I am a pretty big fan of SNL these days, especially of the cast from the last couple of seasons. So, I was pleased to see that some of my favorites were nominated for Emmys! And I was even MORE pleased that NBC posted some awesome sketches to celebrate the nominations:
Side note: we true Californians do not talk so strangely as our SNL counterparts… although we do give a lot of directions…
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/backstage/backstage/2012-emmy-nominations/index.shtml
HA! I love SNL, I really do. This past Saturday, the cold open featured a parody of “Fox and Friends” (a Fox News Show). The whole thing was priceless, but I particularly loved the list of “corrections” — they fly by so fast, I just had to look them up on the good ol’ internets. Laugh out loud worthy, IMO. Which ones are your favorites?
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LIST OF FOX & FRIENDS ERRORS ON SNL:1
• There are currently no bills before the House that would require a woman to have a transvaginal ultrasound before buying sunglasses.
• The Taliban is not producing a cereal called “Honey Bunches of Goats.”
• Kirk Cameron is not the voice of Siri.
• Miss America is not third in the order of succession for the Presidency, nor is Miss Teen USA fourth.
• Airplanes do not fly by flapping their wings.
• Patricia Heaton did not win a Nobel Prize for her work on “Everybody Loves Raymond.”
• Hail consists of frozen water; it is not “made of sins.”
• President Obama does not plan to take the forwarding option away from e-mail.
• Disney World is not planning to add Rush Limbaugh to their Hall of Presidents.
• Nowhere in the Bible does it mention Garth Brooks or Chris Gaines.
• Turtles do not have “tiny TV’s and sofa beds” inside their shells.
• Pete Rose did not receive a lifetime ban from the Hallmark Hall of Fame.
• “National Treasure” is not a documentary even though it feels very real.
• Wisconsin is an American state and not “just a bit.”
• Mormons breathe air.
• Horses do not have “teeth so sharp you wouldn’t even believe it.”
• Children raised by same-sex couples are not statistically more likely to let the American flag touch the ground,
• “Psych” is a popular detective show on the USA Network, not a super-secret NASA Mind experiment.
• It takes more than five to six months of medical school to become a surgeon.
• Sour Patch Kids are a snack food and therefore physically incapable of pulling a knife on someone.
• Congress has not declared a war on jean shorts.
• It is unlikely that Fareed Zakaria is Willem Defoe in character.1
• Babies tend to like hugs.
• It is not illegal to discard a Christmas tree.
• John Wilkes Booth was not wearing a hooded sweatshirt when he shot President Lincoln, nor were the Lincoln’s attending a staging of “The Vagina Monologues.”
• There is no federal program called “Cash for Bees.”
• You do not need a spaceship to get to China.
• The Watergate is a hotel in Washington D.C., not a portal to an undersea kingdom.
• The new World Trade Center does not transform into a karate robot.
• Seeing-eye dogs are neither able to nor allowed to drive.
• It is likely that immigrants do not feed on the blood of our cattle at night while we are all sleeping.
• Baseball is a land sport.
• It is widely accepted that ears are used for hearing.
via That Hilarious List of Corrections from SNL’s ‘Fox & Friends’ Sketch.
Man oh man…
While baptism is an ancient symbol of death, I’m not sure the addition of a shark to the rite is helpful. Most ministers are not as anti-humor as John Piper, but there is a line and Ed Young is about 300 yards over it.
Courtesy of my GoogleReader, I ran across a blog put out by an Anglican priest named Tobias Stanislaus Haller BSG (Brotherhood of St. Gregory). One of his funniest postings is titled “Anglican Maladies: being a compendium of certain illnesses afflicting many sectors of the Anglican world, and, of course, intended completely as satire.” For any of you who are somewhat familiar with the ins and outs of Anglicanism, it’s completely hilarious!
Perhaps I should write a similar satire called “Evangelical Maladies…”
Check it out: Anglican Maladies.
I’ve never really considered moving to Amsterdam. Nothing against the Netherlands, it just hasn’t crossed my mind. And now, thanks to a story my Google Reader brought to me today, I have even less desire to move to Amsterdam… public weigh-ins just aren’t my style. However, it sure makes for a humorous story!
Check it out: Bus Shelters in Amsterdam Point Out Fat People
Ever been in a mini-argument about what to call a carbonated beverage? Ever noticed that the crazy term for it your friend uses seems directly linked to where he or she is from?
Well check out this link: The Pop Vs. Soda Map. Here’s to all you CA soda drinkers!
Oh, MY gosh. I can’t believe this link is real. Ok, actually I can, but it still makes me feel like I either am going to be sick or laugh for days.
“Christians Learn the Art of Dating”
Apparently Christians increasingly are going to dating workshops these days to “improve their technique” by learning body language and Christian pick up lines. Ok, fine, some of these lines are funny (my favorite is “The name is Will. God’s Will”). But seriously… am I really naïve, or is this just plain silly?!!
Light and Shifting Shadows 