur thinking of jimmy

[@thebatman1482]

Mid Hunter Conan doesn't interrupt that much. It doesn't feel forced.

[@dipeshbhatta3135]

Conan mostly doesn't interrupt his guests.✋

[@Randsurfer]

Only 4 times, which is nearly zero for Conan.

[@ThorneyedWT]

1:47 that's what I said to her...

[@Nice-lm3qf]

underrated comment

[@todorvladorovic1409]

1:30 ....I got annoyed by that so much .... luckily Andy's O.C.D. KICKS IN at 2:14 at 3:48 and 3:57

[@lonca_47]

Just wow

[@alcanalimposible]

"OCD" bro... pls don't

[@brianliveshere]

Hahaha!

[@rustinusti]

Krillin Those are things a person with OCD would do. Not all mentions of the disorder are instances of “cognitive appropriation”, if you will.

[@MichaelLacanilao]

😂

[@screaminboy]

The jingle bells one is so freaking funny lol lmao I wanna hear the rest of the song someone, do it now

[@Kovukingsrod]

This guy is honestly adorable

[@m.b.g.musicproduction9658]

Drummers are so lucky...………….They get to spend all of their time hanging out with musicians!

[@flacidhouse350]

Behold, the wit of of a guitar player.

[@supercullen0047]

M.B.G. Music Production OH DAMN

[@DrummerJay74]

bad drummer equals bad band. bad guitarist equals not necessarily bad band.

[@zakur0hako]

LMAO

[@milkdrinker6481]

DRUMMERJAYable that explains Nickelback

[@yoyoyickityyo]

Hilarious! I watched his special and was laughing out loud! If you've ever been in band and played music live it's a must watch! Really funny

[@cr1pt0g0d9]

I am a drummer and this is so spot on. People trying to help me undo my drums always end up making it worse

[@ResistanceQuest]

I am very quick to say, "no no no, I've got it!! Thanks tho!!!!"

[@supercussion6590]

I tell em “Legs only, please”

[@Arizona9001]

i'm sorry.

[@MrDJM81]

Same, but calling it comedy is a stretch!!!

[@mtnd02.06]

The people who don't wanna be left out so they laugh as well. "Snare..." "HAHAHAHA... ...do more"

[@SeanLaMontagne]

"Wow you're really good bro, did you make this? Please play something else."

[@katie4623]

The entire set was premised on the joke that it was not going to come across as funny

[@Evija3000]

Except for drummers.

[@faultycow8307]

Good job you got the joke!

[@spanktheplum]

but sadly it just isn't

[@faultycow8307]

@@spanktheplum who are you talking to?

[@spanktheplum]

evija3000, woopsy daisy

[@hauntthechapel666]

the “taking down your gear” bit is actually hilarious

[@MrUrech]

Exactly. Carrying all my stands haphazardly at once, then the double pedals from the middle axle

[@bloopledoopdoop6200]

Why do I feel like that entire political band bit was directed towards Billie Joe

[@toastie9106]

Billie Joe Mama

[@bloopledoopdoop6200]

NOOOOO!!!

[@jodge3268]

Joel *cough*

[@Dan-tw5qb]

Human Bean Armstrong?

[@jodge3268]

Dan Baker billy joel

[@zacharycollins6548]

"So you're a musician. You're a drummer" Best joke of the video.

[@toxendon]

I'm a drummer, but I always find the role as the "musically illiterate one" quite endearing for some reason. I'm like the little wild pet that needs to be tended to. Rawr.

[@sata.ns.w2317]

@@toxendon just no

[@Grendelynden]

Oh man, yeah. Your name reminded me of this drummer who played for Genesis, then tried to have a solo career. Pathetic. Something Collins... what was it...

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

Do drummers really not care about music notes and song structures that often? I only know one drummer, it's built into my guitar pedal board...

[@junvillafuerte6120]

G U I T A R! -Mlep(clay)nos

[@manastiwari324]

god damn I felt like I knew this guy from somewhere

[@Metzo-mh9tc]

Manas Tiwari no you have never met me before-mlep(clay)nos at the wedding of Jake and Amy

[@Ian.toyuki]

G U I T A R E

[@DaveDexterMusic]

the clay is silent

[@joshuajacobs2306]

Only reason I clicked on the vid

[@nocaster9]

that was the best impression of a guitar player that has to stop playing ive ever seen

[@paradigmshiftz7]

Fred: *whips out a guitar* James Wormworth: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@marcusjames9301]

Casually picks up a Gibson acoustic behind the couch to make a joke All my music equipment pricetags combined sum to less than this guitar's worth FFS

[@EladLavyUzan]

lol!

[@gilwood7530]

You noticed that too ... PRETTY GUITAR !

[@machrx5]

If you've ever seen the vdos titled "10000$ vs 100$ instrument" or something similar you'll notice that the person playing it is a much bigger factor than the pricetag of the instrument :)

[@danieldougan269]

The cymbal joke needed a punchline. "I'd like to sample a Zildjian '79, please."

[@lucasduque8289]

lol, true. Drummers test their cymbals as if they were sipping wine.

[@ballinhamster3170]

"So that was one joke" was the punchline

[@tomrabbani]

Or you could literally just sample it. Computer drums! Who needs a real drummer?

[@THVEssays]

Ballin Hamster He didn’t have a punchline related to the joke, he had a punchline related to the fact that people didn’t get the joke. If he had included that people would probably have laughed at the joke

[@alexanderreynolds6610]

This is gold. I hope he reads this and realizes the missed opportunity

[@chrismoustaka1432]

1:48 Conan 100% thinks of a dirty joke after saying "you're making three people happy" but is like 'nah maybe dont say that one' hahahaha

[@mattie3889]

3:51 **COUGH** rogerwaters **COugh**

[@Syfoll]

I mean the guy at least is quite intelligent and knows a bunch of stuff. The bad kind of such a person is Billie Joe Armstrong imo.

[@TheJourneyingEngineer]

Fred Armisen is a niche type of comedian; like very specific, narrow niche type

[@thalesvondasos]

Yeah, because making music is such a niche thing to do. Practically no one on planet Earth does it because it's so specific and niche. All jokes aside, saying "It's for a very specific audience, you wouldn't understand" is a very bad excuse for the jokes not being funny

[@theloniouscastaneda]

ie, a lot of his jokes aren’t really funny. and i do actually love Portlandia btw.

[@frotwithdanger]

So niche it isn't funny in any way. People just pretend they like it so they seem smart.

[@Toolsquatch]

Yeah, he's a niche type of comedian alright: the kind that hides an extremely abusive personality against women behind his fake quirky humor.

[@deVon30241]

You mean to say, unfunny? When very few people find you funny? Yes, that is what we call unfunny, this guy is a hack.

[@rsaunable]

I've got to hand it to Conan. I am not a big fan, but some years ago I saw his documentary and I don't think I've ever seen anybody work harder in my life. He deserves everything he's gotten in life.

[@benskurbe]

I was hoping he’d make fun of electric guitar players who show up with a $3000 guitar, $4000 amp, and $3000 pedalboard and play 3 chords

[@benskurbe]

@@user-mm8vw1ow1x bro thats EVERY guitarist lol. Take a look at a blues or indie/alt guitarist’s board. These mofos got 3 amps in dry/wet/dry with enormous pedalboards with like 7 overdrives, 3 different delays, 5 reverbs, 4 boutique fuzzes, 3 clean boosts, and so on

[@DaveDexterMusic]

@@benskurbe this is a problem?

[@benskurbe]

@@DaveDexterMusic nah i mean if u got the money do what you’d like, its just always funny when a guitar player puts so much money into gear and does so little with it

[@TimBurtonTim]

a suspended 9th lmoa

[@benparsons4979]

ikr its not even a chord

[@andybrooks9269]

And Conan is a guitarist wtf!

[@jimgray3346]

guys, the joke is that the chord is so obscure that it doesn't exist, as a pretentious jazz guitarist would prefer. It wasn't meant to be literal

[@madisont3123]

suspended 9ths are a thing.. it isn't a chord but it is absolutely a thing

[@TimBurtonTim]

@@madisont3123 how's it sound?

[@brwi1]

ANYONE GOT THE CHORDS FOR JINGLE BELLS

[@jeffwhite7214]

"tAbS aRE fOr nEWbs! UsE YoUr EArs!" "It's obviously a descending 9th chord sans the high E string position. It's not that hard to figure out." "Sounds better on an 8-string in drop B."

[@semicirclebandvidz]

He is literally just playing three major 7 voicings and going do diatonically

[@harveyroper5526]

@@semicirclebandvidz They looked like major 9ths to me. If I had to guess maybe Emaj9, Dmaj9, Cmaj9 back to Dmaj9. I might be wrong though

[@asdfghjkl_ipod_2020]

suspended 9ths LOL @@harveyroper5526

[@cryptooooooooo]

they're major 9ths in whole tones

[@mdgraller]

These really are only jokes that comedians will get, because they're basically anti-jokes

[@phantomprism7659]

Pretty sure musicians get them too

[@joecarr7048]

I’m pretty sure musicians get these jokes... as I’ve been through all of them haha

[@_intrigued_insomniac_1297]

@@joecarr7048 same here. I too am a musician and I kinda giggled at this

[@tehxperience]

You are a smart cookie and I like you

[@jesuschrist5417]

Ima guitar player and they were kinda meh to me.

[@davedmk]

His soft-spoken delivery of such mundane observations almost leaves me waiting for an Andy Kaufman punctuation of "tenk you beddy much".

[@joevigil13]

"NO GIMME JINGLE BELLS" is what I tell at carolers outside my house

[@Moises505130]

Conan knows about suspended 9ths!!!

[@rgwak]

#sus9forever

[@sdrake3459]

There is no such thing as suspended 9th chords. 9th chords already have the third present in them so do not require a resolution as is implied by a suspended chord. A "Suspended 9th" would actually be a sus2 chord. You can also have an add9 where the 9th is added to the chord (R 3 5 b7 9). He might have meant a #9 which is a dominant 9 chord with a#9.

[@Moises505130]

@@sdrake3459 r/woooosh

[@bro...5849]

What, I don’t understand any of this

[@markvenuto9383]

@@sdrake3459 he couldve meant 1 4 5 b7 9

[@elee9056]

That was probably one of the most expensive joke ive heard. What is that. Zildjian constantinople?

[@fokkwasabi]

that gibson is also a relic. wonderful

[@imyouyoureme1533]

right lol he casually pulls out that Gibson from behind the couch.. was it even on a stand? sheeeeeshh

[@BowandArrowful]

I'm pretty sure its the same model of Gibson acoustic that Elvis used! They are beautiful.

[@mfcyeahyouknowme]

He likes vintage gear and he LOVES showing it off.

[@hafizimranYT]

Only a gear head would catch that. UNITE!

[@hansgafriedzal]

conan can make fred's internal jokes entertaining to both crowds and fred himself and even the show's band

[@breakfastplan4518]

Funny how fred talks about being a drummer his whole life, however, he is a BURNING jazz guitarist. Hes totally underrated. Not only that, Conan was good enough of a guitar player to call out the chord he was actually playing... Which is why that long pause happened after he said suspended 9th. Fred was actually shocked Conan knew what he was playing.

[@kakihara1744]

Norm MacDonald-"more of a comment "

[@mikep6483]

Perfect 😄

[@jessewilliams8655]

You watch the I'm not Norm channel?

[@kakihara1744]

@@jessewilliams8655 To the point where there feels like there is a Yak on my chest lol

[@jessewilliams8655]

@@kakihara1744 bruh I love finding random Im not Norm Bros in other video comments

[@kakihara1744]

@@jessewilliams8655 Wha!? Ahah I've never came across any outside the I'm not norm comment section RESPECT 👊.

[@dr.debajyotibose2928]

That last part about lead vocalist going "on a rant" is actually true for Opeth, when Akerfeldt starts to talk.. haha

[@omkarshah5862]

I think he was talking about Bono and The Edge.

[@carla68]

That was so nice of Andy to put the cymbal back together!

[@juanbuendia5732]

I love how Fred doesn't try to hide how much he loves Conan

[@widewatching338]

“It’s not funny.” THATS THE POINT!

[@frotwithdanger]

That's not the point of telling jokes. That's the point of being tedious

[@tiredofyourtakes]

Just because I tell you the joke I'm about to say isn't funny, doesn't make it funny all of a sudden

[@jakesibley897]

Bad point then

[@severussnape8349]

.i

[@severussnape8349]

Kk

[@atnam44]

i love my friends and appreciate the effort but it drives me insane when they help out with my cymbal stands

[@midwest9757]

But you love it when they help out with your ballsack don't you

[@atnam44]

@@midwest9757 oh of course

[@xmisterblackhatx]

When people are eager to help I point them to the floor tom.

[@atnam44]

@@xmisterblackhatx lol tbh same

[@banakon]

Too high, too low, too far, now it's too close. That's a ride cymbal, I wanted the crash.

[@saidoterodiseno]

2:30 Conan humbling himself about his guitar playing skills and Fred lifting him up is the most musician thing ever.

[@toasters4713]

This is the guy who’s gonna play Cranky Kong?

[@AslanW]

As a blues guitarist I'm offended.

[@stevesheldon8616]

Nobody cares. I bet you really got the blues now, doncha? haha

[@flibbaflabba3126]

Make a blues song that doesnt repeat the same dull riff over and over for 6 minutes

[@jordonresendez6238]

I feel your pain dude

[@jordonresendez6238]

@@flibbaflabba3126 Stevie Ray Vaughan- Texas Flood

[@RyanGamesYT]

@@flibbaflabba3126 Yeah, I mean, it's not like that riff is the basis to every single piece of popular music since the 1950's.

[@veggy4985]

The art of joking with any jokes. This guy is a master of timing! 😄😄

[@kimi4771]

You know what a real joke is? Lil Wayne guitar solo.

[@chuva6488]

Basically Lil Wayne is a walking joke

[@apurvaisnotcool]

@@chuva6488 Lil Wayne's got talent bro just not in guitar. kzbin.info/www/bejne/epuooZmsjL2JrK8

[@SuperSuperTop]

I was waiting for a rip on Smoke on the water 😅

[@2clinks]

I've literally bought hundreds of picks in the last 40 years.... right now I have 4

[@G_Demolished]

2clinks Get a BlueChip pick. They’re about $50 each. I’ve known the exact location of that pick for years. Pays for itself eventually.

[@kengruz669]

I think you meant "I've bought literally hundreds of picks in the last 40...", not "I've literally bought.." How else would you have bought them, if not literally?

[@kengruz669]

@Paul Please. Explain. Joke. -thanks.

[@kengruz669]

@Paul Ok, Paul. We get it. Keep your head up your ass.

[@DangerousDrummerDado]

As a person who hangs out with musicians, I find the wingnut joke hilarious.

[@angel25003]

1:00 I like the "not jimmy fallon laugh" from Conan

[@augustocordeiro3548]

its subtle and observational humor, may not make you laugh out loud, but comedy isnt all about belly laughs my peers. lol

[@ChristopherShreeve]

It's called irony people! Musicians are worshiped for being extraordinary and yet here Fred is just making mundane observations. It's especially funny if you play instruments and can relate to the little tedious things like disassembling a drum stand.

[@tribe8342]

the only funny part was the jingle bell jazz version

[@alexjackson8841]

Yeah let’s be honest it was still kinda dead

[@ChristopherShreeve]

@Philip Love Isn't it ironic?

[@KyleJPie10]

Irony or not, it isn't funny

[@Timrobrus]

What is ironic is that you think this is irony

[@neverendingweekend]

Not hilarious ..but strangely enjoyable.

[@LouSpowells]

That pretty much sums up Fred Armisen.

[@vincenthans]

because you are not a musician

[@thottydagod457]

RIGHT...I enjoyed that

[@865354hayden]

I’m a musician for the last decade and this was more relatable than humorous. Except the jazz guitar joke that was funny af

[@727gateway]

I liked it so you would have 1000 likes

[@steelfoot98]

When he pulled the stand apart it killed me. I’ve had so many people try to help me take down kits and do that. It’s the worst because you know they’re trying to be helpful so you just kinda stand there like “... alright yeah thanks guy”.

[@iplaysdrums]

I try to pull things apart first thing so if people want to help they can put things in cases. Likewise, they can bring drums out to my car, but NO ONE loads them except me. “This hardware bag is really heavy!” *sets it on my cymbal bag*

[@creedbratton3284]

“I put a suspended 9th in there, isn’t that cool? NO JUST GIMME JINGLE BELLS!” Hearing music jokes makes me happy.

[@DailyDrumLesson]

As a drummer I find this hilarious!

[@dunnbarbarnes]

As a vegan I find it offensive!

[@Nofishnoclue]

lol pretentious much, your not meant to find it hilarious, the point of it is its lameness

[@PersonMan1]

As a identifier of @Hugh Mungus . I am offendedn't

[@mikewilliams258]

Daily Drum Lesson Honestly?

[@floydroseofyournightmares4833]

As a guitarist I don't care

[@anonymousR7]

The last joke about undoing the equipment and handling it wrong is just so real

[@darylking265]

The 'Jazz' version of "Jingle Bells" had me rolling...

[@SirBlacknoiseIII]

That Mary had a little lamb juke into jingle bells actually got me goddamn it

[@brianneholben8502]

Fred Armisen is such a one man band and he is so good at it. I love it!

[@Itbelikethat333]

When I have to explain a joke . . . . It becomes so much funnier I love Fred haha

[@benjaminnebenjamin6033]

Joke # 2 was literally me this Sunday morning’s service 😂😂😂😂😂

[@purplehaze1274]

4:09 When Conan has to come in with a fake laugh to not be rude.

[@Krohmel]

No, he's actually just watching the monitor since Fred has his back to him. There is a a small delay so his reaction is delayed too.

[@Nazareadain]

I mean, this is troll comedy. People think the jokes are supposed to be the funny part when it's people taking the bait and getting visibly and audibly upset at something as trivial as not understanding where the joke is. These jokes basically need the comment section, and I'm in tears after scrolling down.

[@pandasticus]

@Matthew M It's funny because it's funny. Go read your newspaper jokes, old man.

[@sammy135_]

@Matthew M It's like a Norm Macdonald style of comedy, the jokes are trivial, or lame, but it's that very fact that they're so lame, that makes them funny, and Norm's style of comedy is no where near Hipstery. So as @Bonefish said, read your newspaper jokes old man.

[@highestsettings]

​@Matthew M That example of modern art you used works in the same way as these jokes. The main point of that art movement in general, is to make you question what art even is. It's successful *because* it's unsuccessful. It's meant to subvert expectations and make you look at things in a different way. The fact that you don't get these jokes is the point. I actually am a musician, I play the drums and the guitar, and I didn't find the jokes themselves funny either. I found the lack of humour funny. You're not supposed to laugh at the jokes, you're supposed to laugh at how you didn't laugh at them. If you didn't find that funny, then fair enough, but don't act like you're the arbiter of comedy. This style of humour isn't for everyone obviously (it's for drummers), just like how every style of anything isn't for everyone. Style and taste are subjective. Though it certainly helps you to enjoy a style when you actually understand it.

[@doctordex272]

A joke pretending not to be a joke that pretends to be a joke is not funny, it's just stupid...

[@stedmangg]

Idk that just sounds like a cop-out for not being funny

[@bluejaysbaseball]

Surprised that there were no Wonderwall jokes this evening!

[@islandimus3370]

"you can hold me any time you want" *scoots away*

[@riananggara5085]

The Late Andy Kaufman would love this

[@AisuruMirai]

An alive Andy Kaufman would love it more.

[@Edgaros]

That was funny.

[@austing.8870]

It took me so long to get Fred Armisen's humor and now that I do I can't get enough of it. Jens Hennemann is the funniest thing I've ever seen.

[@Zetsuke4]

I just realized by the second drummer impression that conan was also a drummer he had a photo of himself playing the drum in highschool and we all know he sings and plays guitar too

[@noellquarts435]

“You’re making three people happy” “Yes, and that’s all I want” 🥺🥺

[@Crazelord91]

> Video that is clearly labled as jokes only musicians understand > Dislike because you're not a musician and don't get the jokes

[@DrRhyhm]

dislike because they suck. Well the drummer part for sure.

[@nuberiffic]

What's there to get? "Sometimes drummers like to buy cymbals before they buy them" Well how could anyone possibly understand that if they weren't a drummer? How is it even a joke?

[@billydoespranks615]

dislike because they aren't jokes?

[@danieldougan269]

It's anti-humor.

[@jonasmcclain2134]

Ima be dead honest with ya, thses really wernt that funny. Ive been playimg drums for a few years and yeah