Apr 7, 2026 · 1:07:49

Fred Armisen on Good Hang with Amy Poehler

with FA Fred Armisen

The Hang, in Short

Fred Armisen wore a button with Carrie Brownstein's face on it when they first met at an SNL afterparty in 2003. Anyone else? Creepy. Fred? Perfect. That's the Armisen magic Carrie and Amy dissect in this episode. Brownstein joined to talk about her Portlandia co-star before Fred came on, describing him as unironic and generous, someone who can do impressions of you to your face and somehow make you feel seen instead of roasted. She and Amy geeked out over Fred's 50 accents bit, where he just commits to whatever choice he makes for each state, accurate or not. The trust is the joke. Amy's pumped to ask Fred about SNL, their shared aversion to physical comedy, and his role on Wednesday. But mostly she just wants to talk about how Fred's a comedic genius who isn't a snob.

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  1. 0:04

    Hello everyone. Welcome to another

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    episode of Good Hang. So excited that my

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    old friend, my dear friend Fred Armson

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    is joining me today. And it's always the

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    best to talk to Fred and we're going to

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    talk about so much stuff. We're going to

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    talk about SNL, of course. We're going

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    to talk about how we don't like taking

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    physical risks. Um, we're going to talk

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    about our different conflict styles. and

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    we're going to talk about Wednesday, the

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    big hit show on Netflix that he is a

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    part of. Um, we're going to discuss the

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    past, the present, the future. But we

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    have a great guest joining us to discuss

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    Fred and how wonderful Fred is. A person

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    who is here to talk well behind his back

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    and give me a question to ask Fred. That

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    person is Carrie Brownstein. She is the

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    star of Portlandia, Sleer Kenny. She's

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    an actor, a director, a writer, and just

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    all around cool, awesome person. Carrie,

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    thank you for joining us. Hi.

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    This episode is presented by All State.

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