The Singular Fredness of Armisen

Fail Better with David Duchovny

Grace Cohen-Chen

Society & Culture

4.6 • 534 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Fred Armisen grew up idolizing trailblazing musicians, from The Beatles to The Clash and The Talking Heads. But spending his twenties drumming in bands never seemed to land him further than moderate crowds and endless nights loading his gear into the van. In need of a change, he turned to comedy, honing the craft of creating characters we know and love him for, on shows like SNL and Portlandia. I connected with Fred while we were both on set in different locales to discuss his unusual pivot, why he still feels an intense yearning for the music he loves, and the strange intimacy of filming a fight scene. Follow me on Instagram at @davidduchovny. Stay up to date with Lemonada on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. And if you want to continue the conversation with other listeners, join the My Lemonada community at https://lemonadamedia.com/mylemonada/ For a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and every other Lemonada show, go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's morning in New York.
0:02.8	Oh, God.
0:06.2	Hey, everybody.
0:07.3	I'm Mandy Patinkin.
0:08.7	And I'm Catherine Grady.
0:09.8	And we have a new podcast.
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0:30.1	So I'm talking today with Fred Armisen, who's a, he's a friend of mine, and he's a disarming individual.
0:38.3	Fred seems like the sweetest guy you've ever met,
0:44.2	but you know that he's always observing and in watching in some way.
0:49.8	I don't exactly know how to put it.
0:51.7	There's a hyper-awareness to Fred, but there's also this disarming kind of niceness.
0:59.0	There's just something otherworldly about Fred.
1:02.1	I will say this about Fred, too.
1:03.7	He's like the comedian's comedian in a way.
1:06.1	Like you talk to people who do funny for a living, and they love Fred.
1:10.8	And I'll say when we were on set,
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