Thunderant lifts ten times its own weight
Posted by Dan
December 18th, 2007 at 11:03am
In Internets TV
I came across Thunderant a while ago on various hipster blogs, but never really felt compelled to write anything about them. Now, well… I do.
Thunderant is made up of SNL’s Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein of the now-defunct, legendary punk trio Sleater-Kinney. Their show is basically just eccentric sketch comedy in the vein of Kids in the Hall, only with hipster leanings. For instance, they had an episode centering around a feminist bookstore a while back (take a look, if only because the theme song is awesome and it’s not on the embedded clip below).
I have to say, though, they’ve really come into their own with their latest sketch — The Perfect Song. The sketch finds Armisen and exchanging snippets of songs via voicemail. Take a gander:[kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/1k3y96lYQAQ" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
I’m really pleased to see Brownstein’s sharp comedic instincts — I love it when someone famous for one craft shows that it translates to another field.
In any case, to take a look at more of their stuff, click here.
3 Comments Add your own
1. TV Blog Coalition - Link &hellip | December 23rd, 2007 at 12:44 am
[...] the indie rock/comedy duo of Carrie Brownstein (of Sleater-Kinney) and Fred Armisen (of SNL) who produce the pretty darn funny Thunderant series. Then, there’s hipster comedians Gabe and Jenny, who created an awesome clip spoofing The [...]
2. the TV addict » Blo&hellip | December 24th, 2007 at 8:34 am
[...] the indie rock/comedy duo of Carrie Brownstein (of Sleater-Kinney) and Fred Armisen (of SNL) who produce the pretty darn funny Thunderant series. Then, there’s hipster comedians Gabe and Jenny, who created an awesome clip spoofing The [...]
3. Mikey Likes TV » Li&hellip | December 24th, 2007 at 11:48 am
[...] the indie rock/comedy duo of Carrie Brownstein (of Sleater-Kinney) and Fred Armisen (of SNL) who produce the pretty darn funny Thunderant series. Then, there’s hipster comedians Gabe and Jenny, who created an awesome clip spoofing The [...]
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