Fred Armisen: Standup For Drummers

Not your typical comedy special. I got the impression that this was a collection of drum related humor that he had come up with over the years that made him laugh but he couldn't use at the time because it was too esoteric. I don't know that to be true, it's just what it felt like. Kind of random and disjointed.

I am guessing Fred Armisen knew this would not be particularly popular but did it anyways as a passion project. I think the results were mixed. If you like Fred Armisen or the drums (preferably both) give it a shot.

Fred Armisen is a funny guy. I'm not sure who found the patently unfunny lame a$$ Armisen impersonator to perform this show, but that person should be punished. I thought the show couldn't suck any harder after Tres Cool left the stage, but Fake Fred actually did the "drum soundcheck" bit that literally everyone who ever played a gig has parodied only 1,000 times. In case my comments haven't been sufficiently clearly expressed, this was one of the crappiest pieces of entertainment I have EVER consumed - and I once saw a Tom Green movie by mistake.

I wanted to like this but just didn't feel it, just like Fred doesn't get Zydeco and Jazz. When he's not overworking the snide irony, some parts of this are pretty funny or interesting, but over all it seems underdeveloped and disorganized rambling with lists of petty gripes, and some experiments in Andy Kaufman land. Its all in the title folks.

2/7/18. I didn't know what to expect from a Fred Armisen standup. Oh, yes, I do in a way. I have watched him for years on SNL. This was like watching him playing Garth (without Kristen Wiig's Kat). Basically, he was all over the place, with occasional funny bits. The only saving grace was when he talked about and played his drums. He is actually quite a good drummer. Nice he had other drummers do their thing, especially Shiela E. So, it's a toss-up. Watch it if you like his humor, or watch it if you like drums.

I know this special seems to have a lot of bad reviews, but I actually kind of liked it! One of the big problems though is that he jumps around too much. He tells a joke and then quickly moves on to another one that has nothing to do with the previous one. There's no transitions. He definitely needs work on doing stand up comedy. But his impressions of all of the accents across the U.S was pretty cool, even if it had nothing to do with drumming. I'm not a drummer or even a musician but I was able to get most of the jokes. I feel like it was more entertaining than laugh out loud funny. The part where he went through the types of drumming from each decade was interesting. I don't think it's as bad as people are making it out to be, but that's just my opinion.