VMAs and Emmys

The Foo Fighters and Cee-Lo playing Prince on MTV's Music Video Awards? Get out! Brilliant live mashup. We need lots more of this, recording industry! (And shame on MTV for not allowing true embeds...sure, you can grab the code, but you end up with a "Visit MTV.com to see this video" message. Lame, MTV!)

And then there's JT.

From the Associated Press: "I think it's safe to say that when we first set out to make this song, we were all thinking 'Emmy!'" Andy Samberg (of SNL) said in accepting the award Saturday for best original music and lyrics.

"The other thing we were thinking was, 'Hey! Here's this young up and comer, Justin Timberlake, who is clearly very talented and could clearly use a break,'" Samberg said. "So, Justin, if you're out there, congrats to you, kid.'"

Dick In A Box is funny, absolutely. But it's also an example of how an artist can step outside their "box" and offer something worthwhile--witness FF and Cee-Lo playing Prince. It's another product, probably even more funny than Tenacious D.

Where's the follow-up album, or at least another single, JT and SNL?