If You Don't Laugh out Loud at This . . .

If you don't laugh at Fred Armisen's question (he of Saturday Night Live), you probably don't laugh at The New Yorker cartoons either. My first thought after reading this—after laughing out loud—is that it would make a great New Yorker cartoon. See the whole newyorker.com article here.

This week, Margaret Talbot writes about Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen, the comedic masterminds behind IFC’s “Portlandia.” We sent Gabriele Stabile to photograph the pair in New York. “Fred’s apartment has wonderful northern light, beautiful views of the Upper West Side, and an unbelievable vacuum-cleaner robot,” Stabile said. “One of the publicists showed up at the shoot eight and a half months pregnant, and Fred asked, ‘Does your husband know?’ When you’re around people who are seriously funny you realize how bad your jokes are.” Here are a few outtakes from Stabile’s shoot.