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Here's what you need to know: Allison and Rachael are former college roommates and self-professed pop culture junkies. Unfortunately, there's no trivia competition for us to enter where we might use our magnificent collective pop culture knowledge, so we've decided to be bloggeurs. Here at Currently Obsessed With, you can expect to read all about the our fixations on the mundane, inane, and sometimes profane aspects of the world we live in. Consider this blog a a loving tribute to the things that entertain us when we're bored.
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Allison
I am a lover of all things Top 40, pop culture, Jimmy Fallon, inappropriate (especially jokes) and policy related. If that doesn’t take up enough of my time I’m also on my way to becoming a Social Studies teacher and couldn’t be more excited!
Rachael
The facts are these: I'm 22 and my main aspiration is to be a grad student. My favorite activity is laughing and anything in the pursuit thereof. I like the internet, postmodernism, and countless other ridiculous things. Sometimes, I don't make sense.
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“Jon Bovi on Weekend Update,” 4/11/09
Since the election last November, SNL writers and producers have been leaning a lot on new-ish cast member Kristen Wiig, indulgently featuring her in almost every sketch. The line for too much Wiig was Gilly, a sociopathic, but ‘lovable’ character which functions on the sole basis of Wiig’s ability to look and act adorable. The line has been crossed and I have to say, I have Kristen Wiig fatigue.
That said (and without getting into my beef with Lonely Island), I think a lot of other really great impressions/characters/sketches get overlooked because everyone is ooh-ing and aah-ing over Wiig and one of those is JON BOVI, a Bon Jovi “opposite band” which made their second appearance on Weekend Update last night. These guys, portrayed by personal faves Will Forte and Jason Sudekis, are hilaaaar, ok? I mean, watch Will Forte’s face the whole time—that guy is going for it 100%! My favorite is the end when they do the opposite of Eye of the Tiger: It’s the nuts of the tiger, it’s the ennuii of the fight….
We haven’t had a good SNL movie recently, and I’m not gonna lie, I think these guys and their story would be pretty funny. On second thought, maybe the days of good mockrockumentaries are behind us….
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