Saturday May 17th at 9 on the Peacock. Now that's something for Natalie to rap about. In talking about hosting this special, Samberg gave a shout out to two SNL short films that inspired him - Eddie Murphy's "White Like Me" and Harry Shearer's "Synchronized Swimmers," which also starred Christopher Guest and Martin Short.
Samberg on "Synchronized Swimmers": "This is not just something that influenced me heavily but influenced everybody in comedy."
Samberg on "White Like Me": "When I was a kid and I saw that, my brain exploded. It was like the greatest thing I'd ever seen in my life."
Both short films are absolutely brilliant comedy classics - and if you haven't seen them (or even if you have) you can check them out after the jump...
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