i urge everone to trudge through the nbc website to find the video of justin timberlake and andy samberg performing "dick in a box" from last night's snl.

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i've said it before, snl need more Kristen Wiig.

― thebingo (thebingo), Monday, 18 December 2006 14:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Is she the one who does that unspeakably painful Target employee character?

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 18 December 2006 14:59 (seventeen years ago) link

also, what's with the 15-year olds coming to this thread to spew teh hate?

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 18 December 2006 15:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I laughed my ass off at this the other night while still kind of dreading the instant hype/backlash cycle it would inspire. It probably helps that when you see it on TV you have no idea what it's about until the chorus hits, whereas on the net everyone's going to click on it after already being told it's "the dick in a box song," which probably takes half the fun out of it. I still think Samberg is kinda corny and potentially the new Fallon, but having a good singer on this makes it work the same way that having a good rapper (Parnell) on Lazy Sunday made it work.

Kristen Wiig is great! some of her characters do kinda suck, though.

― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Monday, 18 December 2006 15:14 (seventeen years ago) link

"Is she the one who does that unspeakably painful Target employee character?"

such a horrible rip-off of a mo collins mad t.v. character.

http://www.jibjab.com/userimages/000/685/109586.jpg

― scott seward (121212), Monday, 18 December 2006 15:18 (seventeen years ago) link

mo should sue.

― scott seward (121212), Monday, 18 December 2006 15:18 (seventeen years ago) link

NO PARNELL NO CREDIBILITY

― Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 18 December 2006 15:19 (seventeen years ago) link

i wonder if snl will ever hire anyone as funny as mo collins? maybe someday. stranger things have happened. they did hire will farrell once! or even someone as funny as stephnie weir.

― scott seward (121212), Monday, 18 December 2006 15:24 (seventeen years ago) link

jbr and map otm, this was funny and the show has been in a mini-stride lately (even the annette bening one had its moments). dudes it's snl, it's never like mindblowingly great.

i think kristen wiig is the best, but she does have a wierd mad tv air about her

― urghonomic (gcannon), Monday, 18 December 2006 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link

it also needs more of Bill Hader who does the spot on al pacino. i really liked the "Al Pacino checks his bank balance". Im also convinced that Bill was once a chef in my work cafeteria.

― thebingo (thebingo), Monday, 18 December 2006 15:38 (seventeen years ago) link

the "mountain man" one where amy poehler and k. wiig get matthew fox to kiss them was one of the hottest things i've seen a long time

― urghonomic (gcannon), Monday, 18 December 2006 15:40 (seventeen years ago) link

I've given JT plenty of shit about his voice in the past but not anymore. I think he's been working with someone to work out some of the inconsistencies and tightness that were in his sound up through Justified because even his falsetto is more secure/assured and relaxed than it was.

― Jesus Dan (dan perry), Monday, 18 December 2006 15:43 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't think it's so spot-on -- he makes Pacino sound like a southerner. (xpost)

― Hurting (A-Ron Hubbard), Monday, 18 December 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link

There are people in this world who think that Natalie Portman thing is funny.

That just kind of blew my mind, to be honest. I can't hear this at work (or at home--anyone else ever have problems with YouTube not making sounds on their computer?? It's the only website that does this from time to time), but I am A+++ certain that it is funnier than the Natalie Portman thing or Lazy Sunday. It would be hard NOT to be funnier.

― Allyzay is cool: with Blue n White, with Eli Manning, with NY Giants (Allyzay Ei, Monday, 18 December 2006 15:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Forget "My Love" -- "What Goes Around"

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Monday, 18 December 2006 21:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Its Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph's facial expressions that make me roffle. It wouldn't be half as funny without them. The song is also horribly catchy.

The Target Lady is pretty annoying, but she's a great character actress. I think I already like her stuff more that Rachael Dratch.

― grady (grady), Monday, 18 December 2006 22:05 (seventeen years ago) link

L@@K http://video.nbc.com/player.html?dlid=51289

i think it's A+++.

― hm (modestmickey), Monday, 18 December 2006 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Look, I'm not trying to say that the Natalie Portman rap is the funniest thing ever, but I laughed when she told the little kids to "suck my dick."

― Hurting (A-Ron Hubbard), Monday, 18 December 2006 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Didn't Parnell do another rap besides the NP one and the Narnia one? I swear there's another one he did that was way better than those but, fuck it, memory be shot!

― has been plagued with problems since its erection in 1978 (nklshs), Monday, 18 December 2006 22:12 (seventeen years ago) link

seeing this video made me wonder about the personal relationships, network politics and backstage hijinx that made this possible

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 18 December 2006 22:15 (seventeen years ago) link

This stuff is always funnier when it relies less on "look at white people doing black music/look at unassuming whites acting like agressvie/violent rappers" and more on actual punchlines in the song (which is why I thought "Lazy Sunday" was funnier than the Natalie Portman sketch, which I thought was mostly stupid except for Samberg in a viking costume).

That being said, you can't really find a better punchline than "It's my dick in a box."

― max (maxreax), Monday, 18 December 2006 22:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Chris Parnell's done a few raps on Weekend Update...Like this time...or on this one.

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Monday, 18 December 2006 22:42 (seventeen years ago) link

It's the step-by-step instructions that get me.

(That and the perfect wardrobing -- that mustard-colored button-down with the extra flap over the buttons is such perfect Color Me Bad action.)

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 18 December 2006 22:42 (seventeen years ago) link

That and Maya Rudolph mouthing "thank you" with a deeply grateful look on her face.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Monday, 18 December 2006 22:54 (seventeen years ago) link

mr. show's version was funnier. but i like justin.

― scott seward (121212), Monday, 18 December 2006 22:56 (seventeen years ago) link

nerf herder:

Bend up your stocking hole, Cause this month aint made of coal
I've got a Boner for Christmas
Cranberry sauce, ice cream and muffins
You be the turkey and I'm the stuffing
I've got a boner for christmas

Singing joy to the world, to each and every girl
To all of of you girls, oh oh YOU!!

ohhhhhhhhhh...... YEAH!!!

Hang up your christmas stocking
and let me put my cock in
I've got a boner for christmas
All year you've been in a runt
this time lets do it in the butt
I've got a boner for christmas

Singing joy to the world, to each and every girl
To all of of you girls, oh oh
I've got a boner
oh oh oh
for christmas

― sterl clover (s_clover), Monday, 18 December 2006 23:27 (seventeen years ago) link

this was pretty funny, but JT's real SNL masterpiece was that "Omletteville" skit last time he hosted.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 18 December 2006 23:40 (seventeen years ago) link

i missed it the last time he hosted. the homelessville thing makes more sense now duh.

― grady (grady), Monday, 18 December 2006 23:44 (seventeen years ago) link

See, the key there to lack of LOLs are the words "nerf" and "herder."

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Monday, 18 December 2006 23:44 (seventeen years ago) link

nabisco OTM. The awesome Structure-circa-1992 outfits, round tortoise-shell glasses, and sweet 98-Degrees beards killed me (and yes, Mr Show did some of this too).

And of course "Put your junk in that ba-ah-ocks"

And the bit where he's tickling what's-her-name with the feather and she starts to get visibly annoyed.

― schwantz (schwantz), Monday, 18 December 2006 23:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Dry Eyes was a great bit.

― Hurting (A-Ron Hubbard), Monday, 18 December 2006 23:51 (seventeen years ago) link

SUCK IT DAD.

― grady (grady), Monday, 18 December 2006 23:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Nerf Herder = free pass for Buffy-theme associations
Structure = sometimes I wish I had some overalls so I could wear one strap off the shoulder
"Put your junk in that box" = terrifically sung, too, is the thing
Other funny thing of this weekend, apparently = Hip-Hop Kidz ("I think dancing may be the worst possible call, yo.")

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 18 December 2006 23:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Also I think the biggest part of the funniness here is that if someone was like "I got you a present, girl ... it's my dick" that would be totally lame, whereas these guys are like "no, look, I wrapped it and everything, it's a dick in a box." These are guys who understand the value of presentation.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 00:09 (seventeen years ago) link

needs more rattails

― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 00:15 (seventeen years ago) link

u guys are all roffle mid 90s sleezebag outfits but judging from how fucking inanely tone deaf that show is i don't doubt that they think that's how those guys still dress.

― jhoshea (jhoshea), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 00:30 (seventeen years ago) link

sonned.

― grady (grady), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 00:33 (seventeen years ago) link

These are guys who understand the value of presentation.

you're saying they should go into food service?

this was not funny, andy richter 10x better, brief glimpse of justin i caught made me ask why he exists again, etc etc, except this could maybe be salvaged if someone appropriate is brought in to do the layne staley version

― nuneb (nuneb), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 00:35 (seventeen years ago) link

i still like lazy sunday imho.

― aidsy (aidsy), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 00:38 (seventeen years ago) link

also, what's with the 15-year olds coming to this thread to spew teh hate?

Tape Store is at least 16!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 00:46 (seventeen years ago) link

approx_age.xls

― grady (grady), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 01:01 (seventeen years ago) link

I am 37, so I actually have a reference point for when SNL was funny, so don't give me no jive about this swill being amusing. Get one standards.

― a bulldog fed a cookie shaped like a kitten (austin), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 01:04 (seventeen years ago) link

damn, why is that stupid baton twirling vid so hot?

― walterkranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 01:16 (seventeen years ago) link

judging from how fucking inanely tone deaf that show is i don't doubt that they think that's how those guys still dress

You know that JT knows better.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 01:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Also, agree that Natalie Portman cursing is not funny. Very first-level. This clip works in at least a couple of ways at once, and it's damn funny.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 01:26 (seventeen years ago) link

so don't give me no jive about this swill being amusing

Lighten up, Francis.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 01:28 (seventeen years ago) link

That DIAB song is pretty catchy but I guess only because the chorus is Baby Come Back by Player. Kinda sad that Justin Timberlake is so much funnier than the actual SNL cast guy who's just sort of... there.

― walterkranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 01:33 (seventeen years ago) link

jt not writing show picking costumes

― jhoshea (jhoshea), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 01:33 (seventeen years ago) link

I would guess that Samberg knows better, too, then.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 01:35 (seventeen years ago) link

jt not writing show picking costumes

neither the writing nor the costumes are particularly funny. Timberlake's facial expressions and little gestures are pretty hilarious though. I mean you have two dudes working side by side with the same material and one gives a funny performance, one doesn't.

― walterkranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 19 December 2006 01:38 (seventeen years ago) link

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Showed this to the mom of a kid I tutor, as she likes Justin Timberlake.
A: She laughed, but then said "But he's still so cool/handsome/hot..."
B: Followed shortly by "Who's that other guy? Is this N*SYNC?" DIDN'T NOTICE IT WAS A JOKE.
I mean, she didn't know exactly what was being said, as Japanese is very much her first language, but she knew what was going on.
Reminds me of the thread about people that didn't get the Colbert Report.

― Geza T iz tha Rainy G. Toronado (The GZeus), Thursday, 28 December 2006 07:04 (seventeen years ago) link

WTF with the parents television council protesting something that was actually censored on television but uncensored off it? are they going to be protesting my house when i watch profanity-laced DVD's?

― mikebee (bizzle), Friday, 29 December 2006 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link

...Yes.

― Geza T iz tha Rainy G. Toronado (The GZeus), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link

most under-appreciated moment of the video: close up of both the dudes' faces, harmonizing, "cuz i'm wiiiiise enough to know when a gift needs givin'!" lols!

― hm (modestmickey), Saturday, 30 December 2006 05:22 (seventeen years ago) link

btw, despite NY Times thinkpiece on his evolution last week, Justin is STILL A TWERP.

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 30 December 2006 18:18 (seventeen years ago) link

thanks for that

― a mediocre black-and-white cookie in a cellophane wrapper (hanks1ockli), Saturday, 30 December 2006 19:01 (seventeen years ago) link

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 30 December 2006 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link

morbius in a box

― shakey mo jopotatoes (bundgee), Saturday, 30 December 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link

ok, THAT's funny.

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 30 December 2006 20:11 (seventeen years ago) link

OK, that's funny

― shakey mo jopotatoes (bundgee), Saturday, 30 December 2006 20:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, for Justin's twerp in a box...

― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 20:54 (seventeen years ago) link

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