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Kyle Gordon’s latest bit about fame puts Courteney Cox on a pedestal in comparison to Ed Sheeran.

The skit begins with the comedian — who plays a “guy who doesn’t realize he’s talking to a celebrity,” per the video description — hilariously asking Ed Sheeran “what line of work” he’s in, to which the singer simply replies “music.”

“I hope they’re not still paying you in beer and hot dogs,” Gordon tells the “Shape of You” singer before bursting into laughter, and seemingly taking a hit at Sheeran by complimenting the arguably less famous musicians, 3 Doors Down, who “can really play.”

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“Thos guys can rock,” Gordon says in the clip shared to his Instagram page.

Then turning the attention to himself, Gordon — who recently released his Eurodance parody hit “Planet of...

If you’ve been online at all over the past two weeks, you’ve heard “Planet of the Bass,” a viral 1990s Eurodance parody that rapidly evolved from TikTok gag to, arguably, the song of the summer. Performed by comedian Kyle Gordon (who co-wrote the tune with TV writer Brooks Allison) and singer-songwriter Chrissi Poland, it purports to be a track from the ambiguously European duo of DJ Crazy Times and Ms. Biljana Electronica. Over infectious synthesizers and an irresistible club beat, the pair delivers nonsensical lyrics (“Life, it never...

At first, people were delighted. Then they were confused. Now, they’re starting to see a larger narrative take shape. But not everyone appreciates it.

This is the journey (to date) for comedian Kyle Gordon’s “Planet of the Bass,” an unexpectedly mega-viral 1990s Eurodance parody song that has yet to be released in full. When a 50-second snippet blew up on TikTok and Twitter at the end of July, viewers were enamored not only of the faux-futurist aesthetic of the video and Gordon’s nonsense rap as the character DJ Crazy Times (“Life,...

Those of us who lived through the 1990s will carry lifelong memories of certain musical moments. Nirvana playing MTV Unplugged. The battle of East Coast vs. West Coast hip-hop. Those months when it was compulsory to do the Macarena anytime, anywhere, for any reason. And, of course, the brief craze for European club singles like Eiffel 65’s “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” or Aqua’s “Barbie Girl.”

It’s a certain millennial nostalgia attached to those propulsive, synth-laden jams — the kind of stuff you’d step to playing Dance Dance Revolution...