SNL: Great Day

The season finale of SNL was last night. Alec Baldwin hosted for the 15th time, tying with Steve Martin. Tom Petty was the musical guest (awesome). Here's the Digital Short (I loved it) which features both of them!

SNL: Stop Getting Figurative and Start Getting Literal

Last night's SNL with host Ryan Phillipe was OK. If you missed it, here is a sketch about the Hip Hop Kids trapped in a bear cave.

SNL: Boombox

Listen, you've gotta know your limits with a boombox. A boombox is not a toy.

Don't forget - Andy Samburg is going to be on Parks and Recreation this week.

Update 3/22/10: He was. He played a guy who talks really loud. Really.

SNL: Jennifer Lopez

On Sundays I usually post the funniest clip from last night's SNL. The host/usical guest was Jennifer Lopez, so... here's Mark Wahlberg talking to animals.

Say "hi" to your mother for me.

Small Wonder, The Burg, Timmy O., Veggies, & Monkeys

Here are a few short, recent odds and ends I wanted to let you in on:

• This long review of the the old TV show Small Wonder (I remember talking about this show with a friend of mine once and we seemed to be the only people who remembered it) made me laugh.
• Good news if you like Andy Samburg (I do) and/or the show Parks and Rec (it's OK).
• I just recently saw an ad for a new TV show on the FX network called Justified. It stars Timothy Olyphant in a cowboy hat! Set your DVRs for Tuesday, March 16th. Yay!
• If you're interested, I found some quick and easy vegetarian meal ideas and recipes here.
• And finally, here's a picture of a monkey eating a popsicle:

Have a great weekend!

Shy Ronnie

On Sundays, I usually post the funniest clip from SNL the night before. I didn't think it was very funny last night, so here is the "Shy Ronnie" Digital Short from a few weeks ago.

Speak Up!

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Show Choir

The funniest skit from last night's SNL.

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Chanukah Elvis Rocks!

Ras Trent

This is the fifth in a series of blog entries about songs picked at random from my itunes library. For the post on the last song, "Hole to Feed" go (here). For "Every Little Thing" go (here). For "No Surprises" go (here). For "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (Love Version)" go (here).

"Ras Trent" is a song by the Lonely Island, a group made up of Andy Samburg (from Saturday Night Live) and SNL writers Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer. Go to their Blogger blog (here). I like them. I went to see Nick and Norah's Something or Other Playlist in the theatre because Andy made a 3o second cameo as a rapist homeless guy.

"Ras Trent," like many of the Lonely Island songs, was featured as a Digital Short video on SNL. It was funny at the time but the odd thing is, it's still really funny. I haven't gotten over it yet (unlike "D in a box"). It's also cool to sing to in the car, if no one is around. It will make you feel like a boss.

The song is sung by Andy in the guise of a white college guy who thinks he is Rastafarian. His roommate is a ball head (have you ever noticed how they suck?), his parents are bomboclats, he watches Murder She Wrote and has rollerskates, etc.

My favorite lines include (but are not necessarily limited to):

"Oh hot stepper/You do so many dutty crimes/plus you're fully skylarking all the time"

"Are you there, Jah? It's me, Ras Trent"

and the gem,

"Me toil part-time at Jah Cold Stone Creamery"

Ah, college.