Do you remember when people were content to be unambitious?
It’s been said that cheaters never prosper, but I’m cheating
a bit with today’s MVM anyway. It’s not so much a music video as it is a skit from
the awesome first season of IFC’s Portlandia.
Isn’t that a win and thereby prosperous in and of itself? Do the math.
If memory serves, this was the very first Portlandia sketch and laid the framework for the show perfectly. SNL vet Fred Armisen’s
character Jason has just returned from Portland, Oregon and can’t wait to tell Carrie
Brownstein’s character Noni (?) about it. (Sidebar – Brownstein is lead
guitarist for the band Wild Flag. Here’s an actual music video of theirs so this
post won’t be a complete letdown for all you MVM purists out there.) Jason
launches into a description of the too-good-to-be-true Portland and we get to
see hot chicks in glasses, flannel, double-decker bicycles and more. My
favorite bit has got to be the part about clowns at around 1:36. That’s right –
in Portland, you don’t have to give up clowning.
It’s actually a really catchy tune. Check it out and enjoy
the rest of your Monday! And yes there’s another sketch from the show down
below as well. Couldn’t help myself.
