I'm going to let you in behind the curtain a little bit. I hate posting back-to-back YouTube videos on The Unwind, especially when said videos are the crux of the post. This is because I really feel like I starve the writer in me. Practicing my writing and expressing my own ideas was half the reason I started this blog.
That said, I can't ignore the awesomeness that is "On a Boat" done a cappella. A bunch of plucky youngsters from UC Santa Cruz sought to take one of the more ridiculous (and hysterical) SNL music videos, and totally take it up a few notches. These kids don't even need a boat to rock like they're on one.
Consider your day made.
Showing posts with label SNL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SNL. Show all posts
Jun 19, 2009
A Cappella Makes Anything Better
Dec 10, 2008
J*** in my pants
Another flash of brilliance from SNL. Very NSFW, very hilarious.
Nov 7, 2008
Dear SNL, please rickroll us. For real.
Dear SNL,
I realized something today. You have a tremendous opportunity to turn an obscure internet meme mainstream and get the strong attention of many in a prime demographic. I'm of course, talking of the rickroll.
I even have it envisioned. You get Fred Armisen or Bill Hader to address the camera for a PSA and talk briefly about the idiotic rickrolling internet craze and how to protect yourself from it. And then, in their closing remarks you say something to the effect of "And we at Saturday Night Live...... are going for the high score". Then immediately, the opening synth drums kick in and it cuts over to Rick Astley in studio doing "Never Gonna Give You Up" live. Bam, 10+ million people rickrolled.
There's really no downside here. Anyone who's not in on the joke will either write it off as an unfunny (but brief) sketch, or become educated. But more importantly, anyone under the age of 30 will be in on the joke, and will set the internet abuzz with the massive rickroll. Word of mouth on it would be huge.
And let's face it, SNL... you've gotten better in recent years. You're still not what you were in your heyday, but still very much funny, relevant and worth people's time. And that word of mouth might just be what you need to get more young people sticking around and falling in love with you.
I mean, seriously.
Nov 2, 2008
SNL - Vincent Price's Halloween Special
Looking at the calendar, I'm a little late on sharing this prior to Halloween but this is seriously one of the funniest skits I've seen on SNL in a while: Vincent Price's Halloween Special. It's the kind of intelligently crude, laugh-out-loud comedy that's been sorely missing from the show in a while.
Save your sassy asides for your windowless bars.
Jul 15, 2008
SNL, Financial Planners?
The other day I stumbled across an SNL skit on how to get yourself out of debt:
The message is straightforward plan of "Don't Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford". It's a pretty sad state of affairs when it's up to a sketch comedy show to give Americans sound financial advice. Oh, sorry... didn't realize I was standing on a soapbox there. Click here to continue reading "SNL, Financial Planners?"
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