-Fred, you know that we've known each other almost 20 years.
-That's crazy. -Does that make any sense?
-It's insane. -It's wild.
-20 years. -20 years.
This is your 14th appearance on our show.
-Yeah, 14.
-I mean, you're the best. Thank you for coming on.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Thank you.
-You know, we know each other so well, but I was trying
to think of maybe -- is there anything that I don't
know about you? Like, what don't I know about Fred?
So I was going to ask you some random questions and just see --
These are questions that I've never asked you before.
-And I've never heard these.
-You actually haven't. -Okay.
-Have you ever gotten lost?
-Have I ever gotten lost?
Um, yeah. I had this boat.
And I was like, "I'm just gonna try to get to England."
-Were you already on that side of the world?
-No, I was on this side. I was on this side.
And I just started going.
-A big boat? A large --
-The problem is daytime.
'Cause, like, at night, you know, the stars,
you can kind of -- Yeah.
And then somewhere during the day, I just --
-You get loopy.
-Yeah, and I ended up in Quebec.
-Wow. Hey. That's a beautiful place to end up.
-Yeah. Yeah.
If you could clone yourself, would you?
-Oh, so, I do get this all the time.
[ Laughter ]
-This one? If you could clone yourself, would you?
-Oh. -So there'd be a couple Freds.
-I would. I think for, like, you know...
-Parties? -For parties. [ Laughs ]
-Just show up.
"Fred, you just got -- But you're already here!"
-"I know what you wanna listen to."
-"Oh, this guy's the best!"
Uh...
Backstage you were telling me that you don't think
you're good at fighting on screen.
-Oh, yeah. So...
-Or falling. -Yeah.
Like, I did this movie called "The Bubble," right?
-Judd Apatow. -For Judd Apatow.
And there's this fight scene I had with David Duchovny
that we really had trainers show us how to, like, really fight
and make it look real. -Yeah.
-And then it looked so lame.
Like, when it came -- Like, that was --
The joke was that it looked lame.
But to me, it felt like real fighting. I was --
-You were going for it. -I was going for it.
And I was like, "This is really good."
-And then when you're done with the take, everyone's laughing?
-They're laughing, and then that was the joke of the whole thing,
is that, like, it was totally lame.
But I feel like I'm -- I really do try my best.
-Yeah. -But...
-You told me that there's something that you realize
that you are good at that you never knew.
-Yes. -A hidden talent.
-Yes. I think that I have a talent --
this is, like, throughout my career --
for peeking around a corner.
[ Laughter ]
Every time I've done anything where I peek around a corner,
it always works.
People really react to it.
It's so crazy. It's guaranteed. Like, it just works.
-Well, how did you find this out?
-Over the years. I was just like...
"I think whenever I peek..." I'm going to do it for you.
-Okay. Yeah. Would you mind? -I'm going to do it.
-Would you mind? [ Cheers and applause ]
I'll say your name? -Yeah.
-Alright.
-It always works. Watch.
-Okay. It always works. He's gonna go around a corner.
[ Laughter ]
Ladies and gentlemen, here is Fred Armisen
peeking around a corner.
[ Cheers and applause ]
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[ Laughter ]
That's actually pretty good.
That's actually a very -- That's very good.
I like that. That's very good.
You know, every time you come on our show, you're very nice,
and I ask you to play the guitar or do something.
-Yeah. -And you do musical impressions.
And we just happen to have a guitar always here
when you're here. Do you mind?
-Yes, I would like to do that.
-Okay. This is...
[ Cheers and applause ]
Here you go.
[ Laughter ]
Thank you.
-Thank you.
[ Laughter ]
No, but now it's back there.
-Oh. Sorry. Absolutely.
-So, I'll take this. -Very good.
-Go this way like this. -Yep. Okay. Very good.
-Alright. -Alright.
-Here we go. Here we go.
Okay, so, the first impression I'm going to do.
This is -- This is any guitar player on Instagram
in the last two years.
They do this thing where they put their guitar
up to their face so that, you know, the phone can pick it up.
So if you can zoom in closer. There we go.
Yeah. Closer.
This is really gonna -- This is everyone on Instagram.
♪♪
♪ November, November, November ♪
♪ Remember November, remember November ♪
♪ Remember, remember November ♪
It's like kind of -- Even more.
-Yeah, even zoom in more.
Even up there -- It's almost like a violin.
-Yeah, it's like -- This is it.
-Yeah, it's almost like a violin.
♪ November, November, November ♪
♪ November, remember November ♪
-Yeah, that's a good one. That's a nice one.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-So...can I just say something
to guitar players just before I start?
Guitar players. We've got one here.
Whenever you do your D chord...
[ Guitar strums ]
You don't always have to do this.
[ Plucking notes ]
Alright?
[ Laughter ]
For some reason, as soon as anyone hits the D...
-That is a brilliant observation.
[ Laughter ]
Oh, my gosh. I totally do that. That's so funny.
-Okay, so, what I've -- I've done this once on this show
before where I did guitar strumming styles
from around the world. -Yeah.
So, just as a recap, for example, Australia
is minor chords into major chords but really quickly, so...
♪♪
♪ Don't go around here anymore, anymore ♪
♪ Don't go around ♪
So that kind of -- Yeah. Yeah, very -- That's Australia.
England -- So, I'm gonna just do some other countries.
England is like -- It's like --
[ Imitating syncopated notes ]
It's a very syncopated -- It's like...
♪♪
♪ I saw her by the river bend ♪
♪ A statuesque silhouette ♪
That...
[ Cheers and applause ]
Yeah. Thank you.
-Oh, my gosh.
-Then Norway.
Norwegians like to play the guitar as if they're showing you
that they're playing guitar.
So it's sort of like...
[ Singing in foreign language ]
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[ Laughter ]
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[ Cheers and applause ]
France is kind of, like, very rolling when they sort of...
[ Singing in French ]
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Like rolling around like that.
And then Scotland is right on the quarter notes,
and it's all minor chords like...
♪♪
♪ It's great to be alive, it's great to be alive ♪
♪ It's great to be alive, except you're dead ♪
♪ It's great to be alive, it's great to be alive ♪
♪ It's great to be alive unless you're dead ♪
So there's that.
[ Applause ]
Thank you.
And then -- And then, like, South America --
Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, they really -- they love ska.
Every time I've gone, it's very sort of...
♪♪
[ Singing in Spanish ]
♪♪
-Fred Armisen, everybody!
Tickets are on sale now for his
"Comedy for Musicians but Everyone is Welcome" tour.
We'll be right back with Chloe Sevigny.
Come on back. Stick around.
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♪ Get up ♪
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