In honour of Barenaked Ladies front man Steven Page and his recent arrest for snorting coke through a Candian bill while at his girlfriend's, roomate's apartment in Syracuse, NY, I present La La La Lines. (Cocaine slang starting with L from Argot and apologies to Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie.)
Ed: Hello Steve.
Steve: Oh. Hi Ed. Someone left these lines here and I don't know what to do with them.
Ed: Why don't you put them right in the middle of your nose?
Steve: Yeah, thanks.
Ed: No, I'm just kidding. They're not my lines. Um, I was thinking though, you could sing like a "La La La" song.
Steve: Yeah, that sounds great.
Ed: No, I'm serious. You could sing some "La La La's" and then some pretty words that start with "L." You'd have a nice little song there.
Steve: Oh you mean like "La La La?"
Ed: No, come on, give it a try.
Steve: La, la, la, la... lines
La, la, la, la, Line cocaine
Ed: I guess.
Steve: La, la, la, la, Lady snow. This is fun.
La, la, la, la, leaf marijuana
Ed: I think we're almost there. I just, I was thinking more sort of, you know, loverly lilting words that start with "L." Like this...
La, la, la, la, Love affair
Steve: Uh-ha.
Ed: La, la, la, la, lace
Steve: I see.
Ed: La, la, la, la, lady
Steve: Ahhhhhh!
Ed: La, la, la, la, lights in the sky.
Steve: I got one. You are going to love this one!
Ed: I love it already. Let's hear it.
Steve: Here we go...
La, la, la, LEGAL TROUBLE!
Ed: *Sighs* Listen to me
'Cause, "L" is such a lovely letter
For words like Lady caine and lace
The lines lights up your face
So why not la, la, la, la, laaaaaaaaaaaaah...
Steve: La, la, la, la, laaaaaaah...
Both: ...with me!
[Fading...]
La, la, la, la, lines
La, la, la, la, Love affair
La, la, la, la, Lady snow
La, la, la, la, Line cocaine
Andy Richter is returning as Conan O'Brien's sidekick! I haven't paid much attention to the end of O'Brien's run at Late Night or the ramp up to his taking the helm at the Tonight Show as I've given up on the late night chat shows and spend my nights with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. But back when I was a regular watcher, I loved the goofy, easy-going interaction between Richter and O'Brien. Apparently, so does he:
The other tidbit of news to filter through on Twitter was that Steven Page is leaving the Barenaked Ladies and going solo. The news was announced by Page himself on his new blog, via Twitter:
