Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein Are Banished to the Kids' Table in Old Navy's Holiday Ad

Portlandia duo lose their grown-up privileges

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Hot off that Snoop Dogg robbery ad with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Kumail Nanjiani, Old Navy and Chandelier Creative have put a new creative duo in another improbable situation.

In "Kids Table," Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen of Portlandia get banished from the grown-up dining room for reasons that escape them. The two kids into whose company they fall—and whom they pointedly ignore as they gripe about their fall from grace—give each other long-suffering looks. Their understated, well-chosen outfits, and sense of world-weariness, make them look like tiny Heads of State. 

"You two don't know how to do this, do you?" the boy finally asks.

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