Comments on: Did SNL swipe tiny hats from Tim and Eric? http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 15:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895744 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895744 What about the much earlier skits with Will Ferrell and his tiny cell phone and the later skit with his tiny ring computer that he needs special glasses to see the tiny screen with? What about the much earlier skits with Will Ferrell and his tiny cell phone and the later skit with his tiny ring computer that he needs special glasses to see the tiny screen with?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895745 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895745 Must I be the first to come to the defense of Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier's gay caricature movie reviewers from In Living Color? They wore tiny hats FIFTEEN YEARS before Tim and Eric. We have to trace this vast conspiracy back to its source! Or just realize that several comedians independently came to the conclusion that tiny hats are funny. Must I be the first to come to the defense of Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier’s gay caricature movie reviewers from In Living Color? They wore tiny hats FIFTEEN YEARS before Tim and Eric. We have to trace this vast conspiracy back to its source! Or just realize that several comedians independently came to the conclusion that tiny hats are funny.

]]> By: doplgangr http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895746 doplgangr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895746 no, it's just that tiny hats are all the rage. T&E and SNL stole them from Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/listing/57289201/material-girl-3inch-pink-tiny-top-hat who stole them from from In Living Color: http://youtu.be/FK-VVzh4oRQ there is nothing new under the sun... no, it’s just that tiny hats are all the rage. T&E and SNL stole them from Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/listing/57289201/material-girl-3inch-pink-tiny-top-hat

who stole them from from In Living Color:
http://youtu.be/FK-VVzh4oRQ

there is nothing new under the sun…

]]> By: doplgangr http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895750 doplgangr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895750 eh, should have put this link for Etsy, so you can get the full range of tiny hats... http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_query=tiny+top+hat&search_type=handmade eh, should have put this link for Etsy, so you can get the full range of tiny hats…
http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_query=tiny+top+hat&search_type=handmade

]]> By: Jardine http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895754 Jardine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895754 The regional viewing restriction pages are very similar. They both tell me that I won't be watching unless I fool them into thinking I'm in the US or find another source. I wonder whether Hulu ripped off Comedy Central or the other way around. The regional viewing restriction pages are very similar. They both tell me that I won’t be watching unless I fool them into thinking I’m in the US or find another source. I wonder whether Hulu ripped off Comedy Central or the other way around.

]]> By: mr.skeleton http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895755 mr.skeleton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895755 Why everybody gotta be hatin'? The idea that little hats are silly isn't really a pinnacle of comedy innovation. I laughed at both skits! Does this mean I'm not allowed to wear a little hat without disclaiming that other people have worn little hats before me? Why everybody gotta be hatin’? The idea that little hats are silly isn’t really a pinnacle of comedy innovation. I laughed at both skits!

Does this mean I’m not allowed to wear a little hat without disclaiming that other people have worn little hats before me?

]]> By: tristis http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895762 tristis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895762 And In Living Color stole them from the Simpsons, which in turn stole them from an even earlier Twilight Zone episode! What a sad day when South Park has a more mature and thoughtful take on an issue than Boing Boing. And In Living Color stole them from the Simpsons, which in turn stole them from an even earlier Twilight Zone episode!

What a sad day when South Park has a more mature and thoughtful take on an issue than Boing Boing.

]]> By: DanC http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895771 DanC Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895771 If the SNL sketch had taken the idea and was funnier, there might be something here. As it is, no harm done. If the SNL sketch had taken the idea and was funnier, there might be something here. As it is, no harm done.

]]> By: DanC http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895773 DanC Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895773 Cripes, I can't get over how unbelievably unfunny that SNL sketch is. I've seen funnier skits at summer camps. Cripes, I can’t get over how unbelievably unfunny that SNL sketch is. I’ve seen funnier skits at summer camps.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-896049 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-896049 I also previously saw the skit with the pubic (yes, pubic) hair club on another skit comedy show. They even had the shower/swimming/wet scene. I think this episode was a case of lazy writer. I also previously saw the skit with the pubic (yes, pubic) hair club on another skit comedy show. They even had the shower/swimming/wet scene.

I think this episode was a case of lazy writer.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-896309 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-896309 You blew it, SNL! You blew it, SNL!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895803 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895803 And Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Good Job is awfully reminiscent of old internet humour (e.g. the G.I. Joe vids, Spongmonkeys, every damn thing), M.I.A, Dan Deacon, The Mighty Boosh, Gayniggers from Outer Space, Napoleon Dynamite, Weird Al, Niel Hamburger (obviously), Crispin Glover, Barnes & Barnes, Conan O'Brien, SNL (yes), Mr. Show, Christopher Guest movies, Pootie Tang, Skittles commercials, Burger King commercials, Starburst commercials, Bobby Conn, Mitchell and Webb, the video for Got Your Money, Tom Green, Beavis and Butthead, Todd Solondz, McSweeneys, Don Hertzfeldt, Strangers with Candy, the T.V. stuff in Robocop, Look Around You, Family Guy, Home Movies, Space Ghost, ATHF, Sealab, everything else that's ever been on Adult Swim... And Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Good Job is awfully reminiscent of old internet humour (e.g. the G.I. Joe vids, Spongmonkeys, every damn thing), M.I.A, Dan Deacon, The Mighty Boosh, Gayniggers from Outer Space, Napoleon Dynamite, Weird Al, Niel Hamburger (obviously), Crispin Glover, Barnes & Barnes, Conan O’Brien, SNL (yes), Mr. Show, Christopher Guest movies, Pootie Tang, Skittles commercials, Burger King commercials, Starburst commercials, Bobby Conn, Mitchell and Webb, the video for Got Your Money, Tom Green, Beavis and Butthead, Todd Solondz, McSweeneys, Don Hertzfeldt, Strangers with Candy, the T.V. stuff in Robocop, Look Around You, Family Guy, Home Movies, Space Ghost, ATHF, Sealab, everything else that’s ever been on Adult Swim…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895806 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895806 Television "meme-ery"? Television “meme-ery”?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895807 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895807 If you can't keep the meat fresh, close the butcher shop. If you can’t keep the meat fresh, close the butcher shop.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895810 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895810 tiny hats have been funny forever, before anyone reading this was born -- SNL did not steal from T&E http://vimeo.com/11254444 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-am7T7wcQc tiny hats have been funny forever, before anyone reading this was born — SNL did not steal from T&E

http://vimeo.com/11254444
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-am7T7wcQc

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895811 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895811 To be fair, Tim and Eric have taken inspiration from SNL as well: (there is ad, clip follows) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSn5QuL6fYU To be fair, Tim and Eric have taken inspiration from SNL as well:
(there is ad, clip follows)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSn5QuL6fYU

]]> By: sbarnes2 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895820 sbarnes2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895820 Keep your meat ice cold. Keep your meat ice cold.

]]> By: Micah http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-896085 Micah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-896085 Aside from the phrase "tiny hats" and a general lack of LOLPMs, I don't think these two sketches have hardly anything in common. Now <a href="http://improveverywhere.com/2008/04/30/video-of-frozen-grand-central-svu/">this</a> is a completely different story. Aside from the phrase “tiny hats” and a general lack of LOLPMs, I don’t think these two sketches have hardly anything in common.

Now this is a completely different story.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-896088 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-896088 ... who stole them from Chuck Littlehat. (http://www.unclefloyd.com) … who stole them from Chuck Littlehat. (http://www.unclefloyd.com)

]]> By: Pantograph http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-896109 Pantograph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-896109 I think you have that backwards. If ideas were protected by copyright, then the Herbert estate would have won it's lawsuit against George Lucas for taking ideas from <i>Dune</i> and the writers of <i>Holy Blood Holy Grail</i> would have taken Dan Brown to the cleaners in their suit. Both suits, filed thirty years apart on opposite sides of the Atlantic, failed. I think you have that backwards. If ideas were protected by copyright, then the Herbert estate would have won it’s lawsuit against George Lucas for taking ideas from Dune and the writers of Holy Blood Holy Grail would have taken Dan Brown to the cleaners in their suit. Both suits, filed thirty years apart on opposite sides of the Atlantic, failed.

]]> By: d913 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-896629 d913 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-896629 I saw this on Saturday and immediately thought of the T&E sketch. My girlfriend who reads those trashy magazines at the supermarket checkout line pointed out Ellen DeGeneres wore a tiny hat on the runway at a fashion show recently: http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/09/fug_girls_richie_rich.html But certainly the tiny hat sight gag has to go way back before T&E or In Living Color? And how about that microscope? I saw this on Saturday and immediately thought of the T&E sketch. My girlfriend who reads those trashy magazines at the supermarket checkout line pointed out Ellen DeGeneres wore a tiny hat on the runway at a fashion show recently:

http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/09/fug_girls_richie_rich.html

But certainly the tiny hat sight gag has to go way back before T&E or In Living Color?

And how about that microscope?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895872 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895872 Here's proof of NBC stealing jokes from a web video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS54G4L_OwQ We shouldn't stand for this. Here’s proof of NBC stealing jokes from a web video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS54G4L_OwQ

We shouldn’t stand for this.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-896390 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-896390 Chris Morris' and Charlie Brooker's Nathan Barley was probably my first exposure to tiny hats. Chris Morris’ and Charlie Brooker’s Nathan Barley was probably my first exposure to tiny hats.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895887 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895887 You mean no one has ever thought of tiny hats as a source of comedy? Except monkeys that play music? You mean no one has ever thought of tiny hats as a source of comedy? Except monkeys that play music?

]]> By: firebus http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895893 firebus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895893 tim and eric stole it from nathan barley, who probably stole it from aymara women in bolivia. really, tiny hats belong to our global cultural heritage and no one can own them. tim and eric stole it from nathan barley, who probably stole it from aymara women in bolivia. really, tiny hats belong to our global cultural heritage and no one can own them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895896 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895896 The T&E sketch came out three years ago. Besides, you can only copyright an IDEA, not the EXECUTION. That legal line is in place to protect artists who are doing their job: to push and evolve current trends and ideas in new directions. Two things are similar: The use of the phrase "tiny hats" which is funny, but its low hangin fruit. Its not that original, consider the meat grinder of ideas that goes through a typical comedy writer session. The hat being hidden inside another hat. Also low hanging fruit. Its nearly a "first idea," an obvious step in thinking from the premise. Put down your pitchforks. This is nothing special at ALL. The T&E sketch came out three years ago.

Besides, you can only copyright an IDEA, not the EXECUTION. That legal line is in place to protect artists who are doing their job: to push and evolve current trends and ideas in new directions.

Two things are similar:

The use of the phrase “tiny hats” which is funny, but its low hangin fruit. Its not that original, consider the meat grinder of ideas that goes through a typical comedy writer session.

The hat being hidden inside another hat. Also low hanging fruit. Its nearly a “first idea,” an obvious step in thinking from the premise.

Put down your pitchforks. This is nothing special at ALL.

]]> By: pecoto http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895909 pecoto Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895909 Nothing to see here. SNL was sucking at comedy before Tim and Eric even THOUGHT about sucking at comedy. Nothing to see here. SNL was sucking at comedy before Tim and Eric even THOUGHT about sucking at comedy.

]]> By: taar http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-896953 taar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-896953 Rob Corddry's tiny hat on the Daily Show predates both of these, and it was actually funny: http://www.videosurf.com/video/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-june-10-2003-hairless-whisper-112819146 Rob Corddry’s tiny hat on the Daily Show predates both of these, and it was actually funny:

http://www.videosurf.com/video/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-june-10-2003-hairless-whisper-112819146

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895933 Felton / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895933 <i>T&E has more LOLPM = laughs per minute</i> This calls for a Buckyballs/Zen Magnets-style scientific comparison! T&E has more LOLPM = laughs per minute

This calls for a Buckyballs/Zen Magnets-style scientific comparison!

]]> By: rossmcd http://boingboing.net/2010/09/26/did-snl-swipe-tiny-h.html#comment-895937 rossmcd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-895937 I'd strongly agree with the sentiment that there really is no comparison between T&E and SNL. T&E is wayyyy more creative and funny. I’d strongly agree with the sentiment that there really is no comparison between T&E and SNL. T&E is wayyyy more creative and funny.

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