Jan 16, 2012 portlandia characters discover battlestar galactica. As season seven nears, we look back at what makes portlandia truly outofthebox television. For doug and claire, a night that begins with catching one quick episode before heading out to meet social obligations quickly spirals into bsg addiction, bladder infections and pink slips. Is battlestar galactica worth losing your job over. The main characters mistake ron moore, a resident of portland, for ron moore, director of battlestar galactica. Battlestar galactica portlandia loves bsg one moore. Ifcs portlandia poster pays homage to battlestar galactica. An eccentric group of characters mix it up in this spiky comedy series based on its writers experience of bohemian life in portland, ore. Portlandia characters discover battlestar galactica.
Doug and claire fred armisen and carrie brownstein start watching a battlestar galactica episode on dvd, on a whim. Jan 12, 2012 ifc, part of amc networks, asked battlestar galaticas camp to post sneak peek videos of the portlandia episode on its facebook page. Watch portlandia online full episodes of season 8 to 1 yidio. Watch portlandia s full battlestar galactica episode before this fridays season 2 premiere. Portlandia is a sketch comedy show that ran on ifc from 2011 to 2018 starring fred armisen and carrie brownstein. Syfy has been airing reruns of a delightful scifi show called battlestar galactica. Some of the highlights include the battlestar galactica episode, making fun of foodies, spoiling every tv show, and jello biafras cameo. Watch the battlestar galactica inspired portlandia episode. Portlandia tackles battlestar galactica addiction wired.
Moore helps resolve the dilemma of a young couple that has become addicted to the tv show battlestar galactica. A frakking awesome sneak peek at portlandia season two. It lasted one season in 19781979, but books were written continuing stories. Ifcs portlandia doesnt start airing until friday, but you can watch the shows second episode right now above. The episode isnt completely devoted to bsg, but the guest appearances were pretty amazing, as was the music and im sure some of us who fell.
The episode also features a character named ronald d. The sketch encapsulates everything goofy and fun about portlandia. Watch portlandias full battlestar galactica episode before this fridays season 2 premiere. I had seen this reaction before, and it was claires to battlestar gallactica. One of the most relatable episodes of portlandia is the episode that covered the concept of bingewatching. But not just any clip, we chose a scene from the battlestar galacticainspired one moore episode. Starbuck katee sackhoff and laura roslin mary mcdonnell face off with a gun between them, lee adama jamie bamber says goodbye to the galactica, violent conflict breaks out between the seven models aboard cylon basestar, and gaius baltar james callis is directly pulled into the final five situation. Fred and carrie learn about the art of love as they venture outside of portland. The dramatic episode showed a sketch of the two characters watching battlestar galactica and getting a little carried away in their bingewatching routine. Get a sneak peek of portlandia s poster for our battlestar galactica episode posted by will weinand on december 29th just when you thought that all the gifts you had coming were over, portlandia has a couple moore in store for you. Portlandia gets social boost from battlestar galactica clickz.
Meanwhile parks and his team targeted facebook ads at battlestar galaticas 775,000 fanslikes on the social site. Portlandia is a sketch comedy show on ifc starring fred armisen and carrie brownstein. Armisen is a current cast member on saturday night live and brownstein is a writer and the former singer and guitarist for alternative rock band sleater kinney shes currently a member of wild flag. Moore had a cameo appearance in a battlestar galactica themed sketch of the portlandia episode entitled one moore episode, which premiered january, 2012 where he plays an unknown actor who has never seen battlestar galactica. Battlestar galactica is an american military science fiction television series, and part of the battlestar galactica franchise. After cancellation, its story was continued in 1980 as galactica 1980 with adama, lieutenant boomer. The series first aired as a threehour miniseries comprising four broadcast hours in december 2003 on the scifi channel. Sep 23, 2011 after this tremendous build over four seasons, the creators of battlestar galactica had a tall order to properly wrap up the series. Most of the time i feel with it enough to get the humor of portlandia. Doug and claire get sucked into a marathon of battlestar galactica from season 2 of portlandia on ifc.
The second episode of season 2 is one of the strongest portlandia outings yet, with guest star power eddie vedder, jeff goldbum, perceptive premises obsessive dvdwatching of battlestar. Oh, and the episode also made a viral direct hit on geekland, with a running bit about obsessively watching battlestar galactica. Yep, portlandia is back for season 2 premieres fri. If youre a fan of the ifc comedy series and battlestar galactica, theres even more reason to look.
Remember that portlandia sketch where carrie brownstein and fred armisen sit down to watch one episode of battlestar and get so caught up in an obsessive marathon that their power gets cut off and. The hipsterskewering comedy series debuts new art for its second season premiere jan. In whats turning out to be a big day for battlestar news, heres the poster for one moore episode, portlandias upcoming tribute to bsg. With fred armisen, carrie brownstein, james callis, jeff goldblum. So after we got 150,000 likes on facebook, we released the entire episode. Est on ifc, and you can watch the seasons second episode in, a bsg homage titled one moore episode, right now. But not just any clip, we chose a scene from the battlestar galactica inspired one moore episode. The science fiction program obliged with two clips and promotional copy on dec. Just when you thought that had opened all your gifts, portlandia has one moore for you. Yep, one whole episode from season two of portlandia is now available for your viewing pleasure. Watch battlestar galactica, part three season 1, episode 3 of battlestar galactica 1978 or get episode details on. Watch portlandias love letter to battlestar galactica.
Jan 01, 2012 portlandias return is one of many reasons to be grateful that 2012 has officially started. All of portlandia is swept up in the excitement of a new music and film festival. The wait for brunch with fred and carrie is even longer in this onehour edition of portlandia s brunch village. Jan 16, 2012 a story back in 2010 covered this phenomenon, and its now been captured brilliantly in this past fridays episode of the ifc sketch comedy show portlandia. Larson and starring lorne greene, richard hatch and dirk benedict. Watch portlandias full battlestar galactica episode before. Watch the battlestar galactica inspired portlandia. Battlestar galactica is an american science fiction television series, produced in 1978 by glen a. Battlestar galactica comes to town posted by melissa locker on december 19th we are so excited about the second season of portlandia and like kids on christmas we can hardly wait to unwrap the shiny new episodes and watch them in glee. Occasionally, i feel like it goes right over my head. Watch portlandia celebrate battlestar galactica with one moore.
Scifi met sketch comedy in last fridays episode of ifcs portlandia. Technically brunch village is an episode, not an individual sketch, but its worth an inclusion here. So is the case with the main sketch on season 7 episode 10. One of portlandias funniest and most relevant sketches. This special episode takes a behindthescenes peek at director jonathan krisels journey to find the perfect marionberry pancake for the episode s final scene, and how his obsession nearly sank the entire production. Ifc has unveiled new poster art for an upcoming battlestar galactica themed episode of portlandia, the. See the poster for portlandias battlestar galactica episode. I know it did for me, especially considering i blazed through three episodes of battlestar galactica before sitting down for this recap. Portlandia characters discover battlestar galactica cnn. Watch battlestar galactica episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. You get an episode of portlandia that features galactica alumni and jeff goldblum. It is set in portland, oregon and most of its humor comes from mocking the citys hipster culture, centering around loads and loads of characters played by armisen onetime drummer for postpunk band trenchmouth before becoming a longtime saturday night live cast member and. Watch battlestar galactica, part one season 1, episode 1 of battlestar galactica 1978 or get episode details on.
List of battlestar galactica 2004 tv series episodes. Jan 04, 2012 watch portlandia s full battlestar galactica episode before this fridays season 2 premiere. Moore as a reimagining of the 1978 battlestar galactica television series created by glen a. Watch portlandia celebrate battlestar galactica with one.
It is set in portland, oregon and most of its humor comes from mocking its hipster culture. List of battlestar galactica 1978 tv series and galactica. Jan 21, 2011 ifc has been airing a delightful comedy show called portlandia. In the above clip from a battlestar galactica inspired episode, we see what happens when a portland couple played by series cocreators fred armisen and carrie brownstein pop in a dvd of ronald. In the above clip from a battlestar galacticainspired episode, we see what happens when a portland couple played by series cocreators fred. Jan 03, 2012 battlestar galactica inspired episode features eddie vedder. Portlandia is an american satire television series created by fred armisen, carrie brownstein. Mar 22, 2018 these are our picks for the 20 best portlandia sketches. Talk about a welcome addition to the rather pale world of portlandia. Watch portlandias full battlestar galactica episode.
Mar 10, 2017 misunderstood miracles is part usual funny fare and part um, what. Watch the battlestar galactica inspired portlandia episode right now. Jan 14, 2012 the portlandia twitterverse was ablaze on new years day when ifc gave the fans a sneak peek at the new season by releasingnot just video clipsbut the shows second episode in its entirety. Edward james olmos on what it means to be battlestar.
A bohemian couple goes to great lengths to make sure that their restaurant order is ethical and humane. Dougs and claires lives spin out of control as they become obsessed with battlestar galactica. Every fan of the battlestar galactica reboot remembers when they knew they had a problem the moment they realized they were fully addicted to. Portlandia loves bsg one moore episode battlestar galactica is met portlandia plant. The second season of carrie brownstein and fred armisens portlandia premieres january 6 on ifc. Portlandia s return is one of many reasons to be grateful that 2012 has officially started.
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