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• DVD Review: The Ex

  Published: August 19, 2007, 4:53 pm

  Tags: Dvds, Reviews, Amanda Peet, Amy Poehler, Charles Grodin, Donal Logue, Fred Armisen, Jason Bateman, Phil Rudd, Zach Braff

  Zach Braff plays a slacker trying to keep his wife and job away from a scheming Jason Bateman.

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• SNL's "Iran So Far" with Samberg, Armisen, Levine and Gyllenhaal

  Published: October 1, 2007, 8:01 am

  Tags: Adam Levine, Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen, Iran, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, News, Snl

  Andy Samberg Fred Armisen and Maroon 5's Adam Levine riff on Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in this brilliant digital short. And the Jake Gyllenhaal cameo is just icing on the cake. You may have missed... Ahmadinejad: "In Iran, we don't have homosexuals" [tr]

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• How SNL's "I Ran" Was Put Together

  Published: October 4, 2007, 10:35 am

  Tags: Adam Levine, Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen, Iran, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, News, Television

  The NYT goes behind-the-scenes on SNL's digital short "I Ran": "By yesterday afternoon, just four days after its network premiere, the various versions of the video posted on YouTube had been viewed nearly 300,000 times, according to tallies posted on the site. For Mr. Samberg and his main collaborators Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone

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• Saturday Night Live: Seth Rogen/Spoon

  Published: October 7, 2007, 8:24 am

  Tags: Amy Poehler, Amypoehler, Andy Samberg, Andysamberg, Bill Hader, Comedy, Darrell Hammond, Darrellhammond, Fred Armisen, Jason Sudeikis, Jasonsudeikis, Kenan Thompson, Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live, Seth Rogen, Sethrogen, Snl, Spoon, Will Forte

  Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Episode Reviews(S33E02) "A Message From K-Fed": I suppose it would have been tough to avoid covering the news about Britney Spears losing custody of her children to K-Fed, but was it really worthy of a cold open? The sketch managed to make me crack a smile, but I didn't even come close to laughing, which is

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• Saturday Night Live: Jon Bon Jovi/Foo Fighters - VIDEOS

  Published: October 14, 2007, 11:02 am

  Tags: Amy Poehler, Amypoehler, Bill Hader, Billhader, Bon Jovi, Brian Williams, Brianwilliams, Darrell Hammond, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Fred Armisen, Fredarmisen, Jon Bon Jovi, Kenan Thompson, Kenanthompson, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Mayarudolph, Will Forte, Willforte

  Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Episode Reviews(S33E03) "Amy Poehler: 1986": I thought that this was a great choice for a cold open! A young, big-haired Amy Poehler being visited by a magical poster version of Jon Bon Jovi? Fantastic. In general, it was really cute and made me feel a little better about Bon Jovi's hosting abilities. I

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• The Networks: Et Tu, SNL?

  Published: October 15, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: Fred Armisen, Politics, Snl, The Networks

  newVideoPlayer("SNL_Alex_the_Blogger.flv", 475, 376);SNL’s Fred Armisen impersonates lots of people. He’s delivered on the left-handed fey rock set: Liberace, Phil Spector, Lou Reed and...

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• The Networks: Et Tu, SNL?

  Published: October 15, 2007, 2:14 pm

  Tags: Defamer, Fred Armisen, Gawker, Politics, Snl, The Networks

  Fred Armisen impersonates lots of people. He’s delivered on the left-handed fey rock set: Liberace, Phil Spector, Lou Reed and Prince. Nailed the evil, weird quad of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Vicente Fox, Hugo Ch vez and Steve Jobs. He’s good, right? Now, he’s added “political comedian” Nicholas Fehn, a

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• Fred Armisen Will Teach You How to Play Drums

  Published: October 22, 2007, 2:53 pm

  Tags: Fred Armisen, Snl, Video

  Fred Armisen mentions on his blog today that he has a  new instructional DVD coming out on Drag City Records:  Fred Armisen Presents Jens Hanneman Complicated Drum Technique. Here's the trailer:

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• Saturday Night Live: Brian Williams/Feist

  Published: November 4, 2007, 7:21 am

  Tags: Amy Poehler, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, Brianwilliams, Darrell Hammond, Darrellhammond, Feist, Fred Armisen, Fredarmisen, Jason Sudeikis, Jasonsudeikis, Kenan Thompson, Kristen Wiig, Kristenwiig, Maya Rudolph, Seth Meyers, Will Forte

  Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Episode Reviews(S33E04) From Brian Williams' guest spots and cameos on The Daily Show, I already knew he was a surprisingly funny guy. He has an incredibly dry delivery and that level of newsman integrity paired with any remotely dirty joke is absolutely hilarious. That said, I still was not sure how he

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• Obligatory SNL Live Links

  Published: November 19, 2007, 4:10 pm

  Tags: Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen, Live Comedy Event, Michael Cera, Snl, Will Arnett

  Were you at the live non-taping of Saturday Night Live at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre on Saturday night? Don't worry, it doesn't really seem like the Woodstock of comedy some of the people who called us this weekend desperately trying to get tickets seemed to think it would be. Here's some coverage: - The New York Times- A Poster on A

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• Fred Armisen Interviews Alter-Ego

  Published: November 21, 2007, 11:56 am

  Tags: Fred Armisen, Interviews, Matt Tobey

  Drag City records called Fred Armisen Presents Jens Hanneman Complicated Drum Technique. Now, The Onion AV Club has posted an audio interview with Hanneman by Armisen:The dryly hilarious DVD follows Hannemann through rehearsals of his complicated compositions ("Molecular Jungle," "Fluid Engine"), and offers beat-by-beat

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• Metalocalypse: The Skwisgaar Skigelf Advanced Fast Hand Finger Wizard Master Class

  Published: November 25, 2007, 12:16 pm

  Tags: Video, Dethklok, Fred Armisen, Metalocalypse

  Though I was slightly soured by a previous experience I found this video (which I believe comes to us as a bonus feature from the season one DVD) to be brilliant. If you’re looking for a great video to compliment your band in addition to this, I would suggest having your drummer check out Jens Hannemann’s Complicated Drumming

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• Studio Head Roger A. Trevanti Explains The AMPTP's Complicated Proposal In Simpler, Friendlier Terms

  Published: December 6, 2007, 4:10 pm

  Tags: Amptp, Clips, Fred Armisen, Hollywood Strikewatch, Wga

  The AMPTP's recent retention of a new PR firm to help them more effectively communicate to the public why the intransigent, greedy WGA should accept the incredibly generous terms of their groundbreaking New Econonic Partnership is paying immediate dividends; while the organisation's previous attempt to have studio head Roger A. Trevanti explain

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• Fred Armisen and Amy Poehler: Swingers

  Published: January 2, 2008, 1:34 pm

  Tags: Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen, Nsfw, Video, Web Shows

  Fred Armisen and Amy Poehler guest-star as a poly-amorous couple in the latest episode of Chelsea Peretti's All My Exes:

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• Fred Armisen is a Raging Feminist

  Published: February 11, 2008, 3:38 pm

  Tags: Comedians Websites, Fred Armisen, Funny Internet Thing, Video, Web Shows

  Turns out Fred Armisen and musician Carrie Brownstein have been putting together some pretty amusing videos for a little side project called Thunderant.com. Personal recommendations: Feminist Bookstore and This is Nice.

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