Lorne Michaels is honouring one of SNL's longest tenured and legendary writers, Jim Downey, with an hour-long documentary titled Downey Wrote That.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with actor and musician Fred Armisen about the reason and production behind his new sound effect album, 100 Sound Effects.

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