Do you know Fred Armisen?

I don't mean, 'Have you seen him on TV?' or something. I mean, do you know him personally?

Here's the thing. Through some weird browsing pathway, I read about Fred, a very popular cast member on Saturday Night Live. But, even with all the sites out there dedicated to him, I couldn't figure out some specific details about him.

Y'see, the thing is, I once knew a kid named Freddie Armisen. Turns out that the famous Fred looks like the kid I knew and is the right age. I don't think it's a coincidence.

The Freddie I knew:
- Lived in Brasil in the early 70s.
- Lived in Copacabana near me.
- Was, like me at the time, really into the Beatles (SNL's Fred is a musician!).

I'll leave out some of the funnier and more embarrassing things we did as kids, but I remember some great time playing together. And the Beatles were a big part of my childhood because of Freddie.

Too bad I have no recollection of his folks, since, as a cultural hybrid like me, that would have been a give-away. But then again, 7 year-olds usually don't pay attention to their friends' parents (who?).

Alas, he left the country and I never heard of him again.

So, if you know more about SNL's Fred than I do and he matches up with what I said, comment here (don't post his email address, d'oh!) or let him know he should place a comment here. NBC makes it hard to actually get to the cast members (or at least, I wrote something and never got a response), that I think this post might be more effective.

Comments

it's the same person i'm pretty sure.

[charlie]

yeah, but do you know how to get in contact with him? ;-)

[dex]

http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/artists/a/Fred-Armisen/biography-241051.html

"Armisen was born in Manhattan, and his family spent some time in Rio de Janeiro before settling in New York state, where he grew up."

[charlie]

thanks dex!

how much more evidence do i need? it's gotta be him. and i think some of the parental connections were due to them being from manhattan (we were from nyc) and being part german (my pops is german). only my folks do not remember.

but, here's some good news: this spring, his co-snl'er amy poehler is receiving an arts council alumni award from boston college. she graduated in 93 and i in 87, so we didn't overlap, but we both were in the same improv group (my mother's fleabag).

i'm going to try and contact freddie via amy via the alumni directory. let's see how that works.

once again, thanks dex!

[V]

You are correct. Did you go to Escola Americana as well?