Chronic(what?) Cles of Narnia
Lazy Sunday is one of the funniest, let alone most creative, sketch to get on SNL in a long while. And this is coming from a person who disagrees with the argument that the show is too old to support modern comedic expression. I still like the show. Hell, sketches from the last show alone, such as "Two A-Holes Buy a Christmas Tree" are extraordinarily funny. Instead, I believe that most people who say the show isn't funny anymore barely watch it, instead catching truncated reruns on E! and changing the channel after the regular miss. And, honestly, a 90-minute comedy show produced and created in the space of a week is always, always going to have some misses.
The basic breakdown of the video's comedy is really similar to a lot of The Lonely Island's brand of comedy. Gangster rap music as a genre of production takes itself unbelievably serious. In fact, other lampooning by comedians such as Ali G. has been called racist for mocking of the "from the street mentality" contained within much of gangster rap music.
This video shows two guys going to a movie theater and sneaking in a couple of snacks, as basic an operation as most of The Lonely Island raps. The heavy rap music and machine-gun sound effects both adds comedy in parodying self-serious rap culture and in showing how serious Parnell and Samberg (both great guys in person) are about picking up cupcakes and seeing a children's movie.
The comedy here is pretty well layered. "You could call us Aaron Burr for the way we were dropping Hamiltons" is funny for four reasons. First of all is the aforementioned parodying of violent gangster rap imagery through a historical reference. The second is the actual historical reference connected to "dropping Hamiltons," or putting down multiple tens. The third is that "Hamiltons" are named as opposed to the regular "Benjamins," meaning that Parnell and Samberg only have a limited amount of money to spend as opposed to the usual excessive consumerism represented in gangster rap music. The fourth is that I'm a complete dork for writing all this.
Regardless, watch the video.
The basic breakdown of the video's comedy is really similar to a lot of The Lonely Island's brand of comedy. Gangster rap music as a genre of production takes itself unbelievably serious. In fact, other lampooning by comedians such as Ali G. has been called racist for mocking of the "from the street mentality" contained within much of gangster rap music.
This video shows two guys going to a movie theater and sneaking in a couple of snacks, as basic an operation as most of The Lonely Island raps. The heavy rap music and machine-gun sound effects both adds comedy in parodying self-serious rap culture and in showing how serious Parnell and Samberg (both great guys in person) are about picking up cupcakes and seeing a children's movie.
The comedy here is pretty well layered. "You could call us Aaron Burr for the way we were dropping Hamiltons" is funny for four reasons. First of all is the aforementioned parodying of violent gangster rap imagery through a historical reference. The second is the actual historical reference connected to "dropping Hamiltons," or putting down multiple tens. The third is that "Hamiltons" are named as opposed to the regular "Benjamins," meaning that Parnell and Samberg only have a limited amount of money to spend as opposed to the usual excessive consumerism represented in gangster rap music. The fourth is that I'm a complete dork for writing all this.
Regardless, watch the video.
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