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-We are so lucky to have our friend Fred Armisen
leading the band all week.
It's great to see ya, Fred. -Hi.
-It's so fun to have you here because you can always keep me
up to date on your other projects, but this one I had to
see because you've sort of been doing a bit of a press tour.
I saw you on "Good Morning, America."
I saw you on the "Today Show"
announcing that you have a competing holiday
with Valentines day that you're starting this year.
-That's right.
[ Laughter ]
I would love -- We would all love to hear about it.
-It's called Acquaintance day. -Okay.
So we're just celebrating people that you know kind of well.
You know, you see them once in a while, every couple years.
And those are really important relationships.
You know, people, you don't know their last names,
but you just recognize their face.
And it's just a celebration, so, you know,
we're just trying to find a way for people to send cards,
find their address first, then sent a card.
-Right, I imagine finding an address is difficult
if you don't know a person's last name.
-It's difficult, but at the same time, that's the fun of it.
You know, it's that exploration of, like,
trying to find that person.
Oh, there you are! You know?
Let's celebrate acquaintance day.
-And now, wait, so, example --
If Hallmark made an acquaintance day card and I open it up,
What would it say inside?
Like, what's the sort of -- The text on those?
-Remember the time we saw each other?
Those times were always great.
The times that we saw each other's faces
we'll always, always remember.
You're special to me once every two years
Thinking of you this whole week.
It's that kind of thing.
-That's really good. I'm so excited.
Acquaintance day.
Look out, Valentine's Day, look out.
Fred, I'm always so taken aback.
You have so many projects.
Not just film, not just television, not just music,
just over a wide breadth of interests.
And I was just reading in the trades, as you like to call it,
that you're launching your first celebrity fragrance.
-Yes.
[ Light laughter ]
It's more like -- It's like an ink.
So, it's like this ink I'm putting out that's like --
It smells like a very pungent, inky smell.
-Okay.
Is it actually ink? Like, is it --
If you got it on yourself would it stain like ink?
-It's not about that. It's about how it smells.
-Okay. -So it's --
it's got a very, sort of, like, inky smell to it.
And it's called TheFredArmison.
And, so, you just --
-It's called TheFredArmison?
-Yeah, as one word. -Okay.
-And it's --
-Why did you choose to make it one word?
-It was my organization.
They choose it for me, so...
I have, like, a whole crew of people,
and they come up with all this stuff.
-So they don't even go to you for approval?
-No, they're so talented and they're so smart.
-Okay. Do they bully you, Fred?
It seems like they might bully you a little.
-In their own way which is fine.
It doesn't -- You now, that's fine with me.
But it's a night time fragrance.
And, so you just, you know, like, before you go out
you just put it on.
-But it doesn't stain like ink.
I want to make sure because you're doing this,
and I feel like if it stains like ink,
I don't want to put it on.
-It stains like ink but it doesn't matter.
It's just -- It --
[ Laughter ]
It's the smell.
-It's really exciting.
Give it up for Fred Armisen, everybody.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-I so enjoy these weeks that you're back with us
not just for your musical skills, and your friendship,
but also I find out all these new,
amazing projects you're working on.
It feels like every time I open the trades,
I'm seeing Fred Armisen's name in bold.
And is this true that you are starting your own circus?
-Yes. -Wow.
[ Laughter ]
-It's the first non-audience circus.
It's a sort of, like -- It's an arena.
-Okay.
-And we're not gonna shoot it, we're not gonna film it,
but we're gonna have, just, like, one person there
to sort of retell the story of what's been going on
at the circus. -Okay.
-The problem is crowds.
You know, trying to control how they get in and out.
It is a nightmare. -Oh, wow.
Do you think that's one of the more
difficult parts of a circus?
Not sort of figuring out the things like trapeze artists
or tight rope walkers?
It's just the crowd getting in and out?
-The trapeze artists and everything,
that has it's own complications.
It's very complicated.
But getting the audience in and out has just been a nightmare.
I tried it once and that is never gonna happen again.
So we had this circus and I was just like,
stop with the audience. We gotta stop.
The time it takes.
You know, it's like an hour for them to get in
and I was like, just forget it.
So midway through I was like, just get them out of here.
Just get them out.
-Oh, so even that first audience,
they didn't see the full circus? -No.
-Okay. -They didn't.
I just like, just go.
And, um, so we're just gonna have one person there.
-So one chair to watch an entire circus.
-Yes.
And then that person leaves. -Yes.
-And then do you buy tickets to hear him tell you what happened?
-Yes.
[ Laughter ]
-But could I ask a question?
And I hope you've thought of this.
When those people buy tickets to hear him tell it,
do they have to file in as well?
-Okay, so, they do,
but there's gonna be so much more time.
We're gonna really time it out so that, you know,
they can get in and out easy.
-Okay, great. Well, that's really exciting.
And if you pick the one person who's gonna see it...
Seth...
[ Laughter ]
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