By Dylan P. Gadino | January 3, 2013 at 4:53 pm | One comment
As if he wasn’t busy enough with the current season of Saturday Night Live and the third season of Portlandia (premiering tomorrow!), Fred Armisen has added another project to his schedule-- the animated IFC series Out There.
Megan Mullally, John DiMaggio (Futurama), Kate...
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By Laughspin Staff | December 11, 2012 at 12:02 pm | No comments
Before the proper third season of Portlandia premieres Jan. 4 at 10 pm on IFC with two back-to-back episodes, we'll be treated to a special, never-before-seen episode called "Winter in Portlandia!" It goes down this Friday at 10:30 pm ET and will feature guest stars Jim Gaffigan...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | November 27, 2012 at 1:07 pm | No comments
As I said on the latest episode of the Laughspin Podcast, writers, producers and directors are, more and more, utilizing the it-takes-a-village approach to creating quality comedy television. In other words, there’s seems to be an increasingly inflated number of guest stars,...
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By Laughspin Staff | November 8, 2012 at 3:50 pm | No comments
We'll have to wait until Jan. 4 to bask in the glory of Portlandia's absurd sketch comedy, but today we get our first look at season three! In the clip below, we find our heroes Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein playing yoga devotees enjoying a peaceful session, wherein they're...
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By Lucas Gardner | July 2, 2012 at 2:16 pm | No comments
We've got a long wait until Portlandia returns for season three in January, but in the meantime we can look forward to the hour-long Brunch Special, airing Friday, July 20 at 11 pm ET. The special consists of a director's cut of “Brunch Village,” the season two finale, as...
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By Lucas Gardner | May 30, 2012 at 1:12 pm | No comments
Portlandia and Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen needs your help with a project. First thing you're going to need to do is wipe the smile off of your face and be serious for 30 seconds.
Fred calls for user-submitted videos for his Be Serious For 30 Seconds project, and lays...
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By Billy Procida | April 16, 2012 at 10:52 am | No comments
Hey, remember last week when The Simpsons creator Matt Groening mentioned Portland in that cool Smithsonian magazine interview and everyone lost their minds, claiming that he revealed the true location of the show's Springfield? Yeah, well gather your minds. That's not really...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 20, 2012 at 10:46 pm | No comments
We kind of already knew Portlandia was coming back to IFC for a third season, since Carrie Brownstein let it slip during an interview on an Australian radio station last week. But tonight, it became official in New York, as the network confirmed the news at their upfront...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 13, 2012 at 4:29 pm | 2 comments
In an interview today with Australian radio show The Doctor hosted by Lindsay McDougall on the Triple J radio station, Carrie Brownstein confirmed that IFC has picked up Portlandia for a third season. As she's currently on tour with her band Wild Flag, filming has not yet begun,...
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