There’s less than a week to go in the 2014 Winter Olympics over in Sochi, Russia, and we have to say: is this it? Last time we had ourselves some Olympic action, we got Michael Phelps beasting his way to a record medal count and then shocking everybody by the size of his bong rips. This year has been woefully inadequate by comparison. Sure, there have been some great moments–Sage Kotsenburg’s ridiculous, ad-libbed snowboard trick to win the first slope style snowboarding event comes to mind–but mostly, it’s been a bunch of folks falling down hills, spinning around on the ice, and having generally bad hotel experiences.
But back in 2008, the best Olympics ever were held–or at least, they were broadcast to us from the year 3022. That’s when The Lonely Island aired “Space Olympics,” one of their peculiarly overlooked songs that later appeared on the album Incredibad. Andy Samberg hosted the grand tradition, exhorting athletes to reach for the stars (literally) and warning them about the perils of raiding the suite mini-bar. As the clip builds to a climax and the Space Olympics is on the brink of destruction, we remember just what it feels like to be excited by the Olympics. Hopefully some alien hordes show up at the Ice Cube Curling Center to liven things up a bit this week.
