SNL TV Parody of the Week: The View

This week's SNL TV Parody of the Week is a sketch that aired just last week, parodying The View! The View has so many different and unique people on it, that it's such a great show to parody. This sketch features Kenan Thompson as Whoopi Goldberg, Fred Armison as Joy Behar, Kristin Wiig as Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Casey Wilson as guest host Jennifer Aniston, and host Ben Affleck as guest Alec Baldwin. What I loved about this sketch is that it not only made fun of the silly arguments that these people have on their show each week, but it also featuers some very unlikely celebrity impressions. Casey Wilson's Jennifer Aniston came out of nowhere, and was really great! I don't think I've ever seen a Jennifer Aniston impressoin, and she really nailed it. Also, I was very surprised to see an Alec Bladwin impression, since Alec Baldwin is so close to Lorne Michaels, having hosted the show 13 times in addition to starring on the Lorne Michaels-produced 30 Rock, so it was great to see that SNL wasn't above spoofing Alec Baldwin. So here it is, SNL's parody of The View:

Michael's Parodies on The Office

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about how my favorite song parodist is "Weird Al" Yankovic, and I posted the opening theme from his short lived CBS TV show. Well, while Weird Al may be my number one favorite song parodist, my second favorite would have to be Michael Scott from The Office. While most bosses focus on running a successful and profitable business, Michael's priority is always to entertain his employees and ultimately be well-liked. Throughout the series, Michael has sung some great song parodies, so please enjoy a collection of some of my favorites!

"Goodbye Toby", a parody of "Goodbye Stranger" by Supertramp


"Let's Get Ethical", parody of "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John


"Diwali", a parody of Adam Sandler's "Chanukkah Song"


"Lazy Scranton", a parody of the SNL Digital Short, "Lazy Sunday"

Borat on SNL

In my previous blog entry, I mentioned that I have been very busy this week. One of the main things that I was working on was an 11 page paper that was due yesterday for my Entertainment Law class on the legal implications of how Borat tricked innocent people to appear in his film. Now that the paper is over, I'm still in a Boraty mood, so I decided to post for you all Borat's appearance on SNL. Very nice!