showing UP some love by using this Amherst Street house and students in two episodes.
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By Philip Ellefson
The Run Down:
Portlandia, starring Carrie Brownstein and Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen, satirizes the hipster stereotype of Portlanders.
After a successful first season, the show recently returned to the Independent Film Channel for its second season.
Check it out:
Portlandia airs on IFC at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Friday nights. Clips from the show can be seen on IFC's website and Hulu. The complete first season is on Netflix.
Season Two Teasers:
The second season offers 10 episodes gently mocking Portlanders and their habits. In "Cops Redesign," the fifth episode, a crew of decorators offers its services to coffee shops in Portland and puts up horrendous art. "Cool Wedding," the third episode of the season, features a skit that riffs on a common Portland stereotype when two drivers come to an impasse at an intersection because both refuse to be the first to go.
Special Guests:
Although the second season features popular characters from the first season like the feminist bookstore owners and the mayor of Portland, it also has a solid lineup of guest stars. LaMarcus Aldridge, Andy Samberg, Eddie Vedder and Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock all appear in the second season.
UP students get ready to celebrate:
In July, a Portlandia skit was filmed at the home of UP seniors Armine Kalan, Triska Lee, Priscilla Osredkar, Abi Sundaram, sophomore Vienna Lai and UP graduate Gavin Johnson. The students will also appear as extras on another episode.
Kalan said their house is featured in episode six, and the housemates appear as extras in episode nine. She also said they are proud to appear on the show.
"Do we brag? Yes," she said.
Since July, the students have been anticipating seeing their house on the show.
"We plan on having a really big party," Kalan said.
According to Lee, the party will honor the popular Portlandia catchphrase "put a bird on it."
"There will be lots of birds involved," she said.
Show information courtesy of IFC.com
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