Andy Samberg's Taco Town makes the Top 10 SNL Commercials!

First of all, how is Happy Fun Ball (Mike Meyers era) not on this list??? Or what about the Sandler and Farley beer commercial???

Anyway, Taco Town made #8...



Taco Town

It's hard to believe that a restaurant or state fair doesn't already sell something like the taco at Taco Town. To be more exact, it's Taco Town's pizza crepe taco pancake chili bag, but that's a ridiculous name for such a sophisticated meal. Its delicious overindulgence is the kind of thing everyone should try at least once. Though it's probably not wise to make a habit of ordering this taco, every once in a while, you've got to forget the diet and live a little. As it wraps together Italian, Mexican, French, and American cuisine, the taco is representative of the U.S. melting pot. Or the U.S. multi-layer taco, if you're looking for a more precise metaphor.

Here's the video:



Hahahahaha! This was their first season and a great way to start their SNL careers!

Read the rest of the Top 10 here:

http://www.bestonlinecolleges.com/blog/2011/9-fake-snl-products-wed-actually-buy/

Now that's Classic Andy Samberg!

Enjoy!

Next SNL Hosts: Charles Barkley & Daniel Radcliffe

Episode 713 - "Charles Barkley"
Musical Guest: Kelly Clarkson
Date: January 7, 2012



Barkley has hosted twice before. First, on September 25, 1993, he hosted with Nivana as the musical guest.







Second, on January 9, 2010, he promoted his career change into becoming a sports announcer.











Now Charles Barkley is back (likely he was a pleasant variety from the other hosts, so they welcomed him back).




Episode 714 - "Daniel Radcliffe"
Musical Guest: Lana Del Rey
Date: January 14, 2012

This is Daniel's first appearance on SNL. Daniel is of course Harry Potter from the hit film series. I'm surprised he hasn't hosted until after the series.

Daniel's next movie he's promoting is Woman in Black, where he's a young lawyer who travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals. Looks like it's set in the 1800s.


Enjoy!

Behind the Scenes of SNL's Best Friends Digital Short: Andy Samberg, Matt Damon, Katy Perry, & Val Kilmer

Matt Damon, dressed up as a homeless person, and Andy Samberg for "Saturday Night Live" in NYC. Damon could be seen wearing a dirty beanie, trench coat, and fake dirty teeth.

Thanks to X-Tina Smith for the scoop!



Katy Perry films scenes with Matt Damon and Andy Samberg for "Saturday Night Live" in NYC. Katy Perry wore a pig tail wig.







Andy and Matt are so serious while listening to direction in this next photo:

BONUS: Weekend Update Joke Off - Jimmy Fallon + Tina Fey VS Seth Meyers + Amy Poehler

Weekend Update


Seth Meyers
Jimmy Fallon
Amy Poehler
Tina Fey

Former anchors Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler stop by Weekend Update for an old fashioned Joke Off with Seth.



Jimmy's doing some historic things this episode, including a 2 VS 2 Weekend Update Joke Off! This is so legendary that the crowd couldn't stop cheering when they realized that four of their favorite SNL comedians and Weekend Update alumni were all in this bit together!

Enjoy!

Jimmy Fallon's Christmas Treat

No Andy, but do you remember when Jimmy was on and did this Christmas performance? Good times! This is the sequel!

The guys are back and are still wishing it was Christmas today.



Enjoy!

Jimmy Fallon's Grammy gag on SNL

Classic SNL clip: Jmmy Fallon's Grammy nomination sets off some internal visions of grandeur.

In honor of Jimmy hosting tonight!



And here's another Jimmy promo for this week's episode...

Jimmy Fallon hosts an all-new SNL 12/17 with musical guest Michael Buble.



Enjoy!

Best of Jimmy Fallon - SNL Tribute

What does SNL do before Jimmy Fallon hosts? They make a video with short clips of Fallon at his best!

Why? To remind us to watch this week of course!

See a batch of Jimmy's best bits from his SNL salad days - then watch him come home to host this Saturday at 11:30/10:30c



Next here are some of his top Weekend Update moments...

A look back at the classic work by Jimmy Fallon on the set of Weekend Update.



Here's part 2:



And here's a classic clip. Jimmy can't stop thinking about a perceived Grammy slight from Tina.



Enjoy!

Jimmy Fallon & Fred Armisen crank out the SNL promos

Jimmy and Fred go nuts with a ton of SNL promos!

Jimmy Fallon hosts SNL Dec 17, 2011 with musical guest Michael Buble.



The gags continue... with music! Fred and Jimmy are both musicians (Fred was a rock star and Jimmy has always included musical comedy)!

Christmas is Coming:



Facebook Promo:



Jingle Bells:



Santa is Real:



Enjoy!

Just watched SNL

I'm on the east coast tonight, so I get SNL a few hours earlier.

It was a little disappointing. Andy and Katie were in a musical digital short, but it wasn't a classic. It was a strange song about being best friends and then it just keeps getting weirder.

Oh, well, let's see if Jimmy Fallon and Andy can pump out a musical digital short classic next week!

This week had guest appearances from Darrell Hammond, Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon, and Val Kilmer. That was pretty sweet. Alec had the best appearance, where he cleverly covered up hos own mishap that got him in the news (Alec pretended to be a piolot who apologizes to Alec for how he was treated). It's a clever way to subdue bad press for Alec.

Andy wasn't really able to shine this week, but Kristen Wiig had a few chances, especially with her new flirting character. More tomorrow!

Enjoy!

- TAE

SNL Promo - Katy Perry, Robyn, & Stefon

Katy Perry hosts an all-new SNL 12/10 with musical guest Robyn.



New SNL tonight!

Enjoy!

SNL Promo with Katy Perry and Kenan Thompson

Katy Perry hosts an all-new SNL 12/10 with musical guest Robyn.



Uh oh. This might spell bad things ahead.

Psst, Andy Samberg. Musical Digital Short with Katy Perry. Do it NOOOOOOOWWWWW! None of this Boogerman stuff. Give us a Friday spoof or something!

Enjoy!

Steve Buscemi and Bill Hader - SNL Promo

Steve Buscemi and Bill Hader promote the next live episode of SNL!



Bill Hader and Steve Buscemi get some direction from the Siri app for this week's Facebook promo...



Should be an interesting episode of SNL this week!

Andy has only had one musical digital short this season, so everyone is hoping he'll bust another one out. However, I'm hoping that he'll at least have one amazing musical digital short for us with Jimmy Fallon. The potential is huge.

Enjoy!

Kenan Thompson married a model - Christina Evangeline

Thanks to Xtina Smith for the scoop!

I guess if you're a lovable goofball on a hit show (his third hit show, mind you), than yeah, a model will marry you...



Christina Evangeline is a model and, as of June 2011, now Mrs. Kenan Thompson. The two got married in the Arctic Room of the George Aquarium in Atlanta. Good for Kenan. Christina is definitely ”all that.”

Christina tweeted these photos from their wedding:



They got married at Sea World???? Check these three photos out...

Andy Samberg, TLI, & Michael Bolton - Nominated for a Best Collaboration Award

Thanks to Xtina Smith for the scoop!



The Lonely Island & Michael Bolton are nominated for the 2011 Virgin Media Music Awards: Best Collaboration.

Cast your vote here:

http://www.virginmedia.com/music/awards/best-collaboration.php

They're not doing so hot (only 2.5%). The top runners are Amy Winehouse & Tony Bennett, Nicki Minaj & Rihanna, Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera, and Katy Perry & Kanye West.

Enjoy!

Upcoming SNL Hosts: Steve Buscemi & Katy Perry

Episode 710 - December 3, 2011



"Steve Buscemi" & The Black Keys


Episode 711 - December 10, 201



"Katy Perry" & Robyn


Episode 712 - December 17, 2011



"Jimmy Fallon" & Michael Bublé

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Steve Buscemi has also hosted on 04.04.1998 (he played the Mad Hatter, was in Bill Clinton, Morning Latte, Goth Talk, and Judge Judy skits). He cameo'd on 10.15.1994 when John Travolta hosted (Steve was in "Quentin Tarantino's Welcome Back, Kotter") and he did a filmed cameo on 04.15.2000 when Tobey Maguire hosted.

Katy Perry should be interesting. Katy was a musical guest on 09.25.2010 (Amy Poehler hosted). She got her acting chops going by playing a young woman who was well endowed on Bronx Beat (Maya Rudolph cameo'd) and she cameo'd in Boogerman (a horrible use of Katy Perry in a digital short).



Katy also had a crush on Andy Samberg (mentioned it multiple times) before she ended up with Russell Brand. I'd love to see Katy and Andy do a musical digital short together!

What do you think?

Enjoy!

SNL Backstage: Writer's Night with Bobby Moynihan

Bobby Moynihan gives a quick look at what goes on during SNL writers' night.

This is very cool!



Basically Bobby Moynihan is a historian of SNL, and so having him "host" documentaries like this is a fantastic way for him to show off his knowledge and for him to help educate us! Awesome!

It's short and sweet, but I hope they do these backstage bits with Bobby more often! I know Fred and Marci used to do them, but I think Marci moved onto other shows and Fred has other projects (like Portlandia) to think about.

Do you want to see more videos like this of Bobby?

Enjoy!

Les Jeunes de Paris - Why can't we see it?

UPDATED: Anony found it!!!



It's definitely a Taran Killam skit. It's basically a French comedy soap opera that's mostly dancing (and all spoken in French). Pretty entertaining, but can't they create their own French music for it so that we can show it? (Because this YT version might not last long.)

Thanks Anony!

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Original article here:



Has anyone seen it? Is it any good?

Why isn't it ever online? What's the deal?



Show - Les Jeunes de Paris

Emma Stone ... Juliette
Fred Armisen ... captain
Paul Brittain ... Marius
Abby Elliott ... French girl
Taran Killam ... Francois
Bobby Moynihan ... Stewart
Nasim Pedrad ... French girl
Andy Samberg ... Quasimodo
Kristen Wiig ... announcer (voice)

Andy Samberg played Quasimodo! Hilarious!

My guess is that there's a song in it that NBC doesn't have the rights to. That's why it never makes it online.

What? Lose the song! Edit it out or stop including the song in these skits! Something!!!



So "Les Jeunes de Paris" has been on SNL three times now...

10.23.2010
03.05.2011
11.12.2011

Andy's been in two of the episodes (a mime and now Quasimodo).

Kristen has always announced for it.

Emma Stone appeared as Juliette in the first episode with it, so naturally it's back for this time when she hosts.

Maybe Emma was involved when writing it, but it seems to be a writing collaboration between the newer guys, Taran, Paul, and Bobby:



Andy Samberg once played a mime:



Even the returning ladies are played by Abby and Nasim, like they're excluding the SNL legends who likely are leaving the show soon...





My confession is that I keep missing it for various reasons. Has anyone seen it?

Enjoy!

Jason Segel SNL Promo with Kristen Wiig + Florence & the Machine

Jason Segel hosts an all-new SNL 11/19 with musical guest Florence and the Machine.



Some funny bits here. Can't wait to watch SNL this weekend!

Do you anticipate any skits with Andy and Jason?

Enjoy!

Jason Segel SNL Promo with Vanessa Bayer

Jason Segel hosts an all-new SNL 11/19 with musical guest Florence and The Machine.



Holy Kowasaki! This is Vanessa Bayer's first SNL promo! Way to go in giving her a chance, but it seems this was a bit too early...

Vanessa is a little wooden in her acting here (especially the Miss Piggy line). But they're all a little wooden. Good hair joke.

They do two of the now becoming standard falling in love bits. My favorite was last week's one with Fred Armisen and Emma Stone doing close-up looks.

The Facebook version has Jason introducing it, but it has the same gags after that:



Enjoy!

Emma Stone, Cold Play, and Bill Hader (SNL Promo)

Emma hosts an all-new SNL 11/12 with musical guest Coldplay.

In an unusual twist, Bill Hader writes two jokes for Cold Play to do with Emma, and Bill gets the little smile or line at the end, thus telling you that he's in on it!



Enjoy!