484: Doppelgängers
Jan 11, 2013
Calamari is on one side of the plate, sliced hog rectums are on the other. Which is which? We got a tip about a meat plant selling pig intestines as fake calamari, wondered if it could be true, and decided to investigate. Doppelgangers, doubles, evil twins and not-so-evil twins, this week. Fred Armisen co-hosts with Ira Glass.
Video of Fred's impression of Ira is here.
Video of Fred's impression of Ira is here.
Fred Armisen and Ira Glass in the This American Life studio. Photo: Adrianne Mathiowetz.
Fred's impression of Ira, from a dress rehearsal of Saturday Night Live. Clip of Saturday Night Live © [2011] NBC Studios, LLC. Distributed by Broadway Video Enterprises. Courtesy of Broadway Video Enterprises and NBC Studios, LLC.
- Fred Armisen worked up an imitation of Ira and put it into a skit on Saturday Night Live a couple years ago. But when they rehearsed it with an audience, there was not a roar of recognition; it seemed like Ira might not be famous enough to be mocked on network TV. So today Armisen finally gets a go as Ira’s doppelgänger in our studios by co-hosting the entire show. Fred's show Portlandia just started its third season. (4 ½ minutes)
