Celebs Take Five
"Saturday Night Live" cast members Andy Samberg and Fred Armisen are the stars of the latest "SNL" digital short, which is a love song to Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Right: Samberg croons, Armisen plays Ahmadinejad). The digital short has become an Internet sensation (sorry, you'll have to find it yourself), and they were on the show this morning to talk about it.
After their interview with Matt and Meredith, I sat down with Samberg and Armisen for a Q&A session. Here's our conversation:
Q: So, Ahmadinejad...What did you think of his visit in general? Did you think Columbia should have invited him to speak?
Fred Armisen: I thought that...I don't want to say anything political because it ends up on a blog and it seems like I'm making a statement about it. I have a feeling about it. I'll just say that I think that his speech should have just spoken for itself. I don't know that they needed someone to come out and go, "This guy is petty." He was such a lunatic that I would have gotten that right away.
Andy Samberg: I thought it would have been rad if he actually just put a soap box in Washington Square Park, stand on it and just say whatever he wanted... He actually might be the musical guest on "SNL" next week.
Q: Performing on what?
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Wentz: Yes, definitely. I haven't gone to bed yet actually. We flew in from Mexico at midnight last night, and then went and watched "Transformers." By the time that was over it was 4, and I was like I probably shouldn't even try to go to bed now, it'd be a bad idea.
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