Lazy Ramadi is a spoof of the Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...

 Lazy Sunday

Lazy Sunday

"Lazy Sunday" is a song and short video by American comedy troupe The Lonely Island, released on December 17, 2005, broadcast on Saturday Night Live as the second Digital Short...

 video, inspired by 'Lazy Muncie' and produced and played by SSG Josh Dobbs and SSG Matt Wright. Also appearing is SPC

Specialist (rank)

Specialist is one of the four junior enlisted ranks in the U.S. Army, just above Private First Class and equivalent in pay grade to Corporal. Unlike Corporals, Specialists are not considered junior non-commissioned officers...

 Adam Foster (aka "punching bag") with music and sound by SPC Andre Franklin. It is based in Ramadi

Ramadi

Ramadi is a city in central Iraq, about west of Baghdad. It is the capital of Al Anbar Governorate.-History:Ramadi is located in a fertile, irrigated, alluvial plain.The Ottoman Empire founded Ramadi in 1869...

, Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

 and touches on some issues faced by soldiers in Ramadi.

Media

It has received media coverage, including The Discovery Channel, MTV, ABC, NBC and The Indy Channel

The vast majority of news agencies have responded neutrally or positively to the video.

Background

SSG Dobbs and SSG Wright are from Muncie, Indiana

Muncie, Indiana

Muncie is a city in Center Township, Delaware County in east central Indiana, best known as the home of Ball State University and the birthplace of the Ball Corporation. It is the principal city of the Muncie, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 118,769...

, which is referenced somewhat in their video. They have also been vocal in their like for their local Pizza King

Pizza King

Pizza King may refer to:* Cassano's Pizza King, a pizzeria chain based in Kettering, Ohio* Pizza King , a 1999 Danish drama film...

 and for the Military Channel

Military Channel

The Military Channel is a cable and satellite television network which broadcasts television programming related to the military, warfare and military history. It is part of the group of networks owned by Discovery Communications within the United States and Canada...

 of the Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...

 Family which they described as being "My favorite new channel".

Wright is also seen on the LazyRamadi website in the Colts

Indianapolis Colts

The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....

 colors and along with the message "Go Colts!, No I really mean it if you choke again I'm going to be pissed". More spoofs such as Ramadi PI after Magnum P.I. can be found on their website, as well as a humorous video teaching fellow soldier SPC Downey how to dance in "Laffy Taffy Dance Party". A few more videos can be found also.

Charity

The creators of Lazy Ramadi have utilized the fame of their video to bring attention to certain, mostly military and veteran related charities including Disabled American Veterans,U.S Wounded Soldiers and after their CNN interview,Home for our troops and Coalition to Support American Heroes