Fred Armisen Can Do Any Accent In The World | CONAN on TBS

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  • @AstroPsych_
    @AstroPsych_ 8 років тому +13311

    As soon as Conan says "Jamaica," you can see the panic in Fred's eyes as he says to himself "how do I make this not sound racist?"

    • @soccerguy2433
      @soccerguy2433 8 років тому +206

      but its not racist if its Caucasians

    • @AMBR0X
      @AMBR0X 8 років тому +436

      it's not racist, but it kinda offends me a bit whenever I hear non-Jamaicans trying to speak in a Jamaican accent. I've only heard one white guy who's mastered the accent. And when I did, it blew my mind. It's very difficult to imitate, if you weren't born in the culture

    • @tkmaz
      @tkmaz 8 років тому +76

      Jamaicans sound Jamaican not African American.
      Which...curious thought, do black people have an "accent" that is different from whites in places like the UK? Because if not, this would be a sociology project on racism. I'd totally read/watch that.

    • @AMBR0X
      @AMBR0X 8 років тому +33

      +tkmaz I noticed that most black people I hear in the UK speak patois (Jamaican English) with a Brit accent

    • @tkmaz
      @tkmaz 8 років тому +6

      Jaleel Johnson
      I don't know what that is. :) I will have to research that, thank you!

  • @katdarcy3826
    @katdarcy3826 6 років тому +4678

    Conan: "Jamaican"
    Fred: "BALEGDAH"

    • @tesslamee2071
      @tesslamee2071 5 років тому +52

      Kat Darcy I spat out my water 😭😂

    • @chezz_rayrayy3792
      @chezz_rayrayy3792 5 років тому +44

      I wondered if he was thinking about that and that’s why he laughed😂

    • @theorrymusic
      @theorrymusic 5 років тому +4

      lmfaoooo

    • @MegatronRacing237
      @MegatronRacing237 5 років тому +5

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭 oh my God! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @jakepitner6357
      @jakepitner6357 4 роки тому +6

      Kat Darcy I snorted so loud I actually hurt my throat from laughing so hard

  • @geteducated3033
    @geteducated3033 5 років тому +3608

    His father is Korean/German. And his mother is Venezuelan.

    • @BuNnyDuDeDaRoO
      @BuNnyDuDeDaRoO 5 років тому +211

      Makes sense why his spanish is good

    • @darklyclad
      @darklyclad 5 років тому +94

      Get Educated interesting mix

    • @SmugSuspenders
      @SmugSuspenders 4 роки тому +69

      I've always wondered what he looks like 😂

    • @WhereamI808
      @WhereamI808 4 роки тому +44

      Explains all my questions

    • @musazaqtan2090
      @musazaqtan2090 4 роки тому +5

      Your point??

  • @matchboxprdctions
    @matchboxprdctions 5 років тому +2867

    M l e p clay n o s

  • @CHBMovies
    @CHBMovies 4 роки тому +1459

    Fred made a business decision at the end there.

    • @uchihasasuke7436
      @uchihasasuke7436 4 роки тому +26

      Big facts

    • @switchunboxing
      @switchunboxing 4 роки тому +3

      Haha

    • @NottMacRuairi
      @NottMacRuairi 3 роки тому +12

      I think he likes having a career.

    • @dodgeplow
      @dodgeplow Рік тому +4

      It wasn't just business decision; it was a * smart * business decision.

    • @SimonHaestoe
      @SimonHaestoe Рік тому

      So exaggerating and generalizing everyone else was ok.

  • @thum842
    @thum842 5 років тому +1397

    The “clay” is silent - 99 fans rejoice

    • @bl9nd3
      @bl9nd3 5 років тому +3

      NINE NINE

    • @McLxren
      @McLxren 4 роки тому +12

      “GUITAR”

    • @Abi-hm7iw
      @Abi-hm7iw 4 роки тому +2

      Cheers to the Ninety-Ninth Precinct!

    • @lorekinyin
      @lorekinyin 4 роки тому

      funniest part of the whole show, and the american tale part fivaux

    • @jaydenali.406
      @jaydenali.406 4 роки тому +5

      U s e l l m e h o r s e b l o o d ? U w a n t h o r s e b l o o d ?

  • @brycewalburn3926
    @brycewalburn3926 8 років тому +6311

    I love how people think Fred actually thinks he can do any accent.

    • @PapagenoMF
      @PapagenoMF 8 років тому +740

      You really love that, huh? We can all go to bed tonight, content and happy with the world, because "Bryce Walburn" loves thinking about people thinking about Fred Armisen.

    • @bigmattwheel
      @bigmattwheel 8 років тому +23

      heehee very reminiscent of seth meyer's bit

    • @brycewalburn3926
      @brycewalburn3926 8 років тому +52

      Ow

    • @djmips
      @djmips 8 років тому +277

      I love how you think that Bryce Walburn actually loves how people think Fred actually thinks he can do any accent.

    • @timothyjonesjr.6161
      @timothyjonesjr.6161 8 років тому +80

      I like how you believe Mo really thinks that Bryce Walburn actually loves how people think Fred actually thinks he can do any accent.

  • @HoonAgain
    @HoonAgain 4 роки тому +868

    His comedic talent is the “sell” of the bit, the accent is just the set up. Comedy gold.

  • @BoldOne8760
    @BoldOne8760 4 роки тому +2722

    I challenge him to do every single Irish accent. Every. Last. One.

    • @ggc4337
      @ggc4337 4 роки тому +12

      No

    • @mariocarrion2022
      @mariocarrion2022 4 роки тому +50

      Fook me would ya look at da size oh dat fella

    • @sinabonz8108
      @sinabonz8108 4 роки тому +11

      There’s more than one?!

    • @BoldOne8760
      @BoldOne8760 4 роки тому +65

      @@sinabonz8108 There's at least 32, one for every county. In some larger or more populated counties there's more than one.

    • @davidbrown2644
      @davidbrown2644 4 роки тому +19

      cameron burke
      There’s only 26 counties in Ireland Mate.
      I am from Northern Ireland which is a completely different country.

  • @joewalsh1159
    @joewalsh1159 5 років тому +290

    It’s a good thing that Fred only uses his incredible powers of straight faced B.S.-ing for comedy and not evil.

  • @jennamcgill8992
    @jennamcgill8992 8 років тому +3637

    I'm American and have lived here my entire life and I can hardly do my own accent

    • @bookfan22
      @bookfan22 8 років тому +10

      hahahahaha

    • @sreeja1270
      @sreeja1270 8 років тому +3

      Omg haha

    • @barbaro267
      @barbaro267 8 років тому +51

      I hate accidentally slipping into other dialects without trying to. I speak with the standard American english, which you hear in Hollywood films and on the news, but I also speak lazy English. When I speak the words "twenty" and "mountain", I am too lazy to pronounce the "t" in the middle of the words. What am I becoming? D:

    • @jeangoodson4313
      @jeangoodson4313 8 років тому +12

      barbaro267 Southern!😁

    • @454aubrey
      @454aubrey 7 років тому +6

      barbaro267 I'm from the state of Utah, we speak "Lazily" all the time. My accent does not have much to it really. This causes my accent to change easily.

  • @Mad1Lee
    @Mad1Lee 8 років тому +514

    Jesus, all the people nitpicking at the comments, chill out, it's a comedy bit. The whole "I can do any accent" thing is a joke, he improvizes most of it. That's why he is funny.

  • @maxwellmarciniak7623
    @maxwellmarciniak7623 8 років тому +148

    he's not an accent expert, he's an improv master

  • @tomas9901
    @tomas9901 5 років тому +564

    Fred Armisen?! I know this guy his name is Mlepnos and he plays violin.

  • @Widmerpool99
    @Widmerpool99 4 роки тому +831

    I think the clue is that Minsk isn't even in Russia.

    • @ЕкатеринаДоброва-ь3з
      @ЕкатеринаДоброва-ь3з 4 роки тому +72

      Anyway Russian and Belarussian people dont have that kind of accent . It's used in films to carricature

    • @АрнульфСтелигов
      @АрнульфСтелигов 4 роки тому +22

      @@ЕкатеринаДоброва-ь3з No it's precisely the accent that is.
      (remembering Bill Hader's impersonating John Malkovich: "But I don't speak like that" - "No, this is exactly how you speak").
      I'm impressed by Fred's abilities to do accents, and immediately liked his comic abilities too. Actually I first discovered Fred Armisen yesterday in SNL shorts "The Californians", and I got there from the comment section under a post on Reddit which represented some accents as either funny or normal.
      Я думаю, что помимо прочих объективных факторов, известная грубость русского акцента вызвана нежеланием _большинства_ населения прислушиваться к нюансам языка. Впрочем это верно для любых акцентов. Люди учат язык потому что хотят возвысить свой соцстатус а не потому что им интересен сам язык.
      As for Minsk, it's not in Russia. And Sydney is not in England, so why do they speak English there? Curious.

    • @TheOneCleanHippy
      @TheOneCleanHippy 4 роки тому +14

      Yeah but they all speak Russian in Minsk.

    • @sarkaniemi
      @sarkaniemi 3 роки тому +20

      Minsk is not part of Russia today, but it used to be when Fred and Conan were in school/university; until early 1990s that is, when Belarus got independent from Russia. So, not long time ago.

    • @Widmerpool99
      @Widmerpool99 3 роки тому +32

      @@sarkaniemi It was part of the Soviet Union, but not part of Russia. It was the capital of the Belorussian SSR.

  • @The.woman.in.the.high.castle
    @The.woman.in.the.high.castle 8 років тому +570

    it's so awkward now to not hear a fake laugh. the Jimmy Fallon curse

    • @Toolsquatch
      @Toolsquatch 6 років тому +5

      Pretty easy when you're watching someone interview Fred Armisen though, the guy's not funny.

    • @Kh4lidz
      @Kh4lidz 6 років тому +6

      Jimmy laughs way to often and its just fake.
      When conan doesn't laugh hatred and bigotry is shown clearly.
      I guess the winner will be italian kid kimmel.

  • @barbaro267
    @barbaro267 8 років тому +3454

    For Jamaican, just say "bacon" like "beer can" in a British accent, but quicker.

    • @blazejefferson
      @blazejefferson 8 років тому +68

      That doesn't produce an accurate Jamaican accent. It will still sound off.

    • @MrsShine4Christ
      @MrsShine4Christ 8 років тому +131

      Just say "bee-eh-can" quickly. Congrats, you just spoke Jamaican!

    • @KelpyGesus
      @KelpyGesus 7 років тому +3

      That sounds Canadian

    • @Eueueyw
      @Eueueyw 7 років тому +7

      British accent?

    • @AlliShaw
      @AlliShaw 7 років тому +54

      barbaro267 I'm Jamaican and I just tried your trick. It sounds accurate, you're right. 🖒

  • @Twocrudedudes
    @Twocrudedudes 6 років тому +460

    "what's your name?"
    "Mlepnos"
    "how do you spell that?"
    "M... L... E... P... KLE..."
    "did you say 'KLE'?"
    "Yeh, the 'KLE' is silent"

    • @bratzlover501
      @bratzlover501 5 років тому

      imrickjamesbeeoch I don’t get it

    • @tad1ja
      @tad1ja 4 роки тому +21

      Zonin It's a brooklyn nine-nine reference. He plays Mlepnos in brooklyn nine-nine.

    • @ludvig_7115
      @ludvig_7115 4 роки тому +17

      Its clay

    • @ludvig_7115
      @ludvig_7115 4 роки тому +1

      Not kle

    • @jechotaparan7704
      @jechotaparan7704 4 роки тому +5

      Its CLAY

  • @claudiah8506
    @claudiah8506 5 років тому +142

    Fred said "Ja, naturlich!" like a real german Oma :)

  • @isthisagoodyoutubehandle
    @isthisagoodyoutubehandle 4 роки тому +450

    "Jamaica"
    "Yeah I'm gonna be bad at accents so I don't get called racist lol"
    Can't blame the man. He didn't wanna be accused of making fun of an group so he shifted the joke to making fun of himself. Genius actually. That's like some 200 IQ comedian brain and he's not even a comedian.

    • @rockon772
      @rockon772 4 роки тому +61

      Fred armisen is 100% a comedian

    • @isthisagoodyoutubehandle
      @isthisagoodyoutubehandle 4 роки тому +14

      @@rockon772 u right. I didn't fact check my UA-cam comment. I have been defeated.

    • @nunyabidness6045
      @nunyabidness6045 4 роки тому +7

      You're an idiot. It doesn't take a genius to know that's a "no fly zone".🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @StrawberryFeildsforNever
      @StrawberryFeildsforNever 3 роки тому +4

      The whole video was sorta a joke, stop being offended for people that aren’t offended. What are you even saying

    • @Nerdyplaneresident
      @Nerdyplaneresident 2 роки тому +1

      He's a comedian

  • @joelia5638
    @joelia5638 8 років тому +717

    German was ON POINT, i'm from hamburg.

  • @HaveCarapace
    @HaveCarapace 8 років тому +92

    "More with this fraud, Fred Armisen." lol best outro.

  • @VectormanOverkill
    @VectormanOverkill 6 років тому +179

    "Do a Jamaican Accent"
    "BALEGDEH"

  • @elvancor
    @elvancor 2 роки тому +15

    There was something legit about the Hamburg / Munich / Berlin thing. He wasn't close to doing the actual accents, but he's clearly got _some_ notion of what people there sound like. It wasn't total bs, and that's still impressive.

  • @abracabadass
    @abracabadass 5 років тому +98

    It's now a proven FACT that if you ask anyone to do a Jamaican accent their brain will short circuit

    • @velveetaslingshot
      @velveetaslingshot 3 роки тому

      Not if you smoke weed and listen to reggae every day! 😃

    • @anustart1326
      @anustart1326 Рік тому

      I always just did an impression of dave chappelle doing the impression of a jamacian accent from half baked "Right near the beach, BoyyYYyeeE"

    • @tonyaberman3669
      @tonyaberman3669 Рік тому

      @@velveetaslingshotwell I’m Jamaican and I don’t smoke weed and I listen to a lot of Kenny Rogers. Many Jamaicans listen to country music.

  • @JacobTrueman
    @JacobTrueman 8 років тому +2200

    But Minsk is in Belarus...

    • @Jacquobite
      @Jacquobite 8 років тому +310

      They speak Russian in Belarus...

    • @JacobTrueman
      @JacobTrueman 8 років тому +174

      +Jacquobite Belarus actually has two official languages, Belarusian and Russian. There's a lot of overlap but they're not the same.

    • @OllihuAkbar
      @OllihuAkbar 8 років тому +67

      But the majority speaks Russian

    • @JacobTrueman
      @JacobTrueman 8 років тому +161

      +Olli Lappalainen Well, to be fair, he never actually said 'Russian'. He said 'Russia' i.e. the country, not the language. And Minsk is not in Russia.

    • @OllihuAkbar
      @OllihuAkbar 8 років тому +26

      JacobTrueman I think what he said was that in the context of accents Minsk is tied to Russia, which is true.

  • @_kiwi_247
    @_kiwi_247 8 років тому +1340

    I'd be amazed if he could do any accent from the southern hemisphere

    • @50ftFrankenstein
      @50ftFrankenstein 8 років тому +128

      Penguin is easy "mwap, mwap mwap mwap"

    • @_kiwi_247
      @_kiwi_247 8 років тому +11

      +AndyNM13 Venezuela is in the northern hemisphere

    • @Cheezo1738
      @Cheezo1738 8 років тому +29

      Well I cant imagine him struggling with an Australian accent

    • @treydog700
      @treydog700 8 років тому +4

      +Snuffleman1 I was just about to say that lol

    • @treydog700
      @treydog700 8 років тому +12

      +Snuffleman1 or New Zealand

  • @leftyfourguns
    @leftyfourguns 8 років тому +2770

    That Hamburg sounds like a Japanese trying to speak English

    • @echostorm1996
      @echostorm1996 8 років тому +159

      Funny you say that because his dad is from Germany and is half German and half Japanese.

    • @unverhoftsoft5647
      @unverhoftsoft5647 8 років тому +13

      Echo Storm the accent still didnt fit though

    • @echostorm1996
      @echostorm1996 8 років тому +28

      Unverhoftsoft Yeah, it's not meant to...because this whole thing is a comedy bit...

    • @mbober
      @mbober 8 років тому

      +psychoticgirl rumor has it he loves psychotic girls......matchmaker matchmaker, make me a match!!

    • @diulikadikaday
      @diulikadikaday 7 років тому +31

      Japanese is quite different. When he says Hamburg, He says "haamboorg". Whereas Japanese would say haambaag.

  • @jonajager9843
    @jonajager9843 4 роки тому +58

    Its absolutely astounding what Fred Armisen can do.

  • @njames2848
    @njames2848 6 років тому +53

    I love that Conan knows how to savagely break this bit with only one word.

  • @alexvesel1
    @alexvesel1 8 років тому +236

    Though the accent didn't really sound like it, he's right in saying that Minsk is a lot tighter and Moscow is a lot more dragged out. They say it's cause people in Moscow are much more fond of themselves.

  • @Gamgyull
    @Gamgyull 8 років тому +442

    Isn't Minsk in Belarus

    • @justillionaire
      @justillionaire 8 років тому +14

      belarus - white russia

    • @Sammyboy27007
      @Sammyboy27007 8 років тому +5

      Literally the capital

    • @that1guy335
      @that1guy335 8 років тому +5

      yes but of course Belarus was part of the Soviet Union so its not uncommon for middle-aged and older generation to immediately associate with Russia

    • @zombehpwnzor
      @zombehpwnzor 8 років тому +1

      +Jurek Hawurek Generalizations much?

    • @jerzyhaftka4915
      @jerzyhaftka4915 8 років тому +1

      zombehpwnzor
      No

  • @DreamingCatStudio
    @DreamingCatStudio 5 років тому +34

    He’s a musician so has a finely-honed ear for nuance. I’m guessing accents to him are just individual tunes.

  • @maddiestephenson6318
    @maddiestephenson6318 5 років тому +106

    I’m from Fargo. VERY ACCURATE

    • @Odd_Vocado
      @Odd_Vocado 5 років тому +2

      I have to agree. It was very close.

    • @rebeccawilkinson5370
      @rebeccawilkinson5370 4 роки тому +3

      Dem dare fellas wanna glass of wadder you know. Have you noticed no t’s in North Dakota.

    • @marjoriemorris5849
      @marjoriemorris5849 4 роки тому

      I’m from Grand Forks. I thought it was close. But not quite accurate. Noort Dakoota

  • @Yoububehahaha
    @Yoububehahaha 8 років тому +429

    Not fair, its literally impossible to go from Minnesotan to Jamaican.

    • @mutantm0nkey
      @mutantm0nkey 8 років тому +1

      true that

    • @PrimetimePro1
      @PrimetimePro1 8 років тому +3

      Uhhh not even close... Easy transition, he just got exposed for having no island skills

    • @saintjimmy8240
      @saintjimmy8240 7 років тому +14

      *North Dakotan

    • @Toolsquatch
      @Toolsquatch 6 років тому

      It's easy if you actually know how to do accents.

    • @BerntBaloney13
      @BerntBaloney13 6 років тому +7

      Stop thinking Fargo is in Minnesota!

  • @rodham8935
    @rodham8935 8 років тому +47

    As a german I am really impressed with his pronunciation, especially of the acutal german words he said, wow!

  • @Pickering144
    @Pickering144 6 років тому +40

    Fred Armisen always makes me laugh no matter what he says. I could listen to him do different accents for an hour and it'd be entertaining.

  • @nataliegiles2554
    @nataliegiles2554 3 роки тому +17

    I love how Fred actually knows German, that took me so off guard as a speaker!

  • @HiimFieldy
    @HiimFieldy 5 років тому +52

    The title didn’t say he could do any accent well tbf

  • @sbhm1108
    @sbhm1108 7 років тому +13

    I could watch him do accents for hours! I like how he explains the sound difference in simple ways and does a quick variation for comparison. love it!

  • @thanrose
    @thanrose 8 років тому +1617

    Fred's a comedian. Of course this is three quarters bullshit. It's funny, though.

    • @christopherkotsopoulos701
      @christopherkotsopoulos701 7 років тому +34

      Reminds me of the gags he used to do on Seth Meyers show every night - claiming he could do ridiculous things

    • @vani808
      @vani808 6 років тому +29

      Well apparently it’s not bullshit since people are saying it’s accurate.

    • @davidkaminsky9289
      @davidkaminsky9289 6 років тому +5

      Brian G. Not the Minsk one they don't sound Italian like that

    • @sparkerlewis.
      @sparkerlewis. 6 років тому +13

      There's a video where he points to a map and does every accent in the United States, at least one for every state. It's actually pretty amazing.

    • @KimKim-wu6xj
      @KimKim-wu6xj 6 років тому +1

      matthew groff ill have to check that lol

  • @gmandurj40
    @gmandurj40 7 років тому +53

    The Fargo accent was pretty damn close.
    --Fargo resident

  • @byoobyoo1280
    @byoobyoo1280 5 років тому +31

    Lol I like this dude. His characters are always too funny.

  • @diegocarena-santiago9484
    @diegocarena-santiago9484 5 років тому +29

    He's got the fargo accent right on, that's exactly how i speak, and i lived in fargo my entire life

  • @BeatsbyDreLasVegas
    @BeatsbyDreLasVegas 8 років тому +1277

    That Hamburg accent was on point. xD

    • @lordhuebi
      @lordhuebi 8 років тому +85

      no it wasnt

    • @BeatsbyDreLasVegas
      @BeatsbyDreLasVegas 8 років тому +8

      +lordhuebi Selber Hamburger oder was? ;)

    • @lordhuebi
      @lordhuebi 8 років тому +18

      Ne, aber Norddeutscher und hab lang genug in Hamburg gewohnt :)

    • @BeatsbyDreLasVegas
      @BeatsbyDreLasVegas 8 років тому +9

      +lordhuebi Naja dein Wissen ist bestimmt besser als meins, bin ein Karlsruher :D

    • @lordhuebi
      @lordhuebi 8 років тому +47

      Nichts gegen Fred, sein deutsch klingt richtig gut, aber nach Hamburg klang das find ich garnicht.

  • @Nadeshda44
    @Nadeshda44 8 років тому +105

    His German was amazing for an American

    • @thomasklewer6657
      @thomasklewer6657 8 років тому +3

      And didn't sound anything like Hamburg, also his Berlin and Munich attempt was way off...

    • @Nadeshda44
      @Nadeshda44 8 років тому +5

      +Thomas Klewer I said his accent was good for an American

    • @byebye5907
      @byebye5907 8 років тому

      +Thomas Klewer but what he claimed was pretty accurate.

    • @mimicry90
      @mimicry90 8 років тому +2

      it really wasnt^^ hes speaking this stereotypical german accent, like americans often try to do. hamburg is not the most educated place in germany, in fact its at the very bottom with the two other city states bremen and berlin. what he claimed about hamburg is rather true for munich, since most people there speak "high german (Hochdeutsch)" and a subtle form of the bavarian accent. in hamburg you speak "low german (Niederdeutsch/Plattdeutsch)". he is kinda right about berlin, but then again didnt hit any nuances; like, not at all. just lsiten to it if you dont belive me... but then again, his comedy style is very ironic, so one shouldnt take his sillies and goofs all to seriously.

    • @byebye5907
      @byebye5907 8 років тому

      +mimicry i thought hamburg has the best "hochdeutsch" at least he didnt try Schwäbisch..

  • @mrblaoblao6981
    @mrblaoblao6981 8 років тому +9

    Also, the Hamburg accent marks stronger certain consonants, and the language is in general more straighforward than in the South. But yes, he nailed it when he said that the people has a relaxed yet well educated accent.

  • @tylerlately
    @tylerlately 4 роки тому +15

    Conan's laugh when he was about to do the Jamaican accent 😭

  • @smoche
    @smoche 4 роки тому +33

    Who is this Fred Conan keeps referring, this man is clearly
    Mlep(clay)nos.

  • @heineyo
    @heineyo 8 років тому +718

    Minsk isn't in Russia.

    • @orueom7720
      @orueom7720 8 років тому +35

      heineyo hah hahaha. .. its in frigging Belarus

    • @Shiningiffy
      @Shiningiffy 8 років тому +58

      Minsk is in Belarus, which is/was also known as "White Russia"

    • @skillful101
      @skillful101 8 років тому +8

      heineyo they speak russian.

    • @18da18
      @18da18 8 років тому +69

      by that logic the US is England

    • @18da18
      @18da18 8 років тому +26

      +Shinigiffy “White Russia” is an inappropriate translation.
      It's a term coined back in the XVIII century by a Russian Empress to diminish national identity of then “Litva” (at that time the Ukraine was called “Small Russia”). Unfortunately that's still used in German for instance and by Russians (for obvious reasons), however “Belarus” means “White Rus”, and that's more accurate, as “Rus” was a name used for couple of duchies in that lands (e.g. Polotsk Rus) before the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (or rather, Litva, which was the name for Belarus, while “Lietuva” was the name for Lithuania). But thanks to the Russian politics and people's ignorance “Litva”/“Belarus” identity is on a couple of hundred year old trip to diminishing.
      I don't expect anyone to know all that, but Belarus is not Russia, not yet at least.

  • @Synochra
    @Synochra 8 років тому +41

    Bhahahaha native from Hamburg here. Not bad but also not entirely accurate, sounds somwewhat like Danish to me. Pretty good still, also he was spot on with the Hamburg-Berlin difference. Impressive in any case.

    • @StueyTheNoob
      @StueyTheNoob 8 років тому +1

      Synochra yeah i got the Danish feel too

    • @raindropsneverfall
      @raindropsneverfall 7 років тому +2

      I am from Denmark, and it didn’t sound Danish at all!

  • @SunnyBear
    @SunnyBear 6 років тому +15

    I love how you never really can tell where the talent ends and the joke begins with Fred.

  • @marsmediapro
    @marsmediapro 3 роки тому +5

    I love Fred's comedy, and his drumming chops as well!!!

  • @slowdivemp3
    @slowdivemp3 5 років тому +10

    I'd like to see him do a Yorkshire accent, other people who aren't from Yorkshire always get it wrong 😂

  • @WolfyBoO
    @WolfyBoO 8 років тому +234

    The Minsk and Moscow one were so bullshit ahahahah

    • @ThatRosco458
      @ThatRosco458 8 років тому

      Why, was it not accurate?

    • @WolfyBoO
      @WolfyBoO 8 років тому +13

      ThatRosco458 Completely not.

    • @ThatRosco458
      @ThatRosco458 8 років тому +1

      What would you say the differences are between Minsk and Moscow accents are?

    • @WolfyBoO
      @WolfyBoO 8 років тому +8

      Cause russians/belarussians don't have that accent when they speak english.
      But the belarusian is a bit more lower.

    • @goodshipkaraboudjan
      @goodshipkaraboudjan 7 років тому

      Minsk is in Belarus and not Russia so sounds different, as does Ukrainian apparently.

  • @gemyeunice7415
    @gemyeunice7415 8 років тому +909

    why did his hamburg accent sound korean

    • @GrandTheftDiamonds
      @GrandTheftDiamonds 8 років тому +79

      It doesn't?

    • @siemensohm
      @siemensohm 8 років тому +24

      yeah, right? sounded like an asian guy

    • @Fivehe
      @Fivehe 8 років тому +3

      +siemensohm like George takai

    • @Pinkyinter123
      @Pinkyinter123 8 років тому +98

      Im from Hamburg and thats how people from my city speak English

    • @siemensohm
      @siemensohm 8 років тому +5

      DisplayingName12
      sicherlich nicht. vielleicht redest du so :D

  • @ghostie7790
    @ghostie7790 8 років тому +320

    !!! I'm Jamaican and I said " I BET HE CAN'T DO JAMAICA!"
    AND LO AND BEHOLD!
    LOL BIG UP BIG UP!

    • @AMBR0X
      @AMBR0X 8 років тому +8

      hate it when foreigners try our accent tho. very annoying

    • @relaxedphylax
      @relaxedphylax 8 років тому +5

      yah man

    • @tkmaz
      @tkmaz 8 років тому +3

      The second you put a negative in your sentence - it happens. He can't do it or , Don't drop it...it happens. Never use negatives! If he'd said, "I bet Jamaican will be a challenge..." Armisen wouldn't have been so freaked out by it.

    • @ghostie7790
      @ghostie7790 8 років тому +3

      isn't it??!

    • @blazejefferson
      @blazejefferson 8 років тому +8

      I was waiting for Conan to say Jamaica too since there are so many bad attempts in movies and tv.

  • @ListVerse69
    @ListVerse69 3 роки тому +3

    This man is Literally...... the best mimic I've ever seen

  • @mellia.6946
    @mellia.6946 4 роки тому +5

    Greetings from Berlin Germany. This was awesome!

  • @hopegriffith5329
    @hopegriffith5329 6 років тому +6

    Conan: the only host who can put his ego in check long enough to give the GUEST the stage and become the foil character.

  • @urbanmark5068
    @urbanmark5068 8 років тому +545

    Why dont u age conan 😂

    • @jon8192
      @jon8192 8 років тому +5

      Not sure if Conan reads and responds to these himself. Good luck finding out though.

    • @Mrm842
      @Mrm842 8 років тому +15

      +Jon K I think that's a rhetorical question

    • @akhil5020
      @akhil5020 8 років тому

      Makeup

    • @FedorMachida
      @FedorMachida 8 років тому +30

      He bathes in children's blood every night. That, or he is a robot.

    • @kevmimcc
      @kevmimcc 8 років тому +47

      Cocaine and makeup

  • @thepuppethead1188
    @thepuppethead1188 6 років тому +5

    I think it's interesting that his observations of the way certain accents sound are really accurate even if the voice is spotty.

  • @Renasense
    @Renasense 6 років тому +2

    For the fact that he admitted he couldn't do a Jamaican accent, Fred and this video gets a thumbs up.

  • @careyfreeman5056
    @careyfreeman5056 Рік тому +2

    He's not just a mimic. He clearly has some serious linguistic chops. I'm thinking he may be one of the smartest comedians ever.

  • @dewotea4
    @dewotea4 7 років тому +319

    He can do every "white" accent in the world 😭😂

    • @WinmanVideo
      @WinmanVideo 4 роки тому +4

      Im dead 😂 they called him a fraud and everything 🤣🤣

    • @beacotham509
      @beacotham509 4 роки тому +4

      Nah have u Hurd his Spanish accent it’s prefect

    • @JulioCamposVEVO
      @JulioCamposVEVO 4 роки тому +13

      @@beacotham509 latinos can be any color

    • @beacotham509
      @beacotham509 4 роки тому

      @@JulioCamposVEVO tru tru I agree but most people don’t see it that way cause they’re small minded

    • @JulioCamposVEVO
      @JulioCamposVEVO 4 роки тому

      @@beacotham509 then dont be small minded

  • @Tuvshinzaya
    @Tuvshinzaya 8 років тому +43

    Minsk is not even in Russia

  • @burnzy3210
    @burnzy3210 8 років тому +9

    i'd love to hear him try regional english accents and welsh north+south

  • @chopmeatchuck
    @chopmeatchuck 4 роки тому +13

    Seems like everyone breaks on Jamaican haha, lest we forget when that chick said “BALEGDEH”

  • @SuperKoopaTroopaJrSKTJR
    @SuperKoopaTroopaJrSKTJR 4 роки тому +2

    Fred Armisen As the voice of Brainy Smurf from The Smurfs, The Smurfs 2, The Smurfs movie specials, The Voice Of Speedy Gonzales from The Looney Tunes Show (2011), And on the Warner Brothers movie Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run, And Cole from Lego Ninjago Movie

  • @thunderbirdmcfly8657
    @thunderbirdmcfly8657 4 роки тому +3

    I would love to see he's doing accents from Rio de Janeiro Brasil,all styles and slangs. I'm sure he would have a lot of fun doing it.

  • @kingj181
    @kingj181 5 років тому +10

    Hey, that's Mlep(clay)nos. The clay is silent

  • @williamkent2446
    @williamkent2446 3 роки тому +4

    I know this is all comedy, but this guy is amazingly talented

  • @wolfgangritter9277
    @wolfgangritter9277 3 роки тому +1

    Okay, I come to watch this a bit late, but it's great!
    His distiction between Munich, Berlin and Hamburg is actually pretty spot on. Maybe the Hamburg slang could be a bit more snide, but apart from that it's really good!

    • @damiangiese3192
      @damiangiese3192 3 роки тому

      No, his German accent was pretty bad. Especially the cliché Das ist Gut line

  • @jdmoncada8205
    @jdmoncada8205 3 роки тому +1

    I grew up in North Dakota. He said the state name perfectly in the right accent. It's just something that sounds specific and different. Even now, 22 years after leaving the state, saying the name alone will sometimes throw me into that accent.

  • @jasonschroder6159
    @jasonschroder6159 5 років тому +35

    Bru come to Durban there’s so many different accents😂so yeah don’t lie to us

  • @4sername
    @4sername 5 років тому +3

    When they both reassured me that he does not know which accents Conan will ask him to do is the moment I knew that he does know which accents Conan will ask him to do.

  • @alinasvids
    @alinasvids 5 років тому +95

    Dead, Minsk is in a whole other country smh

    • @nickparente
      @nickparente 4 роки тому +8

      @Zaid el Bakali It is a city, but its in Belarus.

    • @GeoMariaGeorge
      @GeoMariaGeorge 4 роки тому

      It's all a joke.

    • @gbessone
      @gbessone 4 роки тому +1

      He didn't say it's the same country. He compared it because it's the same language.

    • @alinasvids
      @alinasvids 4 роки тому +3

      @@gbessone Well not to be specific he did say he can do accents of even specific cities.
      And in Belarus people speak belarussian, as well as russian but they have their own main language that is different.
      But the thing that is the strangest to me is I always hear people knowing about the city Minsk and always assuming it is in Russia. Its like saying Toronto is in the states lol

    • @gbessone
      @gbessone 4 роки тому +2

      @@alinasvids Alina this is not true, in Minsk people speak Russian. Not belarusian. This is why he compares it to Moscow.
      Belarusian is mostly a dead language spoken only in some small villages by some elderly people. But in Minsk you won't hear people speaking belarusian in the streets at all, and most people don't even understand this language.

  • @ashleynicolle7047
    @ashleynicolle7047 3 роки тому

    I love this!! Was looking for the "right to jail" clip and wasn't disappointed

  • @desiertoscacti5388
    @desiertoscacti5388 2 роки тому +1

    He is simply fantastic! You gotta love the guy!

  • @b1nkbonk
    @b1nkbonk 6 років тому +142

    Mlep(clay)nos
    If nobody gets this, I swear

  • @The_Primary_Axiom
    @The_Primary_Axiom 5 років тому +3

    I figured out he can do every accent when he did every accent in America on his Netflix special standup for drummers. It’s brilliant

    • @SubjectDelta20
      @SubjectDelta20 3 роки тому

      Yeah I saw that recently. I thought about watching it but alas, I'm not a drummer. And it says very clearly that it was for drummers. So disappointed.

  • @bernardogarciaserrano6968
    @bernardogarciaserrano6968 3 роки тому +5

    Remember this guy will be playing Cranky Kong in the Mario movie

  • @jodie-b4g
    @jodie-b4g 3 роки тому

    I watch tihs every night before bed. he just puts me in a great mood and I laugh and smile. I just love fred armisen.

  • @lukef4132
    @lukef4132 4 роки тому

    my grandmother is from hamburg, and he nailed it

  • @heliakuhnperez9472
    @heliakuhnperez9472 3 роки тому +7

    Damn I'm German and I'm impressed by the hamburg one... Damn

  • @Dylansails
    @Dylansails 3 роки тому +3

    Hamburg impression reminds me of Juergen Klopp ! So accurate lol

  • @bigfan1041
    @bigfan1041 6 років тому +25

    Jamaica
    "How do I not make this racist"
    Hmm let's bring up chicken..

  • @robbridges405
    @robbridges405 3 роки тому +2

    Armisen is a comedic genius

  • @shady7969
    @shady7969 3 роки тому

    ..the Prince impression is awesome!😀😀

  • @deanneshorty
    @deanneshorty 4 роки тому +6

    I think as a german, that he did the german speaking verry good. The Hamburg accent I don't know. I never been to Hamburg.

    • @phil-ys3cf
      @phil-ys3cf 4 роки тому

      ich wohne in der nähe von hamburg und der akzent klingt tatsächlich nicht so sehr nach einem hamburg akzent aber es ist trotzdem cool, dass er deutsch spricht xD

    • @amyrosefan1883
      @amyrosefan1883 3 роки тому

      @@phil-ys3cf Bist du dir sicher? Es klingt sehr genau. Ich kenne das, weil ich jemanden aus Hamburg kannte und genau so klang sie.

    • @phil-ys3cf
      @phil-ys3cf 3 роки тому

      @@amyrosefan1883 hmm, ich weiß nicht... vielleicht gibt es ja auch eine größere bandbreite an hamburger akzenten? 🤔 xD

    • @amyrosefan1883
      @amyrosefan1883 3 роки тому

      @@phil-ys3cf Ich komme aus Amerika und ein Mädchen aus Hamburg war neu an meiner Schule und sie hat so geredet. Das ist alles, was Sie wissen müssen.

    • @phil-ys3cf
      @phil-ys3cf 3 роки тому

      @@amyrosefan1883 joo okay xD

  • @DakaONER94
    @DakaONER94 6 років тому +8

    “Whale oil beef hooked”
    Say it quickly to sound irish

  • @ronyramdan
    @ronyramdan 5 років тому +4

    0:47 sounds like Katya from Rupaul's Drag Race 🤣🤣

  • @WriterSnider
    @WriterSnider Місяць тому

    I’ve seen him do this before when he was a guest on the Tina Fey and Amy Poehler tour. He went from Seattle to San Diego. Absolutely brilliant!

  • @Playboyy1985
    @Playboyy1985 3 роки тому +1

    I’m from Hamburg and it’s pretty good

  • @JetpackSamurai
    @JetpackSamurai 8 років тому +5

    I am from Germany and his first reaction to Hamburg ("Hamburg, ja natürlich", which contains two sounds that do not occur in the English language and is therefore difficult for an American to produce) was so spot-on natural German that it took me off-guard and I spilled my drink.

  • @gamingforaday5446
    @gamingforaday5446 5 років тому +10

    That Germany accent sounds like korean language😂

    • @isalourie8891
      @isalourie8891 4 роки тому +1

      just so happens that his dad is korean/german

  • @antotheja251
    @antotheja251 8 років тому +73

    I am German.. and his German accent was more Austrian. Yeah, there is a difference.

    • @lonewolflp5304
      @lonewolflp5304 8 років тому

      es ging östereicher stechen noch etwas mehr raus dadurch das er seine stimme ziemlich ruhig gehalten hat kam es an den akzent der leute in meiner stadt ran :D (Lüdenscheid) NRW :P

    • @RnBenji
      @RnBenji 8 років тому +3

      bullshit I'm from cologne and his accent was on point! haha im ernst das klang echt gut hhah

    • @antotheja251
      @antotheja251 8 років тому

      Benjamin Baumewerd
      nee einfach mal gar nicht.
      und ja vllt kölscher dialekt deutsch, aber allgemeines hochdeutsch im englischen akzent klingt eher wie flula. so wie der gute fred halt null. ich sg auch net dass ers net drauf hat

    • @PotterMarauder
      @PotterMarauder 8 років тому +1

      It was. He sounded exactly like my grandfather, who is from vienna.

    • @landvogt3450
      @landvogt3450 8 років тому

      What? That wasnt even close to Austrian German :D

  • @mattnobrega6621
    @mattnobrega6621 7 місяців тому

    As soon as he said Jamaica, I can picture in Fred's head a voice be like, BOMBACLAUT! 😢

  • @jennic.548
    @jennic.548 2 роки тому +1

    So much talent... fantastic.

  • @charlie600_2
    @charlie600_2 4 роки тому +3

    Минск в Белоруссии
    Minsk is in Belarus 🇧🇾