RE-RELEASE - Fred Armisen
Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
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4.7 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Fred Armisen is our special. |
| 0:04.0 | Applaus, yes. |
| 0:05.0 | Yeah, our special republished. |
| 0:08.0 | One of the most liked over there, he's just such a quirky, hilarious dude and everyone seems to light up and get along with this dude, including myself, including you. |
| 0:20.0 | Oh yeah, he's super easy. |
| 0:21.8 | And he's a drummer. |
| 0:22.8 | He's a musician. |
| 0:23.6 | So you can see that in his comedy work. |
| 0:25.9 | But yeah, he's one of my favorites, whoever did that show, for sure. |
| 0:31.1 | Something funny about him. |
| 0:34.2 | You know, I don't think we talk about the Californians. |
| 0:36.6 | We're going to take i was five or so and |
| 0:39.4 | the way he did it and how committed he was always made bill hater and everybody and christian yeah |
| 0:45.8 | i saw him on a flight recently and when it's funny these guys that i don't know well i'll walk up |
| 0:51.1 | and immediately go into bits you know what i mean like i walk up and grab my sir, you can't be in this aisle. Yeah, yeah, totally. And they get it right away and then they answer back. They go along with it and it's like, we don't even say hi. It's just you go right into a bit. If there's an on switch, yeah, that equip from a peers on switch. And it's like, okay, we're joking around here. Yeah, we're going into something. Just go with it. Yeah. So enjoy this. Republish. It's a fun interview. Fred Armisen. It feels like, Fred, you're the first cast member. Are we starting or is it? Start this shit. Wait, can you hear me okay? Like, is the mic working okay and all that stuff? I can hear you. Fortunately, yes. Can you hear me, Fred? Yes. Crystal clear. Can you hear Spain? Can you, can you? Me. Now, Fred. Oh, God. can't trick a trickster. |
| 1:45.2 | Bits? |
| 1:55.4 | Of all the cast members of S&L, you had the widest range of ethnicities, what the word would be, that you could play. |
| 1:59.3 | Like, you could play like anything from all over the world. |
| 2:00.2 | What was that about? |
| 2:02.4 | It's just that... Keep your answer to one hour exactly my mom's venezuelan so uh and my dad is um half korean and half german so i think that |
| 2:10.9 | they're you know they're they're immigrants so i think somewhere in there as far as DNA goes it that's how it worked out. You're all over. Yeah. But you're not offending anyone because you're a part 1% of something. Yes. So, yeah, that's a good idea. And it just, that's just how it worked out. And you know how it is over there? Like, when they have, you know, a role for you in one of the sketches, you just, |
| 2:35.0 | you know, try to do it, you know? I played Tony Montana in a sketch, you know, I don't know |
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