The Man Issue (Portlandia)

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  • @Cambone13
    @Cambone13 6 років тому +1197

    I feel like Fred learned to make really convincing woodworking sound effects and wrote this entire skit as a way to get them on TV

    • @talkingoutloud9694
      @talkingoutloud9694 5 років тому +29

      And thank goodness he found a marvelous way to share such a skill with all of us!

    • @satchelyork
      @satchelyork 4 роки тому +14

      Definitely. Same with "the Californians" started with a bit about people giving directions

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 3 роки тому +17

      That tape measure one killed me lmao

    • @AEWhite-ud6qp
      @AEWhite-ud6qp 3 роки тому

      Glad he did!

    • @Cfb2987
      @Cfb2987 Рік тому

      😂

  • @scubajimmer
    @scubajimmer 4 роки тому +609

    I work construction, I've made the tape sound effect for 6 years, everyone on site thinks there's something wrong with me, only one other dude ever got the reference, we laughed so hard, it was a glorious moment.

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 3 роки тому +24

      The tape measure sound really got me.

    • @kennybeans6115
      @kennybeans6115 3 роки тому +25

      When you realize that someone realizes your inside joke, Well, that’s a glorious moment.

    • @avidadolares
      @avidadolares 3 роки тому +5

      6 years is a long time to keep working out a reference gag hoping someday someone would get it. I feel like you could have came up with new material in that time

    • @kennybeans6115
      @kennybeans6115 3 роки тому +14

      @@avidadolares
      That’s precisely the beauty in it, though. The more obscure the reference is, the more rewarding it is when it finally connects with someone else. If it’s a reference that literally everyone will know, then there’s really no point or fun in it then.

    • @RohannvanRensburg
      @RohannvanRensburg 2 роки тому +5

      I greatly admire your artistic integrity in this matter.

  • @mayhewfisher62
    @mayhewfisher62 Рік тому +45

    The sheer desire in that woman's voice as she fantasized about the building of things from cribs to couches to coffins was hilarious.

  • @josefermin6847
    @josefermin6847 9 років тому +912

    pretty smart skit but those power tool sound were the best lol

    • @shanehaney2121
      @shanehaney2121 9 років тому +12

      yes!!!

    • @patocamarada
      @patocamarada 5 років тому

      Fred.rrnvrvrrvvvrv!

    • @WestOfEarth
      @WestOfEarth 5 років тому +8

      I thought the sounds were just for comedic effect, until the ending when I realized the character was making those sounds because the machines weren't actually running, and because he'd watched dozens of woodworking videos, he knew what they were supposed to sound like when turned on.

    • @trevorlambert4226
      @trevorlambert4226 5 років тому

      @@WestOfEarth You were right the first time. Watch again and you can see the tools are indeed running.

    • @Neildo430ci
      @Neildo430ci 3 роки тому +1

      @@trevorlambert4226 even the tape measure.

  • @johnh4143
    @johnh4143 5 років тому +231

    I've been a carpenter for 40 years and I'm laughing hysterically because it's all about me

    • @mattmoves5920
      @mattmoves5920 3 роки тому +1

      Gosh why everything must always be about you?

    • @gonzaloarvietti4920
      @gonzaloarvietti4920 3 роки тому +6

      My dad is almost 2 years being a carpenter and this is so him LOL

    • @brainstemriff
      @brainstemriff 3 роки тому

      Because if nothing got done it wouldn't be all about him

    • @davidswanson5669
      @davidswanson5669 Рік тому +1

      I’m a generalist, or I guess a “builder” (woodworking, metal fab, and 3D printing) but I feel like this all the time whenever I’ve tried something new and it doesn’t work.

  • @RickardoMute
    @RickardoMute 2 роки тому +75

    Legend has it, that he's now married to the girl who's making jewelry now

  • @ahbraineater
    @ahbraineater 9 років тому +120

    my favorite sound effects are the saw and the tape measure going back in.hilarious.

    • @JoesTheShow
      @JoesTheShow 7 років тому +4

      That belt sander was spot on.

    • @surfinmuso37
      @surfinmuso37 7 років тому +5

      I nearly wet myself with the saw noise. They are such awesome idiots- i love it

  • @jasminehouston-burns1691
    @jasminehouston-burns1691 7 років тому +540

    Fred is very convincing as a man

  • @MINKVINNA
    @MINKVINNA 7 років тому +219

    the "it's a lavatory vanity box" line alone shows that fred is maybe the funniest person ever

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 3 роки тому +3

      Nah the tape measure sound does.

  • @Agos226
    @Agos226 6 років тому +109

    “He could build our caskets ahead of time”

    • @albertandrews130
      @albertandrews130 5 років тому +4

      I wanna do that too

    • @bamabelle7075
      @bamabelle7075 3 роки тому +3

      I once read a hilarious article about these old folks in New Zealand who have get-together’s to build each others’ coffins. They make a fun party of it. I thought it was an awesome idea.

  • @dancinstevechicago
    @dancinstevechicago 10 років тому +349

    Portlandia skewers "Lumbersexual" before it even had a name.

  • @bentrend
    @bentrend Рік тому +10

    1:18 the way he captured the harmonics of a power drill burrowing through wood is truly beautiful!

  • @sidekick3rida
    @sidekick3rida 6 років тому +27

    "It's not finished, I gotta varnish it"… BRILLIANCE!

  • @PearsAreOkay
    @PearsAreOkay 7 років тому +27

    This is one of the best portlandia skits

  • @pieman3007
    @pieman3007 5 років тому +21

    This sketch is multi-layered perfection in 2 minutes (& 10 seconds)!!

  • @mjjm5511
    @mjjm5511 9 років тому +207

    I like the way the guy had to stop looking thru the camera to look at the poor workmanship. lmao

  • @raerae555
    @raerae555 3 роки тому +17

    This is one of my favorites. Every time I meet a man who said he woodworks I send this to him lol

  • @rev1595
    @rev1595 5 років тому +29

    "He's making chairs now!"

    • @An_Arbitrary_Miscellany
      @An_Arbitrary_Miscellany 4 роки тому +3

      Oh I need Carrie singing that song. Then maybe the jewelry lady (Carrie's sister?) and furniture guy can get together as a couple and open a store. "They're selling trinkets now".

  • @calebreasons
    @calebreasons Рік тому +16

    As a fellow woodworker, I confirm this is how all handmade furniture comes out.

  • @jotcw81
    @jotcw81 3 роки тому +16

    I am a carpenter by trade and have timbered two caskets. I have to say, honestly, none the women I brought back home was overly impressed by her possible future casket.

    • @Ch50304
      @Ch50304 3 роки тому +4

      Well, they were probably weirded out you guessed their height and weight accurately....especially after their house keys went missing.

    • @jotcw81
      @jotcw81 3 роки тому +4

      @@Ch50304 fuck, I didn’t consider that at all.

  • @cyclemadness
    @cyclemadness Рік тому +1

    I do woodworking as a hobby. I'm at my office and almost spit my drink out with the mouth sounds for the machines.

  • @Brandon33akahk
    @Brandon33akahk 7 років тому +12

    Had to pause this cause I couldn't stop laughing at the power tool sound lmao

    • @jamesconnors9558
      @jamesconnors9558 7 років тому +4

      I also thought that was fucking funny and the highlight of the episode UNTIL he dragged out all that lame 'furniture' he made! THAT'S when I really lost my shit! LOLOLOL!!!

  • @SchoolofRockNRoll
    @SchoolofRockNRoll 5 років тому +13

    Fred's sound fx is truly the peak of his talents, dear god 😂

  • @JamesJones-bj6vy
    @JamesJones-bj6vy 7 місяців тому +1

    This reminds me of so many people who started woodworking during the pandemic. At least they have end-grain cutting boards and epoxy pours down, though.

  • @blakewaeckerle1090
    @blakewaeckerle1090 3 роки тому +3

    This is easily my favorite sketch on the show

  • @bratwurstred
    @bratwurstred 11 років тому +123

    I came here for the sound effects hahaha

  • @michaelbowers1902
    @michaelbowers1902 5 років тому +12

    I couldn't stop laughing 😂 OMG so original.....he could build your whole house, and then the furniture in the house, and then your casket

  • @jstringer4900
    @jstringer4900 3 роки тому +1

    From the first second comedy gold. Love the photo they used of him. Hilarious!

  • @petervaneno4469
    @petervaneno4469 3 роки тому +5

    The sound he made when the tape rolled up is the best

  • @pointlessfailure
    @pointlessfailure 9 років тому +136

    Would have been a pretty okay skit if it wasn't for the man made sawing sound effects. Those had me in tears laughing.

    • @brybrun
      @brybrun 5 років тому +3

      Yeah it would have been pretty boring with out them.

  • @seededsoul
    @seededsoul 6 років тому +8

    I loved the woodworking sound effects.

  • @zodrob7
    @zodrob7 4 роки тому +16

    Hahaha, brilliant. My mate is a carpenter and can make practically anything, girls fall at his feet. The bastard. Fred, i'm more like Fred.

  • @WRSlick
    @WRSlick Місяць тому

    No matter how many times I see this, the last few buffs on the sander bring me to tears

  • @MrTrenttness
    @MrTrenttness 5 років тому +27

    Has a kid I was working at a ship yard and the owner asked me to build some shelving for the warehouse. He took me over to a pile of scrap wood and 2×4's and just let me have at it. I build the most stupendous hunk of crap shelving. It was sturdy has hell, probably way over built, but wobbled and looked horrible. But he still used it! I was embarrassed every time I walk passed it. I look back and think it was actually a test. I still had a job so maybe he thought I showed promise or he was too kind to can my ass over a bad shelf project.

    • @kireidoll
      @kireidoll 3 роки тому

      @Bønzëaux Błëuxgrēn very french

  • @MichaelKingVids
    @MichaelKingVids 10 років тому +59

    This is the new hipster. So true.

  • @dtevans11
    @dtevans11 11 років тому +40

    The dubbing of the power tools makes this so hilarious

  • @DigitalBathInAZ
    @DigitalBathInAZ 8 років тому +56

    Fred's table saw sound effects!!

    • @vilmfilm
      @vilmfilm 7 років тому

      Gangrene Vagina FIY there is no table saw in there

    • @DigitalBathInAZ
      @DigitalBathInAZ 7 років тому

      Vilm Films
      FYI, it's "FYI". There is no FIY.
      Hmm. I'm not a carpenter and the 12 people who liked the comment aren't either probably. But, I listen to Adam Carolla's podcasts including Ace on the House, so let me try again for you. Circular saw? Radial arm saw? Close enough I hope.

    • @vilmfilm
      @vilmfilm 7 років тому

      yeah that is what its called, I didn't want to sound rude because its hard to tell attitude in text

    • @alekshannibal5369
      @alekshannibal5369 7 років тому

      +Gangrene Vagina Please don't be offensive to Yoda

  • @LeilaNoelliste
    @LeilaNoelliste 6 років тому +6

    The sounds!! I am DYING!!!

  • @Dee_Generate
    @Dee_Generate 7 років тому +52

    Lmfao
    This is so funny to me because my dad is actually a real life 'furniture guy'
    He built our house and a lot of the furniture in it, he's bad ass 😆👍🏻

  • @mottopanukeiku7406
    @mottopanukeiku7406 Рік тому +4

    Love this sketch. I met so many faux manly men in San Francisco when I lived there that just turned out to be good for nothing hipsters. Mostly repping a hobby like they were real tradesmen. You could always tell by the hands. Also met a lot of folks who had all sorts of nautical tattoos- tall ship chest pieces, compass stars etc. trying to look like weathered adventurers who have never been anywhere. They usually attracted the same type of women though- faux artists, trust funders and the like.

  • @SiiriCressey
    @SiiriCressey 5 років тому +10

    I made a table when I was about 9. It was approximately that stable.

  • @BobbyDirt
    @BobbyDirt 3 місяці тому

    Fred’s face when they’re picking out outfits at the store 😂 I’m dying

  • @noahsiegel339
    @noahsiegel339 3 роки тому +5

    this skit speaks to me on a spiritual level

  • @WestOfEarth
    @WestOfEarth 5 років тому +5

    haha, I didn't see that ending coming. Brilliant.

  • @cristinafultz2378
    @cristinafultz2378 5 років тому +6

    I need a casket after seeing that chair.😂

  • @mspixiedust100
    @mspixiedust100 10 років тому +6

    This is so fricking true.

  • @CarnifaxMachine
    @CarnifaxMachine 3 роки тому +5

    1:25 the dopey, hollow sound the chair legs make when hit the ground makes me laugh every time.

  • @donhart4460
    @donhart4460 5 років тому +13

    I find it interesting
    that each episode
    belongs on a specific
    side of town or area...
    what's the rundown
    on Portland's different
    sides of town???
    guess you would have to live there to
    understand.

    • @Youdontknowyetbutuwill
      @Youdontknowyetbutuwill 3 роки тому +6

      I live here and I don’t understand it

    • @kennybeans6115
      @kennybeans6115 3 роки тому +2

      I think it just points to the overall theme and premise of the show, in how the town is a character In of itself and all the quirkiness that occurs in it is tied into the essence of the setting. At least that’s my two cents.

  • @janakakumara3836
    @janakakumara3836 3 роки тому +2

    Did they hire M. Night? Because I was not expecting that ending.

  • @YiaMdj
    @YiaMdj 7 років тому +32

    I need to start making furniture. Maybe then I can grow a decent beard.

  • @JPJones03223
    @JPJones03223 5 років тому +4

    I actually thought that was Jon Hamm for a few seconds.

  • @JasonWindsor88
    @JasonWindsor88 Рік тому

    The confidence he tried to display while his foot was on the wobbling chair was so damn hilarious

  • @mandisaaaa9720
    @mandisaaaa9720 5 років тому +3

    That chair shook harder than me 30 seconds into a plank😂😂

  • @mannyverse6158
    @mannyverse6158 5 років тому +13

    This is brilliant on so many levels. I love how it mocks the idea that we assume manhood means a man being good at woodworking, and the woman only appreciating it cause of the net result, but because he's not good at it, he is somehow not a man anymore. Pretty dark

    • @gregpphoto
      @gregpphoto 4 роки тому +3

      It makes sense, I mean, we're not that removed from 20,000 years ago when not being able to build a hovel meant you died in winter.

  • @RedBeardCarpentryWoodworks
    @RedBeardCarpentryWoodworks 9 років тому +4

    Absolutely HILARIOUS!

  • @thesavagechef
    @thesavagechef 7 років тому +10

    Good sound effects. Sounds like the noises coming from our garage, except that real furniture comes out of there.
    Now do a compressor, and don't forget to shout, " ?&*! Honey, I gotta go back to Home Depot!"

  • @comradecarl8105
    @comradecarl8105 3 роки тому +1

    1:46 brownsteins face makes me never wanna disappoint her

  • @jhopkins213
    @jhopkins213 10 років тому +15

    I need a vest rack.

  • @mattludlam2194
    @mattludlam2194 Рік тому

    My favourite bit is the little "yay" right at the start

  • @petecirca1979
    @petecirca1979 10 років тому +8

    So awesome. The power tools were a win.

  • @devonhughes3805
    @devonhughes3805 Рік тому

    Carrie's "writer / agency" outfit...with the bolo. So true.

  • @UniteForgetLeftRight
    @UniteForgetLeftRight 6 років тому +1

    Those sound effects nearly choked me to death.

  • @gearheadred
    @gearheadred 8 років тому +30

    I tried getting into the scene a while back but my furniture was too well-built and sturdy.

    • @Neildo430ci
      @Neildo430ci 6 років тому +10

      Your problem is, it lacked the sound effects.

  • @alvin4100
    @alvin4100 7 років тому +3

    am i the only one who checked my tabs after heard that sound effect?

  • @montanaelkwhisperer1744
    @montanaelkwhisperer1744 3 роки тому +1

    The most masculine man in Portland. Yeah...that seems about right.

  • @desertezz
    @desertezz 10 років тому +4

    The first shot of the cheer is so funny, then putting his leg on it. I died laughing.

  • @bisket2003
    @bisket2003 3 роки тому

    HAHHAHHAHHAHhAHHHAHhahh. That chair and vest rack.

  • @michiganjack1337
    @michiganjack1337 5 років тому +4

    1:18 That's how all of my tape measures sound.

  • @ElohimPenemue
    @ElohimPenemue 3 роки тому +1

    The woman in the purple dress is absolutely gorgeous.

  • @seancallahan1312
    @seancallahan1312 Рік тому

    Never watched this but laughed my ass off at the chair he carried out.

  • @NickFerry
    @NickFerry 6 років тому +19

    hahaha - best two minutes of my week (that's what she said) - too funny!!

  • @36degreesMars
    @36degreesMars 3 роки тому

    This show is bananas and I love it

  • @SodaCreekFurniture
    @SodaCreekFurniture 10 місяців тому +1

    Literally quit my job 5 years ago to make wood chairs

  • @Misterz3r0
    @Misterz3r0 7 років тому +3

    "Yes, please!"

  • @PeacefulPariah
    @PeacefulPariah 2 роки тому +1

    When he starts to flex at the very end it's just like the cherry on top of this already amazing skit

  • @skullfracture2
    @skullfracture2 4 роки тому +2

    1:20 best part!

  • @artistinstinct
    @artistinstinct 9 років тому +1

    A GREAT EPISODE

  • @forasago
    @forasago 3 роки тому +1

    He's making furniture now...

  • @aisle_of_view
    @aisle_of_view Рік тому +1

    Caleb is an inordinately popular name in Portland

  • @sukumvit
    @sukumvit 9 років тому +2

    My name is actually Caleb, and I do (sometimes) actually build furniture... At least I can stand on mine without it collapsing!

  • @sirsaint88
    @sirsaint88 4 роки тому +8

    Given the state of manhood in Portland this isn't a bad starting point.

  • @ym2173
    @ym2173 Рік тому

    The “yay” at the beginning lol

  • @dileshj7796
    @dileshj7796 3 роки тому

    That stick is the vest rack?

  • @zlozlozlo
    @zlozlozlo 6 років тому +9

    So the guy who builds furniture is the new guy with long hair and an acoustic guitar?

  • @sethboy8284
    @sethboy8284 10 років тому +1

    Why is there an Octocat on the board? 0:10

  • @MapSpawn
    @MapSpawn 2 роки тому +16

    This skit is extra funny to me. I used to work as a cook, and in that world, everyone fauns over 'masculine men' who do trade work. I then jumped into the trades, and my perspective changed and I realized being able to work with wood is like a normal human male thing, it's a life skill, it's like being able to swim. When I watch this video and it has fake noises for the tools, I feel like whoever wrote the script understands the coming of age tale of men quite well.

    • @steverogers7601
      @steverogers7601 Рік тому

      My wife has friends who one of their husbands was into woodworking.
      I got to know him a bit more and learned that he focuses on making tables.
      Dude eventually talked about it like it was sliced bread and acted like woodworking could empower everyone to take better control of their lives if they could build things by hand.
      He brought me in one day and it was nothing more than a hobby.
      It’s like when dudes start BJJ and all of sudden think they’re laid back, carefree, herb smoking surfers who think they’re playing intelligent chess with human bodies.

  • @originalotrex
    @originalotrex 3 роки тому +2

    He should be making jewellery now...

  • @marktaylorauthor1000
    @marktaylorauthor1000 2 роки тому +1

    If that’s the type of craftsmanship it takes to be a man, then I’m almost a man!

  • @stevew278
    @stevew278 9 років тому +2

    Those tool sounds tho xD

  • @SaetiStrakur
    @SaetiStrakur 7 років тому

    omfg making the wordshop noises by himself is fucking hilarious !!

  • @genericyoutubehandle
    @genericyoutubehandle 6 років тому +3

    It took me a while to realize he was making those sounds with his mouth

  • @BAstudios5
    @BAstudios5 3 роки тому

    Hilarious show, I freaking love it

  • @christinem2492
    @christinem2492 5 років тому +4

    I watches this bc my husband is making furniture now and hates his day job... i hope this isnt my future

  • @bbbmw
    @bbbmw 3 роки тому

    That editor was yummy man! 😋

  • @marcusdy1974
    @marcusdy1974 3 роки тому

    My God I miss this show

  • @rhythmdroid
    @rhythmdroid 4 роки тому +4

    Every joke is a "shared grievance" and if you look deeply into this one, we can see the tragedy that in modern life, men have lost their connection to building, construction, self-reliance, and carving out a space and making a nest for their family. When a man realizes the joy of engaging in these primal urges, it's often later in life and his attempts to connect with it are pathetic and jokeworthy. It's funny but it's sad, too.

  • @kev3d
    @kev3d 4 роки тому

    My tools don't sound like this. But my woodwork is identical.

  • @tetrulz
    @tetrulz 7 років тому +37

    the cringe was so real when he took out his furniture.

  • @bisket2003
    @bisket2003 3 роки тому

    That shaky foot on the chair.......kills me.

  • @aureliusva
    @aureliusva 5 років тому +1

    Nailed it.