First, I must profess my love for Chris Parnell, and my growing appreciation for Andy Samberg. The former has been on Saturday Night Live for a few years (even being fired and rehired,) while Andy is a new comer. Together, they form one hell of a rap duo.
Here I thought that nothing this season (of which I’ve seen very little) would top the Glengarry Glen Ross skit from last weekend featuring Alec Baldwin reprising his role from the David Mamet-scripted film, this time laying into Santa’s elves (“Second place, a box of candy canes. Third place, you’re fired!.” But no, Parnell just had to go old skool.
I’ve always loved his raps, particularly his ode to Kirstin Dunst a few years ago. This weekend’s topped that by a large margin, with Samberg joining him in rapping “The Chronic (What?) -cles of Narnia,” perhaps the whitest thing ever set to a beat. Our topics included:
• Cupcakes
• Yahoo! Maps vs Mapquest
• The use of $10 bills (“Hamiltons”) to impress the ladies
• Movie preshow trivia slides
• Of course, The Chronicles of Narnia
Such brilliance. I laughed, I cried, I begged my friend to throw his TiVo’d copy onto DVD for me, since watching it here will not suffice.