The Laid-Off Peripatetic (LOP)

Palm Frond Dweller

I used to watch Saturday Night Live religiously as a child. In the era of the Frightened Family, I created my own prop that entailed a flap of faux hair that would stand on end when I pulled a hidden string. I even sent Lorne Michaels a letter requesting a spot on his show. Scratch that. I sent him 10+ letters until finally one day his secretary…sorry, administrative assistant… called to tell me there was no room for me on the show and that I needed to cease my correspondence. (This took place before stalking was illegal, of course.) I was crushed. But the prop construction continued. For awhile, anyway.

I’ve since moved on, probably because Saturday Night Live began to suck—quite a lot, actually. It’s been years since I watched it, which explains why I had no idea the skit “Dick in a Box” existed. But, the Happy Couple brought it to my attention and now, I can’t stop giggling. Also, I was ambivalent about Justin Timberlake, thinking him to be more of a tool than not. However, that changed in a 180 kind of way post “Dick in a Box” viewing.

So, this is my Christmas gift to you, my five readers (excluding my Mom and Dad because they don’t own a computer). And as it happens, it’s a topical video as well that happens to touch on Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hannukah. The bonus video at the bottom is from the Lonely Island album as well and is as equally as funny and raunchy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwbxEfy7fg

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4