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Portlandia
''Portlandia'' is an American sketch comedy television series starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, set in and around Portland, Oregon, and spoofing the city's reputation as a haven for eccentric hipsters. The show was produced by Broadway Video Television and IFC Original Productions. It was created by Armisen and Brownstein, along with Jonathan Krisel, who directed it. It debuted on IFC in 2011. and concluded in 2018 after eight seasons. The show shared its title with the sculpture of the same name that sits above the entrance of the Portland Building on Fifth Avenue in downtown Portland, which appears in the show's title sequence. The show won a Peabody Award. Production Conception and development Brownstein and Armisen first met in 2003 and began collaborating on a series of internet comedy sketches in 2005 titled ''ThunderAnt''. The sketches became increasingly Portland-centric, with premises ranging from irate diners at a popular Hawthorne District restauran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portlandia (statue)
''Portlandia'' is a sculpture by Raymond Kaskey located above the entrance of the Portland Building in downtown Portland, Oregon. It is the second largest copper repoussé statue in the United States, after the Statue of Liberty. History Portlandia was commissioned by the City of Portland in 1985. Sculptor Raymond Kaskey was paid $228,000 in public funds and reportedly an additional $100,000 in private donations. Kaskey and his assistant Michael Lasell built sections of the statue in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., and sent the parts to Portland by ship. It was assembled at a barge-building facility owned by Gunderson, Inc, and was installed on the Portland Building on October 6, 1985,Crick, Rolla J. (October 7, 1985). "Thousands bid ‘Portlandia’ warm welcome: Statue lifted successfully to final spot". ''The Oregonian'', p. A1. after being floated up the Willamette River on a barge. Description The statue is based on the design of the Portland city seal. The stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Armisen
Fereydun Robert Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and writer. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, he co-created and co-starred in the IFC sketch comedy series '' Portlandia''. He also co-created and starred in the mockumentary IFC series '' Documentary Now!'' and the Showtime comedy series '' Moonbase 8''. Armisen was the bandleader and frequent drummer for the '' Late Night with Seth Meyers'' house band, the 8G Band from 2014 to 2024. He is known as a cast member on the late-night sketch comedy and variety series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2002 to 2013. He also voiced Speedy Gonzales on '' The Looney Tunes Show''. Armisen has acted in comedy films, including '' EuroTrip'', '' Melvin Goes to Dinner'', '' The Ex'', and '' The Dictator''. He is also notable for his guest-star appearances in television shows such as ''30 Rock'', '' Parks and Recreation'', ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', '' New Girl'', ''Broad City'', '' Unbreakable Kim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Brownstein
Carrie Rachel Brownstein (born September 27, 1974) is an American musician, actress, writer, director, and comedian. She first came to prominence as a member of the band Excuse 17 before forming the rock trio Sleater-Kinney. During a long hiatus from Sleater-Kinney, she formed the group Wild Flag. During this period, Brownstein wrote and appeared in a series of comedy sketches alongside Fred Armisen that were developed into the satirical comedy TV series ''Portlandia'' (2011–2018). The series went on to win Emmy Award, Emmy and Peabody Awards. Sleater-Kinney eventually reunited; as of 2023, Brownstein was touring with the band as well as in support of her new memoir. Early life Brownstein was born in Seattle, Washington, and was raised in Redmond, Washington. Her mother was a housewife and a teacher, and her father was a corporate lawyer. They divorced when Carrie was 14, and she was raised by her father. Brownstein has a younger sister, Stacey. Her family is American Jews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Krisel
Jonathan Krisel (; born January 4, 1979) is an American director, producer, writer, editor, and occasional actor. He is best known for co-creating the series ''Portlandia'' (for which he also directed and co-wrote in the majority of episodes), and he is also known for the 2016 FX series ''Baskets''. Krisel has collaborated with the comedy duo Tim & Eric, beginning with ''Tom Goes to the Mayor'' and later directed most of the episodes of both ''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!'' and '' Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule''. He has executive produced several other TV series, including '' Kroll Show'', '' Man Seeking Woman'', and most recently the Showtime series '' Moonbase 8''. He executive produced the Fox pilot '' Ghosted'' and has also collaborated with The Lonely Island on several ''SNL'' Digital Shorts. Career Jonathan Krisel first began working with the comedy duo Tim & Eric in 2006 on their animated series ''Tom Goes to the Mayor'', where he worked as an animator, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Oregon
Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon, Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county. Portland's population was 652,503, making it the List of United States cities by population, 28th most populous city in the United States, the sixth most populous on the West Coast of the United States, West Coast, and the third most populous in the Pacific Northwest after Seattle and Vancouver. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan area, Oregon, Portland metropolitan area, making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 26th most populous in the United States. Almost half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metro area. Named after Portland, Maine, which is itself named aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland Building
The Portland Building, alternatively referenced as the Portland Municipal Services Building, is a 15-story municipal office building located at 1120 SW 5th Avenue in downtown Portland, Oregon. Built at a cost of US$29 million, it opened in 1982 and was considered architecturally groundbreaking at the time.Weiner, Ed (October 18, 1981). "The most famous building in Seattle is in Portland: Michael Graves' new building is an architectural milestone and is anything but boring". ''The Seattle Times'', p. E1/E4. The building houses offices of the City of Portland and is located adjacent to Portland City Hall. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. An extensive reconstruction of the building began in December 2017 and was completed in 2020. The building was temporarily closed for that work, and the closure was extended by the COVID-19 pandemic. History The distinctive look of Michael Graves' Portland Building, with its use of a variety of surface material ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Video
Broadway Video is an American multimedia entertainment studio founded by Lorne Michaels, creator of the sketch comedy TV series ''Saturday Night Live'' and producer of other television programs and movies. Broadway Video also held the rights to much of the pre-1974 Rankin-Bass library and Lassie from 1988 to 1996 before they sold the rights to Golden Books Family Entertainment (now owned by NBCUniversal/Universal Pictures via DreamWorks Animation/ Classic Media). History Lorne Michaels, who launched ''Saturday Night Live'' in 1975, produced several television specials under the banner of Above Average Productions before incorporating Broadway Video in 1979. Michaels took the company's name from its location at 1619 Broadway in the historic Brill Building in New York, New York. Initially, the company's principal activity was videotape post-production. One of its main clients was NBC, which hired Michaels to produce and edit ''Best of Saturday Night'' specials that aired i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Silverman
Allison Silverman (born February 17, 1972) is an American comedy writer and producer, known for her television work on '' Russian Doll'', '' Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,'' and ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. She was the head writer and executive producer for ''The Colbert Report'' until 2009. In 2011, she was an executive producer and writer of '' Portlandia''. She is co-creator of the comedy series '' Schmigadoon!'', and was a writer for the television series '' At Home with Amy Sedaris'','' The Office'', and ''The Daily Show''. Early life Silverman graduated from Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Florida in 1990 and from Yale University in 1994. Professional career Silverman has written for ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' and ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. She has received several Emmy nominations for her work on these three shows, including two wins for her work on ''The Daily Show'' and ''The Colbert Report''. Silverman attended Yale University in the early 1990s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hipster (contemporary Subculture)
The 21st-century hipster is a subculture (sometimes called hipsterism). Fashion is one of the major markers of hipster identity. Members of the subculture typically do not self-identify as hipsters, and the word ''hipster'' is often used as a pejorative for someone who is pretentious or overly concerned with appearing trendy. The subculture is often associated with indie and alternative music. In the United States and Canada, it is mostly associated with perceived upper-middle-class white young adults who gentrify urban areas. The subculture has been critiqued as lacking authenticity, promoting conformity and embodying a particular ethic of consumption that seeks to commodify the idea of rebellion or counterculture. The term ''hipster'' in its present usage first appeared in the 1990s and became widely used in the late 2000s and early 2010s, being derived from the earlier hipster movements of the 1940s. Hipster culture had become a "global phenomenon" during the early-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washed Out
Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr. (born October 3, 1982), known professionally as Washed Out, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Commonly associated with the chillwave genre in the 2010s, ''Pitchfork'' dubbed him "the godfather of chillwave". Life and career Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr. was born on October 3, 1982, in Perry, Georgia, and currently lives in Atlanta. After earning an undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia, he obtained a Master of Library and Information Science degree but was unable to find a job as a librarian. Greene moved back in with his parents and started producing songs in his bedroom studio, as well as working on recordings of dance music with Bedroom, a local band. During 2008 he recorded lo-fi rock music under the name Lee Weather, but the following summer he found more success with his new project, Washed Out. He was soon discovered by a number of influential music bloggers after they found his music on his Myspace page. His f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorne Michaels
Lorne Michaels (born Lorne David Lipowitz; November 17, 1944) is a Canadian and American television writer and film producer. He created and produced ''Saturday Night Live'' (1975–1980, 1985–present) and produced the ''Late Night (franchise), Late Night'' series (since 1993), ''The Kids in the Hall (TV series), The Kids in the Hall'' (from 1989 to 1995), and ''The Tonight Show'' (since 2014). He has received 21 Primetime Emmy Awards from 106 nominations, holding the record as the most nominated individual in the award show's history. Early life Lorne David Lipowitz was born to a Jewish family in Toronto, Ontario, on November 17, 1944, to Florence () (1915–2001) and Abraham Lipowitz (1908–1959), who worked as a furrier. Several sources incorrectly state that he was born on a kibbutz in the then-Mandatory Palestine, British mandate of Palestine, and that his Jews, Jewish family immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, when he was an infant. Michaels and his two younger siblings w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feel It All Around
"Feel It All Around" is a song by the American musician Washed Out. It was first released in July 2009 and later appeared in his debut EP '' Life of Leisure''. It also was later released on vinyl. ''Pitchfork'' named it "Best New Track". Multiple publications named it one of the best songs of the year. The track samples " I Want You" by Gary Low. "Feel It All Around" was Washed Out's breakout song, and it is generally considered the definitive track of the chillwave Chillwave (originally considered synonymous with glo-fi and hypnagogic pop) is a music microgenre that emerged in the late 2000s. It is characterized by evoking the popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s while engaging with notions of ... genre. It is considered the genre's best known song, and it set the template for chillwave. "Feel It All Around" was used as the theme song for the '' Portlandia'' TV series. Chart performance Certifications References {{Washed Out 2009 singles 2009 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
