Wild-haired, endearingly daft US comic Andy Samberg arrives on British TV this Tuesday in sitcom Cuckoo. The Saturday Night Live stalwart plays the nightmarish hippie brought home by the daughter of Greg Davies and Helen Baxendale after her gap year – and introduced as her new husband. Here are five highlights of Samberg's comedy career so far…
HIP-HOP HOMAGES
Samberg made his name with satirical rap anthems that went viral on YouTube and had "proper" musicians falling over themselves to make spoof collaborations. These included Justin Timberlake (on smooth R&B duets Motherlover and Dick in a Box), Akon (the hilariously puerile I've Just Had Sex), Michael Bolton (overblown pirate ballad Jack Sparrow), Nicki Minaj, Rihanna and T-Pain. The T-Pain collaboration, I'm On A Boat (brilliantly literal chorus: "Everybody look at me cos I'm sailing on a boat") even got nominated for a Grammy.
SMALL PARTS, BIG LAUGHS
In 2009 bromance-com I Love You, Man, Samberg was low down the bill but still managed to steal scenes as Paul Rudd's gay brother who teaches his wussy sibling to "man up" and makes their dad "an honorary homo". It was a similar deal in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist the previous year, as a homeless druggie who spooks Michael Cera in a graveyard: "Hey, friend. You stumbled in here like a little bird. Like a canary in skinny jeans. Ever hook up with a dog? Well, don't – it's not worth it."
KNUCKLE SANDWICH
Samberg is known for physical goofing on SNL in such recurring sketches as Andy Popping Into Frame. The best, and with an equally self-explanatory title, is the star-studded People Getting Punched Just Before Eating.
SARKY MARK
Samberg's two most renowned impersonations on SNL are both Mark Something-bergs. First Mark Wahlberg, whom he portrays as a softly-spoken himbo, ending every conversation with "Say hi to your mother for me, alright?" The most notorious sketch is Mark Wahlberg Talks To The Animals: "Hey donkey, what's going on? You eat apples, right? I produce Entourage."
ANTI-SOCIAL NETWORKING
Samberg also did an infamous impression of gazillionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. So celebrated did it become that the normally publicity-shy Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance on SNL, alongside not just Samberg but also Jesse Eisenberg who portrayed him in The Social Network. "Well," giggled Samberg. "This is awk-berg."
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