I love the way this show uses secondary characters that say absolutely nothing but make supportive faces in reaction to what the primary character says
I used to work at Sony Music in the catalog group where we put out all the big deluxe box sets like this. Everyone in the company thought this was the best skit ever.
I worked at the Sony plant in Carrollton, Ga. They would have box sets for cheap at employee sales. I would flip them at the local CD trade store for cash. I kept some good ones like the Pink Floyd stuff!
This is classic Portlandia. 100% dialed in on a character, gently poking fun with very specific quirks & such that we all recognize. And carrying an idea all the way up the absurdist hill to its absurdist apex.
Yeah this might be my single favorite balance of making fun of a specific kind of person without being cruel or even needing to exaggerate. Well. Except perhaps the last bit
Fred is a musician IRL and has played the drums for a few acts so any of the weird-musician/music fan sketches are most certainly self-depreciating humor.
@@putler965 sounds like an issue with the country that performs such torture more than the responsibility of the band who made the music or the fans who enjoy it
Cindy and Kate's vocal harmonies, Fred's wacky sprechstrung, Ricky Wilson playing a guitar that sounded like the future, kitsch-rock at it's absolute best. How could you not love The B-52s?
Yes, I was watching and kept imagining my dad listening to Sabbath. You know, slapping the knees in a rhytm and singing along to the guitar, Beavis&Butthead style
Well he’s been making fun of these people for a long time. Like his intentional out of tune Black Bird rendition. People who love music just enjoy the moment but it must be kryptonite to these guys.
I went out with someone just like this. Would spend hours just talking, monotoned, over their records/music they recently purchased. Although we are no longer together, we are still good friends and yes, I still get to hear all about his new purchases, regularly. ❤️🤘🏻
Actual Garbage So did I, and I found them generally tp be sweet and some of the coolest, at least most interesting, regulars we had. They always knew who they were looking for and the album/song name. I actually had a guy come in one who thought I'd be able to figure out what band he was talking about by humming about 2 bars worth of a song, and then got irritated with me because I couldn't figure it out. Thing is, it changed every time he hummed it :p Anyway, I'd take these types over the mystery hummers any day!
@@cleanerpath94 Nice rebuttal! You French kiss your mom with that mouth? If I am a pussy it's likely because I eat so much of it. Top of the food pyramid. Enjoy your life belittling people with cognitive issues who likely read and articulate better than you.
I bought a book from 3rd Man Records that had a 45 that was on the inside of the back cover and you had to peel away a cardboard piece to open it and listen to the record and I couldn't get myself to do it. I ended up buying a second book so I could listen to the 45.
@@Dazlidorne , that’s a brilliant move on Jack White’s part to separate the collectors from the folks who are more about the music. I’m kinda in-between, not sure what I’d do in that situation… probably look to illegally download the single from the interwebs, so I could have my cake and eat it , too 😆
This is a prime example of my phone listening in on me. I have never watched Portlandia or searched anything about B-52s, but a radio morning show was actually talking about this scene with the boxset yesterday on my way to work. Then this pops up in my feed.
Katie Pierson, the red head, owns a bunch of Airstream trailers she rents out at a place she calls Kate’s Lazy Desert in Landers, CA near Joshua Tree. I worked there a short time. Tim Burton stays there often. She’s ok. She has one in upstate NY somewhere but calls it Kate’s Lazy Meadow. Just sharing
I was mistaken for her after a show of theirs a few years back at the Hollywood Bowl. I signed over a dozen autographs. (Hey, didn’t wanna bust their bubble, ya know?) lol 🤘🏻❤️😂
Reminds me of that old joke about the guy returning his Specials AKA single to the store.They ask him what the problem is and he says ´Where´s my Free Nelson Mandela¨?
That is indeed an old joke. *returns to planning out his day to return the VHS tapes to Blockbuster over by 7-Hi Miracle Mile followed by working out to She's A Maniac in his booty shorts & teal leg warmers ensemble*
I think a lot about how great the other actor really is in this scene. I feel like I have been that guy politely listening to my friend go absolutely bonkers over something debatably cool many a time (though this box set is pretty legit)
I saw them last year and they’re still so lively on stage. The funny thing is that the audience were either big groups or older people or 20-somethings that went alone and jammed in the back like myself
Athens, ga. is the Portland of Georgia, if you subtract the university football crowd. I live 15 minutes outside it. The B-52s have a music star of fame thing here. It's guitar picks instead of stars, 1 block of downtown outside the Georgia theater, as well as R.E.M. and others.
Ha! I actually once sold a box of collected stuff by pop gods The Judy’s (who I saw play with the B-52s on the Mesopotamia tour!) that literally had all that kind of stuff included - color vinyl, rare singles, boots, plastic doodads, flyers, handwritten stuff from the band, *and an official Judy's comb!* - on EBay… but I got close to $1,000 for it!
That's the original b52's box set they used on pet sounds.
Ohhhhhhhh wooooooooooooow.
😂
@@The_Primary_Axiom
Wholzzy: “Ohhhhhhhh woooooooooooow”
Google: Translate To English?
😂💦
oh you can't even-- you can't get the record out..brilliant.
That's my favorite line.
This is a bootleg! How do they get this?
"it comes with mofi sleeves instead of paper sleeves... im gonna cry rn"
I love the way this show uses secondary characters that say absolutely nothing but make supportive faces in reaction to what the primary character says
I find it annoying
I find it fun, like an awkward dream
i love that too, it's so ominous at first but becomes so normal
wait....your friends talk back to you?
I was going to type this, then saw you already did. Now i am going to leave and watch something else. Thanks for your hard work.
That's a lot of value for $120
considering the actual band is living in there, yeah I'd say good deal
umm... yeah... totally...
totally and if you register at the fan club site you get $5 off and it only takes about 10 minutes to register which i think is totally reasonable
That's not bad.
Goin' to pass out...
I used to work at Sony Music in the catalog group where we put out all the big deluxe box sets like this. Everyone in the company thought this was the best skit ever.
I worked at the Sony plant in Carrollton, Ga. They would have box sets for cheap at employee sales. I would flip them at the local CD trade store for cash. I kept some good ones like the Pink Floyd stuff!
How did they get this?!
“It’s a good lid-it’s all heavy” is too real lol. It sounds like a line straight from a discogs review 😂
This is classic Portlandia. 100% dialed in on a character, gently poking fun with very specific quirks & such that we all recognize. And carrying an idea all the way up the absurdist hill to its absurdist apex.
johnnydtractive I love this show so much, I can't get enough of that format. So glad they went on for 8 seasons but I wish they were still doing it.
Very well put
Spot on
It doesn't have to be gross or offensive to he funny. I can appreciate that.
Yeah this might be my single favorite balance of making fun of a specific kind of person without being cruel or even needing to exaggerate. Well. Except perhaps the last bit
Love that the original title of Rock Lobster was Rock Crab.
The real star of this sketch is the art department!
sometimes i feel fred is just making fun of his own nerdom.
bingo
Fred is a musician IRL and has played the drums for a few acts so any of the weird-musician/music fan sketches are most certainly self-depreciating humor.
Ohhhhhh wooooooooow
Fred is himself a record collector.
thats his bread and butter yes
as a former independent record store manager and former resident of East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, I can tell you this is accurate af
Lance: “…”
Butt rock fans :3
you can't get the record out... Brilliant.
I think part of what makes this character so fun for a lot of people is that they can see themselves in him to an extent.
they're living in their own priviate idaho
you won.
Nailed it
1. The B-52's are awesome
2. I collect box sets with no shame lol
3. Best line - "I like the hiss" hahaha
Which would you say are the best?
Love Shack played for prisoners at Guantanamo.
@@putler965 sounds like an issue with the country that performs such torture more than the responsibility of the band who made the music or the fans who enjoy it
@@chevyfan1251992 That was a joke that went over your head. And if it was true it's a reflection of how bad that song is.
@@putler965 a mumble-rap playlist would be the true hell there
Not gonna lie, that box set is pretty sick. I love the B-52s.
Yeah not bad for 120bucks!
Whoever does their props design is a talented mofo.
lol the original lyrics title says "Rock -Crab- LOBSTER"
"you can't get the record out... brilliant" :D
I would absolutely pay $120 for all that stuff plus the B-52's box it came in though, this is an amazing boxset
the mini wig alone is worth $150
I really wish there was a b52s box set , I'm a super fan 💖 one of the greatest bands ever ever forever
I just assumed there was :^)
Cindy and Kate's vocal harmonies, Fred's wacky sprechstrung, Ricky Wilson playing a guitar that sounded like the future, kitsch-rock at it's absolute best. How could you not love The B-52s?
I wish this existed, I would buy it in a second!
@@Jackwhoknows
You know all the names!!
I love how Lance never talks in these skits haha
The best satire, is 99% truth.
I once bought a special edition cassette, that was inside a tin-can that you had to open with a can opener.
I had that! Emergency music or music ration or something.
@bert smith Geneva Jacuzzi released her album Lamaze on 8 track. It goes for serious cash on discogs lol.
Don't forget The Flaming Lips - a USB stick inside a human skull dipped in silver.
@@TheAskTrixieChannel Was that the cause of death?
@@TheAskTrixieChannel , oh, to be the superfan that dedicated their skull to that enterprise…
One of my favourite finds was a mint copy of their self-titled LP.
It was a dollar. That's not bad.
Is the hiss any good on it?
Oh I can't even... I can't get the record out.
That box set really is a great value.
Fred Armison is such a genius. He’s got so many characters and skills like Peter Sellers.
I like the hiss.
I thought he was saying "the hits" for the longest time. The HISS makes a lot more sense!
Eric Winchell do you happen to know the track that's playing during that? Sounds cool
Yea what song was that
Old or cheap recording equipment put on cassettes always gives a great hiss. The hiss is underrated.
Nice hiss
it's crazy how accurate he can represent this type of person
Yes, I was watching and kept imagining my dad listening to Sabbath. You know, slapping the knees in a rhytm and singing along to the guitar, Beavis&Butthead style
Well he’s been making fun of these people for a long time. Like his intentional out of tune Black Bird rendition. People who love music just enjoy the moment but it must be kryptonite to these guys.
The Kurt Vonnegut Cosplay is what’s also great about this.
Possibly Samuel Clemens too.
"i like the hiss" and also the way he laugh about the VHS. That made me laugh really loud !
I went out with someone just like this. Would spend hours just talking, monotoned, over their records/music they recently purchased.
Although we are no longer together, we are still good friends and yes, I still get to hear all about his new purchases, regularly. ❤️🤘🏻
@@eliminatorjr your comment is so awful it's good for a chuckle
People like you keep the world turning!
eliminator jr. Don’t worry, it’s not contagious. ❤️
The Real Wilfred Dierkes baby i already got it
Pizza Pizza I ask myself this damn question daily.
Sigh...
My town is full of these types of people, I worked in a record store for years. It was an experience.
Actual Garbage So did I, and I found them generally tp be sweet and some of the coolest, at least most interesting, regulars we had. They always knew who they were looking for and the album/song name. I actually had a guy come in one who thought I'd be able to figure out what band he was talking about by humming about 2 bars worth of a song, and then got irritated with me because I couldn't figure it out. Thing is, it changed every time he hummed it :p Anyway, I'd take these types over the mystery hummers any day!
It was probably Have You Got It Yet? by Syd Barrett
@@PhoenixProdLLC mystery hummers
This guy is an underrated character on the show. He makes me laugh every time!
23 DJ Mix that doesnt make any sense
@@cleanerpath94 Don't autism shame. Shit ain't cool man.
@@blahblah606 stfu pussy
@@cleanerpath94 Nice rebuttal! You French kiss your mom with that mouth? If I am a pussy it's likely because I eat so much of it. Top of the food pyramid. Enjoy your life belittling people with cognitive issues who likely read and articulate better than you.
@@blahblah606 cringe, you sound like you're 40+
its bad because i would actually consider buying that
SAME
120$ is a stellar price for everything he's getting
Even the boot leg?
120 is a steal for that stuff.
You guys realise you wouldn't actually get the band living in the box?
Wow huge fan of the B-52's! Would love that boxset! Great price too!!!!
The way he shakes his head in astonishment when he realizes "You can't get the record out." That's good stuff
I bought a book from 3rd Man Records that had a 45 that was on the inside of the back cover and you had to peel away a cardboard piece to open it and listen to the record and I couldn't get myself to do it. I ended up buying a second book so I could listen to the 45.
@@Dazlidorne , that’s a brilliant move on Jack White’s part to separate the collectors from the folks who are more about the music. I’m kinda in-between, not sure what I’d do in that situation… probably look to illegally download the single from the interwebs, so I could have my cake and eat it , too 😆
That's a Spinal Tap-level of a joke.
This is a prime example of my phone listening in on me. I have never watched Portlandia or searched anything about B-52s, but a radio morning show was actually talking about this scene with the boxset yesterday on my way to work. Then this pops up in my feed.
I don't know how this popped up in my feed. Maybe the B-52 mashup with Slipknot "Slipshack"
I love the silent yet supportive dude always chilling with this character of Fred's, wish we all had a friend like that
Katie Pierson, the red head, owns a bunch of Airstream trailers she rents out at a place she calls Kate’s Lazy Desert in Landers, CA near Joshua Tree. I worked there a short time. Tim Burton stays there often. She’s ok. She has one in upstate NY somewhere but calls it Kate’s Lazy Meadow. Just sharing
Interesting!
I was mistaken for her after a show of theirs a few years back at the Hollywood Bowl. I signed over a dozen autographs. (Hey, didn’t wanna bust their bubble, ya know?) lol 🤘🏻❤️😂
The Real Wilfred Dierkes Thats pretty amazing. Good story
Zebulous It was fun. Thanks! Xo
Rent it out!
Reminds me of that old joke about the guy returning his Specials AKA single to the store.They ask him what the problem is and he says ´Where´s my Free Nelson Mandela¨?
That is indeed an old joke.
*returns to planning out his day to return the VHS tapes to Blockbuster over by 7-Hi Miracle Mile followed by working out to She's A Maniac in his booty shorts & teal leg warmers ensemble*
Totally the greatest Portlandia sketch, on every level.
Nice touch at the end, the actual B52's - Rock Lobster !!
That's a good comb.
Fred is real deal punk rock. Love you, Fred.
"Its a good lid" was my favourite part.
I love how they use their extras. Just having them there nodding and smiling.
He's not just an extra he's also the B-52's producer
Show this to any record collector and if they don't laugh, stop being friends with them.
Love 💕 The B 52s Americana POP Culture..
The box set comes with the band. Brilliant!
I love this, because I am that man. Every second of this scene was like opening my very own B52 box set.
that’s actually a sick ass box set, especially for $120. that’s a lot of stuff.
I feel like $120 is meant to sound like a lot, but honestly nowadays you'd be lucky to get a boxset with some art prints for $200 nowadays
I think a lot about how great the other actor really is in this scene. I feel like I have been that guy politely listening to my friend go absolutely bonkers over something debatably cool many a time (though this box set is pretty legit)
Him asking if they can be like bobble heads is such a beautiful little joke.
B-52's are fun.
Went through their discography once, they have other songs other than the one or two that are played on the radio.. who knew.
I love how he takes out the little red hair bobble!
such an incredible show
Rock Lobster! I saw them in the 80’s. Good show
Anybody else think he looks kinda like Kurt Vonnegut?
I was thinking Mark Twain
@@stacyyoust ooh yeah definitely him too lol
Vonnegut and Donald Sutherland in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Or Donald Sutherland in Animal House.
_it's incredible._
Fred, you are a national treasure.
You .... you removed them from the box! Now they're not a collectable anymore!
What did you do!!!
I saw them last year and they’re still so lively on stage. The funny thing is that the audience were either big groups or older people or 20-somethings that went alone and jammed in the back like myself
Love the plush doll lobster.
Honestly just like seeing this character happy
Fred makes jokes for himself, like he’s tryin to make his clone laugh.
Love the 52’s.
I would love to have that box tape. Seriously, that would be amazing
I am here for this wholesome content.
Nude on the 🌒 moon was the name of there first CD box set,if only this were real!🎤🎸🎵🎹🎧
B-52’s bobble heads… Now that’s something I’d glue on my dashboard
Love the hissss
Portlandia is the greatest show EVER!
Fantastic!!
They come up with all these crazy characters
it is incredible cubed and then some
the prop department on this show must have so much fun
I wonder where they got the tiny B52's from
The song they are first listening to is Junket - Andrea's Kit ( I shazamed it, not a music snob)
This character is so much like my dad it’s insane
I love the hiss.
Athens, ga. is the Portland of Georgia, if you subtract the university football crowd. I live 15 minutes outside it. The B-52s have a music star of fame thing here. It's guitar picks instead of stars, 1 block of downtown outside the Georgia theater, as well as R.E.M. and others.
I would totally pay $102 or whatever it was for that box set. No irony. It's just cool. Even without the live little people.
But the live little Kate, Fred, and Cindy add so much extra value. With them it would be cheap at twice the price!
It was $120. (That’s not bad)
what is that in Borovian shekels
If you don’t have the little band, it really affects the value of the set 😔
Best
Show
Ever
I received mine today from Amazon but the band was not included in the box, what should I do?
phototristan Your what? Tin roof ..rusted!
Just be happy, at $120 it’s a great value
I genuinely like whatever they are listening to at the beginning.
When he said "oh" and went for the record player i thought he was going to adjust the rpm because it was so out of tune.
lol was legit thinking the same thing and was hoping they'd say the name of the track :P
just shazamed it!
Junket by Andrea's Kit
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Planet Slime you are a beautiful human being
darude~sandstorm
The laughing w the VHS tapes got me
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
Long live the B-52's!!
I love how his friend never talks.
I unironically want this box set.
From what I can tell the B-52 box set is a true bargain
Pass the tanning butter! Great video.
ohhhhhhh wooooowww!
I wish i liked something this much...
I got the same box set. Be careful... my Cindy Wilson was all banged up so I had to send the whole thing back by UPS...
Ha! I actually once sold a box of collected stuff by pop gods The Judy’s (who I saw play with the B-52s on the Mesopotamia tour!) that literally had all that kind of stuff included - color vinyl, rare singles, boots, plastic doodads, flyers, handwritten stuff from the band, *and an official Judy's comb!* - on EBay… but I got close to $1,000 for it!
Well at that price, I hope the box had a nice, heavy lid…
Any relation to The Judybats from Knoxville TN?
As a long time record store employee, this makes me laugh so hard! We all know this guy
He reminds me so much of my uncle Brian!
Of course the B's agreed to be in this. I love them so much.
This is what every unboxing is like to watch on TH-cam
I love Fred's Ohhhhh Wooooowwww