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Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)

Fred Armisen

Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)

Team Coco

Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Ted Danson can’t help but grin in anticipation whenever he sees the very funny actor and comedian Fred Armisen. Fred talks to Ted about his experience of learning his true ancestry on Finding Your Roots, his showbiz start in Blue Man Group, going from drumming in bands to performing on Saturday Night Live, and more. To help those affected by the Southern California wildfires, make a donation to World Central Kitchen today. Like watching your podcasts? Visit http://youtube.com/teamcoco to see full episodes.

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0:00.0

In my mind, you jump from one big thing to the next.

0:04.1

Let's just go with that.

0:15.4

Welcome back to where everybody knows your name.

0:18.3

Today we're going to be talking with Fred Armisen. There are people

0:23.0

who both write and perform, but it's rare to be equally graded both. And that's what Fred

0:29.5

Armisen is. He's great at both time and time again. I've so enjoyed watching him over the years,

0:35.5

from his amazing 11th season run on S&L to co-creating hilarious shows like Portlandia, documentary Now, and Moonbase 8.

0:45.6

He is a multi-talented guy with a really interesting family background that you'll hear about in a minute.

0:52.4

So let's get to it. Here's Fred Farnison.

0:58.6

I'm happy to see you again. Thanks for asking you to do this. You too. Thank you for the

1:02.5

nicety. You just took the time because I'm nervous. No, I don't know you as nervous at all.

1:08.1

You know? This is you, every time I see you in public at these events, you have really good posture

1:13.6

and you're just friendly to everyone.

1:16.8

Everyone seems to know you.

1:18.5

Oh, yeah, everybody knows your name.

1:20.2

But like there's like you always, you never do you seem like you have anxiety or like

1:25.6

to me, you seem to be saying this is where I'm

1:29.0

meant to be nice yeah that's what it feels like I'm going to keep that phrase in my head the next

1:35.6

I might go in public are you an anxious person no no that's funny yeah you look like you should be an anxious person and you're not.

1:46.8

No, I don't really have anxiety with social things and performance and stuff like that.

1:54.3

Your life.

1:55.5

My life, yeah.

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