but couldn't due to my frying laptop. this man is VERY funny! i ran across his 'tap dance tyrout' short video a few years ago (i can't seem to find a working link to that or i would have posted it. if you can find it, it's worth a watch. make sure you've 'freshened up' first, or you may wet your pants).
Eccentric on 'S.N.L.' Is 'Jus' Keeeeding!'
By DAVE ITZKOFF
Published: September 30, 2005
Fred Armisen's office at "Saturday Night Live" is deceptively small, barely big enough to fit a desk, a couch and an iPod. Yet the glorified closet on the 17th floor of the NBC headquarters at Rockefeller Plaza can simultaneously house a wisecracking Latin American bandleader, an enigmatic rock 'n' roll guitarist, a gay movie monster, a stand-up comic who is both deaf and racist, and several dozen more oddities and eccentrics.
These offbeat, seemingly incompatible personalities - and many, many others - are all contained within the slender frame of Mr. Armisen himself. "They're in here somewhere," said the comedian, 38, pointing to a spot on his head just above his black Buddy Holly spectacles. "So is my need for lots of attention."
As he begins his fourth year on "S.N.L." (which returns for its 31st season tomorrow at 11:30 p.m.), Mr. Armisen has certainly been receiving his share of it, having used his time on the sketch comedy show to originate numerous memorable bits and characters, from the drummer Fericito, a master of percussion and corny punch lines, to an impression of the rock musician Prince so dead-on it could make doves cry....................
here is fred's website (although i cannot get it to do anything!)
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