Pursuit of Dopeness

Have you heard of the rap group The Wizards before?  The dudes from Workaholics came up with the concept of being wizard rappers for one of their episodes and since then that group has shown up at Conan to perform their lead single, “Straight Outta Mordor.”

It’s ridiculous, hilarious and just plain great! See it above and look out for the sign-off: “Jay Z, watch the throne… We’re coming for you!”

The opening line puts it best… “Jesus… Jay-Z. The great ones always return.” The new trailer for Anchorman: The Legend Continues is very similar to the previous one with each member of the newscast giving out a line about themselves to help tease the new film, with a special message from Ron Burgundy at the end. See the new trailer above.

For those of you that didn’t get to see the interesting, elaborate and entertaining “couch gag” produced by the Robot Chicken crew, you can check it out above. Racing, violence and even some explosions were part of this “couch gag.” Without going too into spoilers, I just want to say… Poor Ralph.

The time is almost here for the return of Arrested Development! The critically-acclaimed comedy that suffered a cancellation in 2006 will return this month thanks to Netflix. The Bluth family is back and this trailer leaves enough to the imagination for fans of the show to expect an excellent new season. See it above until we get the new season on May 26, when all 15 new episodes will be available for streaming.

Some pics have surfaced of Kanye West’s scenes within the highly-anticipated Comedy, Anchorman: The Legend Continues. Apparently Yeezy, still in leather but with a big ass gold chain and a cool wolf T, will be in an action scene that will include a hockey in what may be another epic inter-station brawl. See more pics below. [...]

For those that may not know about this already, the next episode of The Simpsons will feature a special “couch gag” produced by the guys over at Robot Chicken, meaning it’ll all be done in stop-motion. The super meticulous process gets highlighted in two short videos with looks into how it’s all made. Very interesting stuff, to be honest, and any fan of The Simpsons and even Robot Chicken would enjoy seeing this Behind The Scenes look into the new edition of the famous “Couch Gag.”

Hit the jump to see part two of “Constructing a Couch Gag.” [...]

The latest edition of Between Two Ferns from Zach Galifianakis features James Franco and the Lonely Island served as the musical guests for the “Wack Wednesdays” inaugural video. The video in fact is for the SNL band’s tack, “Spring Break Anthem,” off their forthcoming third LP, The Wack Album. The new album, set for a June 11 release, will feature Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, cool ass dude Pharrell Williams, another T-Pain collabo, and Solange. The Comedy Rap group will be releasing a new video every “Wack Wednesday,” a la Kanye West’s “GOOD Fridays.”

Earlier this month on the Vince Vaughn-hosted episode of SNL appeared a mockumentary clip for “History of Punk” where they give a look at a Sex Pistols-like fictitious Punk band fronted by Fred Armisen. Ian Rubbish and the Bizzaros, like the Pistols, had a problem with British authority (like the police and the Queen) but the comical twist here was that on top of all of that, Ian Rubbish (played by Armisen) somehow was actually a fan of the infamous “Iron Lady,” the late Margaret Thatcher. The clip tells the story of Rubbish’s fall from grace thanks to his devotion to Thatcher and making music about her, which is basically the opposite of Punk.

The former British Prime Minister passed away this month and SNL played this little tribute to her, which was a whole lot better than how Britain made “Ding Dong! the Witch is Dead” a hit after learning of her death.

See the SNL clip below. Download the EP here: http://www.ianrubbish.co.uk/ [...]

New Girl has been a success thanks to Zooey Deschanel’s “Jess” character, Max Greenfield’s “Schmitty,” and of course Jake Johnson’s “Nick Miller.” For the new edition of Made Man’s Speakeasy series, Paul F. Tompkins sits down with Jake Johnson, in which our fellow Chicagoan opens up about his new movie Drinking Buddies, auditioning for New Girl, and having fun on the job.

Much like Alison Brie did in the last video of the series, Jake also took on the task of imitating popular internet memes. He did Grumpy Cat, Strutting Leo, and Trollface. Check that one out below. [...]