Can Justin Timberlake do no wrong? Disney child presenter / member of a global boy band / credible solo artist / very good dancer / singer of great choruses in shit hip hop songs* / actor / partner of beautiful women - he's also able to take the piss out of himself, and turns up on Saturday Night Live in the US regularly - can you imagine a British artist doing the same? Well no, because come to think of it, we don't have anyone that could fit the bill. Gary Barlow? Robbie *yawn*.
I also think that following clips also go to show that we need a Saturday Night Live in the UK, rather than the pompous, heavily scripted and extremely tired 'Have I Got News For You' and that very good attempt by Channel 4 to do a weekly news satire - but which had something missing - a purpose for Lauren Laverne.
This clip also features Lady Gaga. I think you can buy it on iTunes.
This one is funny. It also features Lady Gaga. The sound is funny to get past the NBC copyright claims, but you get the idea;
For those younger readers, we did actually have SNL in the UK back in the 80s, it was called Friday Night Live - or Friday Live - featuring 'alternative' comedians such as Ben Elton (Yes, he was a stand up) and I remember it being actually really bloody good - bands went on it too. Wonder why they axed it?
*It's my personal belief that 99% of hip hop tracks are actually bobbins, except for the chorus, so why bother with all the boasting inbetween
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