Music featured in Comedy Central’s The Sarah Silverman Program is usually the domain of Sarah herself through solo works like “Cookie Party” and “Baby Penis In Your Mind.” There are now so many Silverman classics that the network just released an album of songs from the first three episodes: Songs of the Sarah Silverman Program: From Our Rears to Your Ears.
Last night, all the musical energy went into the story around a fight between Sarah’s friends Brian and Steve, a couple who get into a fight (and resolve it) during each episode.
This time, Brian (Brian Posehn, right) blocks Steve (Steve Agee, left) from joining his metal band, Crimson Tesseract.
“No offense Steve, but we’re trying to make good music, and, you know, the music you make is … different from good,” Brian says. Continuing to fend off Steve, he adds, “Sorry dude, but we all agreed — no Yokos.”
The band resumes practicing their dark song “Burnt Toast.” Brian growls the lyrics “White inside / Charred exterior / A black flaky clot where my smile once been. Burnt! Toast! Burnt! Toast!” Amidst the fervor, Brian slaps his hand on an instrument and breaks his finger.
Steve immediately jumps at the opportunity and takes over the injured Brian’s spot. He performs a taunting, happy-go-lucky track fit for an episode of Barney titled “I’m Glad You Hurt Your Hand,” which features that phrase repeated ad infinitum. After making a music video for the track and posting it to Twitter, the clip goes viral and Brian’s new band Electric Mind Sandwich ends up performing it on TV, when Brian is interviewed by MTV journalist Kurt Loder on his show 21 1/2 Minutes — a reference to the content time of a 30-minute block of TV, minus the ads, and to long-running MTV show 120 Minutes.
A beaten-down Brian then apologizes with this gem of a line: “I should’ve never called you a Yoko. I don’t even like the Beatles.” He creates a song titled “I’m Glad I Hurt My Hand” — for all the lessons it taught him.
Meanwhile, in a totally separate storyline, Andy Samberg guests as Sarah’s imaginary friend, back from her childhood, all grown up, and ready for … action:
Anyway, what we’re trying to say is, if you missed this, catch a rerun. These clips aren’t enough. And never miss a Sarah Silverman Program again.
As a bonus, here’s one of our favorite Kurt Loder clips. Hey Jewel, “‘casualty’ doesn’t mean that. [...] You were trying to say casualness.”
