An in depth look at the daily lives of two aging socialites and their crumbling estate. Fred armisen and bill hader, as well as the shows executive producer seth meyersand in honor of their appearance, ifc is giving howard fans an exclusive first look at season 2 in the above clip. It is created and executive produced by fred armisen, bill hader, seth myers and rhys thomas and presented by helen mirren. Hilarious and genius comedians fred armised and bill hader created parodies of the worlds best documentary subjects and caused a positive buzz among the critics and viewers. An inside look is provided at the marathon cast album recording of the illfated 1970 broadway musical coop, which is a comedy centered around a cast of characters who work and live, or want to live, the same coop. Lucky for you, you can watch the entire season right now right here and on the ifc app, including this free episode courtesy of subaru but now, lets take a moment to look back at some of the new classics fred and carrie have so thoughtfully bestowed upon us. Pressure builds as juve enter a crucial stretch that includes a champions league tie with tottenham. In mere days portlandia wraps up its final season, and oh what a season its been.
Explore current events and social trends with this compelling, celebritynarrated series. Episode 1 latest news ifc has officially renewed the cultfavorite, lovingly crafted spoof documentary now. Finally watched the first episode and man, oh man it was so similar to the real thing it was uncanny. Starring fred armisen and bill hader, each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some of the most important stories that didnt actually happen. However, you probably shouldnt watch if youre deathly afraid of chickens, like this episodes subject, arturo. Dig into how these mined pieces of carbon became both a status. Season 3 of the satirical documentary series continues with takes on wild wild country, original cast album. With helen mirren, fred armisen, bill hader, deb hiett. To film the secondseason episode final transmission, the documentary. Season one features six different stories and stylistic. Documentary nows love for its source material is so obvious that labeling the show parody seems insufficient. Armisen and hader star in many episodes, and thomas and alex buono codirect most episodes.
A circa early 1980s newwave band plays their final concert in this homage to jonathan demmes 1984 music documentary. In this parody of vices gonzostyle documentaries, hipster journalists. In its yearend roundup, the new york times named documentary now. Tv series 2015 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Mockumentary profiles 83yearold restaurateur juan, son arturo and the awardwinning eatery. From crippling payday loans to cars that cheat emissions tests, this investigative series exposes brazen acts of corporate greed and corruption. How peak tv brought us the weird, nichey brilliance of. Season 3, episode 5 march, 2019 a superfan sets out to make a documentary about the comic strip that changed his life and personally deliver the film to its reclusive creator. This enlightening series from vox digs into a wide range of topics such as the rise of cryptocurrency, why diets fail, and the wild world of kpop.
Deadpan spoof of notable documentary salesman 1969. Created by oscarwinning filmmaker alex gibney, known for his documentaries on enron, wikileaks, scientology and more. Check out the trailer for season 2 of ifcs documentary now. Hosted by rapper and broadcaster shad, this documentary series won a peabody award and an. Documentary now parodies the current obsession with documentaries. Big fan of portlandia and also a few episodes of documentary now.
Mix play all mix ichiban japan youtube ichiban japan saison 2 episode 4. Hosted by helen mirren, the series spoofs celebrated documentary films by parodying the style of each. If youre into awkward and quirky comedy this show will not disappoint. The shows stars, fred armisen and bill hader, elevate every episode with. Part one of the documentary chronicling the rise and fall of a seminal softrock band called the blue jean committee. Tv series see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary.
Genres comedy subtitles english cc audio languages english. Documentary now got picked up for its second and third seasons even before its first episode aired, so we cant wait to see what hader, armisen and meyers have in store next week. Well, it helps that the films in ifcs emmynominated documentary now. The grey gardens spoof in episode one of season one of documentary now. Mockery and parodying the original documentary films is all what the series is about. Bill hader and fred armisen break down the docs spoofed in season 2 tca. Interviews with influential mcs, djs and moguls trace the genres dynamic evolution from the 1970s through the 00s in this documentary series. Both fred armison and bill hader are hilarious the whole way through. Facts from fred armisen, seth meyers and bill hader. This episode sends up the documentary smash wild wild country and the notion of a sex cult hiding in plain sight. Episode info season 2 kicks off with the bunker, a spoof of the political documentary the war room, and starring bill hader and fred armisen as driven campaign managers involved in.
The snl star will join fred and bill for the musiccentric test pattern episode. In the premiere episode, the classic political doc gets a local focus. Dame helen mirren serves as host of this six part series, lending the gravitas that documentaries of this caliber so rightly deserve. In the second half of the season, juve hope to hold off stiff challenges to winning another league title while moving forward in the champions league. Each episode adopts a different style of nonfiction filmmaking to honor the most important stories that didnt actually happen. Not much, as it turned out last season, viewership for documentary now.