Is it appropriate to call the three members of the sketch comedy group Please Don’t Destroy “boys”? They are grown men, in a sense, with jobs ( Saturday Night Live writers) and, one assumes, growing 401(k)s. They’re in their mid-to-late 20s, six years into a career that started at New York University. Yet in other ways they are very obviously still tweens, gangly and silly, still figuring it all out. They’ve been known to sign emails to reporters “The Boys.” (This was revealed in a Vulture profile headlined “Boys, Interrupting.”) Their comedy depends on the kind of hothouse riffing in which boys stuck together in a room will always engage. (That room started as an Upper West Side living room, and is now usually their office in Rockefeller Center.) Most of all, the Please Don’t Destroy boys are boys , in the sense of yelling “Ma boyz!” upon walking into a room and seeing ya boyz. The boys are Ben Marshall (the redheaded one), Martin Herlihy (the one with glasses), and John Higgins (the other one). You have probably seen their rapid-fire sketches on YouTube or Twitter, where they first came to prominence with a sketch about a shady COVID vaccine (not Pfizer or Moderna, but [ Eastern European accent ] Dumbrekka), or on SNL , where their pre-taped bits (“Three Sad Virgins,” “Dawg Food”) are so obviously highlights of the show that no one really even gets annoyed that two of them are the children of former SNL writers. Those sketches explore absurd concepts (there’s a new type of dog, Martin and John have a secret family) through ever-heightening gags, often delivered so quickly that you might try not to laugh at one because you’re certain to miss another. Now the boys get out of the little room and into the great big world in a new movie, Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain , directed by SNL ’s The Treasure of Foggy Mountain made me laugh so hard I missed a number of jokes. The not-a-boy, not-yet-a-man world of friendship and one-upmanship has long been fertile ground for contemporary comedy, never more than in the mid-2000s heyday of Judd Apatow, whose arrested developers, constantly hungry and horny and high, were dragged, kicking and screaming, from teenagerhood into growing up. Please Don’t Destroy are not even really teenagers—when they meet real teenagers, the teens bully the boys into buying them beer—and Foggy Mountain , also produced by Apatow, allows the boys to explore a gentler, doofier terrain. They are not the man-boys of Knocked Up . They are not the raging ids of Step Brothers . They are nice boys. Misguided, foolish, lazy, yes—but basically nice guys with an emotional age of, say, 12. John (Higgins—the boys don’t even bother changing their first names) looks forward to nothing as much as “Flyday Friday,” when the buddies drink hard seltzers and fly together in the wingsuit chamber after closing up Trout Plus, the outdoors-themed store where they all incompetently work. Martin is too afraid of his girlfriend breaking up with him to tell her, for example, that he doesn’t want to be adult-baptized. And Ben wants to take over Trout Plus from his dad, who’s played by Conan O’Brien. His disbelieving dad reminds Ben that he doesn’t even like the outdoors. “Remember Boy Scouts? The only badge you got was in Diversity and Inclusion.” (“It’s really important,” Ben protests.) The Treasure of Foggy Mountain is an adventure story that takes our three heroes on a quest for a bust of Marie Antoinette hidden in the woods by a 19 th -century explorer, who … well, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that when the boys were little boys, not grown-up boys, they discovered an old compass up on Foggy Mountain, and now they’re off to the woods to find the treasure! It’s so simple-minded it might as well be a Hardy Boys book, or an old Jack Handey-written SNL sketch. In the forest, the boys are chased by a hawk, fall off a cliff, and sing in sweet three-part harmony. They meet two park rangers (Megan Stalter and X Mayo), one set on stealing the treasure, one set on stealing John’s heart. Even when the treasure makes them rich and drives them apart, we can tell they are still little boys who just want to play. “I am de captain now,” John proclaims, and the others instantly reprimand him—obviously not for the first time—“Don’t you do that. Don’t quote Captain Phillips .” An absurdly suited Ben stops in the local diner and orders what he thinks a rich guy would order: “Sausage platter, black coffee, and a double whiskey, neat.” Throughout, the movie is studded with the kinds of very short, very funny set pieces that are Please Don’t Destroy’s stock in trade. John’s flashback to the catastrophic middle-school talent show where he set his penis on fire but also met his best friends. Martin demanding that his priest eat the walnuts his girlfriend puts on his salad, because Martin’s never told her he’s deathly allergic. Ben’s inability to make his bird whistle produce a sound other than the strangled shriek of a frightened man. It all comes together as the boys battle a cult led by Bowen Yang, who, between this and Dicks: The Musical , is making himself the guy to hire when you need someone who’s game for whatever to fly in to your film set for a couple of days and sprinkle some star power over everyone. “We’re in our 20s, you guys,” John tells his friends, early in the movie. “This is our time to have fun and hang out with our friends.” The Treasure of Foggy Mountain is an ode to having fun and hanging out with your friends, even to a possibly unhealthy extent. When Ben points out that they’re getting older, John scoffs. “Next thing I know, you’re gonna, like, go to bed at 10 p.m., and pay your taxes.” “Do you not pay taxes?” Martin asks. “You don’t have to pay taxes under a certain bracket,” John replies with serene confidence. I know Please Don’t Destroy will have to grow up eventually. But I hope they stay 12 as long as they can.
Lionel Messi made “crazy gesture” to another player at Ballon d’Or ceremony
Napoli star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was left stunned by Inter Miami main man Lionel Messi’s gesture at the 2023 Ballon d’Or ceremony, with the Argentina legend going out of his way to greet him during a break. Kvaratskhelia, 22, burst onto the scene in one of Europe’s top leagues, Serie A, helping Napoli win the Serie A, as well as reach the last eight of the Champions League. The Georgian scored 14 and assisted 17 in that historic campaign for Napoli, starring alongside Nigerian goal machine, Victor Osimhen. His exploits earned him a 17th-placed finish in the 2023 Ballon d’Or and a seat at the ceremony in Paris, last month. And he happened to be sat near the 2023 winner, and now eight-time Ballon d’Or winner, Lionel Messi. Kvaratskhelia had always admired the 2022 World Cup winner, 36, as a footballer – but he didn’t know Messi as a person. But his curiosity about Messi’s character off the football pitch was satisfied there and then. Messi stood up during a break at the ceremony and sought out Kvaratskhelia to shake his hand, leaving the Serie A star stunned. “Maybe you wouldn’t believe me if I told you the story,” the player told journalist Andro Kheladze. Follow us on X for the best and latest in sports news “Messi changed completely for me after that as a person. Of course I knew him as a player and it is very difficult to find a player like him in the whole history of soccer.” He added: “Well, we were sitting at the gala during one of the breaks in the ceremony. He was sitting on my right side. Leo suddenly stood up and I had no idea why he did that and where he was going while we were there. We had been warned to remain seated during the breaks. But he walked straight toward me. “I didn’t know what was going on, and suddenly, he held out a hand for me to shake. I was so confused that I instantly stood up and shook his hand. After this, he waved at me and walked back to his seat. He earned my great respect after this. For a player like him to stand up to salute…it was crazy. He’s an amazing person, and I respect and appreciate him a lot.” For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US . The 2023/24 season, however, hasn’t been as productive for Kvaratskhelia and Napoli. Kvaratskhelia has managed just three goals and five assists across all competitions, while Napoli sit fourth and ten points behind top-of-the-table Inter Milan in their Serie A title defence. Napoli lost their last league outing 1-0 to Empoli but their Champions League performances have been significantly better. They’re on course to reach the knockout stages in second behind Real Madrid in Group C. Napoli has seven points and are four points above Union Berlin with two games to go.
Nggak Kaleng-Kaleng, 8 Potret Crazy Rich Surabaya Gelar Pernikahan dengan MC Raffi Ahmad: Gila yang Nyanyi Brian Westlife
Raffi Ahmad dan Melaney Ricardo baru-baru ini diketahui menjadi MC dalam sebuah acara pernikahan Ryan Harris dan Gwen Ashley Widodo yang digelar di Surabaya. Dalam postingan instagram suami Nagita Slavina ini ada pula video salah satu member girl grup The Pussycat Dolls, Nicole Scherzinger sedang bernyanyi di acara pernikahan tersebut. Tak hanya itu, ada pula Brian McFadden yang merupakan mantan member boyband Westlife. Raffi pun sempat memberikan selamat atas pernikahan pasangan Ryan Harris dan Gwen Ashley Widodo. Seperti apa kemeriahan pernikahan yang disebut-sebut sebagai Crazy Rich Surabaya ini? INTIP 22 FOTO DETAIL NIKAHAN VIRAL SATU INI. DARI FERRARI DIDEKOR PENUH BUNGA, SAMPAI SUVENIR HERMES Ini adalah unggahan Raffi Ahmad pada 18 November 2023. Dalam unggahannya, Raffi juga menuliskan caption bahwa pernikahan ini adalah Royal Wedding.
Dylan Sprouse Refused To Say A “Fat Joke” On “The Suite Life” & Told The Exec To “Write Something Funny” Instead
Dylan and Cole’s onscreen mom Kim Rhodes has revealed that the preteen twins were told early on: “You’re the only people on this set that are not expendable, so you take the bullet every time” — and it sounds like they took this advice to heart. Stephanie Soteriou is a Celebrity Reporter for BuzzFeed and is based in London Contact Stephanie Soteriou at stephanie.soteriou@buzzfeed.com. Got a confidential tip? 👉 Submit it here
55 Hysterical Viral Tweets By Parents That Made Me HOWL With Laughter
“but if you never have kids, you’ll never know what it’s like to be awakened by pitter-patter of little feet”. yes. exactly. that is in fact the entire point.
— Janel Comeau (@VeryBadLlama) August 25, 2023
Not to brag but I finally got the sand out from the car from the last beach trip in 2018
— Vinod Chhaproo (@Chhapiness) August 23, 2023
A lady in a mom group I’m in posted that she’s pregnant and wants to name her daughter Eieoie and the moms in the comments are ruthless and posting the lyrics to Old MacDonald Had a Farm 😭😭
— e 🕯✨ (@nienna121) August 6, 2023
Halfway through my kid’s crazy complicated Subway order, the guy asked “Where you going with this sandwich, man?”
— Dude-Bro Dad (@thedadvocate01) August 20, 2023
My 2yo screamed in Costco, cause he’s 2. This crusty old man came up to us and said, “I’m one of Santa’s helpers. That means I’ll tell Santa about who’s being a naughty boy” to which my 6yo replied, “Mommy why isn’t that old guy minding his business?”
— Mommeh Thee Dearest (@mommeh_dearest) August 2, 2023
Nonparents be like: I would simply instruct the toddler to do something he doesnt want to do, and he would obey
— sarah radz (@sarahradz_) August 3, 2023
I’m just a girl, standing in front of a computer, copying the emergency contact info from my kids’ school portal profile onto a new emergency contact form so I can send it into school and they can re-input the information into my kids’ school portal profile.
— Kristen Mulrooney (@missmulrooney) August 30, 2023
As an end-of-summer treat, I told my 5yo he can stay up as late as he wants tonight. His regular bedtime is 7:30. It’s 7:50 and he’s outside swinging on his swing set telling me this is the best day ever. Will keep you posted on how long he makes it.
— Mediocre Mom (@MediocreMamaa) August 27, 2023
The day my toddler started asking “what’s that?” was the day I realized how little I know about everything.
— MumOfTwo (@MumOfTw0) August 15, 2023
No sadder relationship dynamic than my baby (absolutely obsessed with my 3yo) and my 3yo (continually tells us to throw her in the garbage)
— Lucy Huber (@clhubes) August 24, 2023
14: hey dad…Why should you never fight a dinosaur??
14: You’ll get jurasskicked.
he’s a dad. they grow up so fast.
— Dadman Walking (@dadmann_walking) August 16, 2023
Hoping my son just tells me he knows I’m the tooth fairy so I don’t break my back trying to ninja this dollar under his pillow tonight
— That Mom Tho 🐦 (@mom_tho) August 7, 2023
Nobody told me that I would have to be so deeply invested in school friends and enemies all over again when I had a child, I would like to lodge a complaint
— Amber Sparks (@ambernoelle) August 28, 2023
— Luke ☀️ (@RaDadtouille) August 25, 2023
Netflix / Via Twitter: @RaDadtouille
ok i’m 8 months pregnant, my husband is out of the country, there’s a hurricane and now an earthquake? a little over plotted don’t ya think?
— amber rollo (@ambercrollo) August 20, 2023
My son asked me tonight before bed if “back rooms” were real and, if you are not currently a parent of a child who watches youtube you have no idea the mistake I made in saying yes.
— Hank Green (@hankgreen) August 6, 2023
Took my 8yo to the museum and she asked if every picture was the Mona Lisa then when we left she made sure to tell the people in line “don’t bother, this museum doesn’t even have the Mona Lisa”.
— I Hide From My Kids (@IHideFromMyKids) August 16, 2023
My toddler pushed one of their animal toys in my face and said “RROOOOOAAARRR!!!”
— Kevin The Dad (@kevinthedad) August 5, 2023
11-year-old: I’m bringing my saxophone home from school tomorrow.
11: To practice making sounds.
11: No. We haven’t learned those yet.
— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) August 23, 2023
Paid $75 to take the family to the zoo so my toddler could ooh and ahh over a caterpillar in the parking lot.
— MumOfTwo (@MumOfTw0) August 19, 2023
I just walked in my room to find my 8yr watching my tv. Before I could say anything, she holds her hand up and says “I just need to relax ok. You called my name SO many times today.”
— Montana D. Luffy🏴☠️ (@TanaIsBananas) August 10, 2023
6yo, looking at a cemetery: WAIT HOW CAN THEY ALL DIE IN ONE SPOT
— Dad Set Against (@DadSetAgainst) August 2, 2023
Nephew has been doing a bit where when he gets on elevators with adults, in an attempt to fit in he’ll say “I didn’t get the promotion”
— Dan Sheehan (@ItsDanSheehan) August 20, 2023
All these pictures of kids moving into dorms making me realize I’m too old to sleep on a bed that high.
— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) August 17, 2023
i hear the blender going in the kitchen. Only my 10 and 8 yo are awake. my wife is not home. i’m stuck on a conference call. oh no.
— Dadman Walking (@dadmann_walking) August 9, 2023
Apparently we aren’t allowed to add “alcohol for teacher” to the school supply lists so anyway the school year is already ruined
— Katie D (@KatieDeal99) August 15, 2023
Weird how the first day of school also coincides with the first day anybody has ever driven a car.
— mark (@TheCatWhisprer) August 10, 2023
it’s funny that human toddlers go through a distinct developmental phase that’s like “does not wish to eat anything that is offered”
— worms cited (@christapeterso) August 19, 2023
Asked my 5-yo to clean her room multiple times today. She assured me she did. I went in: literally nothing had changed. “In what world,” I asked, “is this a clean room?”
She looked me dead in the eye. “In a TRASH world.”
— Katie Gutierrez (@katie_gutz) August 2, 2023
Be kind, you never know who accidentally made eye contact with their teenager this morning
— Maryfairyboberry🧚🏻♀️ (@maryfairybobrry) August 2, 2023
My kid came home, poured some skittles into a wine glass, and flung himself onto the couch, so I guess he had a rough day
— meghan (@deloisivete) August 11, 2023
it was splash day at preschool and they sent the wrong towel home with my son
— Bill Hanstock (@sundownmotel) August 10, 2023
At a 4th Grade Mock Trial and when the kid prosecutor finished her passionate opening statement the kid defendant was so moved he stood up and applauded. This could be a quick verdict.
— NicholasG (@Dad_At_Law) August 26, 2023
Me to my husband: “Don’t worry, he’s only 2, he’ll forget about wanting ice cream for dinner if we don’t bring it up.”
My 2yo: “Behold, mother, there is the exact space Grandma parked in when she drove me to this playground 3 weeks ago; I was clad in my green Stegosaurus shirt”
— Amy Colleen (@sewistwrites) August 24, 2023
Knock at the door. I open it.
Neighbor kid: “I… I was trying to do a… a ding-dong… thing..”
Me: “A ding dong ditch?”
NK: “Yeah!”
Me: “But you forgot to leave?”
NK: “Yeah!”
Me: “Do you want to try again?”
NK: “Yeah!”— abs af (@absflora) August 13, 2023
My kid: No, I have no idea where I left the remote 37 seconds ago.
Also my kid: Remember that time last year when you promised to take me to the playground but it rained, so we didn’t go because you never let me do anything?
— One Awkward Mom (@oneawkwardmom) August 2, 2023
my sister-in-law: sometimes happiness is hard to find.
my 8yo, whispering to me: you should tell her the corner store has blue slurpees.
— Daddy Go Fish (@daddygofish) August 13, 2023
Toddlers be like, we can do this the hard way or the harder way.
— Jessie (@mommajessiec) August 8, 2023
my wife/kid are having a mommy/daughter night and when my wife asked her what she wanted to do my kid said “I would like to go to a nice dinner in Philadelphia and walk the streets at night”
— todd dillard (@toddedillard) August 25, 2023
5yo: Can you text your dad?
5yo: Yeah, you can’t text your dad, right?
— Kristen Mulrooney (@missmulrooney) August 15, 2023
— flglmn (@flglmn) August 17, 2023
I don’t normally like to brag about expensive trips but I just got back from the grocery store, getting gas, and signing my kids up for fall sports.
— One Awkward Mom (@oneawkwardmom) August 15, 2023
Everyone thinks their kids are normal until you’re leaving instructions for a sitter and you’re like, “do not open the applesauce pouch all the way- open it halfway, hand it to him, and back away slowly. Also he has to sleep with 3 pacifiers and Lightning McQueen.”
— emily (@emilykmay) August 10, 2023
Today my daughter walked up to an elderly woman and said “mama” and realized her mistake, and I was like “did you think that 80 year old woman was me” and she shrugged and said, “40, 80, it’s all the same”
— Amber Sparks (@ambernoelle) August 17, 2023
16- *bragging about his mustache*
12- Mom’s mustache is way better than yours
Me-— Maryfairyboberry🧚🏻♀️ (@maryfairybobrry) August 28, 2023
My son wasn’t listening so I said his attitude was super cringe and he looked up at me in horror and look at that he heard me.
— @itssherifield (@itssherifield) August 23, 2023
My favorite part of reading a book to my 3 y/o is when we’re finished and he immediately demands I read it again but “better” this time.
— Dadof2Boys (@Dadof2crazyboys) August 24, 2023
Would love to have a brief chat with whoever taught my son to roll his eyes and say “oh my GOD” whenever someone displeases him oh wait
— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) August 23, 2023
Can your boss be shorter than you?
-my 5yo, mixing up work boss and video game boss
— meghan (@deloisivete) August 24, 2023
PTA room mom: We need some volunteers for the class par—
— Julie Burton (@ksujulie) August 14, 2023
my daughter said she really wants to get baptized. I was surprised & asked her why & she said “I just love water mom.” LMFAO ??
— B 🦋 (@DontWorryBoutB) August 6, 2023
My 6yo has started calling himself a smarty pants and when I asked him why he thinks that, he said “Well, I’m smart and I wear pants.”
— Kevin The Dad (@kevinthedad) August 22, 2023
The 5-year-old has been limping around with a leg injury all morning and I would feel bad for her except the injury is “a fox bit her in her dream”
— Kristen Mulrooney (@missmulrooney) August 5, 2023
I spent months planning this road trip down to the last detail. Husband spots a candy store. Boom he’s the hero of this story.
— I Hide From My Kids (@IHideFromMyKids) August 26, 2023
why do I bother sterilising milk bottles when my kid just licked the floor of Tesco
— madeline odent (@oldenoughtosay) August 22, 2023
Parenthood is so crazy. We’re really out here getting bullied by the people we made.
— Marcy G (@BunAndLeggings) August 17, 2023
I understand why a lot of people don’t think it’s valid to equate raising a pet to raising a child, but on the other hand I just spent three hours trying to bribe my dog into finally letting me brush his teeth which is the most toddler behavior I can possibly imagine.
— Sarah McGonagall (@gothspiderbitch) August 13, 2023