Why don’t people respect Will Forte’s genius? Really. The first time we all saw MacGruber (back in the Piven episode last January), did anyone even DREAM that one day we would eventually see him morph into a plastic surgery addict with a “taste for brow lifts”? Your Uncle Grambo would argue the neg on that one — everyone thought it was a toss off skit that satisfied Lorne’s penchant for pushing the envelope with what can and can’t be said on TV (“Hand me that bucket of bum sperm!”). However, with the benefit of hindsight, it seems crystal clear that Forte always had this sort of endgame in mind for MacGruber, which to me only reinforces his twisted brilliance.

Sure, Andy Samberg gets all the geek (and the girl) love for being the face of SNL’s digital shorts and Kristen Wiig is thisclose to breaking out as one of the first TRUE female comediennes accepted by the mainstream since the Roseanne Barr train got derailed in the mid `90s, but neither one of them can hold a candle to Forte’s unparalleled genius in developing characters and then pushing them beyond one-trick pony status to the outer limits of awesomeness (case in point, “The Falconer”). If anyone other than myself, The Grizz and Nummer actually saw “The Brothers Solomon” when it was in theaters for four days back in September, they too would be singing his praises on high. But for now (and perhaps for always), Forte remains an underappreciated enigma. Here’s hoping more people come around to his Overall Greatness™. Now quick, round up all the pubic hair you can find!

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