Fred Armisen Can Do Any Southern Accent

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  • Опубліковано 19 лис 2024
  • Fred Armisen shows Jimmy his expert skill with impersonating the Beatles and Southern dialects he's nailed down.
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  • @iluvcamaros1912
    @iluvcamaros1912 8 років тому +2786

    As a Southerner I'm just pleased when people recognize there isn't a single "southern accent." It varies widely based on location, age, education, and socio-economic status. It even varies within my own family.

    • @celli351
      @celli351 6 років тому +29

      North Carolina here

    • @zcbates15
      @zcbates15 6 років тому +47

      Aint really nobody can copy a eastern ky , wv , va accent....thats pure Appalachia talk....it original

    • @zoesmybaby
      @zoesmybaby 6 років тому +5

      Me too! I was waiting for Charleston lol

    • @peytdawgs4056
      @peytdawgs4056 6 років тому +22

      exactly im from north alabama and the accent here is way different than south alabama wayyy different

    • @belsnickel9568
      @belsnickel9568 6 років тому +1

      iluvcamaros yeah

  • @dinosaursneverexisted8985
    @dinosaursneverexisted8985 8 років тому +9976

    People think he's joking but he's obsessed with accents

    • @thlee3
      @thlee3 6 років тому +75

      #expert

    • @joelciojunior6575
      @joelciojunior6575 6 років тому +212

      I'm obsessed too... And English is not even my first language LOL

    • @sethmellen1
      @sethmellen1 6 років тому +45

      Perhaps his west tn-mid tn is accurate. East tn is something unique. La is somewhat accurate... albeit you pretty much have to have a fair understanding of French to do it justice. I'm by no means a linguistic professional but a native of southern tongue, both partial African and caucasian. Its difficult to do right. I'll give the gentleman credit. Given he is certainly not from the region he does it fair justice within reason. Nonetheless it's all entertainment:) 👍👍

    • @theEarlofChip
      @theEarlofChip 5 років тому +1

      It’s both

    • @AndyDuphresne
      @AndyDuphresne 5 років тому +22

      I can never tell if he’s joking or not lol.

  • @metalxhorror
    @metalxhorror 4 роки тому +1386

    As a native Arkansan, his Arkansas accent is extremely accurate.

    • @dakotahutchison6361
      @dakotahutchison6361 3 роки тому +8

      So true

    • @Dragon-King1232
      @Dragon-King1232 3 роки тому +14

      @@heatherdoty66 im also happy that arkansas was included

    • @gamingtrey9546
      @gamingtrey9546 3 роки тому +9

      Yea I approve it’s really good also I’m a native Arkansan

    • @jdb6026
      @jdb6026 3 роки тому +6

      Is Arkansan Arkansan or Arkansawn? Hahahahaha

    • @TrevNasty00
      @TrevNasty00 3 роки тому +6

      Go hawgs baby

  • @guavanic
    @guavanic 4 роки тому +2315

    Fred: "I'm an expert in accents:
    Audience: *laughs
    Fred: ಥ‿ಥ

    • @FishingtheSkyxd
      @FishingtheSkyxd 4 роки тому +13

      RIGHT

    • @pinksweetyful
      @pinksweetyful 3 роки тому +8

      Truuuuue.

    • @animalmasti4991
      @animalmasti4991 3 роки тому +8

      That font is from language called 'Kannada'.

    • @lasttmmt8547
      @lasttmmt8547 3 роки тому +1

      @@animalmasti4991 yup !!

    • @muhaimin6014
      @muhaimin6014 3 роки тому +2

      @@animalmasti4991 oh, lolllll, i am from south india and i've never noticed that, thanks for telling lol

  • @purdysanchez
    @purdysanchez 4 роки тому +2336

    Jimmy: Show us your special talent.
    Also Jimmy: *Immediately interrupts them with his own attempt at said talent.

    • @rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros4419
      @rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros4419 4 роки тому +38

      He's a shitty interviewer, had it not be for his rap games and tightpants impressions he wouldn't have an audience

    • @devirachman5442
      @devirachman5442 4 роки тому +11

      Lol...i was thinking the same thing

    • @yeadogthazmyboi
      @yeadogthazmyboi 4 роки тому +16

      Shitty attempt*

    • @QueekHeadtaker
      @QueekHeadtaker 3 роки тому +14

      Well he was reminiscing some of the conversations they had in the past so... what's wrong with interjecting, you guys have problems.

    • @knob3887
      @knob3887 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah well it's a talk show not a talent show and Fallon's Paul isn't that bad... and then they both went and forgot George

  • @IronHide3910
    @IronHide3910 5 років тому +2010

    "You've got this Florida panhandle thing goin on when what you really want is a Savannah accent, sort of like molasses just spillin outta ya mouth"

    • @sarahb4104
      @sarahb4104 5 років тому +39

      FrankZx14. Bahahaha. Andy would be so proud

    • @carolinar316
      @carolinar316 5 років тому +32

      Rididitiroo

    • @midnightmystery544
      @midnightmystery544 5 років тому +16

      Panhandle has a fast, soft southern accent, I find.

    • @annehajdu8654
      @annehajdu8654 5 років тому +14

      Andy Bernard. Ed Helms. Love.

    • @everberry51
      @everberry51 5 років тому +3

      Yes! 😂

  • @e.e.perhana
    @e.e.perhana 5 років тому +3521

    As a native Tennessean, I've never in my life heard a non-native nail the Tennessean accent so well. Bravo.
    EDIT: Y'all need to realize the South is full of different accents, TN as well. He nailed A singular western Tennessean accent. He likely based it off of Elvis, whose accent was unique, as he lived in a few different places in western TN during his childhood. My family is from the same parts of TN and so this man mimicked the accent some of my family has. I only bothered to edit this comment 2 years later because I'm tired of people contacting me angrily about a comment I made which should never have evoked such vile and filth to be spewed at me and others.

    • @thedenerad
      @thedenerad 4 роки тому +88

      As a native Tennessean I actually don't agree. B8g difference between Nashville speakers and eastern Tennessee.

    • @rxw5520
      @rxw5520 4 роки тому +42

      That's the crappiest attempt I've heard in a long time. When he said "they're thinkin about it" he didn't even do an accent he just dropped the G off thinking. In East TN we talk faster and add syllables that aren't there. It's more like.... "Thay-ur thankina-bowdit"

    • @jaycue7641
      @jaycue7641 4 роки тому +25

      @@thedenerad that is true. I'm from west Tennessee and anytime I've ever met some one from Knoxville or other Eastern cities it's a massive difference. Much thicker accents.

    • @IluvatarEru
      @IluvatarEru 4 роки тому +15

      Well he said he could do it to the town. Jimmy just said Tennessee. Maybe ask fred to do your eastern Tennessee accent

    • @michaellown-peters4317
      @michaellown-peters4317 4 роки тому

      @@thedenerad um I'm

  • @bitcheslovesticks6993
    @bitcheslovesticks6993 8 років тому +1406

    Ringo was spot-on.

  • @jessyjulie5506
    @jessyjulie5506 5 років тому +259

    He would get along with that Wired accent guy.

  • @markothwriter
    @markothwriter 6 років тому +1548

    There's a big difference between northern Louisiana and southern Louisiana.

    • @Jimbeaux
      @Jimbeaux 5 років тому +113

      There are big differences between New Orleans (Yat), SE Louisiana (even east and west north LA), SW Louisiana, North Louisiana and, to some degree, CenLa

    • @callmekay6614
      @callmekay6614 5 років тому +67

      North sounds like Arkansas, South does not sound like that guy 🤣🤣🤣

    • @jeffashby8024
      @jeffashby8024 5 років тому +24

      I didn't know Louisiana folk sound like Christopher Walken?

    • @jessimcknight7616
      @jessimcknight7616 5 років тому +2

      Yep

    • @durhamrockerzarchive7034
      @durhamrockerzarchive7034 5 років тому +9

      Fuck all that everyone in the south is a fucking idiot who cares

  • @FoxForcex5
    @FoxForcex5 8 років тому +1646

    Can we just have a five min clip of Fred and his southern accents plz? I don't even care what he's trying to plug, I wanna hear a Huston accent !!

    • @bones182x
      @bones182x 8 років тому +13

      I have lived in Houston for 10 years and would have loved to hear the accent!!! He did everywhere but TX :( :(

    • @johnkreese4521
      @johnkreese4521 8 років тому +3

      +AndroidKeeper He said Huston.

    • @SunyiSideUp
      @SunyiSideUp 8 років тому +7

      +John Kreese Pretty sure there's not a Huston, TX and OP just meant Houston...

    • @johnkreese4521
      @johnkreese4521 8 років тому +5

      SunyiSideUp He clearly said Huston. He made no mention of Texas.

    • @SunyiSideUp
      @SunyiSideUp 8 років тому +2

      John Kreese Alright, so which state is Huston in? (I am not from Texas and have no emotional ties to it, btw, don't go so hard lol)

  • @unhookedwings
    @unhookedwings 5 років тому +87

    My grandparents are from southern Arkansas and when he started doing that accent I lost it- too accurate 😂😂

  • @peteflanagan3528
    @peteflanagan3528 8 років тому +1306

    How did he get Arkansas so right? that's a very Fayetteville/Rogers accent.

    • @GUITARTIME2024
      @GUITARTIME2024 8 років тому +10

      sounds nightmarish

    • @skylerputman4110
      @skylerputman4110 8 років тому +40

      Fantastic Mr. Pete I live in Fayetteville and no one sounds like that

    • @inmediasres.9840
      @inmediasres.9840 8 років тому +16

      Yeah I would agree that is more of a hillbilly accent. I live in Little Rock and everyone here just sounds like a yankee LOL

    • @MasonBrooks
      @MasonBrooks 7 років тому +13

      I'm from Springdale and that is my accent !

    • @alexjarvis6589
      @alexjarvis6589 7 років тому +6

      Right??! I never realized this was how to describe it until he said it, but oh my gosh, this is so accurate lol!

  • @punishedsnake893
    @punishedsnake893 8 років тому +1166

    I would know the Tennessee accent because my stepmom and her family are from there. And it was spot on

    • @kristynw87
      @kristynw87 8 років тому +20

      I'm from Tennessee and I know so many people who do sound like that but I'm so glad I'm not one of them lol. I think it's mostly the older generation.

    • @nohandles406
      @nohandles406 8 років тому +12

      +Mike Sky as a Tennessean my whole life I really disagree.

    • @punishedsnake893
      @punishedsnake893 8 років тому

      +Tobias Funke I'm not implying that everyone sounds the same

    • @marymitch316
      @marymitch316 8 років тому +28

      It depends on the part of Tennessee you're from. East Tennessee is different from middle or west Tennessee

    • @gyloir
      @gyloir 8 років тому +1

      +Kristy Webb No it's not only older generations. There are people around east TN that sound like this, below Knox, etc. lots of varied accents around there.

  • @steverouton915
    @steverouton915 5 років тому +83

    I'm from Arkansas, and when he did an Arkansas accent, I bursted out laughing just from how spot on it is. Fred Armisen is great!

  • @sunburnfm
    @sunburnfm 8 років тому +533

    I love that he respects the accents.

    • @Jayce_Alexander
      @Jayce_Alexander 5 років тому +13

      I agree, they deserve the love. I'm from France, and I love all the different regional accents from the Southern US. They're so diverse, and all so full of charm. I kind of wish I could pull them off myself. :)

    • @zaracraven
      @zaracraven Рік тому

      Blessing 15 families this Xmas with a quick investment of over $5000

  • @Hayne0212591997
    @Hayne0212591997 8 років тому +113

    Fred Armisen is my favourite snl cast member of all time. Love u Fred from New Zealand

    • @abergethirty
      @abergethirty 6 років тому

      Anyone from the region would spot him immediately. It's not just accent, it's also your choice of words.

  • @WilliamNast-v1g
    @WilliamNast-v1g Місяць тому +2

    Fred is truly remarkable, many, many facets of his talents.

  • @matt4176
    @matt4176 8 років тому +2006

    Im from offensive and i find this Tennessee....

    • @joshuahinton29
      @joshuahinton29 8 років тому +18

      +Luz Alvarez He's from Tennessee and finds that offensive lol

    • @MsLadyNews
      @MsLadyNews 8 років тому +49

      I'm from Tennessee and I find this to be hilarious! I know a few people who speak like that. You can't say ALL Tennesseans talk like that, but some do. Great job!

    • @Ohsnapitzodi
      @Ohsnapitzodi 8 років тому +75

      This comment had me THINKin

    • @GunsNRoseses
      @GunsNRoseses 8 років тому +3

      +Matthew Czyz lol lil bitch

    • @haseenaparveen3188
      @haseenaparveen3188 7 років тому

      M C lol you got me

  • @user-zm8ol1je8r
    @user-zm8ol1je8r 8 років тому +2439

    His Arkansas accent sounds like a southern televised preacher 😂

  • @davidellisonmusic9076
    @davidellisonmusic9076 4 роки тому +182

    His Louisiana sounds like Georgia. His Arkansas is good. Tennessee is close but he’s gotta get more of those good diphthong vowels in there. Also in Tennessee we don’t think we thank

    • @KatieluvsEdits
      @KatieluvsEdits 4 роки тому +3

      Not my part of Tennessee.

    • @FoxyChariot
      @FoxyChariot 4 роки тому +3

      I’m from Louisiana and that was off but his Arkansas was spot on. It could go for Alabama too. I know people from Texas and Louisiana that sound that way.

    • @toothcruncher
      @toothcruncher 4 роки тому

      arkansas was a little bit off, as a person from there. very good, but slightly off

    • @stuckylar
      @stuckylar 4 роки тому +4

      Im from GA, Ive personally never heard anyone talk like that

    • @kafenwar
      @kafenwar 3 роки тому +4

      I thought I heard Jimmy Carter's voice in the Louisiana accent.

  • @thagrammarnazi
    @thagrammarnazi 8 років тому +819

    That Tennessee accent reminded me of Rhett and Link

    • @thatmanckid
      @thatmanckid 8 років тому

      same

    • @LostChik7
      @LostChik7 7 років тому +51

      thagrammarnazi well they're from North Carolina, which isn't too far off. As a Tennessean though, he was pretty much spot on for any East Tennessee city. Especially Knoxville area.

    • @YabbyKadabby
      @YabbyKadabby 7 років тому +12

      thagrammarnazi see....as a person from Kentucky...Rhett and Link don't have an accent to me...they sound normal.

    • @YabbyKadabby
      @YabbyKadabby 7 років тому +2

      thagrammarnazi see....as a person from Kentucky...Rhett and Link don't have an accent to me...they sound normal.

    • @thagrammarnazi
      @thagrammarnazi 7 років тому +6

      Abby Gaskins Well they're from South Carolina (north or south, can't remember) and they've been living in LA for so long, it's understandable.

  • @SummerLynn88
    @SummerLynn88 5 років тому +954

    Fred is 50% serious here, 50% baloney, that's his comedic genius.

    • @lindajones1590
      @lindajones1590 5 років тому +14

      Totally.. I feel like he doesn't get the recognition he deserves. One of my absolute favorite comedians.

    • @Solidsteakx
      @Solidsteakx 4 роки тому

      Linda Jones he gets plenty of recognition..have you been living under a rock?

    • @lindajones1590
      @lindajones1590 4 роки тому +1

      @@Solidsteakx no not living under a rock..just like the guy and would love to see more of him🙂

    • @katherine964
      @katherine964 3 роки тому +1

      Good comment😊

    • @zaracraven
      @zaracraven Рік тому

      Blessing 15 families this Xmas with a quick investment of over $5000

  • @justcheesepizzaplease
    @justcheesepizzaplease 4 роки тому +188

    Portlandia was an extremely underrated show. It was comic genius.

    • @zoner4960
      @zoner4960 4 роки тому +8

      Underrated in what way? It literally made people move to Portland and ruin a city.

    • @justcheesepizzaplease
      @justcheesepizzaplease 4 роки тому +1

      @@zoner4960 Portland has the highest number of strip clubs per capita. Coincidence?

    • @blaineedwards8078
      @blaineedwards8078 3 роки тому +2

      I loved the episode where the couple was binge watching Netflix for days and then weeks. They lost their jobs, then the power finally got turned off....lol! The one with the history of the chicken they were about to eat in the restaurant was good too.

    • @feliciacoffey6832
      @feliciacoffey6832 Рік тому

      That was an awesome show.

    • @zerosoma33
      @zerosoma33 Рік тому

      It was comic penis

  • @chez881
    @chez881 8 років тому +20

    I have a landlord from Tennessee and Fred was spot on! Always has a thinkin type sound to him. Always asking questions too.

  • @matt4176
    @matt4176 8 років тому +6882

    jimmy stop talking so i can hear him do the accents...

    • @Kopal_Spectra
      @Kopal_Spectra 8 років тому +75

      I was going to say the same, he was doing so good and I wanted to hear more from him...

    • @Alex-vz7qk
      @Alex-vz7qk 8 років тому +18

      +Komic Kopal do Texas at least.

    • @TheTitanskull
      @TheTitanskull 8 років тому +35

      +Mateusz Czyz Yeah, Fred's really good (that's coming from a brit) but Jimmy is just doing the faux cockney accent that everyone does when trying to impersonate any British person.

    • @Alex-vz7qk
      @Alex-vz7qk 8 років тому +5

      Kryto That's exactly what they said

    • @TheTitanskull
      @TheTitanskull 8 років тому +5

      Who? The people in the video? I don't know, there was so much talking over the top of each other that it just kind of blurred out for me so I went to another tab and before I knew it, it was over.
      Alex B

  • @RobotReg
    @RobotReg 4 роки тому +42

    I thought Fred was just going to do goofy accents, but he actually did all of those southern accents so well. Especially the Tennesee accent

  • @JDoe-ne4ty
    @JDoe-ne4ty 8 років тому +218

    I would love to see a whole show with just these two talking about random topics.

    • @kayamari1244
      @kayamari1244 8 років тому +1

      Same that would be great

    • @zaracraven
      @zaracraven Рік тому +1

      I will never lie to you or try to toy you'' send a DM now to @chloeharryprofitspage and get paid

  • @BradColemanisHere
    @BradColemanisHere 8 років тому +23

    That's stellar. He's even explaining how he came to develop and remember them by describing how they sound.

  • @normpaddle
    @normpaddle 4 роки тому +23

    Jimmy, the KING of interruptions! That guy monopolies every guest.

    • @wbh3952
      @wbh3952 4 роки тому +2

      he learned it from howard stern, the master of making every interview about himself..

    • @grammarkid4050
      @grammarkid4050 25 днів тому

      It is why I don’t watch him.....

  • @carolinestanley_3
    @carolinestanley_3 5 років тому +91

    0:26 IS NO ONE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW SPOT ON HIS RINGO WAS

    • @cisium1184
      @cisium1184 5 років тому +1

      Easily the best one he did.

  • @TheTatumchase
    @TheTatumchase 8 років тому +92

    as somebody who's lived in Tennessee my whole life, you couldn't have done it better

  • @nomorebushz
    @nomorebushz 4 роки тому +93

    Damn… I wanted to here him do Georgia and Alabama

    • @jjohnson01
      @jjohnson01 4 роки тому +3

      ikr

    • @Youngg_Ronnie
      @Youngg_Ronnie 3 роки тому +4

      Exactly I’m from Georgia I would love to hear him impersonate my accent

    • @TonEva68
      @TonEva68 5 місяців тому

      Same!

  • @liina000
    @liina000 8 років тому +230

    What a good ear he must have.

    • @Brandon75689
      @Brandon75689 6 років тому +1

      Its not about the ear. You can read up on this. Linguist pick apart stuff all the time. There are terms for things that describe accents like non-rhotic, which explains the lack of an R. Brits only pronounce the R if there is a vowel after it. Not at the end.

    • @DarthFurie
      @DarthFurie 6 років тому

      He probably also has a coach or teacher of some sort

  • @shaynwalker4787
    @shaynwalker4787 8 років тому +432

    NEEDED MORE TIME!!

  • @linguafiles_
    @linguafiles_ 2 роки тому +3

    He does this whole routine in his newest Netflix special. It's pretty darn good! I love how he associates actions or personalities with each accent. Here, Louisiana is off. It seems more Georgian because he's dropping his r's but not doing some of the other Southern Louisiana stuff, like th>d, ing>-in', and long o>aw. That last feature is always the thing that makes me think for a split second that I might be dealing with a New Yorker. Or instead you could go with the sound that Louisiana shares with East Texas, where you say, "I'm comin'. I'm OWN my way." And "We got to put some OLL in the car." Or the Cajun French accent, which is its own thing.

  • @RobCarrollMusic
    @RobCarrollMusic 8 років тому +108

    "They're... thinkin' about it."

  • @Anya-hd5lq
    @Anya-hd5lq 6 років тому +689

    WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THE BEATLES ACCENTS!!??!?!? THEY WERE AMAZING!!
    Jimmy’s were horrible

    • @cisium1184
      @cisium1184 5 років тому +20

      He didn't do George, which is the hardest one.

    • @profhannigan
      @profhannigan 5 років тому +24

      If you're from Liverpool, you'll know how bad they were

    • @chesterdonnelly1212
      @chesterdonnelly1212 4 роки тому +3

      Jimmy's was good. I'm from Liverpool.

    • @meghnasaha4349
      @meghnasaha4349 4 роки тому +2

      It was pretty bad

    • @aeglosdir6368
      @aeglosdir6368 4 роки тому

      cuz jimmy was interupting him

  • @starkneitz7612
    @starkneitz7612 5 років тому +79

    OH MY GODS WHEN HE DID TENNESSEE I LITERALLY SAW MY GRANDPA APPEAR

  • @Enoughsenoughnomas
    @Enoughsenoughnomas 8 років тому +1397

    If you want to do Georgia just bang your head on the desk 10 times as hard as you can, then relax your entire body and slouch in a chair, turn off your mind, and then just make noises.

  • @loudmuzik4499
    @loudmuzik4499 8 років тому +422

    One mistake, in Tennessee, we call it Tinnessee.

    • @GUITARTIME2024
      @GUITARTIME2024 8 років тому +42

      I just call it a good place to avoid. NC forever, hillbilly!!!

    • @bruce5868
      @bruce5868 8 років тому +3

      loudmuzik
      Mi scusi

    • @e3k0n
      @e3k0n 7 років тому +1

      raleighman3000 best food

    • @litluna9844
      @litluna9844 7 років тому +4

      loudmuzik wait wtf people actually pronounce it TENNessee. i cant even pronounce it like that

    • @rawyouout
      @rawyouout 7 років тому +10

      Whole lotta folks say Tannassee in Memphis and Mississippi

  • @fendicat6606
    @fendicat6606 5 років тому +7

    I didn’t know he voiced nicks dad in big mouth and now I can’t unsee it. They drew out his character so wellllll

  • @richardspencil
    @richardspencil 8 років тому +413

    I'm from Louisiana and it sounds just like my neighbors.

    • @philipsmith2115
      @philipsmith2115 8 років тому +54

      Northern Louisiana I'm guessing. The southern Louisiana accent is vastly different. I've never seen a non-native pull it off.

    • @edgardevice
      @edgardevice 7 років тому +16

      There is no north Louisiana. Anything above I10 is either Arkansas, Mississippi, or Texas.

    • @samdegarmo7291
      @samdegarmo7291 6 років тому +4

      surgedeb he should of done a cajun chalmette accent instead

    • @samdegarmo7291
      @samdegarmo7291 6 років тому +4

      ღ ღ na they got Cajuns all over New Orleans area. Besides I was saying he should of done a Cajun or chalmette accent, since they are both similar and southern Louisiana.

    • @thatrandomyfmfan4523
      @thatrandomyfmfan4523 6 років тому +8

      Sounds nothing like people from Louisiana

  • @frederickvoid4589
    @frederickvoid4589 5 років тому +5258

    Jimmy is always competing with his guests rather than letting them shine. It's bad for the show.

    • @yangerjamir0906
      @yangerjamir0906 5 років тому +179

      He should be made to watch Johnny Carson repeatedly for a month...than hopefully he'll learn something about hosting a show.

    • @rpmiracle
      @rpmiracle 5 років тому +42

      Patrick White and still sucks

    • @dnice2000
      @dnice2000 5 років тому +69

      @Patrick White yeah, they fucked conan who is a billion times better than fallon

    • @SB_McCollum
      @SB_McCollum 5 років тому +24

      Carson did the same in his last years, and that’s all these guys know. It’s the early years that made Carson’s reputation, tho, and what he riffed off of later. They need to watch Steve Allen, Jack Paar, and early Johnny, and not binge it either, maybe one per day. It would revolutionize late night shows again. Graham Norton is very close.

    •  5 років тому +7

      rpmiracle Yeah he’s always sucked man, Conan is the king of late night last guy with original shit

  • @Bsquared1972
    @Bsquared1972 3 роки тому +7

    He is spot-on. I too am a student of accents, and have been to every state in the union. Fred is really, really good.

  • @AlanaRogers
    @AlanaRogers 8 років тому +34

    Fred Armisen is an angel

  • @christinakercher8420
    @christinakercher8420 6 років тому +69

    I’ve never in my life heard someone in Louisiana sound like that lol

    • @adamellis3303
      @adamellis3303 5 років тому +5

      just roll with it

    • @snoopybishop
      @snoopybishop 4 роки тому +1

      Lol it's funny bc I never heard anyone in TN sound like that. The Louisiana one sounds like TN

  • @ltvanburen8555
    @ltvanburen8555 4 роки тому +16

    The best southern accent ever: Christopher Guest in Best in Show. He nailed the North Georgia/SC border. I didn’t know who he was the first time I saw the movie and thought, “Wow, they got a real JoJa boy to play that part!”

    • @daedalus_20v
      @daedalus_20v 4 роки тому +1

      Harlan Pepper! Sorry... _*Hahlin Peppuh_

    • @sheilamansell5634
      @sheilamansell5634 3 роки тому

      That scene with him speaking directly into the camera talking about his hound. At one point he is completely incomprehensible and utterly smooth at the same time.

  • @Americansikkunt
    @Americansikkunt 7 років тому +127

    Everyone in the world: "There's more than one Southern accent...?"

    • @billbrasky1288
      @billbrasky1288 5 років тому +5

      Cult Boy absolutely there is. I’m from Baton Rouge. Not much of an accent for those of us from the city but you go 10 miles in any direction and that starts to change. There’s probably at least 5 or 6 distinct accents in Louisiana alone. Then you can travel to Georgia and get something completely different.

    • @jaylynnw1645
      @jaylynnw1645 5 років тому

      Yes! There are so many Southern accents in the Appalachians that I once pin pointed somebody I met in Washington DC all the way down to my county in rural NC just based off of the accent. I was right and he lived 5 minutes from me!

    • @zach8969
      @zach8969 4 роки тому

      @@billbrasky1288 Georgia's got three different drawls, the further South you go towards Florida the more twangy it is, the more North you go towards South Carolina it goes smoother, the Western part around Columbus is more rounded like Louisiana because of the heavy creole settlement

    • @jamesdettmann94
      @jamesdettmann94 4 роки тому +1

      It's all just Texas

    • @E361-p2o
      @E361-p2o 4 роки тому

      Everyone from Louisiana I’ve met are mush mouthed Texans we got 4 different sounding accents and Arkansas a mixture of an East Texan and an Oklahoman 😂

  • @OiTzAsian247
    @OiTzAsian247 8 років тому +21

    Lived in Tennessee my whole life and his accent was pretty dang close.

  • @OtterSC2
    @OtterSC2 5 років тому +202

    Fallon is such an egotist, he couldn't completely ruin this because Fred is great but f me not for lack of trying

    • @Promatim
      @Promatim 4 роки тому +14

      Notice how Fred KEPT prompting him to ask him for a city, to show off how he could even nail a part of a state. He clearly had a stellar city accent ready to show off. But Fallon pays no attention.

  • @alicecarroccio2812
    @alicecarroccio2812 8 років тому +302

    Arkansas is right on!

  • @ms.m3n
    @ms.m3n 8 років тому +55

    I wanted him to do more!!!

  • @kellidinit3725
    @kellidinit3725 2 роки тому +5

    This made me chuckle. My parents were both raised in the south, and I’m here to tell you I have relatives in every southern state. I’m in Ohio and at my job I was the translator for every southern company we dealt with and could tell what state they were in by their accent.

  • @shoooop
    @shoooop 8 років тому +93

    I automatically thought of a televangelist when he started in on Tennessee

  • @andrewcavett5691
    @andrewcavett5691 8 років тому +132

    • @GUITARTIME2024
      @GUITARTIME2024 8 років тому +3

      oh im sorry

    • @andrewcavett5691
      @andrewcavett5691 8 років тому +18

      Where the men are men and the sheep are nervous

    • @countchocula2169
      @countchocula2169 8 років тому

      Andrew Cavett hahahaha

    • @andrewcavett5691
      @andrewcavett5691 8 років тому +1

      Chattanooga area, you?

    • @iamnemoo
      @iamnemoo 8 років тому +1

      Tennessee person too, can confirm, had several teachers/professors that talk exactly like that lol

  • @ViktoriousDead
    @ViktoriousDead 5 років тому +168

    We need to start a petition to get jimmy fallon out of the TV industry

    • @glawktawk
      @glawktawk 5 років тому +1

      His alcohol problem actually makes me want him to stay in the TV industry, makes him unpredictable lol

    • @AndySalinger33
      @AndySalinger33 5 років тому +2

      I'd sign that. He's completely worthless. And all the comedians I respect totally hate him.

    • @ytwos1
      @ytwos1 5 років тому +2

      That would be a fallony. Huh! Aight.

    • @ViktoriousDead
      @ViktoriousDead 4 роки тому

      MsUsagi513 Bette reform everyone if he's gone

    • @declaytor
      @declaytor 4 роки тому

      Petition this, petition that...we need to start a petition to get people that want to petition everything out of petitioning altogether

  • @MissFawlty
    @MissFawlty 8 років тому +16

    Fred Armisen is so underrated. His parody of the Queen of England is etched into my brain!

  • @emanueldixson5645
    @emanueldixson5645 8 років тому +24

    I wanna see him do Creole and Cajun from Louisiana and Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville from Tennesse.

    • @jebangelacox9279
      @jebangelacox9279 6 років тому +1

      Emanuel Dixson being from Knoxville, I would like to know what you think the accent sounds like. IMO there's two, the mountain sounding people (South and parts of North Knoxville) and the West Knoxville people (who sound sort of like Virginia) oh and Michigan cause they are from there.
      Blacks from East Knoxville sound distinct as it's "lazy" dropping word constant's.
      I have been told all my life "you don't have a accent." I moved to Texas, met a guy from Arkansas and 5 minutes later, he looks at me and says "you're from East Tennessee, probably near North Carolina." I was pretty amazed as my wife is from Asheville.

  • @callietippen3692
    @callietippen3692 5 років тому +31

    i think he’s doing southern louisiana cause in north louisiana we sound like we’re using the least amount of effort to pronounce words

    • @codyleblanc9154
      @codyleblanc9154 5 років тому +6

      Callie Tippen not even Southern LA. Don’t even sound Cajun at all. Sounds like he just changed up forest gumps accent and said it’s LA. And Arkansas was wrong too lol. I have family all over Arkansas and Louisiana and nobody sounds like those accents he did.

    • @travisosborne1367
      @travisosborne1367 5 років тому +2

      No. Southern has more French to it.

    • @codyleblanc9154
      @codyleblanc9154 5 років тому +2

      @@travisosborne1367 Agreed. Southern LA (South of I-10) is almost impossible to understand. I have to bring a pen and paper when I go see my family down there so they can write down what they are saying HAHAHA

    • @heidizeltmann4481
      @heidizeltmann4481 4 роки тому +2

      That's a good way to put it. I'm from Shreveport.

    • @matthewhenington8139
      @matthewhenington8139 4 роки тому +1

      Honestly, if you can just use as little syllables as possible while speaking 99 mph, you’ll nail it. The general litmus test for me is how you pronounce Shreveport and Monroe. There are subtle ways we draw at syllables that don’t need to be and leave out things like R’s and the G on the end of -ing

  • @ShrugSzn
    @ShrugSzn 8 років тому +194

    I'm from Louisiana, that honestly didn't sound like anyone I know... Love Fred Armisen, though.

    • @987lennon
      @987lennon 8 років тому +33

      He's good at doing the stereotypical accent of Louisiana...but no one actually speaks like that.

    • @TheTrueWarlic
      @TheTrueWarlic 8 років тому

      Dillon Graves Lol Ikr

    • @gregkrazanski
      @gregkrazanski 7 років тому +24

      it's a joke, he's completely making it up with fake made-up rationalizations. you love him yet you don't understand is core sense of humour lol

    • @kylecockerham1351
      @kylecockerham1351 7 років тому +7

      Let's see him do a New Orleans accent. Specifically, the Yat-ccent. It sounds like Brooklynese

    • @nickgivens6378
      @nickgivens6378 7 років тому +1

      well if that's where you're from why would anyone sound like that to you?

  • @paxsmile
    @paxsmile 7 років тому +5

    Omg this guy deserves way more fame than he has! Fred Armisen has always been my favorite comedian. The Tennessee accent was spot on. It was like I was listening to this friend I have!

  • @G_mpDWLe111
    @G_mpDWLe111 3 роки тому +2

    I think it's really cool how he visualizes the sounds.

  • @gabelogan56
    @gabelogan56 7 років тому +748

    Jimmy stop talking over all you guests. Can we have Conan back please?

  • @jgonz185
    @jgonz185 8 років тому +34

    I wanted to hear him do Texas.

  • @johnlittle3430
    @johnlittle3430 Рік тому +2

    Fred Armisen's impressions are baroque as hell, and I love them.

  • @juliag.chance3457
    @juliag.chance3457 8 років тому +106

    I want him to do East Texas!!!

    • @GUITARTIME2024
      @GUITARTIME2024 8 років тому +60

      I don't

    • @connorscott1319
      @connorscott1319 7 років тому

      Julia G. Chance east texas has probably the typical american accent.

    • @juliag.chance3457
      @juliag.chance3457 7 років тому +11

      Connor Scott I'm from east Texas. They don't. It would have just been amusing for me. Case in point: Sissy Spacek, and anyone from the movie Bernie.

    • @jlloyd2004mcs
      @jlloyd2004mcs 6 років тому +1

      If he wanted to do East Texas, all he'd have to say is, "I fangered mah sisster".

    • @ethanjames5550
      @ethanjames5550 6 років тому +2

      jlloyd2004mcs Thats really rude lol

  • @bigwstudios
    @bigwstudios 8 років тому +9

    I'm from Arkansas and I can say he did it pretty well actually!

  • @itsjustme4848
    @itsjustme4848 4 роки тому +37

    His Louisiana sounded like Jimmy Carter from Georgia. And there is no “Louisiana accent”. New Orleans is different from Lafayette which is different from Shreveport, etc.

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 4 роки тому +2

      Which, I'm guessing, is different from Baton Rouge

    • @TuscanWonder
      @TuscanWonder 3 роки тому +1

      @@canaisyoung3601 yea, how'd ya know? Talk about

    • @AngelHxze
      @AngelHxze 3 роки тому

      I mean he did a generalization of Arkansas and Tennessee as well .. just probably did the first accent he could think of in that area.

  • @roomhairs
    @roomhairs 8 років тому +268

    ive lived in Louisiana for 19 years and i dont know any who fuckin sounds like that lol

    • @purplehaze1560
      @purplehaze1560 8 років тому +59

      +Rumors ™ I think he went outside of New Orleans for that one.

    • @roomhairs
      @roomhairs 8 років тому +6

      +Mike L i know he did. i live in West monroe

    • @xena2shoes
      @xena2shoes 8 років тому +15

      +Rumors ™ also from west Monroe and I've lived in both north and south la. NOBODY in Louisiana sounds like that. Lmao. Although his Arkansas was spot on

    • @roomhairs
      @roomhairs 8 років тому

      +BabyfaceBrewster tru. thats crazy how you live close by.

    • @roomhairs
      @roomhairs 8 років тому

      +BabyfaceBrewster tru. thats crazy how you live close by.

  • @corissamccomber682
    @corissamccomber682 8 років тому +91

    His Louisiana is also a spot on Billy Bob Thornton LOL

    • @boredpeanutable
      @boredpeanutable 8 років тому +9

      +Corissa McComber funny, Billy Bob is from Arkansas.

    • @the_undersea_astronauts
      @the_undersea_astronauts 8 років тому +1

      it me like five minutes of playing that back to figure out who he sounded like!! haha i was like "i know that voice!" it brought be back to when he was in Bandits with Bruce Willis lol

  • @jimmygarlon750
    @jimmygarlon750 4 роки тому +33

    It 's about time somebody give Fred his own late night show.

    • @ronstoner2420
      @ronstoner2420 4 роки тому +3

      He is brilliant

    • @zaracraven
      @zaracraven Рік тому

      I will never lie to you or try to toy you'' send a DM now to @chloeharryprofitspage and get paid

  • @missdarkeyes
    @missdarkeyes 8 років тому +100

    Totally nailed Arkansas!

    • @thefratboy
      @thefratboy 6 років тому +4

      I’m from Arkansas and we don’t sound nothing like that at all I’m from the Deep South of Arkansas close to the Louisiana border

    • @chrishall2594
      @chrishall2594 6 років тому +1

      Owen Gamer do you sound rounded then ? Lol

    • @jasonhelmich484
      @jasonhelmich484 6 років тому +6

      Owen Hart as a Benton Arkansas born guy I can confirm this dudes accent was spot on round here

    • @henrykramer2085
      @henrykramer2085 5 років тому

      yep, although i’m from little rock, i can tell he got it perfect

    • @Pitchforkkk
      @Pitchforkkk 5 років тому

      Owen Hart same buddy, El Dorado

  • @odgykins
    @odgykins 8 років тому +27

    the first two accents he did reminded me of Rhett and Link lol

  • @JustinShepardMusic
    @JustinShepardMusic Рік тому

    I love this! I've used this video as an example for my choir students about vowel shaping and vowel breaking! Fred Armisen is the 🐐

  • @carlshneebly7136
    @carlshneebly7136 8 років тому +799

    New Orleans is like a weird mix of a NY accent and a southern accent. Atlanta is full of Fake West coast and Mid western non accents, because people from Atlanta dont actually want to be from Atlanta.

    • @Rudenbehr
      @Rudenbehr 8 років тому +30

      carl shneebly How do you fake a west coast accent. That's literally the general American accent.

    • @DeForest
      @DeForest 8 років тому +22

      DoggosarenotPuppers Well, the Midwestern accent is typically considered to be the General American accent. West coasters do have a accents. Think valley girls - just not as pronounced. As an east coaster, they definitely sound different to me.

    • @rebekaht7161
      @rebekaht7161 6 років тому +3

      Especially in st bernard is like the NY accent

    • @calebd7371
      @calebd7371 6 років тому +3

      Atlanta is shit

    • @ntdejene18
      @ntdejene18 6 років тому +6

      This makes no sense

  • @illegaltender55
    @illegaltender55 7 років тому +4

    Very few actors can do a southern accent correctly, but he is truly a master. I love you even more Fred! I hope to hear Texas in there next time.

    • @soni8995
      @soni8995 11 місяців тому

      Me too!

  • @v.a.2028
    @v.a.2028 4 роки тому +9

    My favorite bit is from parks and rec when he does the Venezuela accent "Straight to jail."

  • @deltafunction0
    @deltafunction0 8 років тому +130

    I disagree with the Lousiana. Sounds more,like old Virginia.

    • @joshn938
      @joshn938 5 років тому +3

      I was going to say more like Savannah, GA to my NC ears.

    • @juliaiw3818
      @juliaiw3818 5 років тому +2

      That definitely isn’t an old Virginia accent

    • @jacksonvillejohn9462
      @jacksonvillejohn9462 5 років тому

      Art Vandelay it’s southern Louisiana

  • @zari2662
    @zari2662 5 років тому +50

    Here's a thought. How about Jimmy keeps quite and let Fred...you know, the actual guest do the accents 🤔

  • @daniellyons914
    @daniellyons914 3 роки тому +10

    That Arkansas accent is also the accent of northern Louisiana and far northeastern Texas.

  • @danidannidanny
    @danidannidanny 8 років тому +61

    BUT WHAT ABOUT GEORGE HARRISON.

    • @jimmyjim7642
      @jimmyjim7642 8 років тому +13

      "Ooohhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm"

    • @countchocula2169
      @countchocula2169 8 років тому +4

      DanielaChamorro I can do it: I'm spiritual. Ow Me cancer.

    • @meerkat8769
      @meerkat8769 7 років тому +3

      DanielaChamorro BRACKETS

    • @W_L-mb9no
      @W_L-mb9no 6 років тому +2

      His is probably the hardest to do if the 4

    • @Anya-hd5lq
      @Anya-hd5lq 6 років тому +1

      DanielaChamorro THANK YOU!

  • @prestonowens4594
    @prestonowens4594 8 років тому +35

    One accent that I think is kinda hard to pin down is the mid west Indiana/Ohio/Illinois accent. Perhaps I do not hear it because I too am a midwesterner?
    Does anyone else think this as well?

    • @Kelsie154
      @Kelsie154 8 років тому +1

      Preston Owens Ohio's accent(s) are very distinct, which is why they're so difficult to do. It's a mix of multiple accents. All of the states around it influences it, and it also depends on the area in the state you're in, as you can drive 20 minutes, and the accents are different. lol

    • @laurasall1395
      @laurasall1395 8 років тому +1

      I'm from the Chicago suburbs and I get it a lot that when we say "Chicago", "Blackhawks" we pronouce the 'A' like ahh where as others in the world pronounce the 'A' like awe

    • @ajm12321
      @ajm12321 8 років тому +3

      Preston Owens Ah man!
      I lived in Pennsylvania and then moved to Ohio. It is different. They say pop instead of soda and that bothers me a lot. And I've had argument with so many people and I just give up arguing about it. Its SODA

    • @Kelsie154
      @Kelsie154 8 років тому +6

      Abhi M.J Nope. It's pop. lol

    • @prestonowens4594
      @prestonowens4594 8 років тому +1

      I'm from Indiana and I grew up saying pop as well, but I've also met many people within the same area that say Soda. Personally, I use both words interchangeably, but I don't drink soft drinks so I don't say it often anyway.
      Thanks for the discussion everyone.

  • @ffjsb
    @ffjsb 5 років тому +13

    La. is "rounder" because of the French Cajun influence.

  • @clark9992
    @clark9992 5 років тому +19

    Fred tells him that he can do any city in the south, and Jimmy just gives him States.

  • @bunkman64
    @bunkman64 4 роки тому +74

    People in the deep south can insult you and love you at the same time, for instance, who hasn't heard...."He's an idiot.........bless his heart."

  • @Jessie_Helms
    @Jessie_Helms 2 роки тому +1

    I’m from Alabama, I’ve got a friend who’s from eastern TN, and I’ve visited Nashville a few times.
    I totally buy that as a western TN accent

  • @kimbermorgan1971
    @kimbermorgan1971 5 років тому +19

    I thought his Louisiana accent sounded like Jimmy Carter, from Georgia. I'm from Tennessee and there are several accents, depending on what part of the state you're from.

    • @chacecrowell
      @chacecrowell 5 років тому +1

      Jimmy Carter was my first thought too

  • @robinaddis-vaughn7271
    @robinaddis-vaughn7271 7 років тому +4

    As a Southerner, not bad! You nailed Tennessee. South Carolina is similar in the Upstate but completely different on the Coast. Arkansas is really good. Louisiana, he has a part of the state nailed. I'd love to hear the Cajon Creole accent.

  • @christinemorris8578
    @christinemorris8578 20 днів тому

    I would love to hear him do more of them.

  • @pantslizard
    @pantslizard 5 років тому +125

    His "Louisiana" sounds like old Georgia...

    • @terryfonz4603
      @terryfonz4603 5 років тому +16

      Cause it’s certainly not Louisiana

    • @pantslizard
      @pantslizard 5 років тому +4

      yup. I'm from Texas and Never heard THAT before...Lol

    • @CaptainBeetheart
      @CaptainBeetheart 5 років тому +1

      pantslizard even I thought that and I'm Yankee af

    • @freezonelen4032
      @freezonelen4032 4 роки тому +1

      South Georgia *maybe*
      But not today. I'm from north Georgia, I would've liked to see him do ours.
      Anyway...He's fuckin up the non-rhotic thing bad.

    • @zach8969
      @zach8969 4 роки тому

      Central Goergia lol, especially around the Muacogee area lol

  • @highspeed8665
    @highspeed8665 4 роки тому +18

    Me: *is an Arkansas native*........I’m not sure if he’s right or terribly wrong

    • @kcarmical
      @kcarmical 4 роки тому +1

      Why'd he have to raise his pitch 3 steps just to do an Arkansas accent? I don't do that at all :-)

    • @datyeen
      @datyeen 4 роки тому +1

      I have an uncle who lives in Stuttgart and he sounds just like that

  • @siennataylor4606
    @siennataylor4606 5 років тому +9

    I really wanted to hear his Georgia accent since that’s where I’m from

  • @dr.spectre9697
    @dr.spectre9697 6 років тому +98

    Hey Jimmy, Johnny Carson is turning over in his grave thanks to you! You talk too much, you laugh too much and you butt in too much. The purpose of the host is to moderate his guests and lead the show, not to compete with his guests to see who is funnier!

    • @TSBrax
      @TSBrax 4 роки тому +1

      You obviously never watched Jimmy Carson

  • @Seraphimgirl1
    @Seraphimgirl1 3 роки тому

    He's amazing!

  • @MustyChalupa
    @MustyChalupa 4 роки тому +7

    Bro Arkansas literally was nailed😂😂😂I’ve never heard anyone do that before

  • @blanegillum6700
    @blanegillum6700 6 років тому +6

    😂🤣 Being from Arkansas I can say his accent was pretty spot on lol

  • @scotttimothy64
    @scotttimothy64 24 дні тому

    He's so talented in everything he does.

  • @ayokay123
    @ayokay123 4 роки тому +3

    WTF? I can't believe Fallon cut him off. He was on a total roll!

  • @kashmulaa4112
    @kashmulaa4112 5 років тому +4

    him and bill have to be on a show together😭❤️