New York Underground - Saturday Night Live

Heartfelt music thrives downtown, underground. Aired 10/18/08

[jeanbutinfrench]

- the energetic editing
- the haircut
- the leather jacket
- the camera angle
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- getting out of a cab talking to the camera
- obscure urban attraction I'll never experience
this is too real British variety tv

[shuhaibmohammed]

Felt like watching a BBC documentary
Hader rocks at every

[julietblue]

Anytime I watch British documentaries now I just can’t stop thinking of the start of this. The delivery. The fast cuts. The angle. Now every show is tainted with the image of a guy getting out of a taxi to get into another taxi.

[leporellothegoldfinch]

Did he get out of the cab just to get into another cab? 😆

[donknotts]

If this was the only video I saw of Bill, I wouldn't have doubted that he was a British journalist.

[AA-hbdw]

Bill Hader doing a British accent is just priceless! Hahaha

[deeplyconfused]

As a Brit, I can say he's got a pretty good accent, much better than most Americans. Doesn't hurt he's hilarious too.

[unstoppablefalse]

Spot on UK documentary piss-take, except if he were really British, he wouldn't be smiling

[FxBrour]

just the cuts during the first 30 secods had me crying laughing

[Supernaturlisch]

"Leaving his audience literally weeping... end quote." LOL

[chloeachappell]

I had been trying to find this video for years. The only thing I remembered to go by was "Fred Armisen wine and cigarettes" but it finally just came up randomly! I'll never forget when I was first watching it years ago on tv and Fred Armisen hit that high note, my terrier howled. 😂❤

[Milinnad]

Hader is the real deal. Armisen is kind of a genius too... Lol

[kobeyiskicho]

Why is no one appreciating Fred armisens parody of underground artists that think they’re better than everyone else?

Edit 2 years later: narcissistic was the word I was looking for

[bexswe]

Bill's British accent sounds exactly like Richard Ayoade

[jamesismyfriend]

"... maybe if you're a TORIST." 😂

That was spot on!

[GariSound]

wine and cigarettes, funny how they come up with songs better than the real ones

[pruszkowvice]

That Rowboat roster at 0:32 Mulaney, Jost, Lutz and Kenan is powerful xD

[HarryUK]

Haha, Hader's English accent is actually brilliant. Slipped a few times though. "Garaarge." should have been "Garidge". =P

[ManubibiWalsh]

That Low-Budget British TV Dude voice. Damn, he gets it.

[alienbacon]

am I crazy or Is Fred Armisen's song here legit good? it's like Dave Mathews is doing a weird cover of a sad Leonard Cohen song! I love it.