Parody music videos

I find myself on the bench again ('on the bench' is my company's lingo for being in between client projects) and while the uncertainty of not knowing where you'll be tomorrow is a source of growing anxiety -- it gnaws away at the sense of stability and comfortable predictability -- it can also be a welcome time for a bit of respite away from the client site action... which means more time for me to idle away with random musings! (This, strangely enough, is more difficultant for me than you'd think.)

I always fancied having a chance to direct a music video to my favorite songs. (No, it's not anything like some rabid fans' claims that spirits leap from Ricky Martin's lips and touch their souls.) How cool would it be to be able to infuse my own interpretations of a particular song in the overall musical experience?

SNL Digital Shorts have been breathing new life into the stale SNL routines with some roll-on-the-floor-laughing parodies of music videos, featuring the celebrity hosts of the week. This week, it was everyone's favorite Harvard graduate, Natalie Portman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ7bJQGlfJY&search=natalie%20portman%20rap

(this might disappear in a few days, as the other hilarious digital shorts -- such as the Chuck Norris parody has been 'removed by user for site violation')

There are a lot of amateur music video parodies that clog up sites like youtube and google video, but the SNL Digital Shorts definitely trump them all.

Enjoy, my friends!