The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Put a bird on it? How about put a painting of a bird or any other piece of artwork you may have seen on an episode of IFC’s Portlandia, on the walls of your own home or office! More than 50 pieces featured in the Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein …
I’m in Portland, Ore., to cover the All Jane Comedy Festival, so that makes today’s first sneak peek at season seven of IFC’s Portlandia extra-keeping-it-weird, yes? In this sketch, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein wonder, “What About Men?” Roll the clip! Portlandia returns for season seven on IFC on Jan. …
When Fred Armisen isn’t remaking Portland into Portlandia with Carrie Brownstein for IFC (their sixth-season finale airs Thursday), he’s playing drums for Late Night with Seth Meyers. Or is he? As Armisen explains in this video for The New York Times T Mag, it’s easy to fake being a drummer. …
In this week’s episode of Portlandia (season 6, episode 7), Fred and Carrie buy tickets to a Louis CK show in Portland, only to have CK cancel last-minute. Things take a turn when they run into him the next day, still in Portland, and force their way into one of …
Ron Funches knows he’s a giggly teddy bear, but how much do you know about Ron Funches? Since moving from Portland, Ore., to Los Angeles, Funches has found success as a writer, actor and stand-up comedian, with roles on Comedy Central’s Kroll Show, IFC’s Portlandia, and now as Shelly — …
Trick or treat! IFC has a Halloween treat—a first look at Portlandia’s fifth season! In this clip, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein are a goth couple celebrating the most goth thing they could possibly do: Plan their own funerals, obviously. What to include, what to include, though? How about body-dragging jackals, shrieking …
Here are your nominees for 2014 Emmy Awards in TV comedy. Will update with more categories and breakdowns, but for now, congrats to all! Making a big splash this year definitely is Netflix, with its decision to Orange Is the New Black in comedy earning the streaming site a series …
In the third season of IFC’s lovably quirky sketch comedy series, Portlandia, Fred Armisen showed off his impersonation of legendary Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra in a sketch lampooning the idea of a punk musicians’ home becoming a historic landmark. In Portlandia’s fourth season, which premieres Thursday, Jello Biafra himself …
Portland, Ore., is so close to Seattle, and yet Portlandia is so far away from football. So, obviously, the IFC sketch comedy series starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein isn’t tailgating for the Super Bowl. But Prairie Home Companion? Now there’s something these two characters can get behind, and party …
The Emmys love Louis C.K. Louis C.K. this year earned more Emmy nominations for an individual in a single year than anyone before him with nine — covering his FX series (Louie), his HBO special (Oh My God) and his hosting stint on SNL — and honoring him as an actor, …
