Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein will continue lampooning the myriad subcultures permeating Portland on the upcoming sixth season of IFC’s Portlandia. And IFC has just announced that they’ll be helped along by an exhaustive list of guest stars that includes: Louis C.K., Zoe Kravitz, Arrested Development’s Alia Shawkat and series creator Mitchel Hurwitz, famed SNL animator Robert Smigel, Wayne Coyne (of The Flaming Lips), Gregory Gourdet (Season 12 Top Chef Finalist), NPR’s Kai Ryssdal, musician Glenn Danzig, and comedian Moshe Kasher.
They will join returning guest stars Steve Buscemi, Natasha Lyonne, Kumail Nanjiani, and Kyle MacLachlan. According to the press release, Season 6 of the Portlandia universe will feature the following:
A couple inadvertently create a ramen noodle monster that wreaks havoc on the city while the Mayor tries to lure a tech company to Portland… Doug and Claire break up, only to wind up frustrated by a way-younger party girl and an overly caring feminist, respectively… Dave and Kath decide to run a marathon that takes place the following day… The Mayor puts the moves on Carrie with a canister of frozen sperm from his office refrigerator… Fred turns grey overnight and, in seeking answers from the universe, gets sucked into a black hole.
The sixth season of Portlandia will premiere on IFC on January 21st at 10PM (EST).