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Fred Armisen Takes Over The Flaming Lips

Fred Armisen Flaming Lips
This video captures Saturday Night Live alum star Fred Armisen trying out to be the new lead singer of The Flaming Lips. As Armisen takes over the band from Wayne Coyne, he does his best to make the group sound like something besides The Flaming Lips. Do not worry Lips fans, the video comes from Funny or Die. Besides, Armisen is too busy with IFC’s Portlandia and leading the band for NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. So, relax and check out the funny video.

One of my favorite parts of the video is when Coyne sings a part of the wonderful song “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1,” which is from the 2002 album, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. If you want to hear more of that song, check out this live 2011 performance at the Eden Project in Cornwall.

What is your favorite Flaming Lips song? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    Act One: Fred Armisen as Ira Glass

    this american life ira glass Slate recently featured an essay about an episode of NPR’s This American Life that was co-hosted by Fred Armisen of Saturday Night Live and Portlandia. I am a fan of This American Life, even though I only sporadically catch it on the radio. I also loved the short-lived TV version of the show, watching every episode on DVD.

    Two years ago, Fred Armisen did an imitation of This American Life host Ira Glass on Saturday Night Live. But, you probably never saw it because it was only performed in dress rehearsal. Armisen later explained that they cut the bit because they concluded that Glass was not famous enough for an SNL segment so people would not get the humor.

    I can imagine if you have never heard of This American Life, you might not find the imitation funny. But if you have listened to or watched This American Life, like me you might find yourself laughing at this segment from Saturday Night Live that never made it on the air.

    Update September 2013: The Saturday Night Live video with Fred Armisen as Ira Glass is no longer available through NBC. But, you may hear Armisen imitating Glass at the beginning of the following This American Life episode on doppelgängers (FYI, the show’s link to the Armisen video takes you to NBC’s website but the video is no longer there):

    Did you like Fred Armisen’s impersonation of Ira Glass? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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