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Teaser With Bill Hader and Fred Armisen description: "Saturday Night Live" alums Bill Hader, Fred Armisen and Seth Meyers team up for a documentary parody show on IFC. canonical: https://time.com/3924350/documentary-now-teaser/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-17T18:06:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T09:08:34.069Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch Bill Hader and Fred Armisen Spoof Self-Serious Docs in Teaser for Documentary Now! og:description: "Saturday Night Live" alums Bill Hader, Fred Armisen and Seth Meyers team up for a documentary parody show on IFC. og:url: https://time.com/3924350/documentary-now-teaser/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9865675935d11f63/698854e655a859edd9a8c89f/bill-hader-fred-armisen-seth-meyers-156256867.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Bill Hader, Fred Armisen and Seth Meyers pictured on Saturday Night Live on Nov. 10, 2012. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Bill Hader and Fred Armisen Spoof Self-Serious Docs in Teaser for Documentary Now! twitter:description: "Saturday Night Live" alums Bill Hader, Fred Armisen and Seth Meyers team up for a documentary parody show on IFC. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9865675935d11f63/698854e655a859edd9a8c89f/bill-hader-fred-armisen-seth-meyers-156256867.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Bill Hader and Fred Armisen Spoof Self-Serious Docs in Teaser for _Documentary Now!_ > Sponsored content. 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Jun 17, 2015 6:06 PM UTC Some of the greatest gifts _Saturday Night Live_ has to offer are the collaborations that come from its alumni, even years after they’ve left the show. One such collaboration, _Documentary Now!,_ will head to IFC this summer, reuniting Fred Armisen and Bill Hader for a six-episode extended parody of the documentary genre. Created, written and executive produced by Hader, Armisen and fellow _SNL_ alum Seth Meyers (with Lorne Michaels also executive producing), the show is inspired by the _SNL_ [sketch](https://screen.yahoo.com/history-punk-000000227.html) “Ian Rubbish and the Bizarros: History of Punk,” a mini-mockumentary about a British punk band during the Margaret Thatcher era. The teaser finds Armisen and Hader posing for sepia-toned vintage photographs, dog-sledding and taking advantage of ample opportunities to dress in drag. The shows creators [told](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/28/fred-armisen-bill-hader-seth-meyers-documentary-now) _Entertainment Weekly_ that viewers can expect to see a lampooning of common documentary narrative techniques, such as montages, never-before-seen footage and crime reenactments. _Documentary Now!_, whose guest stars include Jack Black and John Slattery, premieres on IFC on Aug. 20 at 10 p.m. ## Transcript Cutting the cord, it's tough. Ain't no trip to Cleveland, that's for sure. Our friends at findthebest. com, have come up with a whole mess of ways for you to ditch your cable company, though. Here's a handful based on the type of content you like. For the purposes of this exercise, we're gonna assume you pay 60 bucks a month for cable, which equals $ 720 per year. And most of us right now are saying that's a very conservative estimate. If you still wanna watch all the latest content, but you can't stand the thought of staring at one more cable bill, consider The Ultimate Coach Potato package. Comprised of Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Amazon Prime which will get you access to a bunch of Amazon's Instant Video, this package will cost around 300 bucks a year, which is less than half your cable bill. Now, if you don't care what you watch as long as the TV stays on, the bills go away, consider The Cheapskate collection of free and legal services. Basic Hulu is really the headliner here that'll give you a hodgepodge of free and popular shows, and you can round out your content with a bunch of other free services. And now to the trump card in any cable company's argument, sports. What are you gonna do about sports? Subscribing all these popular services will cost you about $ 400 a year but you won't get live NFL games and there's blackout restrictions depending on the sport. So make sure to check with each provider to see what you're getting and what you're not getting. If you want the best movies as soon as you can get 'em and you're not averse to paying per- rental, check out the modern movie file package. Rentals will cost about 3 or 5 bucks a piece, if you watch a movie a month that's around 50 bucks a year. If you watch three a month that's around 150 bucks a year. If you watch more than that, [ LAUGH ] you have more faith in the entertainment industry, than I do. And finally a solute to nostalgia with the time traveler packages. The early days of video rentals box, CTVs and DVD players. We won't make you get in the car or use any kiosks but Redbox and Blockbuster are still alive and kicking. It's about a 100 bucks a year for Redbox Instant service and Blockbuster is a pay- per- rental for its on- demand service. 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