Fred Armisen is a funny fanboy

The SNL cast member punctuates his Macworld keynote with sketches from Portlandia

Brownstein and Armisen in Technology Loop

FORTUNE -- For Macworld/iWorld Expo attendees who hadn't yet discovered Portlandia -- the Peabody-award winning sketch comedy series that airs in relative obscurity on the Independent Film Channel -- Fred Armisen's keynote Friday morning was a double treat.

Not only did Armison tell backstage stories from his better-known gig -- as a cast member on Saturday Night Live who has played everybody from Steve Jobs to the Queen of England -- but he punctuated his appearance with a pair of clever Portlandia clips featuring the Apple (AAPL) products he clearly loves.

Macworld editor Chris Breen, who conducted the interview, queued them up:

Technology Loop: In which Armisen suffers information overload and becomes a top 10 Mind-Fi Fail.

iPhone Drop: In which the life of an iPhone passes before co-star Carrie Brownstein's eyes.

Posted in: Apple, Fred Armisen, Macworld, Portlandia, Saturday Night Live, SNL

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  Video here and below the fold. It's the third joke in.

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Oct 2, 2011 1:42 PM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, Apple, Comedy, Ina Fried, iPad, Kindle, Kindle Fire, Saturday Night Live, Seth Meyers

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  A curated selection of the weekend's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.

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  JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jan 31, 2011 3:00 AM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, Andy Samberg, Egypt, Facebook, iPad 2, Jesse Eisenberg, Julian Assange, Mark Zuckerberg, Netflix, new iPad, Saturday Night Live, social network, WikiLeaks