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Saturday Night Live's Tribute to Ahmadinejad: "Iran So Far" [VIDEO]

From the season premiere of Saturday Night Live, Andy Samberg serenades an Ahmadinejad-clad Fred Armisen, with the help of Maroon 5's Adam Levine.
October 1, 2007  |  
 
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This post, written by Rachel Sklar, originally appeared on The Huffington Post

For a devoted fan, there are many takeaways from last night's kickoff to the 33rd season of "Saturday Night Live," but for the media and the internet there will be only one: Last Saturday night's digital short featuring Andy Samberg singing a love song to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, played with bearded brilliance by Fred Armisen, and featuring Maroon 5's Adam Levine plus a cameo from Jake Gyllenhaal. That's what's going to go viral, and NBC has finally learned how to help it along by posting the video to its YouTube page by 9am this morning.

Just because the video will be the biggest takeaway, though, does not mean it will be the only takeaway -- not by a long shot in a show that included a great hosting turn by LeBron James, surprise self-mocking cameo by Kanye West and the kickoff to SNL's take on the presidential campaign. But first, because we know you're straight trippin', boo, the vid -- and lines like this: "You can deny the Holocaust all you want, but you can't deny that there's something between us." Aw. Who says romance is dead?

Rachel Sklar is the Media & Special Projects Editor for the Huffington Post and is the editor of the site's Eat The Press page.

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