I like Andy Samberg; I think he’s a cool guy. I think he’s pretty talented, he’s done rather well in his career, I’d say that he’s got it going on. But one thing I have to say is that Andy Samberg has one fucked up sense of humor. The first digital short of his that I remember seeing was the Chronicles of Narnia rap. That was nice and clean (“Snack attack, MOTHA*****!” didn’t offend anyone, it was bleeped out). But then shit started getting weird. Like the lettuce commercial. What’s up with that? And the doppelgänger thing? I do find people getting punched in the face right before they eat pretty damn funny (don’t ask me why- maybe it’s some weird part of human psychology that likes seeing pain. Kind of like slapstick humor, but crueler). But I tonight I realized that he can get pretty extreme. I was watching the Dear Sister/The Shooting digital short for the third time today (and it was still funny) when G. walked in and started watching, too. He didn’t think it was funny. He thought it was messed up and sick and that Samberg was on pot or ecstasy. I wouldn’t go that far, I just think he’s a little weird. Maybe more than a little. Maybe really weird. Ok, he’s pretty fucked up. That’s kind of a screwey sense of humor, don’t you think? I mean, who thinks of a video of people shooting each other and then coming back to life to shoot each other again? Is it just me or is that weird? It didn’t seem so funny in a way, because I suddenly realized that this was actually a serious matter, that people died in the clip (or were supposed to). But then it got even funnier, because I laughed at myself for taking the deaths seriously and taking G. seriously and I thought the clip was hilarious. Although it’s not so funny anymore (probably because I’ve seen it about eight times in the past two or three days).
What I wonder is if anybody actually notices how much violence there is in Andy’s skits. I mean, seriously. Doppelgänger, Andy gets shot (and ambiguously disappears, presumably dead); Dear Sister, everyone shoots each other (multiple times in some cases) and then dies; People Getting Punched In The Face Just Before Eating… the name says it all… plus, the murder scene. I’m not saying that I mind all this; I laugh at it all just as much as the next person, if not more. But I’m just saying, isn’t that kind of sick? And what about Roy Rules? That’s downright hilarious and non-violent but it’s messed up the way he talks about Roy. It’s not like most of us haven’t talked about people of the opposite (or maybe same) sex like that at least once in our lives, but still… what does all this say about our society as a whole? That it’s slowly, slowly going down the drain? (But that would also be the politicians’ fault) Don’t get me wrong. Andy Samberg is awesome (and he shares S.’s sense of humor, which is highly entertaining, but also can be really bad). But I just think that he should cut down on the killing for a while. Or at least make it less extreme.
Damn. I really hope that didn’t sound too serious or philosophical.
