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[[File:port_4174.png|frame|The Dream of the '90s is ALIVE in Portland!]]
|'''Jason from [[Los Angeles|L.A.]]'''}}
''[[Portlandia]]'' is a sketch comedy show on IFC starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. It is set in Portland, Oregon and most of its humor comes from mocking its hipster culture. Armisen is a current cast member on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' and Brownstein is a writer and the former singer and guitarist for [[Alternative Rock]] band [[Sleater Kinney]] (she's currently a member of Wild Flag).▼
▲{{quote|''"Portland is where young people go to retire."''|'''Jason from [[Los Angeles|L.A.]]'''}}
▲''Portlandia'' is a sketch comedy show on IFC starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. It is set in Portland, Oregon and most of its humor comes from mocking its hipster culture. Armisen is a current cast member on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' and Brownstein is a writer and the former singer and guitarist for [[Alternative Rock]] band [[Sleater Kinney]] (she's currently a member of Wild Flag).
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* [[The Cameo]]: Quite a few, including:
** [[Steve Buscemi]], of all people, is a hapless customer in the "Women & Women First" bookstore.
** Also, James Callis and Edward James Olmos (not to mention Ronald D. Moore) in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* [[Cloudcuckooland]]: Keep Portland Weird indeed.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: The Mayor of Portland, which isn't surprising given his constituency. Examples include sitting on an exercise ball instead of an office chair, drawing a dog on a Post-It instead of actually taking notes in a meeting, and lending out framed pieces of Native American art. He also clearly carries a grudge against Seattle for overshadowing Portland's [[Bourgeois Bohemian]] culture.
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