The Tangent

Overview

Joel (Fred Armisen) rambles endlessly about a restaurant he visited to his friend Liz (Kristen Wiig) at first, and becomes so involved in the story, he fails to notice that he is discovered by talent scouts (Bill Hader, Parnell), stars in a movie with Scarlett Johansson, becomes a national phenomenon and then loses it all when his movie flops at the box office. Brian Williams, MTV correspondent Gideon Yago, and Conan O'Brien also make cameos.

Episode Information

Guest Stars

Fred Armisen

Joel

Kristen Wiig

Liz

Bill Hader

Talent scout

Chris Parnell

Talent scout

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

Brian Williams

Brian Williams