there are stars in the flag behind him when he tells you why the reasons you could go to jail. I saw in some out takes that you also go to jail for making for complaining about flags, so be weary!
Wish they hadn't put that overlay over Fred because just the little slightest smirk he gives after he says it - because he's ad-libbing the whole thing as if he's just ever so slightly pleased with himself for delivering comedy gold - warms my heart every time.
he's pretty well rated. I think he just chooses the stuff he wants to do. He was on SNL for 11 seasons, documentary now! is huge, he's on Wednesday. I think post-nic cage people are a little more choosey about their projects. [more to my point, where the hell has kristen wiig been?]
@@holesmanreloaded it isn't shown in this clip but in the full episode, while given a golden gun replica from the Venezuela visitors, the Pawnee parks department had previously gifted the visitors from Venezuela a bottle of "Sweetums" Syrup and a bag of rubber nipples (bag of garbage that was referenced). The Sweetums syrup and rubber nipples were gifted in due to them being from the two major companies within the town of Pawnee.
It's exactly the same for me and Bill Hader ! I discovered his existence during Covid, and i've spent my time remembering the countless times i saw him without knowing who he was
Agreed! He definitely has presence on screen, you know you're gonna get something pretty special when he's involved in any movie, sketch, show writing, stand up, etc. Performers like him don't come around often. His "in between" look to him affords him a great many cultural roles as well, as we see in his character here.
As someone who has both worked for Parks & Rec for a small town, and also been in meetings with oil-funded dictators - these clips are 120% on point ...
My favorite will always be his appearance in 30 Rock when Liz reported him for bring a terrorist when him and his roommate were just training for the Amazing Race 😂
4:40 "You playing music too loud RIGHT to jail right away"🤣 the way he delivers that line compared to the others kills me every time like playing music is the biggest offense in their country😂
@@byanymeansnecessary9329That's the funniest part. Loud music isn't even considered rude in most of Latin America, unless you're going to ridiculous extremes. But they did a great job portraying the ridiculousness of the Venezuelan regime.
I don't remember well the year, but I think it was around 2010 that Chávez the actual president of Venezuela at the time gifted a golden replica of Simón Bolívar's sword (a guy that liberated some countries from slavery) to Gadafi (the dictator of Siria) as a simbol of peace and friendship between the countries, art imitates life, in this case
This episode was fantastic. Fred accent is amazing, he does not speak Spanish at all, but he is doing the accent of a Venezuelan or Cuban speaking English. The "you stiilin" is just flawless.
This is true! He's a mixed breed of Venezuelan-Korean (and little bit Caucasian) American! _I am also a "mixed breed" Afro-Latino -American (or "combo-kid" as I like to say!)_
As a Venezuelan this is one of the funniest episodes ive seen in a TV show, 100% accurate represtation of our government and military! 🤣 Fred Armisen accent is 100% on point, which doesn't come as a surprise since his mother is Venezuelan!
@@newchannelname3395 They did have a lot of money from their oil, but actually spent way more than they took in, most of it on Russian weapons, not elaborate parks. Then when the price of oil dropped during the 2008 banking crisis, and their income fell, the government continued spending at the same level. This involved massive printing of Bolivares. That and other socialist economic policies followed by the Chavez government, resulted in hyperinflation. By 2019, it reached 929,790% per year. This caused massive unemployment and poverty in Venezuela. Over 7 million Venezuelans have become economic refugees, fleeing the country to avoid starvation.
@@stvdagger8074 they never had as much money as the American government so the scene never made a huge amount of sense. The Venezuelan government spent a lot of money on it's armed forces but also spent a lot on infrastructure, education, healthcare, and welfare programs. The US also spends lots of its money on it's army, but I guess it doesn't weapons with evil countries like Russia, it just gives them to nice countries like Saudi Arabia. The US also spend a lot on maintaining their prison system, whereas Venezuela doesn't lock many people up. You're right that mismanagement by Chavez was one of the main causes of hyperinflation but a bit odd to blame it on "socialist policies". Socialism doesn't normally lead to hyperinflation, and when hyperinflation occurs in capitalist countries no one blames it on "capitalist policies"; they try to identify the specific policies in question. In the case of Venezuela it's important to bear in mind that despite the elected government being socialist, the country has always been a mixed economy, with significant economic power held by the capitalist elites that were in place before the Bolivarian revolution. Also important to bear in mind that the refugees aren't just fleeing hyperinflation, but also US sanctions, which have made it extremely difficult to access insulin and HIV treatments.
@@andrewsutherland133 dental hygiene is the leading cause for war. Why do I know that you say? Because everybody who has been in war has had bad dental hygiene at one point.
He's a mega actor, I had never actually heard his real accent until I watched Our Flag Means Death, I'd only really seen him as the Venezuelan General or Malep(clay)nos
If you like Fred, definitely check out Portlandia… it’s a show he made with his best friend Carrie and it’s absolutely hilarious! The women’s bookstore sketches are some of the best.
2:55 The blue pin on his right chest is a CIB, a Combat Infantry Badge. This is a badge given to Infantry in the US Army for engaging in combat. To me, this adds a whole level of humor to the character.
All their badges are US stuff. He's wearing a US Army military intelligence officer branch insignia too, I think. The other guy is wearing a Lt General (three star general) ran...on his pocket. That adds to humor here.
Given how things have...deteriorated...in Venezuela since this aired, I've always wanted them to do some kind of follow-up to this with the Venezuelan delegation desperately trying to pretend everything's still great.
The point isn’t that Venezuela is doing great or it’s luxurious. It’s that the government is corrupt and hogs the wealth. So nothing would really change if they did this scene today.
You won't believe this, but I am Venezuelan, and I have reasons to believe I am related to Fred. That little town Biruaca where they claim to be in the show, is a town near where our related maternal family is from, in a state called Apure.
Italians be like: - If you undercook the pasta? --->Jail. - If you overcook the pasta? ---> Straight to jail. - If you put pineapple on pizza? ---> Oh, big jail. - Burn the garlic bread? ---> Jail. - Too much salt? --->Jail. - Not enough salt? Believe it or not, jail. - Soggy lasagna layers ---> maximum security jail. -
that “jail” monologue was one of the funniest cutaways i’ve seen in any show. not much context needed to find joke after joke funny
I want the extended cut of just Fred Armison listing things lol bc I know he did it
Are these guys supposed to be venezuelans, why are there colombian flags everywhere?
@@lobomalsano i can see you have never seen the Venezuela flag Venezuela 🇻🇪 Columbia 🇨🇴
@@JoseRodriguez-cu6vo Do you see any stars on the flag they have on their shoulders, or the ones hanging from the ceiling?
there are stars in the flag behind him when he tells you why the reasons you could go to jail. I saw in some out takes that you also go to jail for making for complaining about flags, so be weary!
“We have the best patients in the world….because of jail” 😂😂😂😂
Wish they hadn't put that overlay over Fred because just the little slightest smirk he gives after he says it - because he's ad-libbing the whole thing as if he's just ever so slightly pleased with himself for delivering comedy gold - warms my heart every time.
Mi scusi 😂
@@shortypoopstains Aaahhh....si si.....bonjorno
@@Peto111222bappitoo boopi ?
The army is like that. You better show up to your appointment no matter what because they already paid for you to be there.
Fred Armisen is such an underrated comedian. He's so great in every part he plays.
especially since he considers himself a musician first
he's pretty well rated. I think he just chooses the stuff he wants to do. He was on SNL for 11 seasons, documentary now! is huge, he's on Wednesday. I think post-nic cage people are a little more choosey about their projects.
[more to my point, where the hell has kristen wiig been?]
@@GR1NCH “Portlandia” is a masterpiece. If you’ve been to Portland, YK. If not, watch it and THEN YK. Either way it’s hilarious.
Hes pretty rated for being great in every part he is in. Everyone thinks hes the best.
When has Fred EVER been underrated? Even his small role in Euro Trip was very well reviewed.
"Oil is food for cars..." I'm dying.
“Venezuela, my country…”
@@stanstanlison5791 I died when he pointed to the flag patch 😂
@@brucegilbert625 It was amazing 😂😂😂
Car juice 🤣
@@brucegilbert625 Fun fact, that is not even the flag of Venezuela.
"Thank you for the container of sap....and bag of garbage" gets me every time
In this alley way
I can’t stop thinking of this line 😂
I don’t get it ?
@@holesmanreloaded it isn't shown in this clip but in the full episode, while given a golden gun replica from the Venezuela visitors, the Pawnee parks department had previously gifted the visitors from Venezuela a bottle of "Sweetums" Syrup and a bag of rubber nipples (bag of garbage that was referenced). The Sweetums syrup and rubber nipples were gifted in due to them being from the two major companies within the town of Pawnee.
@@AXEJAYB The syrup is right there @2:11.
I keep rediscovering that Fred Armisen was that memorable character from something I saw before I knew who he was.
Yeah. His part in Eurotrip is still hilarious.
@@chasehlee7197 mi scusi
It's exactly the same for me and Bill Hader ! I discovered his existence during Covid, and i've spent my time remembering the countless times i saw him without knowing who he was
"Oil is food for cars" SUCH a good line 😭
Fred Armisen is the incarnation of comedy into human form. His mere presence elevates any scene hes in.
Agreed! He definitely has presence on screen, you know you're gonna get something pretty special when he's involved in any movie, sketch, show writing, stand up, etc. Performers like him don't come around often. His "in between" look to him affords him a great many cultural roles as well, as we see in his character here.
As someone who has both worked for Parks & Rec for a small town, and also been in meetings with oil-funded dictators - these clips are 120% on point ...
Quite the career
Waffle House Has Found Its New Host
Were you ever in jail at any point?
@@hithere4719 the waffle house got shut down, you didn't hear?
@@mm-mix Obviously there's a food joint dedicaded to waffles, why wouldn't there be
He's amazing in Parks and Rec, but him beautifully playing a violin then holding it up and sternly saying 'GEETAR" in B99 is legendary
My favorite will always be his appearance in 30 Rock when Liz reported him for bring a terrorist when him and his roommate were just training for the Amazing Race 😂
Mlep(clay)nos, (the clay is silent).
@@EnycmaPie You mean the "QLEY" 😂😂 The way he says it is hilarious
@@EnycmaPie 😂😂😂 this killed me on B99 not the clay is silent!!
Nothing beats the "Mi Scusi" in Eurotrip.
Donna saying "I did very well there" is my favorite thing.
It’s so understated. Like she’s not bragging, just stating facts
Let me pack my bags then 😂
Not true in real life though
In brazil the population of Black/Afro latinx is much and they sometimes visit venezuela maybe that's why
@@lizlovesafrobeatslatinx hahahahaha
4:40 "You playing music too loud RIGHT to jail right away"🤣 the way he delivers that line compared to the others kills me every time like playing music is the biggest offense in their country😂
Nooo not in their country, in his opinion 😂
Ironically, playing loud music is never frowned upon in Latin American countries
@@byanymeansnecessary9329it is in Uruguay
@@byanymeansnecessary9329That's the funniest part. Loud music isn't even considered rude in most of Latin America, unless you're going to ridiculous extremes. But they did a great job portraying the ridiculousness of the Venezuelan regime.
His eyes lit up for this out of all the jail offenses he mentioned
My favorite part is when he says “no trial, no nothing.” 😂😂
"This gun symbolizes the peace between our two nations"
Who writes this stuff?!?!?!
why peter whats ur problem with it 🙄
@@ayah2114 No problem. It's hilarious.
I don't remember well the year, but I think it was around 2010 that Chávez the actual president of Venezuela at the time gifted a golden replica of Simón Bolívar's sword (a guy that liberated some countries from slavery) to Gadafi (the dictator of Siria) as a simbol of peace and friendship between the countries, art imitates life, in this case
@@alejandrajorge2338
Gaddafi was dictator of Libya who was going to introduce a gold backed currency so "The West" murdered him.
@@ayah2114 It's the IRONY of it.😊
"We have the best patients in the world.... because of jail!!"
*patience
Fred Armisen is so perfect. "Send the boy"
😂😂😂
Fred Armisen is hilarious and I miss seeing him and Amy on SNL.😊
“Under cook, over cook” I love your Fred Armisen. I hope you live forever… 🥁
"In Venezuela" *pointing to the flag* "My country" 😂😂😂😂
It's not even the Venezuelan flag either lol
"I would take the large black one." 🤣🤣🤣🤣 you heard the man, get on it!
Fred Armisen is the greatest master of accents there is. He's almost too brilliant here to be comedic (although he's also hilarious.)
"Mi scusi."
And he actually is Venezuelan!
@@brittany9932I JUST FOUND THAT OUT TODAY! My boyfriend thought he was just a really good white actor 🥲 I knew he couldn’t be.
🤣 when she says "this gun symbolizes..." that killed me, no pun intended 😂
@@betterthoughts22 when a joke makes people laugh it is called that it killed, when a joke doesn't make people laugh, it is said that it bombed
@@WatchingPup thanks pizzaac
@@betterthoughts22 Username checks out
1:34 I love how he just put a stop to the applause.
Fun facts:
1. Fred’s mom is from Venezuela
2. In 3:54, Parque del Este is an actual park in Caracas, Venezuela
There's a wikipedia page for Parque Del Este. While it does not have a monorail it is still a very impressive and nice looking park.
I wonder why they couldn’t say Caracas and instead had to say Boracua as a parody
“We don’t have Lady Gaga. And I don’t think she’s going to come here unless her career takes a very bad turn” 😂😂😂😂😂
This episode was the one that sold me on Parks and Rec as a legendary comedy. I've been hooked since.
The sticky things you put on your hair to style it, believe it or not gel.
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Obviously the "jail" part is the best, but goddamn if I didn't laugh almost as hard for the "oil is food for cars" part 😂
He is also great in Brooklyn 99, when they knocked on his door, showed a picture of who they were looking for, and he takes it and says ty😂😂😂
MLIPNOS with a "Klay" 😃
thank you! i will see it!
@@Cactinathe klay is silent.😂
This episode was fantastic.
Fred accent is amazing, he does not speak Spanish at all, but he is doing the accent of a Venezuelan or Cuban speaking English.
The "you stiilin" is just flawless.
he's half Venezuelan...
This is true! He's a mixed breed of Venezuelan-Korean (and little bit Caucasian) American!
_I am also a "mixed breed" Afro-Latino -American (or "combo-kid" as I like to say!)_
He does speak fluent Spanish; he grew up speaking it.
@@grumpee8432 Yeah, I looked for it, IDK why I thought he did not speak it. I thought he said he was not fluent in an interview.
The accent isn't perfect (he pronounces TH a little too softly for Spanish speakers), but it's very, very good without being offensive
"You've never had a budget shortage?
No"
Oh man how that has aged hahahaha
Unfortunately:(
It’s because of US snactions and it was happening during this time and this is US propaganda
As a Venezuelan this is one of the funniest episodes ive seen in a TV show, 100% accurate represtation of our government and military! 🤣
Fred Armisen accent is 100% on point, which doesn't come as a surprise since his mother is Venezuelan!
its 100% accurate that venezuela has infinite money and pursues a policy of mass incarceration?
@@newchannelname3395 They did have a lot of money from their oil, but actually spent way more than they took in, most of it on Russian weapons, not elaborate parks. Then when the price of oil dropped during the 2008 banking crisis, and their income fell, the government continued spending at the same level. This involved massive printing of Bolivares. That and other socialist economic policies followed by the Chavez government, resulted in hyperinflation. By 2019, it reached 929,790% per year. This caused massive unemployment and poverty in Venezuela. Over 7 million Venezuelans have become economic refugees, fleeing the country to avoid starvation.
@@stvdagger8074 they never had as much money as the American government so the scene never made a huge amount of sense. The Venezuelan government spent a lot of money on it's armed forces but also spent a lot on infrastructure, education, healthcare, and welfare programs. The US also spends lots of its money on it's army, but I guess it doesn't weapons with evil countries like Russia, it just gives them to nice countries like Saudi Arabia. The US also spend a lot on maintaining their prison system, whereas Venezuela doesn't lock many people up.
You're right that mismanagement by Chavez was one of the main causes of hyperinflation but a bit odd to blame it on "socialist policies". Socialism doesn't normally lead to hyperinflation, and when hyperinflation occurs in capitalist countries no one blames it on "capitalist policies"; they try to identify the specific policies in question. In the case of Venezuela it's important to bear in mind that despite the elected government being socialist, the country has always been a mixed economy, with significant economic power held by the capitalist elites that were in place before the Bolivarian revolution. Also important to bear in mind that the refugees aren't just fleeing hyperinflation, but also US sanctions, which have made it extremely difficult to access insulin and HIV treatments.
@@stvdagger8074 Most of it on Russian weapons, you been watching a bit too much Fox
@@newchannelname3395 You know people aren't looking for Nuance.
I would serve about 7 life sentences for the dentist thing alone
Bruh lmao
Lol same
People like you are the reason we lost Afghanistan
@@andrewsutherland133 dental hygiene is the leading cause for war. Why do I know that you say? Because everybody who has been in war has had bad dental hygiene at one point.
@@andrewsutherland133 yea I'm not American so guess I didn't lose anything
Except WWII but we won't talk about das
sometimes that "jail" part plays in my head while i'm driving alone and it makes me laugh like an idiot
He's a mega actor, I had never actually heard his real accent until I watched Our Flag Means Death, I'd only really seen him as the Venezuelan General or Malep(clay)nos
The clay is silent...🤣
If you like Fred, definitely check out Portlandia… it’s a show he made with his best friend Carrie and it’s absolutely hilarious! The women’s bookstore sketches are some of the best.
“You playing music too loud? RIGHT to jail, right away.”
“We thank you for the, container of sap. And the bag of garbage.” I can’t stop repeating that one 😂
"Too high prices for ah sweaaaaters, glasses"
I'm in stitches 😂😂😂 brilliant!!!
2:55 The blue pin on his right chest is a CIB, a Combat Infantry Badge. This is a badge given to Infantry in the US Army for engaging in combat. To me, this adds a whole level of humor to the character.
He took it off a corpse
Wow, talk about Participation Trophy. Nice going US army.
All their badges are US stuff. He's wearing a US Army military intelligence officer branch insignia too, I think. The other guy is wearing a Lt General (three star general) ran...on his pocket. That adds to humor here.
He’s also got a gold Navy Surface Warfare Officer pin underneath his ribbons lmao
My mom burst out laughing like crazy from his jail scene.
“Venezuela.. Venezuela my COOOOuntry..” *points to armband* 😭
It's the "believe it or not...jail" for me 😂😂😂
The day i discovered Fred Armisen and the best episode for me. " We have the best patients in the world. Because of jail...":)
Given how things have...deteriorated...in Venezuela since this aired, I've always wanted them to do some kind of follow-up to this with the Venezuelan delegation desperately trying to pretend everything's still great.
Things were never good in Venezuela
@@mustang8206 Well it's worse now so the premise still works.
@@mustang8206 They definitely improved massively for the working class for a time.
The point isn’t that Venezuela is doing great or it’s luxurious.
It’s that the government is corrupt and hogs the wealth. So nothing would really change if they did this scene today.
@@chrisgrudge6964 You haven't read much on the subject have you?
As a venezuelan I can confirm that this is a precise depiction of our politicians.
Do me a favo😊r, and take back the ones in NY
@@sharonmontano4924 Sharon oh
I’d love to see the outtakes on this episode. Fred is a comedic treasure.
Fred Armisen is an accent genius.
Fun fact he has Venezuelan family
That is classically one of the funniest monologues ever seen in tv. He is hilarious along with his Colonels….😂😂😂
The “you’re eh-tealing” is perfect 😭😭😭
“Oil is food for cars” and that’s when I lost it 😂😂😂
You won't believe this, but I am Venezuelan, and I have reasons to believe I am related to Fred. That little town Biruaca where they claim to be in the show, is a town near where our related maternal family is from, in a state called Apure.
Cool story, bro.
@@alvarovillegas4803 Why you don't believe him look his name is portugues
10 years later and this skit is still funny AF 😂
"We have the best patients in the world, because of jail" 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Just three words...
Because of jail.
As a Venezuelan, this is Gold.
Straight to jail for you.
This show was soooo under appreciated
“So we just select the women we desire? “ my man is surely at home. He is not even jet lagged.
0:25 sounds absolutely real❤
I can imagine Boris and Natasha and fearless leader or snidely whiplash taking the Pawnee’s hostage and try to take over city hall
Donna’s got that rizz
this reminded me how great this show is. truly one of the best ever. so well written
"We have the best patients in the world... because of jail."
What makes me love this even more is the fact that Fred Armisen’s mom is Venezuelan 😂
I’ve met Fred Armisen in person at a New Jersey truckstop. He was such a sweetheart and even took a picture with me.
Nice to see Mlepclaynos doing so well for himself.
believe or not, Jail lol.... best line ever
As a Venezuelan this is hilarious to me
You laugh too much right to jail
@@totoroneblinny6100you don't laugh right to jail mi pana
Italians be like:
- If you undercook the pasta? --->Jail.
- If you overcook the pasta? ---> Straight to jail.
- If you put pineapple on pizza? ---> Oh, big jail.
- Burn the garlic bread? ---> Jail.
- Too much salt? --->Jail.
- Not enough salt? Believe it or not, jail.
- Soggy lasagna layers ---> maximum security jail.
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2:40 that guy in the middle is "Popeye Saavedra" from the 1993 movie -Blood in and Blood out, I recall him saying "Give me some chon chon"
"you undercook Fish, believe it or not, JAIL."
🤣🤣🤣🤣 YO
The stone faced Venezuelan dude cracks me up because I recognize him from "Blood In, Blood Out" and he was not nice in jaaail 😂🙈
Give me your chon chon
Gimme some chon chon!
Tom’s “Interesting choice” always gets me. Lmao
Many of these small role chracters are also present in Brooklyn 99. Also Mr. Maldonado is there :D
I need to watch this every other week to stay positive😂😂😂😂
You make an appointment with the dentist and you don’t show up believe it or not jail 😂😂
This is the best bit from this show I can remember bar none.
I could watch an entire episode of him just saying what constitutes jail time
Fred nailed this. Amazing
You got it chief 😂
"this gun ...truly represents the blossoming peace between our two nations"
Lol that's a hell of a line.
Fred Armisen really is absolutely outstanding
That undercook overcook part is the best!
Jajajajajajaja la ficción supera la realidad. Y Fred...Dios, qué magnifico actor!!!!
This is hysterical. My sides are actually hurting I was laughing so much at this.
"Ju peel. With jour hands. Ju peel the banana."
The jail monologue has aged quite well.
Especially after that comedy show of a coup those former Green Berets tried to start there lol.
I am Venezuelan and I love this
Fred makes me chuckle just thinking about him.
"peel the banana!" 🤣
"Joo peel"
Thanks for this! I’ve been searching for exactly this for weeks!
all of the ''Jail'' part so funny kdjkdjkdj
Making appointment with the dentist, don’t show up!! Right to jail!!!!😂
dislike this video? - right to jail, right away.
El Salvador be like "hold my beer"
"Ju habba face tattoo? Right to jail."
Jesus that is dark
The frisbee guy’s third shot was dead on.
....and to think he barely passed his SNL audition; we very nearly never had this genius.
"Joo right to jail." I need that on a t-shirt.
"You are playing music too loud, RIGHT to jail..." LOL
As a Venezuelan I can confirm the large tips from corrupt officials 😂😂😂 spot on
"Undercook -> Overcook" Fred Armisen is the best