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Kenneth the Page Responds To Bobby Jindal

Ryan Tate — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:37:45 EST

Jack McBrayer's self-deprecating jokes about his voice double Bobby Jindal came during a test run of Jimmy Fallon's Late Night. Test run for SNL is more like it.

We still say it's highly likely the 30 Rock star will be called on Saturday Night Live to do some sort of skit about Louisana Gov. Jindal. Weekend Update at the very least. McBrayer was the show's breakout star even before Jindal did an awful, sing-song televised rebuttal to the president the other night, evoking no one so much as McBrayer's character Kenneth the Page, a naive, overernest country boy.

Come to think of it, what the heck is the deal with all the national political figures who are facsimiles for 30 Rock stars? First Tina Fey and Sarah Palin, now McBrayer and Jindal. If Mitt Romney were to modulate his voice with the occasional cigarette (and Mormon blasphemy), Alec Baldwin could get in on the action, too

The Hills Vs. the Hills

Richard Lawson — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:28:00 EDT

The second season of BET's young people in Los Angeles reality soap Baldwin Hills premieres tonight with all the drama and romance you'd expect. Luckily for them there is no other show like this with the word "hills" in the title. Oh, wait, there is! Yes of course, MTV's The Hills is also about young people in Los Angeles, the only difference being that The Hills is about... people in a different neighborhood. That's it. There are no other glaring differences about the casts or the shows. If you're still not convinced watch the above video, compiled by prodigious video intern Charleton Lamb, which compares the two works of art.

Anika Larsen—Or Annika Larsson? A Helpful Guide!

Choire — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:20:00 EST

It's possibly a tricky time for New Yorkers and copy desks in the case of Anika Larsen v. Annika Larsson! But we can help.

Anika plays Euterpe in Broadway's "Xanadu." Annika is a conceptual video artist!
Anika was born in Cambridge, Mass. Annika was born in Stockholm, Sweden.
Notable quotables! Anika: "Someday—I don't care where it is, in somebody's barn, in somebody's high school, in somebody's backyard—I want to play Evita. So I'm going to make that happen. It may be in my own shower, but I'll do it some day. Annika: "The people that I use in my works, rather than creating characters, become figures lacking in individual history or depth."