"That's my song..."

Tonight Mena & I were watching "Skating with Celebrities" [1] and about some particular skater, she said, "He's good," and I laughed, and then she said, "Wait, what's that from?", and then we both said "Snowbird!"

If you're not aware of the genius that is "Snowbird," read Mena's post from a couple of years ago. Briefly put, "Snowbird" was a short film by Bruce McCulloch (of Kids in the Hall fame) that aired on an episode of Saturday Night Live in 1994/95, where Bruce played a struggling—but really great—karaoke singer whose special song was "Snowbird." And it was the most amazing thing I've ever seen.

Then, one day, I lent it to Mena, and—here's where the story gets a bit hazy—she either lost it, or she taped over it, or her dad taped over it, or Augie ate it, or... & the list goes on.

And so, you know: I've got tapes of pretty much every episode of "Seinfeld" for about five seasons, of "Saturday Night Live" for about at least two seasons, of some fucking show with Randy Quaid & Jonathan Winters that I can't remember the name of, &c.

But that particular episode of SNL, with the best short film ever? It's lost, forever. And people, I need to see "Snowbird."

So Mena & I are collectively asking once again: does someone have "Snowbird" in digital form? Please?

Come on, internet! Don't let us down!

[1] Yes, really. I thought it might inspire a blog post in & of itself, but now, I'm not so sure. It was just kind of sad.

In particular, Todd Bridges. I was telling Mena that it was ironic that he was skating to "Jungle Boogie," considering the Daily Show interview a couple of years ago where he said he was planning a career comeback ala John Travolta in Pulp Fiction. So the thought of "Skating with Celebrities" being his "comeback" makes me very, very sad.