Saturday Night Re-Lived

Yeah, I stayed home again on a Saturday night, but new episodes of Saturday Night Live are so rare to come by that it's almost always worth forgoing unnecessary Kamikazee shots and group circle dancing to Mark Morrison b-sides for the opportunity to catch a Digital Short before the dude at work with too much hair gel forwards it to you and begins to quote it in your ear before your browser can even load. So sit back on a Sunday and get caught up on what some annoying motherfucker's going to be stuffing your inbox with tomorrow.

1) Body Fusion - the team behind SNL's Digital Shorts prove once again their uncanny eye for visual satire for impeccably lampooning '80s fitness videos that you awkwardly had to watch your mom work out to when you faked sick during pre-school.


2) Jo-Jo the Valet - Amy Poehler proves once again she is a comic genius and deserves to usurp from Sarah Silverman the title of Girl the Geeky Guys Want to Awkwardly Fondle in Their Dorm Room.


3) The Dakota Fanning Show - unfortunately this version of the clip doesn't show the mise en scene that took us from Drew Barrymore's monologue, across the audience and right up to the sketch's set, but I'm sure Robert Altman's estate is collecting some secret royalties. Again, Amy Poehler kills it while Keenan continues to hone his craft as a peripheral cast member consistently delivering as the ubiquitous minority sidekick in celebrity talk show sketches.


4) Drew Barrymore's opening monologue - Andy Samberg once again underscores his preternatural role as a contemporary sex symbol. Video not available right now, unfortunately, probably because it contained songs that NBC couldn't license for online use. But either way, I'm pretty sure you'll see it some time this week when Hair Gel tracks it down and shoves it in your inbox.