While Tina Fey’s Joe-Six-Pack-loving Sarah Palin has been garnering a Bering Sea-sized wave of attention (we’re guilty too!), I think it’s time to pledge our allegiance to last weekend’s other impeccable SNL impersonation: Andy Samberg’s "Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals" (watch it below). I’ll admit the sketch’s concept isn’t super fresh (my mom’s been talking to her animals for years), but Samberg’s impersonation of the Boston boy is SPOT ON, down to the "Say ‘hi’ to your mother for me, okay?"
I hope Samberg can find time in between producing increasingly questionable digital shorts ("Space Olympics"? Wha?) to make his Mark Wahlberg bit a semi-regular thing. I’ve even got a few suggestions. How about teaming up with New Kids on the Block bro Donnie Wahlberg for a talk show spot a la "The Barry Gibb Talk Show" (singing and dancing included, natch)? Or how about a Funky Bunch reunion? Do I smell ”Even Better Vibrations"?
That’s what’s got me hot and bothered this week. Now it’s your turn. Which movies, TV shows, music, books, websites, or games are on your Must List? Please include your email address, in case we elect to use your suggestion in the magazine. Deadline is Thursday, October 9, at 3 p.m. ET.
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EW, stop trying to make “natch” happen. It’s not going to happen.
I agree Amy, Andy Samberg doing Mark Walberg was classic. But Tina Fey deserves to be on the must list first. She’s made SNL a must watch show again.
HBO announced that they renewed Entourage for another, its sixth, season. Yes! Now, the only thing I can hope for is that the current season gets better.
Jason Segal as Marshall on “How I Met Your Mother.” His rant this week about how much he hated New York (“I’m like a huge monster that came out of the ocean to destory bodegas”) and loved New Jersey (the shirts with a beagle and Boston terrier at PriceCo were priceless). The show used to be all about how amazing Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan were, but you sometimes forget how often Jason Segal comes in to steal the whole show. Brilliant.
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The TV show “Life” is on my must list. Damian Lewis is wonderful, and the writing is great.
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Cake Wrecks – a blog collecting professionally-decorated cakes that went horribly and hilariously wrong, complete with snarky comments by Jen.
And yeah, I would LOVE to see a Wahlberg & Wahlberg appearance on SNL.
Fringe is a weekly Must in our household. After that truly awful X-Files movie, in which I wanted to believe so much but was stunningly disappointed, it’s a true delight to get my self-respecting Geek back on with a show that gives me the same delicious chills as the original X-Files TV Show.
The Big Bang Theory. I have only seen two episodes of the show but got so hooked on Sheldon, I had to go buy Season 1 yesterday. Guess I know what I am doing this weekend!
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman – as well as the reading tour he’s doing, a chapter a city, all captured on video and posted on his website. In his words, by the time the tour is over, you’ll be able to see him read his entire book for free. And he SO good at reading it… I saw him live on day 1 in NYC…
I am so glad someone else thought the Mark Wahlberg bit was hysterical. My fiancee thought I was insane for laughing so hard tears started streaming down my face!! It had nothing to do with the skit itself- everything to do with Andy Samberg’s impersonation.
i’m glad others found it funny – i kept telling my friend, ‘as long as you don’t look at samberg, his impersonation is dead on walhberg’ – it was effin hilarious. the skit itself was pointless (although funny), but the potential for some hilarious skits are there. it’s not often actors get the various boston accents right so when they do, i’m thrilled.
I am with whoever suggested Marshall’s anti-NYC rant on How I Met Your Mother this weekend. I can’t even tell you how much I laughed.
Signed,
Another Midwesterner who doesn’t get what is so great about NYC
I can’t stop laughing at this literal interpretation of A-Ha’s “Take on Me”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HE9OQ4FnkQ
Not only does it clear up SO much confusion surrounding this landmark video, but it reminds us all of what viral video is supposed to be: intelligently ridiculous and technically impressive.
1. The return of Degrassi: The Next Generation on The N! Degrassi does what Gossip Girl, 90210, and Privileged can’t: shows compelling stories with relatable teens in a honest matter while still being incredibly entertaining.
2. 13 the musical on broadway. a powerful score, a hysterical book, and a captivating cast make this one of the best shows on broadway.
3. The View. Say what you will, but those 5 ladies are having more interesting, passionate, and smart political conversations than any of the big cable network shows out there.