The Man Issue (Portlandia)

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  • @Cambone13
    @Cambone13 Před 5 lety +1163

    I feel like Fred learned to make really convincing woodworking sound effects and wrote this entire skit as a way to get them on TV

    • @talkingoutloud9694
      @talkingoutloud9694 Před 5 lety +28

      And thank goodness he found a marvelous way to share such a skill with all of us!

    • @satchelyork
      @satchelyork Před 4 lety +12

      Definitely. Same with "the Californians" started with a bit about people giving directions

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover Před 3 lety +16

      That tape measure one killed me lmao

    • @AEWhite-ud6qp
      @AEWhite-ud6qp Před 2 lety

      Glad he did!

    • @Cfb2987
      @Cfb2987 Před rokem

      😂

  • @scubajimmer
    @scubajimmer Před 4 lety +580

    I work construction, I've made the tape sound effect for 6 years, everyone on site thinks there's something wrong with me, only one other dude ever got the reference, we laughed so hard, it was a glorious moment.

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover Před 3 lety +20

      The tape measure sound really got me.

    • @kennybeans6115
      @kennybeans6115 Před 2 lety +22

      When you realize that someone realizes your inside joke, Well, that’s a glorious moment.

    • @avidadolares
      @avidadolares Před 2 lety +3

      6 years is a long time to keep working out a reference gag hoping someday someone would get it. I feel like you could have came up with new material in that time

    • @kennybeans6115
      @kennybeans6115 Před 2 lety +14

      @@avidadolares
      That’s precisely the beauty in it, though. The more obscure the reference is, the more rewarding it is when it finally connects with someone else. If it’s a reference that literally everyone will know, then there’s really no point or fun in it then.

    • @RohannvanRensburg
      @RohannvanRensburg Před 2 lety +5

      I greatly admire your artistic integrity in this matter.

  • @RickardoMute
    @RickardoMute Před rokem +55

    Legend has it, that he's now married to the girl who's making jewelry now

  • @josefermin6847
    @josefermin6847 Před 8 lety +899

    pretty smart skit but those power tool sound were the best lol

    • @shanehaney2121
      @shanehaney2121 Před 8 lety +12

      yes!!!

    • @patocamarada
      @patocamarada Před 4 lety

      Fred.rrnvrvrrvvvrv!

    • @WestOfEarth
      @WestOfEarth Před 4 lety +8

      I thought the sounds were just for comedic effect, until the ending when I realized the character was making those sounds because the machines weren't actually running, and because he'd watched dozens of woodworking videos, he knew what they were supposed to sound like when turned on.

    • @trevorlambert4226
      @trevorlambert4226 Před 4 lety

      @@WestOfEarth You were right the first time. Watch again and you can see the tools are indeed running.

    • @Neildo430ci
      @Neildo430ci Před 3 lety +1

      @@trevorlambert4226 even the tape measure.

  • @mayhewfisher62
    @mayhewfisher62 Před rokem +27

    The sheer desire in that woman's voice as she fantasized about the building of things from cribs to couches to coffins was hilarious.

  • @johnh4143
    @johnh4143 Před 4 lety +220

    I've been a carpenter for 40 years and I'm laughing hysterically because it's all about me

    • @mattmoves5920
      @mattmoves5920 Před 3 lety +1

      Gosh why everything must always be about you?

    • @gonzaloarvietti4920
      @gonzaloarvietti4920 Před 2 lety +5

      My dad is almost 2 years being a carpenter and this is so him LOL

    • @brainstemriff
      @brainstemriff Před 2 lety

      Because if nothing got done it wouldn't be all about him

    • @davidswanson5669
      @davidswanson5669 Před rokem

      I’m a generalist, or I guess a “builder” (woodworking, metal fab, and 3D printing) but I feel like this all the time whenever I’ve tried something new and it doesn’t work.

  • @jasminehouston-burns1691
    @jasminehouston-burns1691 Před 7 lety +521

    Fred is very convincing as a man

  • @MINKVINNA
    @MINKVINNA Před 7 lety +212

    the "it's a lavatory vanity box" line alone shows that fred is maybe the funniest person ever

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover Před 3 lety +3

      Nah the tape measure sound does.

  • @dancinstevechicago
    @dancinstevechicago Před 9 lety +341

    Portlandia skewers "Lumbersexual" before it even had a name.

  • @ahbraineater
    @ahbraineater Před 8 lety +116

    my favorite sound effects are the saw and the tape measure going back in.hilarious.

    • @JoesTheShow
      @JoesTheShow Před 6 lety +4

      That belt sander was spot on.

    • @surfinmuso37
      @surfinmuso37 Před 6 lety +5

      I nearly wet myself with the saw noise. They are such awesome idiots- i love it

  • @Agos226
    @Agos226 Před 6 lety +102

    “He could build our caskets ahead of time”

    • @albertandrews130
      @albertandrews130 Před 5 lety +4

      I wanna do that too

    • @bamabelle7075
      @bamabelle7075 Před 2 lety +2

      I once read a hilarious article about these old folks in New Zealand who have get-together’s to build each others’ coffins. They make a fun party of it. I thought it was an awesome idea.

  • @mjjm5511
    @mjjm5511 Před 8 lety +200

    I like the way the guy had to stop looking thru the camera to look at the poor workmanship. lmao

  • @jotcw81
    @jotcw81 Před 3 lety +12

    I am a carpenter by trade and have timbered two caskets. I have to say, honestly, none the women I brought back home was overly impressed by her possible future casket.

    • @Ch50304
      @Ch50304 Před 2 lety +3

      Well, they were probably weirded out you guessed their height and weight accurately....especially after their house keys went missing.

    • @jotcw81
      @jotcw81 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Ch50304 fuck, I didn’t consider that at all.

  • @sidekick3rida
    @sidekick3rida Před 5 lety +24

    "It's not finished, I gotta varnish it"… BRILLIANCE!

  • @rev1595
    @rev1595 Před 5 lety +28

    "He's making chairs now!"

    • @An_Arbitrary_Miscellany
      @An_Arbitrary_Miscellany Před 3 lety +3

      Oh I need Carrie singing that song. Then maybe the jewelry lady (Carrie's sister?) and furniture guy can get together as a couple and open a store. "They're selling trinkets now".

  • @PearsAreOkay
    @PearsAreOkay Před 6 lety +27

    This is one of the best portlandia skits

  • @pieman3007
    @pieman3007 Před 4 lety +20

    This sketch is multi-layered perfection in 2 minutes (& 10 seconds)!!

  • @bentrend
    @bentrend Před rokem +8

    1:18 the way he captured the harmonics of a power drill burrowing through wood is truly beautiful!

  • @raerae555
    @raerae555 Před 2 lety +16

    This is one of my favorites. Every time I meet a man who said he woodworks I send this to him lol

  • @calebreasons
    @calebreasons Před rokem +11

    As a fellow woodworker, I confirm this is how all handmade furniture comes out.

  • @pointlessfailure
    @pointlessfailure Před 9 lety +133

    Would have been a pretty okay skit if it wasn't for the man made sawing sound effects. Those had me in tears laughing.

    • @brybrun
      @brybrun Před 4 lety +3

      Yeah it would have been pretty boring with out them.

  • @bratwurstred
    @bratwurstred Před 10 lety +123

    I came here for the sound effects hahaha

  • @Brandon33akahk
    @Brandon33akahk Před 7 lety +12

    Had to pause this cause I couldn't stop laughing at the power tool sound lmao

    • @jamesconnors9558
      @jamesconnors9558 Před 7 lety +3

      I also thought that was fucking funny and the highlight of the episode UNTIL he dragged out all that lame 'furniture' he made! THAT'S when I really lost my shit! LOLOLOL!!!

  • @SchoolofRockNRoll
    @SchoolofRockNRoll Před 4 lety +13

    Fred's sound fx is truly the peak of his talents, dear god 😂

  • @MrTrenttness
    @MrTrenttness Před 5 lety +27

    Has a kid I was working at a ship yard and the owner asked me to build some shelving for the warehouse. He took me over to a pile of scrap wood and 2×4's and just let me have at it. I build the most stupendous hunk of crap shelving. It was sturdy has hell, probably way over built, but wobbled and looked horrible. But he still used it! I was embarrassed every time I walk passed it. I look back and think it was actually a test. I still had a job so maybe he thought I showed promise or he was too kind to can my ass over a bad shelf project.

    • @kireidoll
      @kireidoll Před 2 lety

      @Bønzëaux Błëuxgrēn very french

  • @dtevans11
    @dtevans11 Před 11 lety +41

    The dubbing of the power tools makes this so hilarious

  • @zodrob7
    @zodrob7 Před 4 lety +16

    Hahaha, brilliant. My mate is a carpenter and can make practically anything, girls fall at his feet. The bastard. Fred, i'm more like Fred.

  • @michaelbowers1902
    @michaelbowers1902 Před 5 lety +11

    I couldn't stop laughing 😂 OMG so original.....he could build your whole house, and then the furniture in the house, and then your casket

  • @MichaelKingVids
    @MichaelKingVids Před 10 lety +59

    This is the new hipster. So true.

  • @blakewaeckerle1090
    @blakewaeckerle1090 Před 3 lety +3

    This is easily my favorite sketch on the show

  • @BPoweredLove
    @BPoweredLove Před 8 lety +56

    Fred's table saw sound effects!!

    • @vilmfilm
      @vilmfilm Před 7 lety

      Gangrene Vagina FIY there is no table saw in there

    • @BPoweredLove
      @BPoweredLove Před 7 lety

      Vilm Films
      FYI, it's "FYI". There is no FIY.
      Hmm. I'm not a carpenter and the 12 people who liked the comment aren't either probably. But, I listen to Adam Carolla's podcasts including Ace on the House, so let me try again for you. Circular saw? Radial arm saw? Close enough I hope.

    • @vilmfilm
      @vilmfilm Před 7 lety

      yeah that is what its called, I didn't want to sound rude because its hard to tell attitude in text

    • @alekshannibal5369
      @alekshannibal5369 Před 7 lety

      +Gangrene Vagina Please don't be offensive to Yoda

  • @seededsoul
    @seededsoul Před 6 lety +8

    I loved the woodworking sound effects.

  • @petervaneno4469
    @petervaneno4469 Před 2 lety +4

    The sound he made when the tape rolled up is the best

  • @SiiriCressey
    @SiiriCressey Před 5 lety +10

    I made a table when I was about 9. It was approximately that stable.

  • @LeilaNoelliste
    @LeilaNoelliste Před 5 lety +5

    The sounds!! I am DYING!!!

  • @noahsiegel339
    @noahsiegel339 Před 2 lety +5

    this skit speaks to me on a spiritual level

  • @JamesJones-bj6vy
    @JamesJones-bj6vy Před měsícem +1

    This reminds me of so many people who started woodworking during the pandemic. At least they have end-grain cutting boards and epoxy pours down, though.

  • @WestOfEarth
    @WestOfEarth Před 4 lety +5

    haha, I didn't see that ending coming. Brilliant.

  • @cristinafultz2378
    @cristinafultz2378 Před 4 lety +6

    I need a casket after seeing that chair.😂

  • @YiaMdj
    @YiaMdj Před 7 lety +31

    I need to start making furniture. Maybe then I can grow a decent beard.

  • @mspixiedust100
    @mspixiedust100 Před 10 lety +6

    This is so fricking true.

  • @jstringer4900
    @jstringer4900 Před 2 lety +1

    From the first second comedy gold. Love the photo they used of him. Hilarious!

  • @Dee_Generate
    @Dee_Generate Před 7 lety +52

    Lmfao
    This is so funny to me because my dad is actually a real life 'furniture guy'
    He built our house and a lot of the furniture in it, he's bad ass 😆👍🏻

  • @mannyverse6158
    @mannyverse6158 Před 4 lety +13

    This is brilliant on so many levels. I love how it mocks the idea that we assume manhood means a man being good at woodworking, and the woman only appreciating it cause of the net result, but because he's not good at it, he is somehow not a man anymore. Pretty dark

    • @gregpphoto
      @gregpphoto Před 3 lety +3

      It makes sense, I mean, we're not that removed from 20,000 years ago when not being able to build a hovel meant you died in winter.

  • @mottopanukeiku7406
    @mottopanukeiku7406 Před rokem +4

    Love this sketch. I met so many faux manly men in San Francisco when I lived there that just turned out to be good for nothing hipsters. Mostly repping a hobby like they were real tradesmen. You could always tell by the hands. Also met a lot of folks who had all sorts of nautical tattoos- tall ship chest pieces, compass stars etc. trying to look like weathered adventurers who have never been anywhere. They usually attracted the same type of women though- faux artists, trust funders and the like.

  • @janakakumara3836
    @janakakumara3836 Před 2 lety +2

    Did they hire M. Night? Because I was not expecting that ending.

  • @thesavagechef
    @thesavagechef Před 7 lety +10

    Good sound effects. Sounds like the noises coming from our garage, except that real furniture comes out of there.
    Now do a compressor, and don't forget to shout, " ?&*! Honey, I gotta go back to Home Depot!"

  • @CarnifaxMachine
    @CarnifaxMachine Před 2 lety +4

    1:25 the dopey, hollow sound the chair legs make when hit the ground makes me laugh every time.

  • @sirsaint88
    @sirsaint88 Před 3 lety +8

    Given the state of manhood in Portland this isn't a bad starting point.

  • @JPJones03223
    @JPJones03223 Před 5 lety +4

    I actually thought that was Jon Hamm for a few seconds.

  • @mattludlam2194
    @mattludlam2194 Před rokem

    My favourite bit is the little "yay" right at the start

  • @rhythmdroid
    @rhythmdroid Před 4 lety +4

    Every joke is a "shared grievance" and if you look deeply into this one, we can see the tragedy that in modern life, men have lost their connection to building, construction, self-reliance, and carving out a space and making a nest for their family. When a man realizes the joy of engaging in these primal urges, it's often later in life and his attempts to connect with it are pathetic and jokeworthy. It's funny but it's sad, too.

  • @skullfracture2
    @skullfracture2 Před 3 lety +2

    1:20 best part!

  • @jhopkins213
    @jhopkins213 Před 10 lety +14

    I need a vest rack.

  • @gearheadred
    @gearheadred Před 7 lety +28

    I tried getting into the scene a while back but my furniture was too well-built and sturdy.

    • @Neildo430ci
      @Neildo430ci Před 5 lety +9

      Your problem is, it lacked the sound effects.

  • @petecirca1979
    @petecirca1979 Před 10 lety +8

    So awesome. The power tools were a win.

  • @mandisaaaa9720
    @mandisaaaa9720 Před 4 lety +3

    That chair shook harder than me 30 seconds into a plank😂😂

  • @RedBeardCarpentryWoodworks

    Absolutely HILARIOUS!

  • @zlozlozlo
    @zlozlozlo Před 5 lety +9

    So the guy who builds furniture is the new guy with long hair and an acoustic guitar?

  • @cyclemadness
    @cyclemadness Před 11 měsíci

    I do woodworking as a hobby. I'm at my office and almost spit my drink out with the mouth sounds for the machines.

  • @Misterz3r0
    @Misterz3r0 Před 7 lety +3

    "Yes, please!"

  • @UniteForgetLeftRight
    @UniteForgetLeftRight Před 6 lety +1

    Those sound effects nearly choked me to death.

  • @donhart4460
    @donhart4460 Před 4 lety +13

    I find it interesting
    that each episode
    belongs on a specific
    side of town or area...
    what's the rundown
    on Portland's different
    sides of town???
    guess you would have to live there to
    understand.

    • @yaelzivanartist
      @yaelzivanartist Před 3 lety +5

      I live here and I don’t understand it

    • @kennybeans6115
      @kennybeans6115 Před 2 lety +2

      I think it just points to the overall theme and premise of the show, in how the town is a character In of itself and all the quirkiness that occurs in it is tied into the essence of the setting. At least that’s my two cents.

  • @alvin4100
    @alvin4100 Před 6 lety +3

    am i the only one who checked my tabs after heard that sound effect?

  • @imgonnaputsomedirtinyourey8421

    As a man who has never done woodworking this is hilarious

  • @JasonWindsor88
    @JasonWindsor88 Před 10 měsíci

    The confidence he tried to display while his foot was on the wobbling chair was so damn hilarious

  • @aisle_of_view
    @aisle_of_view Před 7 měsíci +1

    Caleb is an inordinately popular name in Portland

  • @originalotrex
    @originalotrex Před 2 lety +2

    He should be making jewellery now...

  • @montanaelkwhisperer1744
    @montanaelkwhisperer1744 Před 2 lety +1

    The most masculine man in Portland. Yeah...that seems about right.

  • @tetrulz
    @tetrulz Před 7 lety +37

    the cringe was so real when he took out his furniture.

  • @comradecarl8105
    @comradecarl8105 Před 2 lety +1

    1:46 brownsteins face makes me never wanna disappoint her

  • @MapSpawn
    @MapSpawn Před rokem +16

    This skit is extra funny to me. I used to work as a cook, and in that world, everyone fauns over 'masculine men' who do trade work. I then jumped into the trades, and my perspective changed and I realized being able to work with wood is like a normal human male thing, it's a life skill, it's like being able to swim. When I watch this video and it has fake noises for the tools, I feel like whoever wrote the script understands the coming of age tale of men quite well.

    • @steverogers7601
      @steverogers7601 Před 8 měsíci

      My wife has friends who one of their husbands was into woodworking.
      I got to know him a bit more and learned that he focuses on making tables.
      Dude eventually talked about it like it was sliced bread and acted like woodworking could empower everyone to take better control of their lives if they could build things by hand.
      He brought me in one day and it was nothing more than a hobby.
      It’s like when dudes start BJJ and all of sudden think they’re laid back, carefree, herb smoking surfers who think they’re playing intelligent chess with human bodies.

  • @SodaCreekFurniture
    @SodaCreekFurniture Před 5 měsíci +1

    Literally quit my job 5 years ago to make wood chairs

  • @devonhughes3805
    @devonhughes3805 Před rokem

    Carrie's "writer / agency" outfit...with the bolo. So true.

  • @gossipgi
    @gossipgi Před 6 lety +8

    i think men will watch this and not get it

    • @jeremym8490
      @jeremym8490 Před 6 lety

      Neither of my roommates got it.

    • @thechris312
      @thechris312 Před 5 lety +2

      We like the part where he makes funny noises.

    • @TheMarleyDavidson
      @TheMarleyDavidson Před 5 lety +1

      I am a man. I build houses (not furniture). This is hilarious. Only a vagina would assume that.

  • @christinem2492
    @christinem2492 Před 5 lety +4

    I watches this bc my husband is making furniture now and hates his day job... i hope this isnt my future

  • @alejandrolenin93
    @alejandrolenin93 Před 4 lety +7

    that chair is the best depiction of fragile masculinity

  • @bisket2003
    @bisket2003 Před 2 lety

    HAHHAHHAHHAHhAHHHAHhahh. That chair and vest rack.

  • @stevew278
    @stevew278 Před 9 lety +2

    Those tool sounds tho xD

  • @marktaylorauthor1000
    @marktaylorauthor1000 Před 2 lety +1

    If that’s the type of craftsmanship it takes to be a man, then I’m almost a man!

  • @sukumvit
    @sukumvit Před 9 lety +2

    My name is actually Caleb, and I do (sometimes) actually build furniture... At least I can stand on mine without it collapsing!

  • @ym2173
    @ym2173 Před rokem

    The “yay” at the beginning lol

  • @ElohimPenemue
    @ElohimPenemue Před 2 lety +1

    The woman in the purple dress is absolutely gorgeous.

  • @desertezz
    @desertezz Před 10 lety +4

    The first shot of the cheer is so funny, then putting his leg on it. I died laughing.

  • @seancallahan1312
    @seancallahan1312 Před rokem

    Never watched this but laughed my ass off at the chair he carried out.

  • @PeacefulPariah
    @PeacefulPariah Před rokem +1

    When he starts to flex at the very end it's just like the cherry on top of this already amazing skit

  • @artistinstinct
    @artistinstinct Před 8 lety +1

    A GREAT EPISODE

  • @forasago
    @forasago Před 2 lety +1

    He's making furniture now...

  • @petelarosa282
    @petelarosa282 Před 2 lety

    God is love.

  • @36degreesMars
    @36degreesMars Před 3 lety

    This show is bananas and I love it

  • @aureliusva
    @aureliusva Před 4 lety +1

    Nailed it.

  • @proudtobeme92
    @proudtobeme92 Před rokem

    Fred is so hilarious....!!!

  • @marcusdy1974
    @marcusdy1974 Před 2 lety

    My God I miss this show

  • @NickFerry
    @NickFerry Před 6 lety +19

    hahaha - best two minutes of my week (that's what she said) - too funny!!

  • @lordren5873
    @lordren5873 Před 6 lety +2

    BUT WHY DOES THE SAW SOUND LIKE DOODLEBOB

  • @Dudeitsmeee
    @Dudeitsmeee Před 4 lety +1

    A man may work with wood, but that doesn't make him a woodworker haha

  • @SaetiStrakur
    @SaetiStrakur Před 7 lety

    omfg making the wordshop noises by himself is fucking hilarious !!

  • @michiganjack1337
    @michiganjack1337 Před 4 lety +4

    1:18 That's how all of my tape measures sound.

  • @BAstudios5
    @BAstudios5 Před 2 lety

    Hilarious show, I freaking love it

  • @donmajestic5258
    @donmajestic5258 Před 5 lety +1

    You'd think all these males would be extremely triggering