Fred Armisen chooses COMEDY above MUSIC?!?!

Topics covered include: why Fred left his music career for comedy, the societal pressure of sobriety, the glory days of Saturday Night Live, why streaming ruined live television, Fred's take on playing Uncle Fester in Wednesday, Portlandia's hidden political commentary, Fred's biggest comedic influences, Tim's take on believing in God, why COVID ruined live touring shows, and how the industry is headed in the wrong direction.

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Office Hours Live is a weekly call-in show with Tim Heidecker, DJ Douggpound and Vic Berger (aka the holy trinity). Every episode is a wild audio-visual journey with drops, live music, and Tim's rants and riffs on life, music, politics, his kids and whatever else is happening in his life (and the lives of our callers). Special guests have included Jack Black, Fred Armisen, John C. Reilly, Chelsea Peretti, Weyes Blood, Reggie Watts, Bob Odenkirk, Thundercat and more.

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[feelsgoodSK]

Master interviewer! Tim really cornered Fred here. He had nowhere to go 😮

[dotxyn]

Tim was so brave here. Fred's ego is so huge I'm glad someone confronted him

[ericlucas]

Who had Tim does the best Bill Maher impression on the board 2023.

[LemonTree]

Tim Heidecker playing Tim Heidecker playing Tim Heidecker is my favorite version of Tim Heidecker

[schtuff.]

This Bill Mahr impression has helped me realize how bloody negative I can be with people. Its been a hilarious way to learn to not be a dick!

[ramonoliveira]

I like Tim because he says it the way it is.

[Earthad]

It’s just as awkward as a real Maher interview

[collieee]

Love this interview Tim is just hilarious throughout, and Fred goes along with it perfectly

[garythsnal]

Lol i said the exact thing graduating from design school. "Why do i have to learn video production, photography, audio engeneering, design, and illustration." Lol 10 years later i now know there was no other way!

[singlesideman]

This just hurts. Nicely done. Reminds me of my own career trajectory...

[ili]

Please keep mocking Bill Maher and Joe Rogan. I believe it’ll catch on

[brettvandenbosch]

Fred really wasn’t prepared for this, hopefully, if he’s invited back, he’ll be a better guest with real answers to Tim’s next level line of questioning.

[natepenn]

Tim Mahr would ream Tim Heidecker with this line of questioning

[imyourhuckleberry]

Tim's really holding his feet to the fire and feeding him a foot long TRUTH BOMB!

[RaveRiotNight]

Fred should stay put. Tim's right.

[Disimperial]

I'm sad this was already a year ago.

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

This country needs people more like Tim. I know he's a liberal, but he's not like the rest of the people on the cooky left

[funmachine]

The people who think this isn’t satire are crazy

[GrandmasterFerg]

This is what happens when you kowtow to the woke mob mentality, let Mr. Armisen forever be a cautionary tale!

[doclime]

I just take everything said here as Bill himself saying it? I mean it's as if Bill himself is speaking through Tim like some kind of séance or poltergeist and the thing is Bill is wrong here because people have always done multiple things but when we look back we only remember what they were most known for. Fred will be remembered for comedy. SNL. Music will be a deep cut biographical fact. Is it wrong for the culture to forget that Harrison Ford was a carpenter whose client list included Joan Didion? You tell me.