22nd
A comment about Justin Timberlake on SNL with Beyonce for “Single Ladies.”
Ever watch Saturday Night Live? I do. Every week. Although, thanks to my DVR, usually never on Saturday Night, nor Live. I’ve got better things to do during that time slot than watch TV—like watch a DVD, any of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s from the 80s or early 90s featuring a revenge plot and gratuitous shot of his butt cheeks, to be exact. It’s usually been on Sunday mornings over a bowl of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes—”They’re gr-r-rand!”, as Tony the Tiger says about his new line of feline scarves to avoid being sued by the Kellogg Company—that I watch the latest episode of this season, the 34th for the show.
My favorite one so far? Has to be the show from last month hosted by Paul Rudd. He did a great job, but the star of Role Models isn’t the reason it’s my favorite: it’s due to the surprise guest appearance of a certain former member of America’s one-time hottest boy band, which rhymes with In Sink. That’s right, I’m talking about Justin Timberlake on SNL as a back up dancer for Beyonce during a video shoot for “Single Ladies.”
Looking for other people’s opinions about it, I did a Google search, clicking through to a blog called Mollytics!—”a blog about the politics of being Molly.” About JT, she wrote “You’re one funny dude.” Sharing a similar sentiment, I decided to write a comment, which reads as follows.
Dear Molly J.,
I used to hate Justin Timberlake, back when he was with ‘N Sync. Mostly because my middle-school girlfriend Suzy spent more time kissing her handmade collage of cut-out magazine photos of JT than she did making out with me. When she wrote me a note on a loose leaf sheet dumping me, she even quoted him:
“Dear Jon,
Don’t really wanna make it tough, I just wanna tell you that I had enough. It might sound crazy, But it ain’t no lie, Baby, bye, bye, bye.
Sincerely, Suzy
p.s. Your mustache is gross.”
It still hurts on the inside whenever I see an old photo of Timberlake when he was wearing that awful, blonde-dyed curl-’fro. Or when I look in the mirror at my mustache.
But while watching last month’s episode of SNL in which he guest appeared, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. Dude’s hilarious! And, boy-oh-boy, did he kill it dancing in those heels and that leotard. Beyonce may have a better booty, but JT’s legs look sexier. And that’s coming from me, a man who’s completely straight half of the time.
I wrote a post about his appearance on my blog. I had a really tough time finding a video of his skit with Beyonce; apparently, NBC was vigilant in categorically removing any of the footage from the Internet, while not offering the content on any of their platforms. However, I was finally successful, and the video is still live, embedded in my post.
I recommend that you watch it. But be careful: I wouldn’t want you becoming so enamored with his legs that you send your significant other a hand-written break-up note, ending it with “Your bridges were burned, and now it’s your turn/To cry, cry me a river.”
Sincerely,
Jon Stan LamBam
