NBC They didn't have their eye on the ball. One of the better things aboutThe Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcastis that these are guys who recognize that when you work in the comedy mines as long as they have, you don't always find gold. On the most recent episode,Meyersand the Lonely Island comedy trio —Andy Samberg,Akiva Schaffer, andJorma Taccone— reflected on the simple-but-sillyNeil Patrick Harris-led "Doogie Howser Theme"Saturday Night Livedigital short, in which the recognizable synthesizer ditty is blown out with a full rockin' orchestra. Taccone wondered what Harris, who finally had the kid physician role in his rear view, thought of the bit because, he said, "Sometimes I feel like we let people down." Which reminded him ofTom Hanks' testicles. The digital short "My Testicles" from 2006 is, and we say this with great love and respect for all the fine people involved, far from the collective's finest hour. The premise is that Hanks and Samberg are a Right Said Fred-like Europop duo, and their newest song is about how they do not want people to damage their gonads. That's... that's pretty much it. It doesn't even have a catchy melody, which, weirdly, other Lonely Island hits like "Jizz in My Pants" and "Jack Sparrow" kinda do. "I just saw Tommy Hanks recently," Taccone sighed, "and I was just immediately feeling terrible that we let him down so hard with the short." Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Sign up forEntertainment Weekly's free daily newsletterto get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. Before the gang could get into it much further, Samberg playfully slipped Taccone a solid diss by asking, "Hey, Jorm, did you break your foot dropping that name so hard?" Meyers clarified that Taccone (beloved to those with true taste as Cha-Ka from the criminally underratedLand of the Lostmovie) saw "Tommy" Hanks because he was watchingForrest Gump. "Oh, I see, he was just watching him on the silver screen," Samberg joked. Amusingly enough, the notion of "letting down" heroes with lackluster sketches has come up before on this podcast. Indeed, in one ofthe earliest episodes, which has even more about "My Testicles," the gang confessed that before they "let down" Hanks, they whiffed it (so they believe) withSteve MartinandAlec Baldwin. "My Testicles" was originally called "Sexy Song," making it an even more direct spoof on the British group Right Said Fred and their global 1991 phenomenon "I'm Too Sexy." The dance track was a No. 1 hit in the US, Australia, and several European countries. Know-it-alls like us love to point out that the little guitar break was actually based on the Jimi Hendrix instrumental "Third Stone From the Sun," though the late American guitarist was not credited as one of the songwriters. (The Hendrix estate and Right Said Fred apparently handled this oneout of court.) Josh Brasted/WireImage To hear the entirety of the latestThe Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcastepisode, which is not completely gonad-focused, click below. Read the original article onEntertainment Weekly
