The Sounds of Summer, with Fred Armisen
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The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC and the New Yorker. This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm Adam Howard. Sitting in today for David Remnick. Fred Armison has a thing about sound.
You might have heard his bit where he claims to be able to imitate every accent in American speech. And then uh down to Baltimore, uh motor oil. I always think motor oil. Baltimore. Mater oil. Then down uh Virginia. Virginia is And on Saturday Live, he co-wrote the recurring sketch about how people talk in Los Angeles. Get back on San Vicente, take it to the tent, and switch Avery to the four and five north, and let it dump you out of some old holland where you block.
Armeson even made an album. Called one hundred sound effects. The track titles are like little punchlines. Glass falls but doesn't break. Music store around Christmas.
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