SNL’s new Digital Short, “The Legend of Mokiki and the Sloppy Swish,” is a creature unto its own, but the absurd video and dancing are already inspiring parodies a la Gangnam Style. You could say the Sloppy Swish is literally contagious. Sloppy Swish This weekend, Saturday Night Live introduced viewers to Mokiki, a medical lab test patient turned dance machine who wanders through NYC performing his signature dance move. It’s not quite on par with Psy’s faux-horse-riding prance from “ Gangnam Style ,” but close. Clearly, SNL is striving for that kind of viral fame with this enjoyably bizarre short, which bears notable similarities to Psy’s record-shattering YouTube smash. Kenan Thompson rhythmically narrates, giving us the history of Mokiki and his powers. “It’s a really stupid dance created by a crazy person,” Thompson says to end the video. Indeed.
