With Tina Fey gone from the writers' staff to primetimier pastures and Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz and Finesse Mitchell axed from the staff, people were wondering how this season of Saturday Night Live would stack up. And while articles calling it "Saturday Night Dead" are a mainstay every fall, Gothamist wasn't very confident given that the host would be Dane Cook, who already hosted not even a year ago! Here's our thoughts about the......

Well, the big day has come and gone, but not without leaving us with some impressive stats (feel free to help us out in the comments with better stats and info!): Number of people who attended: Tens of thousands (our guess) Number of people who won a new Macbook: 15 out of a possible 24 Number of people who didn't: Tens of thousands minus 15 Number of Auctions on eBay selling commemorative t-shirt: Four......

The approximate timeline from Saturday Night Live video, no, wait, digital short, to being "above the fold" on the NYTimes.com website is nine days! We doubt The Lonely Island/SNL gang was up at 8AM to see the "Lazy Sunday" article, "Nerds in the Hood, Stars on the Web," take the prime position on the Gray Lady's Less Gray Website, but Gothamist did. And we love the internet. Apparently the Lonely Island guys, Andy Samberg, Akiva......

You can never have too much of a good thing! Never! The guys from BlueCollarDistro prove that with their Lonely Island inspired tshirt, which takes its design from one of the most singularly brilliant rap lines in the history of the artform. A perfect xmas gift for Chris Parnell fans, Mr. Pibbs addicts, and clever white rappers! Only $10 in S,M,L. Update: fixed first link-- sorry! Update2: Word has it that Apple just added......

For the last 24 hours we've been deluged with requests to track down Chris Parnell's "Lazy Sunday Afternoon" video (AKA "The Narnia Rap"). It can be found at YouTube, and it is indeed the funniest thing SNL has put up in about five years. A quick transcription of the lyrics: Lazy Sunday wake up in the late afternoon call Parnell just to see how he's doing hello what up pas! yo sandburg, whats rocking?......

Jill Singer, Mediabistro Deputy Editor...