Iconic 'SNL' character Ras Trent inspired by a Bay Area poser
Live” likely fondly remember Ras Trent, the white Ivy League Rastafarian who debuted on a short in 2008. It turns out that ...
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Andy Samberg says an encounter at a Petaluma concert inspired a ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch
Live” cast member Andy Samberg recently revealed that a stairwell encounter at a concert in Petaluma inspired one of the show’s popular sketches.
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Andy Samberg Shares the Surprising Origin of SNL’s ‘Ras Trent’ Sketch from a Petaluma Theater Encounter
This unique encounter laid the groundwork for the ‘Ras Trent’ digital short that Samberg and his Lonely Island colleagues later produced. Released in 2008, the sketch humorously reflects on how some ...
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The Lonely Island Explain Joanna Newsom's "Fucking Fantastic" Contribution to "Ras Trent"
The "Ras Trent" video aired on Saturday Night Live in October 2008 (that's right in between 2006's Ys and 2010's Have One on Me). In the video, then-cast members Casey Wilson and Kristin Wiig ...
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RANKED: The 13 best songs by The Lonely Island
The Lonely Island has a penchant for the absurd, and "Iran so Far" is absurdity at its best. In the song, Samberg serenades former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Fred Armisen) with a ...