Lazy Sunday
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Lazy Sunday is a music video starring Saturday Night Live cast members Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg that aired on the December 17, 2005, episode of the show. It was the second SNL Digital Short to be aired.
The film paired Parnell, an eight-year veteran of SNL who had performed rap several times during Weekend Update, and Samberg, a first-year featured player with little screen time.
After the film aired, it was available for free download on iTunes. Additionally, it was posted to several Web sites and shared via e-mail. The film was viewed more than five million times at YouTube before NBC Universal asked the site to remove it, along with several other copyrighted NBC video clips, in February 2006. [1] NBC later placed the short on its SNL site, although it's labeled "The Chronicles of Narnia". In late 2006, the short reappeared on YouTube and remained online for the rest of the year, but was pulled in mid-January 2007.
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[edit] Making of the film
Samberg's fellow members of The Lonely Island were involved in the making of the film. Akiva Schaffer directed the clip and Jorma Taccone created the musical beat. All three plus Parnell wrote the script on December 12, 2005, and the music was recorded the following day. On December 15, a crew filmed the short in about five hours using the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in the Chelsea district of Manhattan as a stand-in for a movie theater. Taccone's girlfriend's sister appears as a convenience store clerk.
Samberg thought audiences would criticize its low-budget style, cheesy lyrics, and product placements, but Internet prevalence and continued downloads suggest it has gained popularity on par with More Cowbell, a 2000 SNL skit starring Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell.
Samberg, Taccone, Schaffer and Parnell put an original copy of the Lazy Sunday lyrics, with two deleted verses, up for sale, with the proceeds going to a charity for animal shelters. It was put on eBay and sold for $430.00.
[edit] References in the song
- "Let's hit up Magnolia and mack on some cupcakes." A reference to the popular Magnolia Bakery in New York City.
- "I love those cupcakes like McAdams loves Gosling" A reference to Hollywood couple Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling and their on-screen romance during 2004's The Notebook.
- "The Chronic - what? - cles of Narnia" "Chronic" or "the chronic" is slang for potent cannabis and is also the name of Dr. Dre's highly influential solo debut. What? is a common shout-out among such rappers as Lil Jon and DMX. The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels written by C. S. Lewis, with a recent movie based on them.
- "Google Maps is the best" Samberg believes Google's popular mapping service to be better than rivals Yahoo! Maps or Mapquest. The tagline, "Double True", appears on screen in a font and multi-color combination reminiscent of Google's logo.
- "Mr. Pibb and Red Vines equals crazy delicious." Mr. Pibb and Red Vines can be consumed together by biting off both ends of a Red Vine and using it as a straw. The slogan quickly spawned T-shirts.
- "Girl acted like she never seen a ten befo'/It's all about the Hamiltons, baby" "Hamiltons" are U.S. ten-dollar bills, so called because they feature a portrait of Alexander Hamilton. Common rap slang has dubbed hundred-dollar bills "Benjamins" for similar reasons (they feature a portrait of Benjamin Franklin); the line is a reference to Puff Daddy's "It's All about the Benjamins."
- "I'm ghost like Swayze" A reference to the 1990's Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze. "Swayze" has been a rap synonym for "disappear," popularized by EPMD during the film's initial popularity. Ghost is another prototypical "chick flick".
- "You can call us Aaron Burr from the way we're dropping Hamiltons" This refers to the 1804 duel in which then–Vice President Burr killed founding Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
- "Which Friends alum starred in films with Bruce Willis?" Answer: Matthew Perry, who starred with Willis in The Whole Nine Yards and its sequel The Whole Ten Yards.
[edit] Trivia
- Donald Burns, a baker at the famous Magnolia Bakery, is seen walking in front of the shop in the film.
- Awarded a High Times Stony award in October 2006 for "Best Song in a Movie or TV Series." [2]
[edit] References in other media
- ESPN's Sportscenter hosts introduced a digital map with "Google Maps is the best/True dat, Double True", though it was not obtained via Google Maps. Stuart Scott commented on a slam dunk with "Mr. Pibb and Red Vines equals crazy delicious" on a later episode.
- Stuart Scott commented on the Dallas Mavericks' streak of 14 wins in a row by saying, "Mavericks looking for their 2, no 6, no 12, baker's dozen plus one wins in a row..."
- ?uestlove, the drummer for the band The Roots, used the phrase "Mr. Pibb and Red Vines = CRAZY DELICIOUS" as his thank you letter when he was awarded an Esquire Magazine Esky for Best Scribe in the magazine's 2006 music issue.
- In VH1's The World Series of Pop Culture on July 20, there was a question asking, "In SNL's popular sketch "Lazy Sunday" rap, what two foods together equal "crazy delicious"? Neither team got the answer correct.
- In an episode of The Office called "The Merger", Michael makes an orientation film called "Lazy Scranton" for the Stamford employees who were transferred to Scranton. Starring Michael and Dwight, the video uses the same music, rap style, and camera effects used in the "Lazy Sunday" video. In another episode, Kelly describes the video to Michael while waiting for a pretzel.
- In the film Epic Movie, the character Captain Jack Swallows (a reference to Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise) breaks out in a rap called 'Lazy Pirate Day'; the song is reminiscent of 'Lazy Sunday' both visually and musically. Swallows is played by Darrell Hammond, a long-time performer on Saturday Night Live.
[edit] Responses
Widespread Internet distribution of Lazy Sunday spawned many spoofs and imitations, including:
- Lazy Monday, a West Coast replyA West Coast response video, a dated reference to the mid-1990s East Coast/West Coast hip-hop rivalry. In Lazy Monday, comedians Mark Feuerstein, Sam Friedlander, and Adam Stein go to "Color Me Mine", a do-it-yourself pottery shop, get stuck in traffic on the 405 freeway, and get a macchiato at the Coffee Bean. The repeated chant of "Color", which resolves to "Color Me Mine", is a reference to Ice T's Colors.
- Lazy Muncie, a Midwest reply.* Lazy Muncie soon followed, in which two fishing buddies espouse the virtues of their midwestern town, home to Bob Evans's delicious biscuits and gravy, Elks Lodge dances, and hometown heroes such as comedian David Letterman and a cameo appearance by Garfield creator Jim Davis.
- Parody duo Lyric Intensive created a video about their Academy Awards party preparations called "Oscar Sunday", which references Saved by the Bell and EZ Pass in the process.
- Lazy Sunday UK, (a.k.a. We Drink Tea), the UK response, We Drink Tea, soon followed, discussing the ups and downs of life in Britain, including references to Harry Potter, Snakes on a Plane and, of course, drinking tea: [3].
- A version was stitched together from humorously-subtitled video clips of Osama bin Laden and another jihadist speaking in Arabic. This is the so-called "Middle East coast" edition.
- A high school Christian organization, Young Life, joined the mix with a spoof in which two leaders rap about hanging out with teenagers at the local high school. Lazy Wednesday contains jokes common to the organization, and became popular with Young Life groups around the country. Another Christian-themed response was released under the title "Easter Sunday".
- The Dirty South joined the battle with their response, Crazy Sunday in which two married men claim they "got the lock on how to kick Sunday": Washing their Volvo wagons, dropping donations off at Goodwill, and picking up Kotex for their wives.
- The UK based Dotcartoon responded with a cartoon version of "Lazy Sunday" in the Second Episode of "Solutions Are Not The Answer"
- Two American soldiers deployed in Iraq, both originally from Muncie, Indiana made a response to "Lazy Muncie", entitled Lazy Ramadi. In this version the soldiers rap about insurgents, body armor, and Jell-O from the mess hall. [4]
- Ultimate players also followed with the parody "Tourney Sunday[5]" written by Dave Emme and Ryan Tibshirani. Tourney Sunday includes one-liners referencing throws, bagels, foot-blocks and the use of port-o-potties at ultimate tournaments.
- A Jewish response called http://tzvee.blogspot.com/2006/06/aaron-kotlers-music-video.html "Lazy Shabbos"].
- There is now an Australian version of Lazy Sunday entitled "Lazy Lawn Bowls" where the Aussies "be rapping like 8 mile if not for the metric system!". Set in Sydney, features original lyrics, video and soundtrack and of course an obligatory Russell Crowe reference.
- Another Canadian Response titled "Crazy Monday", In this version, two guys rap about organic foods and perogis.
- The Chicago response, titled "Wicked Wednesday" by Mark Sansone and Matt Cunningham has original music, and includes references to the Bachrach clothing company, the El (Chicago's rapid transit system), Al's Beef, Portillo's, and Mr. Beef, Marshall Fields, and of course, the Oriental Palace theater and the musical Wicked. This was featured on the "Steve and Joey Show", and the WGN Morning News. On July 27th, the boys performed the rap live on the "WGN Morning News".
- Another response called "Lazy Tuesday" features two white guys rapping about their love for Kentucky Basketball.
- From Snellville, Georgia, where "Everybody's Somebody" came. In this response to Lazy Sunday, "T-dubbs" and "Ropes Dogg" (thanks to Dye Vers Productions) rap about the wonders of Snellville, including the 19 Waffle Houses, Diana Degarmo, and Highway 78.
- A spoof titled "Big Game Day" follows two fans of the Dallas Mavericks on the day of one of their games.
- At the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO, the 2006 student orientation group known as Summer Welcome wrote a skit entitled Mizzou Monday, inspired by Lazy Sunday, that was performed to all of the 6,000 incoming freshmen in a variety show throughout the summer. The skit replaced Lazy Sunday lines with references to street and building names on campus and other popular features used by freshman. Phrases included "Mizzou Monday, just facebooking in my room...are you thinking what I'm thinking? Chemistry, then it's happening!" and "Head up to the bookstore the mall is overpriced, got a textbook going to swipe it up nice...don't want the 'rents to get suspicious, bookstore plus student charge equals CRAZY DELICOUS."
- Little Kuriboh made his own tribute to Lazy Sunday on YouTube, staring Yu-Gi-Oh!'s own Joey Wheeler and Tristan Taylor.
- A group of students at Lake Highlands High School made a response called "Good Friday" for their project on Dante's Inferno. Their version shows "Dante and Virgil" rapping about the introduction to the book.
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[edit] External links
- Official sites
