Warming Glow is the TV blog around these parts, so you can see Ufford for the full SNL recap, but I couldn’t resist posting this clip of Andy Samberg as Nic Cage.  Andy Samberg is the best SNL cast member by miles (Jason Sudeikis is underrated) and there are about a million different ways you could go with a Nic Cage bit — he’s broke, he steals chihuahuas, he’s a furrie, he punches women, he’s buyin’ snake venom and seein’ invisible iguanas, he’s doing a Nazi initiation with Werner Herzog… these are just ideas, but call me any time, NBC, I’m always home.  Point being, there’s a wealth of timely material, but they go with the most obvious angle, the Nic-Cage-is-just-like-his-National-Treasure-character angle.  Obvious or not, Samberg knocks it out of the park, because Nic Cage is a comedian’s dream.  And a caricaturist’s nightmare.

Read the rest of this entry »

NY Times Magazine recently did a profile on Megan Fox called “The Self-Manufacture of Megan Fox”.  I didn’t read it all because for one thing Megan Fox isn’t that interesting, and for another, whenever I see the phrase “In the age of the 24-hour news cycle and hungry blogs…” I can’t stop sh-tting blood. Luckily the folks at Cinematical read it and were kind enough to pick out the good parts.  Namely, the Hitler joke that got cut from her SNL monologue.

The writers of her opening monologue were having trouble coming up with a premise that pleased her. “There’s one specific pitch that we can’t do,” Fox said. ‘They wanted me to do a Q. and A. with the audience for the opening monologue. And Hitler is in the audience. Hitler stands up and says, ‘Why did you compare me to Michael Bay?’ ” Fox laughed. “Which is funny, but we can’t do that.”

I’m not sure why they couldn’t do that, but judging by her monologue that ended up making the show (video below) I can only assume the Hitler joke was rejected for actually being funny. Speaking of which, who told Bobby Moynihan he was funny? Was it Steve? That guy’s such a joker.

Read the rest of this entry »

The SNL Digital Short this week was a Twilight parody, Firelight, about a girl who falls in love with a Frankenstein (highlights of the rest of the show here).  This video’s gonna be everywhere today and I might as well post it too, because I ain’t allergic to cash money, y’all.   I know Hulu hates you international types, so I’m attaching a bunch of other versions below, which will probably get pulled within the hour, like my wiener.

I like the digital shorts better when they’re totally absurd, like Threw it on the Ground and Like a Boss, but this one’s pretty solid as a dead-on Twilight parody.  My favorite thing about it is that they actually took the time to rip on Cam Gigandet (“I do believe I’m going to strangle someone… by accident.”).  At least, I think it was supposed to be Cam Gigandet.  It’s hard to tell because everyone in that Frankenstein forehead makeup kind of looks like Cam Gigandet.

Additional trivia: SNL host Taylor Swift is supposedly dating fellow Taylor Taylor Lautner, the werewolf ab guy.   No word on whether it’s true or just the gayest rumor of all time.
Read the rest of this entry »

I always thought MacGruber was kind of a stupid sketch and I can’t believe they’re making a movie out of it.  But with a hard-R rating, a guy from The Lonely Island directing, and Val Kilmer playing a villain named “Cunth,” who knows, maybe the good can out weigh the Lorne Michaels.  Here’s the synopsis the studio just released:

MACGRUBER April 16, 2010
Genre: Action comedy
Cast: Will Forte, Ryan Phillippe, Kristen Wiig, Val Kilmer, Powers Boothe and Maya Rudolph
Screenplay by: Will Forte, John Solomon, Jorma Taccone
Directed by: Jorma Taccone

Only one American hero has earned the rank of Green Beret, Navy SEAL and Army Ranger. Just one operative has been awarded 16 purple hearts, 3 Congressional Medals of Honor and 7 presidential medals of bravery. And only one guy is man enough to still sport a mullet. In 2010, Will Forte brings Saturday Night Live’s clueless soldier of fortune to the big screen in the action comedy MacGruber.

In the 10 years since his fiancée was killed, special op MacGruber has sworn off a life of fighting crime with his bare hands. But when he learns that his country needs him to find a nuclear warhead that’s been stolen by his sworn enemy, Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer), MacGruber figures he’s the only one tough enough for the job.

Assembling an elite team of experts-Lt. Dixon Piper (Ryan Phillippe) and Vicki St. Elmo (Kristen Wiig)-MacGruber will navigate an army of assassins to hunt down Cunth and bring him to justice. His methods may be unorthodox. His crime scenes may get messy. But if you want the world saved right, you call in MacGruber. [Collider]

Haha, “Cunth.”  Gets me every time.

     Actual Size

Via MTV:

DJ Nu-Mark confirmed that he’ll be joining the cast of the “MacGruber” movie. On Twitter. [...] In his own words:

“@djnumark: Ahh, gonna be in my first movie! Playin a DJ in the new Mac Gruber movie (from SNL)..lol. Val Kilmer is gonna take my mic from me..lol”

So there you have it. Val Kilmer: actor, outdoorsman . . . mic thief.

In fairness to Val, he may have thought the mic was an ice cream cone. (Another fat joke?  Really?  Hell yes you cheeky scofflaws.) And just to clear the air here: I’d still do him. And tweet about it.

By the way, there’s a MacGyver video inside that you should check out.  Did MacGyver own any airbrushed vans perchance?

Read the rest of this entry »