During its six-year run, Lost amassed countless of fans, and needless to say, provoked numerous parodies.
Here’s a look at some of the best ones around — from the first few seasons of the show.
Brokeback Island
A classic and one of the first ‘viral’ Lost parodies. Obviously inspired by Brokeback Mountain, the clip even caught the eye of Darlton and J.J.
Lost: The Musical
Needless to say, Jimmy Kimmel’s team is known for its numerous Lost references (it helps that the late-night show is on the same network). This is hands-down one of their best sketches.
MadTV Lost
Before Dominic Monhagan appeared in another skit next to Bobby Lee, another, better, one had already been made for the show (with twice the length). Bonus points for Jeff Probst’s self-deprecating presence. Also, note the presence of our polar bear (last seen in the Lost Musical above).
Conan O’Brien’s Emmy Montage
When he hosted for NBC the 2006 Emmy Awards, O’Brien took part in this montage that was hotly debated for its portrayal of a plane crash following the real-life catastrophe of Comair Flight 191. The presence of the parody at the award show was basically seen as being in bad taste.
Despite all of this, this is a nice tip of the hat to numerous TV shows, including a great Lost–style opening.
The Writers Of Lost
A great, completely ludicrous, look at the Lost writers’ room (not involving any of them in any way). Ironically, the preposterous plot-points exposed here look a lot crazy than what actually happened.
Nobody’s Watching Lost
This is hands-down one of the best Nobody’s Watching, aka the dead-in-the-egg show by Bill Lawrence, Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan. Not much can describe this parody of (sorta-)fans watching a now-cult show.
Lost Rhapsody
Released in October 2005, this is one of the most widely spread Lost video around. Especially popular amongst the fans, this clip even got a sequel. A lot more trivia can be found on this page.
Today it was announced that Yankee’s A-Rod “turned down multiple overtures to host Saturday Night Live.“
As he puts it:
I finally figured out to make the game the priority. Ultimately I am a baseball player. This is what I do best and what I should be concentrating on.
I say that’s very good news.
However, some people seem to disagree:
What???? How could that be? Doesn’t he know that hosting “SNL” is one of the perks of being a superstar New York athlete? Turning down the chance to host “Saturday Night Live” is like telling Oprah Winfrey, “No thanks, I’d rather not be on your show.” It’s just not done!
This might be a good analogy if you were an actor/actress, or an entertainer.
We’re here talking about a professional sportsman.
I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but I doubt many people enter pro sports to one day host SNL.
“Geez I wish I could meet Lorne Michaels… If only I had 14 gold medals. I bet that would be a good way to do it.“
Not only that, but if I were an athlete even remotely interested in this, I’d reconsider simply based on the fact that, you know, I can’t act.
Need I remind you peeps of the last time a sports guy hosted the show?
This trend has especially intensified these last couple of years with Peyton Manning, LeBron James, Michael Phelps, and, point out above, Charles Barkley (arguably one of the worst SNL host of all time).
As we already saw last September, the latest seasons’ hosts (save for a few) haven’t really been varied, or even good.
We should rejoice that an athlete turned down Saturday Night Live and save us eye-bleeds (even for the wrong reasons).
Aaron Paul stars as “Weird Al” Yankovic, with guest-stars Patton Oswalt, Paul Scheer, Gary Cole, Mary Steenburgen, Olivia Wilde, and Al Yankovic himself.
Well, that surely was riveting (not).
Sure, The Hurt Locker probably wasn’t the best 2009 movie, but nowadays I’m happy if good work is even recognized.
So, yay.
I was pleasantly surprised by Neil Patrick Harris’ opening number.
At least they know who to call for these sorta things.
On the other hand, this didn’t really show much confidence in Alec Baldwin/Steve Martin’s duo (not even seen on stage until the fifth minute).
Twice the host, half the screentime.
The banter following their arrival felt tame at best.
It almost seemed as if they were listing a bunch of famous celebrities in hopes that fangirls all around would “squee”. Alas that wasn’t the case.
Clooney certainly didn’t seem to care about the ceremony.
The jokes themselves didn’t feel much inspired.
Case in point with James Cameron’s “micro-roast” that revolved around, you guessed it, 3-D glasses.
Did anyone else notice that, right after Steve Martin made his joke about Christoph “Jew Hunter” Waltz having hit “the motherload”, they cut to…Ethan Coen?!
Bad taste much?
I was surprisingly surprised at one win: Best Foreign Language Film.
Seemed as if Das Weisse Band was going to get it. Ended up going to El Secreto de Sus Ojos.
Yes, I’m happy about that.
Another shock came when Michael Giacchino was given the Oscar for Best Original Music.
No, I wasn’t shocked because he had won, rather because he hadn’t won before that.
Indeed, this was his first Academy Award ever.
What a shame it didn’t happen sooner. Though great speech.
Incidentally, I’m actually listening to one of the Lost soundtracks as I’m writing this.
And a note to Jennifer Lopez: it’s pronounced Ja-Key-No.
Continuing on the Lost–related talk:
If you were thinking that J.J. Abrams, or, hell, even Terry O’Quinn/Michael Emerson, were going to win an Oscar way before the guy playing Minkowski, think again.
If you’re wondering about that “Kanye West” moment, as people are calling it now, check this out.
Up winning best animated film was a disappointment.
I wish Coraline or Fantastic Mr. Fox had the award.
What’s up with Colin Farell being Jeremy Renner’s actor-buddy on stage and talking about SWAT?!
Weren’t TPTB able to get, I don’t know, any co-star from The Hurt Locker?
Seriously, who thought we would hear about that SWAT movie ever again, let alone at the Academy Awards?
Anyhow, the horror tribute was a bit weird since it included a bunch of movies I’d describe as belonging to the “fantasy” genre (Edward Scissorhands to name just one).
Speaking of, the award for the scariest moment of the evening goes to:
Who knew a comedian painted in blue was going to be a highlight.
Haven’t seen that on TV since a guy named Tobias.
Notice my total lack of thought regarding the major categories.
That’s because I don’t have any.
I’m obviously happy for Bigelow (they took their sweet time to make the historic kudos).
Big “duh” for all the other wins.
And that’s about it.
To finish us off, here’s the genius Modern Family promo they made especially for the Oscars:
