September 9th, 2010
By AARON MESH |
Movies & Television |
If you see TV cameras while staggering between MusicfestNW venues tonight, give 'em your most disaffected sneer: Portlandia, the IFC improvisational comedy starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, will be shooting incidental footage at MFNW over the next several days.
At a mini-junket luncheon today at Besaw's, Armisen (the Saturday Night Live Obama impersonator) and Brownstein (the Sleater-Kinney guitar goddess turned actress) told a macaroni-munching scrum of media that Portlandia is shooting an episode revolving around a citywide music festival similar to oh-you-know-what, but with a different name.
The episode, which shoots next week, will include a touring indie-rock supergroup played by The Shins' James Mercer, The Decemberists' Colin Meloy, and Corin Tucker.
Other disclosures from today's group interview: Guest stars on the 19-day shoot have included Selma Blair, Gus Van Sant, Steve Buscemi and Parks and Recreation's Aubrey Plaza (playing a Portland State University student trying to pick up some supplies at In Other Words). Portlandia has shot a skit in Mayor Sam Adams' office, where Adams played an assistant to the mayor, played by Kyle MacLachlan. It's a strange world.
UPDATE, 5:01 pm: I learned on the Portlandia set that, while shooting his episode several weeks ago, Kyle MacLachlan envisioned his mayoral character as "jealous that Portland doesn't have a baseball team and Seattle has a baseball team, so he asks Fred and Carrie to help him get a baseball team," according to a series producer. John Canzano imitates art!
Image of Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen in character courtesy of thunderant.com.
Portlandia Shooting Fake MusicfestNW at MusicfestNW
If you see TV cameras while staggering between MusicfestNW venues tonight, give 'em your most disaffected sneer: Portlandia, the IFC improvisational comedy starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, will be shooting incidental footage at MFNW over the next several days.
At a mini-junket luncheon today at Besaw's, Armisen (the Saturday Night Live Obama impersonator) and Brownstein (the Sleater-Kinney guitar goddess turned actress) told a macaroni-munching scrum of media that Portlandia is shooting an episode revolving around a citywide music festival similar to oh-you-know-what, but with a different name.
The episode, which shoots next week, will include a touring indie-rock supergroup played by The Shins' James Mercer, The Decemberists' Colin Meloy, and Corin Tucker.
Other disclosures from today's group interview: Guest stars on the 19-day shoot have included Selma Blair, Gus Van Sant, Steve Buscemi and Parks and Recreation's Aubrey Plaza (playing a Portland State University student trying to pick up some supplies at In Other Words). Portlandia has shot a skit in Mayor Sam Adams' office, where Adams played an assistant to the mayor, played by Kyle MacLachlan. It's a strange world.
UPDATE, 5:01 pm: I learned on the Portlandia set that, while shooting his episode several weeks ago, Kyle MacLachlan envisioned his mayoral character as "jealous that Portland doesn't have a baseball team and Seattle has a baseball team, so he asks Fred and Carrie to help him get a baseball team," according to a series producer. John Canzano imitates art!
Image of Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen in character courtesy of thunderant.com.
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