SNL Skit

nibblesandbits

nibblesandbits

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Did anyone else see that SNL skit that was on a few weeks ago featuring Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg? Well I did and it was the most hilarious thing I have seen on there in a long time. In it, the duo's ultimate goal is to see the Chronicles of Narnia...if you haven't seen it yet, here is a link to where you can watch the video of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=HNKE4Fr03jU&search=lazy%20sunday

I guarantee that you won't regret it!
 
rainfully

rainfully

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I watched that the other day and died laughing!! It's HYSTERICAL!! Probably the funniest thing they've done on SNL in a LONG time!
 
dandaman

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rainfully said:
I watched that the other day and died laughing!! It's HYSTERICAL!! Probably the funniest thing they've done on SNL in a LONG time!
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And I mean, a LONG time... :rolleyes: The show always goes through "high/low/high/low" phases. It was a somewhat high phase just before Will Ferrell left, and currently there's a low phase.
 
GenerationX

GenerationX

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"They call me Aaron Burr the way I'm dropping Hamiltons" :lol:

I caught this show, and I have to say this was the funniest bit they've done since "More cowbell. I need more cowbell."
 
rainfully

rainfully

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dandaman said:
And I mean, a LONG time... :rolleyes: The show always goes through "high/low/high/low" phases. It was a somewhat high phase just before Will Ferrell left, and currently there's a low phase.
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I don't think I've watched a single episode of SNL all year...
 
dxwwf3

dxwwf3

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I've always been a big fan of SNL (as you can tell by my DVD Af homepage), but I have pretty much just stopped watching over the past couple of years. So I hear all of the hype about this rap video and I watch it and you could hear crickets. I guess I just don't get it or something. I thought it was somewhat amusing and clever, but I didn't think it was funny at all. Yeah Chronic is part of Chronicles, I get it. I don't think it's funny, but I get it. Parnell's raps on Weekend Update in the past were alot better than this, IMO. Actually I thought the taco commercial done earlier in this season was pretty funny. So if I am totally missing the joke here because I didn't watch the rest of the episode or is there something else?
 
Wilt Dasney

Wilt Dasney

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dxwwf3 said:
I've always been a big fan of SNL (as you can tell by my DVD Af homepage), but I have pretty much just stopped watching over the past couple of years. So I hear all of the hype about this rap video and I watch it and you could hear crickets. I guess I just don't get it or something. I thought it was somewhat amusing and clever, but I didn't think it was funny at all. Yeah Chronic is part of Chronicles, I get it. I don't think it's funny, but I get it. Parnell's raps on Weekend Update in the past were alot better than this, IMO. Actually I thought the taco commercial done earlier in this season was pretty funny. So if I am totally missing the joke here because I didn't watch the rest of the episode or is there something else?
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Eh, I don't think there's anything too "deep" there. I thought it was funny in that it's a legitimate sounding rap (i.e., the rhythm and construction aren't stretched or fake-sounding), but the lyrics are about stupid, mundane stuff like sneaking food in the theater, going on MapQuest, etc.

Plus, I never find white guys doing the typical rapper poses and such not funny, but that's probably more just me.
 
dxwwf3

dxwwf3

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Wilt Dasney said:
I thought it was funny in that it's a legitimate sounding rap (i.e., the rhythm and construction aren't stretched or fake-sounding), but the lyrics are about stupid, mundane stuff like sneaking food in the theater, going on MapQuest, etc.
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Ah ok. I've seen stuff like that (even on SNL) a bunch of times before so I guess that's why I didn't find it to be funny.
 
Wilt Dasney

Wilt Dasney

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dxwwf3 said:
Ah ok. I've seen stuff like that (even on SNL) a bunch of times before so I guess that's why I didn't find it to be funny.
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If you're interested in a more serious deconstruction of the video, this article argues that its popularity owes to nostalgia for quirky old-school hip-hop and the fact that the humor isn't derived from white guys "acting black" but instead from white guys rapping about just plain dorky stuff.

I don't watch SNL, so I have no idea whether this is actually unique for them, or if it's just one of those inexplicable things that has caught fire for some reason.
 
dxwwf3

dxwwf3

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Wilt Dasney said:
If you're interested in a more serious deconstruction of the video, this article argues that its popularity owes to nostalgia for quirky old-school hip-hop and the fact that the humor isn't derived from white guys "acting black" but instead from white guys rapping about just plain dorky stuff.

I don't watch SNL, so I have no idea whether this is actually unique for them, or if it's just one of those inexplicable things that has caught fire for some reason.
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WOW! That was an excellent article. And that makes sense to me, especially as a 21 year old white kid from a small country town that knows alot about rap history and whatnot. Looking at it from that angle, it does change things. I did find it amusing the first time, just not funny. Now I still don't find it funny, but at least it makes sense now. I don't know if the ideas of this article were shared by those responsible for making the video, but it makes perfect sense to me.
 

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