Nick Poppy
New York Magazine posted a recent article about the rise of Andy Samberg and his Lonely Island cohorts just in time for the debut of "Hot Rod." Entitled "Three Easy Steps to Comedy Stardom," the piece tries to contextualize Andy within the industry zeitgeist:
"But in another sense, being big on the Internet and being big at the multiplex have absolutely nothing to do with each other. The beauty of producing comedy on the Web is that you can do pretty much whatever the hell you want."
In other words, this isn't your typical celebrity fluff piece. The writer doesn't just want you to know Andy's got heat, he wants you to feel Samberg's RAGE:
"For starters, he exhibits an encyclopedic memory for every network or studio that ever turned him down. Of Awesometown, a pilot he and Taccone and Schaffer developed, Samberg says, 'Fox passed. We took it to Comedy Central. They passed. MTV? Passed. MTV2? Passed,' as though each 'no' was a personal slight that’s only now being avenged."
The lesson? Take rejection to heart all you young comedians in the wings, because your rage will sustain you. That and getting Jimmy Fallon to forward your stuff to Lorne Michaels.
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andy samberg is like, so hot right now.
Things I "loved" about this:
- "A sketch group called Stella"
- The fact that Andy Samberg is noted for his love of vikings and monkeys and this is considered original when everyone knows that you can always get a hacky laugh with:
Vikings, Monkeys, Robots, Zombies, or Pirates. I might be missing a few. Not Samberg's fault, of c. The boy just likes vikings and stella. Good for him, but it made the article weird.