Fred Armisen | The Blocks Podcast w/ Neal Brennan | FULL EPISODE 29
Neal Brennan interviews Fred Armisen (SNL, Portlandia, Documentary Now) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something’s wrong – and how he is persevering despite these blocks.
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Fred’s Blocks:
00:00 Intro
22:41 Relationships
26:50 Bands
42:35 Heights
49:59 Theater / Long Written Passages
57:08 Venues with the word comedy
1:05:05 Availability of Breakfast
1:12:55 Writing a full length movie
1:15:38 Closeness to other people
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Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).
Edited by Will Hagle
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@lindyhopwithliz
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Straight woman here who feels exactly as you two do about musicals!
@suecampbell4811
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
'So, do you have a tv show right now?' Fred, how did you not respond with, ' yeah, its on Hulu, in its 2nd season!'??? Love both of you for your talent and humility
@joesantamaria5874
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Tig Notaro make me want to jump off a bridge.
@jamesrowsell9346
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Neal has an extreme lack of time spent with tim heideker.
@LieldeMaar
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Fred is the funniest person. Ever.
@RB-oz1mm
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Thank you, finger numbering editor! 😅 And Union Jack flag editor! 🎉 9:45 omg never saw Fred laugh so much on an interview! 😂 27:30 imagine the luxury of prioritizing comedy or bands over another human being! #crampsintulum 29:30 “i know most of them unless they’re dead.” 😂 45:10 wow deep cut mr t 47:25 fred & ted bundy 50:15 HYPOTHETICAL block 53:55 JUST TELL US 😅
@pretorious700
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Tig Notaro? You gotta be joking, 'cause she sure can't.
@JasperXoR
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
oh he dated Natasha, I knew I liked Fred!
@johnhakansson1832
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
We need a separate podcast, maybe "Portlandia blocks": Neal and Fred, just doing this once a week
@1boogiebetty
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Yeah, Magic Marker ( what's a sharpie)
@brendacurrie358
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Love Fred♥️
@j1567
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Neil will not let a guest finish a sentence
@12345idiotsluggage
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Neil is super witty. Fred is legit comedy genius. Fred consistently succeeds at anything he does.
@Elmerphant
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
My favorite thing ever lol the RANT on musicals YES.
It's interesting, watching this talk, because Neal is the brain (logical) and Fred is the gut (intuitive) and if Amy Poehler were there she'd be the heart (joy). They use their individual avenues into comedy genius. Goes to show there are many ways into greatness.
@lesliemeier4225
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Yep. Got no talent but got thousands of ideas. Now i know why I'm still broke. Thanks, guys.
@lesliemeier4225
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Or you can carry mugging money. So you don't get killed. I believe it is required in Chicago
@psterud
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
I think you guys are funny, and it's fun to hear all the insides of people who have been doing this for decades, but it does come across as highly cynical. So much ego and incest. Like, like, like…
@mjears
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
I listened to the audio version first, and then watched it all again here. Without video sometimes it’s annoying when Neal is searching for words and won’t finish a sentence, but I knew it would be fine in video. And it’s even better already knowing what they said but watching their faces (and the cuts) as they say it again.
As always, really insightful interview. Learning more about where Fred is coming from in his work, now I can appreciate it so much more.
@johnpendarvis7885
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Want to suffer with allergies forever? Keep medicating.
@johnpendarvis7885
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Tig Notaro is the polar opposite of funny.
@vwhisp1394
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
49:55 I felt that f-ck!😂😂😂😂
@kfeldinAZ
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Love Fred!!!
@DockerVbox
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Musicals and Magic: keep that shit to yourself
@Escapist26
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Fred is so funny that him explaining his fear of shows/long prose kinda made me laugh like it was a bit. I feel a little bit guilty.
@Ron-rp8hf
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
I just stsarted watching the Blocks. Im hooked
@EBR846
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
You love America? You don't have to HATE it. But LOVE? Hm… Is it the cars and parking lots or maybe the cars and parking lots? Or maybe it's the street parking and all the traffic? Maybe it's the highways? Can't be the people and the culture.
The relatively small fraction of America that isn't paved over and has a parking lot built on it and the endless shopping centers and developments and the fact that everything is an interconnected road with a barrage of noise where you can't hear yourself think unless you're insulated in a giant death box.
@DottiesHere
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Hey Fred it's me Dorothy Vinny's daughter we met in Tampa I wanted to give you that beautiful cat I hope you get to read this . Wish I did.
I'm finally getting paid for my music I've been writing songs since 1963 and now the YouTube introductions for the big famous podcast feature my introduction songs finally finally at last. And Vinny and Barbara passed.
@malako777A
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
but how can you tell you DONT have the talent? what if you are Yoko ??
@Moneyhardaway
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Finally a solid Fred Armisen interview. I enjoyed every minute.
@jcamacho510
April 2, 2026 at 3:40 am
Great pod, great guest, weird take on musicals (if that wasnt a bit). It's called being an audience member?
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