A well-intentioned Portland couple wants to know if the chicken they are ordering for dinner had a nice life.A well-intentioned Portland couple wants to know if the chicken they are ordering for dinner had a nice life.A well-intentioned Portland couple wants to know if the chicken they are ordering for dinner had a nice life.
Mary Jon Nelson
- Sister Zoe
- (as Mary Nelson)
M'chel Bauxal
- Sister wife
- (uncredited)
Jeni Niquette
- Sister Wife
- (uncredited)
Kyndi Niquette
- Sister Wife
- (uncredited)
Beth Orrick-Arno
- Cult Girl
- (uncredited)
Zac Pennington
- Sherlock Holmies member
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety/Music Program or a Special.
- Quotes
Old Lady: So, where are you live?
Stuart: [hiding under the table] I'm with some room mates up on the north side. It's kind of a house, but it's kind of falling apart.
Old Lady: "It's kind of a house, but it's kind of falling apart."
Stuart: Yes, ma'am.
Old Lady: I think that describes your life right now, honey.
- ConnectionsReferences The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
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Great start
In this episode: Fred returns to Carrie in LA to tell her how about Portland (and sings a song about it); a couple need to get the full run-down of where the chicken came from and how it was raised before eating it; a man is harassed in a store for using their bathroom without buying anything.
And so it begins. The first episode of Portlandia sets the tone for the series, skewering the pretentiousness and superficiality of society (and of one city in particular) and offense-seekers and generally those that try to force their agendas on others.
Hilariously funny at times, often in an understated way. There's the problem though: unless you're concentrating 100% and on the same wavelength as Carrie and Fred, the joke might just over your head.
Talking of Carrie and Fred, while Fred Armisen's comedy credentials are well-known from SNL, before this Carrie Brownstein was known as the vocalist and guitarist of Sleater-Kinney, an alternative rock band with social commentary in their lyrics, and had no significant acting credentials (comedic or dramatic) to speak of. She is quite the revelation here.
And so it begins. The first episode of Portlandia sets the tone for the series, skewering the pretentiousness and superficiality of society (and of one city in particular) and offense-seekers and generally those that try to force their agendas on others.
Hilariously funny at times, often in an understated way. There's the problem though: unless you're concentrating 100% and on the same wavelength as Carrie and Fred, the joke might just over your head.
Talking of Carrie and Fred, while Fred Armisen's comedy credentials are well-known from SNL, before this Carrie Brownstein was known as the vocalist and guitarist of Sleater-Kinney, an alternative rock band with social commentary in their lyrics, and had no significant acting credentials (comedic or dramatic) to speak of. She is quite the revelation here.
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