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Armisen Heading to Springfield

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Doh! Fred Armisen is about to get seriously animated.

The 45-year-old half-Venezuelan Saturday Night Live cast member—who currently stars on the IFC’s sketch comedy series Portlandia—and his co-star Carrie Brownstein have signed on to provide the voices for the Simpson’s new neighbors on Fox’s The Simpsons.

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Armisen and Brownstein’s characters, who will make an appearance in an episode of the animated show’s 24th season, are described “a cool family from Portland.”

Homer will be seen desperately trying to befriend them, but Marge thinks that “being cool isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.”

“They’re the best thing to come out of Portland since everything our show took out of Portland,” gushed executive producer Al Jean about the casting of Armisen and Brownstein.

The episode featuring the Portlandia duo is titled “The Day the Earth Stayed Cool” and will air next fall.

Armisen Back in Portlandia!

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If you can’t get enough of the oh-so-hilarious Fred Armisen, you’re in luck.

The 45-year-old half-Venezuelan Saturday Night Live cast member will pull double-duty this season. Along with appearing on SNL, he’ll be starring once again on the sketch comedy show, Portlandia, which premieres on IFC this Friday, January 6.

Fred Armisen

Armisen sat down with Jimmy Fallon on Late Night on Thursday night totalk about Portlandia’s upcoming second season.

“I invited people from Sleater-Kinney to an SNL after party and I just met her and we just hit it off, and we became instant friends,” said Armisen when asked how he’d teamed up with his Portlandia co-star Carrie Brownstein, who was a member of the band Sleater-Kinney.

Armisen added that the show has been well received by Portland, where the filming takes place.

“I was going to the movies, and this girl came out and just handed me a huge loaf of bread, he said. “They couldn’t be nicer about it.”

But Armisen and Fallon, an SNL alumnus, couldn’t help but cut-up on the air.

Fallon even busted out his Morissey imitation, and Armisen joins in. They then broke out two guitars to do a version of Elvis Costello singing “Happy Birthday.”