So of course we called the obvious... with Shy Ronnie getting an Emmy nom-nom last year, Andy needed to do another music video with Rihanna. I was kind of hoping it was something other than Shy Ronnie, but it's still good and now it's a recurring Andy character. Yay!
Shy Ronnie and Rihanna team up again, and this time they're getting gangster. Literally.
SNL Digital Short - Ronnie and Clyde
Jon Hamm ... customer
Rihanna
Vanessa Bayer ... customer
Paul Brittain ... teller
Bill Hader ... police officer (voice)
Taran Killam ... teller
Bobby Moynihan ... police officer
Nasim Pedrad ... teller
Andy Samberg ... Shy Ronnie
Enjoy!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
no. 19: the kid in me
it's been a week since my last post. medyo busy kasi ako. i'm planting lots of sunflower in my backyard kasi the zombies are coming! hahahaa! opo, kinakarir ko ang plants vs zombies na karamihan ng mga adik ay na-adik na rin. in fact, i held the record sa grupo ng 27 flags for two weeks kaso kanina lang inabot na ako ni maccoy. kaya pag-uwi ko ngayong hapon kinarir ko ulit. hmmm, matagal-tagal na ulit before they can catch up with my 32 flags! haha!
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oo naman, nag-pupuyat din ako sa computer games just like everybody else. noong mga unang panahon na family computer pa ang uso, natapos ko yong 50 levels yata ng bomber man, pati galaga, queen bee, 1945 at syempre ang super mario na ang kalaban ko eh yong mga pamangkin kong napapalo ng mga nanay nila kasi hindi na umuuwi. buti na nga lang hindi na ako pwedeng paluin ng nanay ko noon kahit magpuyat ako kaka-laro! yon ang sarap ng being an adult! hehehe!.
nabaliw din ako non sa prince of persia na computer game pa long before it was made into a not-so-hit movie by jake gylenhall. and about 2 years ago, bumili pa ako ng games sa yahoo like ranch rush which is a better version of farmville pati ang kumpletong build-a-lot 1, 2 3 and 4. hanggang ngayon nilalaro ko pa rin sila.
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sa yahoo din ako bumili ng jeopardy pati family feud which, of course alam nyo namang spin-off ng favorite tv game shows ko na buti naman hanggang ngayon pinapalabas pa rin ng mbc4 during weekends. but my all-time favorite ay scrabout na computer version ng scrabble.
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hindi ko lang sinubukan yong mga violent games like counterstrike coz i'm one who doesn't find excitement on bloods sputtering all over. or yong mga strategy games like warcraft and age of empire. wala kasi akong tyaga. besides, pambata lang talaga ang nae-enjoy kong games. wag ka nang magtaka, isip-bata eh! hehehehe..
o, dx ball? aba expert ako dyan! ahahha! so who said i'm boring and old-fashioned?
SNL Featured Player Update: Paul Brittain finally leads a few skits
It's the fourth episode of the season, and Paul Brittain finally gets to lead a skit... he leads two skits and he gets to say the coveted, "Live from New York..." bit. I think it took Andy a few seasons to get in on that, and often it takes over 1 season to do that solo. So this is quite an accomplishment.
First, Paul was in the Cold Open, playing Harry Reid:
Fred Armisen ... Barack Obama
Vanessa Bayer ... supporter
Paul Brittain ... Harry Reid
Jim Downey ... announcer (voice)
Jay Pharoah ... supporter
Jim writes most of these political cold opens (makes sense that he's the announcer). I found it smile-worthy, but the joke didn't go anywhere, and the impressions weren't very funny on their own.
What do you think?
Near the end of the episode, Paul got to lead with his first original character:
Commercial - "Sex" Ed Vincent's Sex Symposium
Emma Stone ... girl
Paul Brittain ... Ed Vincent
Steve Higgins ... announcer (voice)
Sign up for the three day Sex Symposium to broaden your sexual horizon.
Wow. I think he finally had me near the end with Emma Stone's bit. This actually reminds me of the kind of stuff that Mike Meyers and Dana Carvey used to do.
It's hard to compete against the other SNL Featured Players, but here's how I think they're stacking up...
1. Nasim Pedrad... In this 4th episode, she follows up her Bedilia character (and great impressions like Kim Kardashian) with her Morgan and Erik characters in "My Brother Knows Everything" (teaming with Andy Samberg... any excuse to see more Andy is a great one). I think Nasim is going to graduate as a regular next season.
2. Jay Pharoah... Jay hit hard his very first episode this season with his amazing Will Smith impression. He followed it up in the third episode with his Denzel Washington. We need to see an original character, and I'm waiting for his Eddie Murphy (and he's being primed to take over Obama). If Jay can continue to lead a skit every two episodes, there's a good chance that he'll graduate as a regular next season. That would be only one season as a featured player, a trick that was last done in the 05-06 season by Kristen Wiig (less than a full season), Andy Samberg, and Bill Hader.
3. Vanessa Bayer... Vanessa strikes in her second episode with an amazing Miley Cyrus impression. Let's see what else she's got coming. Vanessa is definitely coming back next season, but at this rate she'll probably have two years as a featured player.
4. Paul Brittain... Paul finally strikes with a good impression, but it's not funny. Similarly, Paul had a good impression of Johnny Depp in the Miley Cyrus bit during the second season, but it also wasn't funny. Paul needs to up his game and make his impressions funny. The clencher that got Paul in the #4 spot is his Sex Ed original character. Not hilarious, but it's funny and original enough to bump him up. He still hasn't proven that he'll be back next season.
5. Taran Killam... Taran has lost no time in filling Will Forte's shoes and becoming a normal face in many skits. However, he has yet to headline a skit, and he isn't living up to his potential of his Scrub work. That said, his Michael Cera impression was spot on. He should lead a skit with that impression or one of his many other impressions and characters. Time is ticking, Taran. He still hasn't proven that he'll be back next season.
Based on this episode alone, I would stack it like this...
1. Nasim Pedrad (loved My Brother Knows Everything)
2. Paul Brittain (got to give him props for Sex Ed)
3. Taran Killam (great Michael Cera impression)
4. Tie to Vanessa Bayer and Jay Pharoah (5 appearances by Vanessa and 4 by Jay, but nothing noteworthy)
What do you think? Do you disagree?
Enjoy!
First, Paul was in the Cold Open, playing Harry Reid:
Fred Armisen ... Barack Obama
Vanessa Bayer ... supporter
Paul Brittain ... Harry Reid
Jim Downey ... announcer (voice)
Jay Pharoah ... supporter
Jim writes most of these political cold opens (makes sense that he's the announcer). I found it smile-worthy, but the joke didn't go anywhere, and the impressions weren't very funny on their own.
What do you think?
Near the end of the episode, Paul got to lead with his first original character:
Commercial - "Sex" Ed Vincent's Sex Symposium
Emma Stone ... girl
Paul Brittain ... Ed Vincent
Steve Higgins ... announcer (voice)
Sign up for the three day Sex Symposium to broaden your sexual horizon.
Wow. I think he finally had me near the end with Emma Stone's bit. This actually reminds me of the kind of stuff that Mike Meyers and Dana Carvey used to do.
It's hard to compete against the other SNL Featured Players, but here's how I think they're stacking up...
1. Nasim Pedrad... In this 4th episode, she follows up her Bedilia character (and great impressions like Kim Kardashian) with her Morgan and Erik characters in "My Brother Knows Everything" (teaming with Andy Samberg... any excuse to see more Andy is a great one). I think Nasim is going to graduate as a regular next season.
2. Jay Pharoah... Jay hit hard his very first episode this season with his amazing Will Smith impression. He followed it up in the third episode with his Denzel Washington. We need to see an original character, and I'm waiting for his Eddie Murphy (and he's being primed to take over Obama). If Jay can continue to lead a skit every two episodes, there's a good chance that he'll graduate as a regular next season. That would be only one season as a featured player, a trick that was last done in the 05-06 season by Kristen Wiig (less than a full season), Andy Samberg, and Bill Hader.
3. Vanessa Bayer... Vanessa strikes in her second episode with an amazing Miley Cyrus impression. Let's see what else she's got coming. Vanessa is definitely coming back next season, but at this rate she'll probably have two years as a featured player.
4. Paul Brittain... Paul finally strikes with a good impression, but it's not funny. Similarly, Paul had a good impression of Johnny Depp in the Miley Cyrus bit during the second season, but it also wasn't funny. Paul needs to up his game and make his impressions funny. The clencher that got Paul in the #4 spot is his Sex Ed original character. Not hilarious, but it's funny and original enough to bump him up. He still hasn't proven that he'll be back next season.
5. Taran Killam... Taran has lost no time in filling Will Forte's shoes and becoming a normal face in many skits. However, he has yet to headline a skit, and he isn't living up to his potential of his Scrub work. That said, his Michael Cera impression was spot on. He should lead a skit with that impression or one of his many other impressions and characters. Time is ticking, Taran. He still hasn't proven that he'll be back next season.
Based on this episode alone, I would stack it like this...
1. Nasim Pedrad (loved My Brother Knows Everything)
2. Paul Brittain (got to give him props for Sex Ed)
3. Taran Killam (great Michael Cera impression)
4. Tie to Vanessa Bayer and Jay Pharoah (5 appearances by Vanessa and 4 by Jay, but nothing noteworthy)
What do you think? Do you disagree?
Enjoy!
Interesting Places From Around The World
1. Cairo, Egypt
3. Venice, Italy
4. Paris, France
5. Las Vegas, US
8. Hawaii
9. Sri Lanka
10. Lhasa, Tibet
2. Kyoto, Japan
6. India
7. Rio, Brazil
10. Lhasa, Tibet
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