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An inside joke at Berkeley High became one of the best 'SNL' skits ever
Fans of “Saturday Night Live” likely fondly remember Ras Trent, the white Ivy League Rastafarian who debuted on a short in 2008. It turns out that Trent has roots in the Bay Area. The ...
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Video: Ras Trent vs. Tyrone Green
Ras Trent, the latest Andy Samberg-featuring SNL Digital Short has been making the blog and email rounds lately (sidenote: stop sending it to Eddie Stats, he saw it live and he's starting to get ...
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Andy Samberg says an encounter at a Petaluma concert inspired a ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch
The 2008 musical sketch, called “Ras Trent,” created by Samberg and his musical comedy trio The Lonely Island, poked fun at white, upper-class fans of Rasta music. This device is unable to ...
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The Lonely Island Explain Joanna Newsom's "Fucking Fantastic" Contribution to "Ras Trent"
The "Ras Trent" video aired on Saturday Night Live in October 2008 (that's right in between 2006's Ys and 2010's Have One on Me). In the video, then-cast members Casey Wilson and Kristin Wiig ...
The Fader16y
Video: Ras Trent vs. Tyrone Green
Ras Trent, the latest Andy Samberg-featuring SNL Digital Short has been making the blog and email rounds lately (sidenote: stop sending it to Eddie Stats, he saw it live and he's starting to get ...