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Iran So Far
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The funny people
Meet the cast. 4
The premise
Here’s the bit.
Andy Samberg plays piano on a Manhattan lawn and then confesses his adoration for Iran's president, played by Fred Armisen, in a lush New York music video. The two stroll through tourist spots, trade lines on a brownstone stoop, and gaze at the skyline, while Adam Levine of Maroon 5 adds soaring vocals beside the waterfront and a group of schoolchildren joins the chorus. A final romantic flourish has Armisen reclining in a red dress before the song ends on the lawn.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Andy Samberg
Writer
Jorma Taccone
Writer
Akiva Schaffer
Writer
Akiva Schaffer
Director
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
The track samples Aphex Twin's "Avril 14th", with a chorus based on A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)".
The rabbit hole continues
One more couldn’t hurt.
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