Stephen and Stefon

I watched Saturday Night Live Saturday night and enjoyed the opening skit with Newt Gingrich, Moon President. It's seeming more and more likely that we will soon have our 51st state up there. (Note the poll in right hand column. Be sure to cast your vote.)

There's also been news lately of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Planned Parenthood. I also found this concerning Ari Fleischer and Komen.

All of this made me think of previous posts about John Kyl and Planned Parenthood.

MythBusters Meet John Kyl
Not Intended to be a Factual Statement
It is Enough That It Be Truthy

Anyway, to bring all this together with the title of this post, I happened upon this about Stephen Colbert at Gawker. You can watch Stephen talking about John Kyl and his "not intended to be a factual statement" statement. It's about four minutes long and at times, Stephen has a difficult time keeping a straight face. It reminded me of Stefon on Saturday Night Live. He also often has a difficult time keeping a straight face. You can watch this clip at hulu of Stefon giving his suggestions for fun Valentine ideas. That also runs about four minutes.

It's fun to watch both Stephen and Stefon trying to keep straight faces but laughing as they speak into the camera. Once a person starts laughing, it is not easy to get back to being serious.

I Wish It Was Christmas Today

Stephen is off until next year, so I will fill in with whatever comes to mind. Last night on Saturday Night Live, the host was Jimmy Fallon. That' right, Stephen's sometime Best Friend for Six Months and now Eternal Enemy for Six Months. Most likely Stephen was home watching SNL because that friendship tie never ends even after six months. Lots of familiar faces were also on the show - Rachel Dratch, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Horatio Sanz, Tracy Morgan and Chris Kattan. With those last three being on, you can probably guess what musical treat we all enjoyed -- that all time favorite, "I Wish It Was Christmas Today." If you didn't get to watch SNL last night, enjoy it here from a few years ago when the guys were all younger.

I Wish It Was Christmas Today

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

This is very popular, so maybe you've seen it. But if you haven't, now is your chance. You are sure to be entertained and amused.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

and after you have watched that, go over to Huffington Post to watch

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Two

Enjoy!

Oh yeah. These documentaries are by Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp. You may remember Jenny Slate from Saturday Night Live.

Radiohead in 24 hours

Only about 24 hours until Radiohead is on the first and possibly only hour-long The Colbert Report. Radiohead was just on Saturday Night live last night, so some of you should have seen them there if you were home and watching SNL.

I would tell you what I think the show will be like, but really, I have no clue. Other than I think it will be worth staying up late for. Tune in late tomorrow for highlights.

Dr. Brainio

A big treat Saturday when I watched Saturday Night Live was the popular cartoon series "The Ambiguously Gay Duo." It seems like it has been quite a long time since there was an episode on, so it was nice to finally catch up on what's happening. All the usual characters were on and then, they went from being animated to being actual living human beings, except for the one who looked like a lizard and except for the snake.

And who do you think was playing the part of Dr. Brainio? Why would I even ask if it wasn't, you guessed it, Stephen Colbert! He was marvelous, as is to be expected. This should qualify him for a Grammy nomination. I'm not sure what category it would be in, but someone will figure that part out.

Also taking part as real live beings were Jon Hamm, Jimmy Fallon, Steve Carell, Ed Helms, and Fred Armisen.

It makes sense that someone as intelligent as Stephen Colbert would play the part of Dr. Brainio.