Fred Armisen is: Jens Hannemann

If you've even been inside a Guitar Center's percussion department, right above the bin of twelve-dollar-fruit-shaped plastic "shakers" on the checkout counter, you've probably noticed a twelve-inch TV/VCR combo playing a looping sample of some video featuring a foreigner clad in tight black nylon who is rambling through a thick accent about sticking techniques. And surely, said video features the latest in public access Video Toaster effects, like "mosaic" and stuttery-picture-in-picture. Most music instructional tapes are like this; caught in a weird 80's production value time-warp, and in desperate need of subtitling. Alas, one of my favorite SNL personalities (and comedians in general) had apparently taken notice in 2007, and now I'm late to the party, but a happy arrival nonetheless:

Ladies and gentlemen, Fred Armisen presents: Complicated Drumming Technique.

Someone told me about this video a while back, and for whatever reason I completely spaced on looking it up. It looks absolutely BRILLIANT and I dream that one day (mayhaps this week) I may own a copy on DVD. One day...