Lotta Celebrity Cameos in this New Season of Portlandia
Portlandia is back for its fifth season which means more Jeff Goldblum!!!! And a laundry list of other celebrity cameos, based on a new trailer released today.
High Elf, High on Acid, Attacks Woman's BMW With a Sword
Portland, Ore. police responded to a 911 call at around 7 a.m. Tuesday morning from a woman who believed her car was under attack by a pirate. But instead of a routine pirate attack—oh, Portland—they discovered an armored man who claimed he was a High Elf.
Portlandia's Disappointing Gay sketch is awfully reminiscent of Tyler Coates and Mikala Bierma's Disappointing Gay Best Friend web series from a few years back. Blatant plagiarism or remarkable coincidence? IFC hasn't returned our request for a comment.
Portland Sous-Chefs Allegedly Scavenging Local Yards for Ingredients
Oh, Portland. You've really outdone yourself this time. A thread on Reddit asks how to manage one of the lesser-known problems of living in the hipster paradise: "How do you keep local sous chefs from harvesting urban edibles on your property?"
A Portland Police Pursuit Was Interrupted by Ducks Crossing the Street
Portland Police Traffic Officer Mark James was in hot pursuit of a traffic violator caught going 52mph in a 35mph zone when his "high-speed chase" was abruptly interrupted by a family of ducks trying to cross the street.
This Portlandia Season Three Sneak Peek is One Giant Spoiler
IFC's Peabody Award (!) winning sketch comedy Portlandia is back with a brand new season starting this Friday @ 10 PM ET.
In Portlandia, Brunch Is Never That Simple
Tonight's season finale of Portlandia was a rather different beast than previous episodes: instead of a series of sketches with one recurring story, "Brunch Village" was one story that brought a few characters together. While it wasn't as strong as some previous episodes, the journey that Peter took from indecisive…
In Portlandia, Never Leave Your Bike with the Valet
The best sketch from an otherwise subpar episode of Portlandia featured Fred and Carrie doing another experiment with off-beat entrepreneurialism. In the past, we've seen them try to be movers who only biked across town or environmentalists who start their own recycling firm. This week, they were bike valets, in a…
In Portlandia, Recycling is Very Important and Very Specific
Some of the best Portlandia sketches are pseudo-commercial types where characters attempt to sell not just a product but a way of live to us. In this sketch, twins Marcus and Madeleine attempt to sell us recycling, their particular brand of recycling, and it comes off great. The constant asides, the subtle music cues,…
In Portlandia, Facebook Can Literally Save Your Life (Almost)
Tonight's episode of Portlandia was especially strong, crafting great sketches from the subjects right in its wheelhouse: the inability to remain cool as we age and the infantilization of male hipsters. This sketch brought them both together superbly, as Fred and Carrie swapped genders to bring back Nina and Lance.…
Kristin Wiig Stops By Portlandia To Take Fred and Carrie Hostage
Sometimes Portlandia delivers biting social satire of about how lame it is to be cool and sometimes it serves up something a little more absurd. On tonight's episode, Fred and Carrie discover that the key to music stardom is including a cat in their band, which leads to them being taken hostage by guest star Kristin…
Portlandia Takes Us Back to the Whisker Wars of the 1890's
The first sketch of IFC's Portlandia was about how Portland, Oregon is stuck in the 1990's. Now that the series is right in the middle of its second season, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein are revising that thesis: Portland is actually stuck in the 1890's, what with the microbrews, the beards, and the general…
Boise Man Finds Portlandia Offensive: 'White Subcultural Equivalent of a Minstrel Show'
What happens when an ouroboros finishes eating its tail? Does it eat its own neck and head, and then suddenly—mysteriously—vanish?
Portlandia's First Season Finishes Strong
Portlandia concluded its freshman season this weekend with a little help from some famous friends Heather Graham, Kyle MacLachlan, Nick Kroll. We met a few new characters and watched Fred and Carrie start a national baseball team: The Portland Thinkers.
Portlandia: Aubrey Plaza, House-sitter
On this week's Portlandia, Fred and Carrie hire none other than Parks and Recreation's Aubrey Plaza to watch their home while they go away on a trip. Or so she thought.
Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day
Today at Gawker.TV, Elisabeth Hasselbeck starts a fight with Bill Maher, Dana Carvey brings back his best characters to Saturday Night Live, highlights from The Soup, and we find Aimee Mann and Sarah McLachlan living in Portlandia and cleaning houses.
Portlandia: Sorry About the Music Industry's Downfall, Aimee Mann and Sarah Mclachlan
Are you at all shocked that Aimee Mann and Sarah Mclachlan are living in Portland cleaning houses and doing yard work? If you've been downloading music instead of purchasing albums, consider yourself the reason why—at least on Portlandia.
Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day
Today at Gawker.TV, Kim Kardashian reacts to her nude photos in W Magazine, The Bachelor's Brad Womack and Adam Carolla appear on The Soup, Portlandia puts a bird on it, and Nicki Minaj's butt wins Saturday Night Live.
Portlandia: Put a Bird on It
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein took on the ridiculously cliché trend of putting a bird on prints, housewares, clothes—really anything a hipster could ever want. But what happens when an actual bird enters a shop like that?
Watch a Sneak Peek of Aubrey Plaza's Visit to the Feminist Bookstore on Portlandia
On tomorrow night's Portlandia, Aubrey Plaza (who plays Parks & Recreation's April) will make a visit to the feminist bookstore. It seems that she'll run into the same types of problems that Steve Buscemi did last week.
