Showing posts with label SNL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SNL. Show all posts

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Cracking Up at Stephon Marrying Anderson Cooper on SNL (Video)



Too hilarious to miss is the video above of Saturday Night Live character Stefon's marriage to Anderson Cooper. The skit marked the last time we'll see Bill Hader regularly doing his Stefon report on Weekend Update with Seth Myers. Saturday, May 18, was Hader's last show as a cast member.

Below is a 2011 clip from the David Letterman show in which Hader talks about how he came up with the Stefon character and how he could never keep a straight face when he did the Stefon segments.



Sunday, March 10, 2013

It's Maine Justice Again on SNL and I'm Still Laughing



SNL's at it again poking at us down here in New Orleans, Louisiana, with Maine Justice, where the whole world is flipped. This time with Justin Timberlake. I knew that they must have broadcasted another installation of this craziness last night when my old post about Maine Justice with Jamie Foxx got more than 200 hits in an hour sometime after midnight Central Standard Time.

Whatever I said the last time, still applies this time. They even had people yelling "Who Dat" in the background for the Timberlake skit (You'd think that Memphis native would have wanted to spoof his birth town instead. Memphis has its share of weirdness, too.). Perhaps with more people having recently followed the Super Bowl events (including the lights going out), more viewers understand better why Maine Justice is amusing.

And the second line at the end, while far fetched in terms of court, is not far fetched in terms of everyday life here. As my home video below indicates, I was caught in one six weeks ago (@ 6:40 on the video), and, by the way, I had to dodge one on Orleans Avenue this afternoon on my way from church. But this is my city, and I love it, especially its beignets and spontaneous dancing in the streets.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

I Almost Felt Guilty Laughing at Maine Justice on SNL with Jamie Foxx (Video) Happy Birthday, Jamie!

If you're looking for the March 9, 2013, episode with Justin Timberlake, try this link. The following post shows video featuring the Jamie Foxx episode of December 2012.



For six months this year, Jamie Foxx worked in New Orleans starring in Quentin Tarantino's slave film Django Unchained. Perhaps it was then that he noticed all the different accents and the craziness that goes on down here.

On this past weekend's Saturday Night Live, Foxx joined the SNL cast in a wild skit called "Maine Justice" that poked fun at New Orleans' colorful characters and our strange ways. It had a snippet of commentary as well about Hurricane Katrina survivors who have moved away from the city, but don't want to give up the New Orleans way of life.

Of course, as the NOLA Defender notes, this comedy skit is not the first one in which SNL's taken a comic swing at the Crescent City. New Orleans resident and political commentator James Carville is often the butt of jokes on SNL's Weekend Update, and native Aaron Neville's taken a hit before as well.

Someone down here probably didn't find the skit amusing and may call me a traitor for laughing. Sorry, but I couldn't help myself; I lmao watching "Maine Justice," and I count the skit as a love lick from SNL and Jamie.

Foxx also sent up New Orleans native Tyler Perry during the show with an impression of Perry performing Alex Cross as Madea and Perry.

By the way, today is Jamie Foxx's birthday. He was born today in 1967 in Texas and given the name Eric Morlon Bishop.